Mar
30
I managed to knock out quite a bit of work today, including some painting and drywall patching at the Main St. house. I telecommute on Monday/Fridays, and can usually bang out my work and skip out a bit early, especially on Fridays.
Finished mulching the huge rose bed out front of our primary residence, which ended […]
Mar
29
House Flipping Forum and a Little More About Me
March 29, 2007 | 2 Comments
Based on a few requests and comments, I went ahead and set up a forum here, to aid in the interactive discussion of assorted things a bit. I’m a big fan of WordPress and the blog format, but it does make discussion a bit difficult at time, and tends to bury potentially useful stuff deep […]
Mar
28
All Quiet on the House Flipping Front
March 28, 2007 | 1 Comment
Tuesdays-Thursdays are pretty much shot as far as getting much done on the house front, as the after work/commute routine pretty much involves dinner, relaxing for a bit, then bed. As I get closer to listing the Main St. house I’ll probably drag my bones over there every night after work, but until push comes […]
Mar
26
Carleton Sheets and the No Money Down Crowd
March 26, 2007 | 1 Comment
I have to admit that the whole Carleton Sheets phenomenon baffles me, despite the fact that I “get it”, from both sides of the equation. If you don’t have much in the way of savings and would prefer to be rich, then the lure of a message such as “Make $182,102,182 a month with no […]
Mar
24
What is this “Well-Organized” Word of Which Ye Speak?
March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday was sort of a wasted day on the flip front, although I did get lots of work done at home, and knocked out the rest of my to-do list for my week off, as far as nagging chores.
One major downside to living out in the country is that the closest Lowe’s is about 20 […]
Mar
22
The World’s Most Out of Shape Monkey Is…Me
March 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
Yesterday was the first day that the gas tank was approaching empty, as I’ve been hitting it pretty hard since Sunday, and moving a couple of tons (literally) of limestone blocks around yesterday didn’t help matters any. The stone people wanted to charge me more to drop off at two locations here in town, so […]
Mar
21
It sort of feels like I’m spinning my wheels a bit, midway through an entire week off from the day job, but I’ve knocked out a lot of stuff this week. It’s also a bit deceptive as all my work so far at 1002. S. Main has been of the tearing down variety, so on […]
Mar
20
Robert Kiyosaki Bashing…Try It, It’s Fun (and Easy)
March 20, 2007 | 2 Comments
I’ll admit that I enjoyed “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” when I first read it, but man, the more I read of Kiyosaki, the more I can’t help but think he’s a snake oil salesman, at best, and adjacent to a moron, at worst.
His latest article at Yahoo Finance is pretty breathtaking in its complete lack […]
Mar
20
Hard Money Lenders
March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment
(Caveat emptor: I don’t have any actual hands-on experience dealing with hard money lenders, so what follows is based solely on lots of research, poking around forums, talking to other investors, etc.)
The term “hard money lender” is basically just a fancypants investor way of talking about a private lender. This is basically anyone that has […]
Mar
19
Mmm, Patio Stone
March 19, 2007 | 1 Comment
I drove out to Brooks Stone Ranch today to shop around for some patio stone and limestone blocks, as I’d pretty much decided to go ahead and put in a patio and stone front walk at the 1002 S Main St. house, and needed some for our main house as well. It’s kind of sad […]