On Failure, Frustration & Moving Impossibly Slow
Sunday, September 26
Lately, you can’t open a search engine without finding a hit on “getting started”. Get started with that new diet. Get started with your new garden. Get started making money today. Getting started is key. You can’t accomplish anything without first starting. The problem is, we’re so eager to sta...
Banks Are Lying to You
Sunday, May 23
The internet is an echo chamber of confusion and misinformation regarding finance. You can’t trust your bank, and your parents think the only measure of financial wisdom is taken in elbow grease. Given the difficulty of finding good financial guidance, I expect you will research my claims and ver...
The Dreaded Phone Call
Friday, April 09
Grab your phone. If you accept this call to action, you’ll thank me later. Paraphrasing the men’s warehouse guy, “You’ll like the way this works. I guarantee it.” You need 30 to 60 minutes uninterrupted for part one of this exercise: Open a word processor or find pen and notepad. Create three col...
Investing Takes A Team
Tuesday, March 02
In early December, we lucked into our second investment property. Ashley is always saying I have a big mouth, and she would know, as we share a bed and three kids. This time though, my big mouth paid off, because, due to my big mouth anybody who’s ever spent three minutes and seven seconds with m...
When BRRRR Means Cold and Doubtful
Tuesday, January 26
Doubt will always be present for the real estate investor. My first heavy rehab has caused me plenty. I used to think BRRRR stood for Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat, but now I know it can also mean you’re shivering cold and questioning your decisions: Oh cold, harsh reality! This most recent...
The Number One Reason to Get an LLC
Sunday, December 27
We’ve all had some variation of the showing-up-at-school-naked dream and can probably think of a time when we showed up to life metaphorically naked. If you’re like me, you try to keep those embarrassing “your dimples are showing” moments to a minimum—like zero times…ever. And despite your best...