3 Productivity Books that Changed My Life
Tuesday, January 28
When I approach a book, I don’t try to take a bunch from it. It’s too overwhelming to try to retain every bit of wisdom packed inside the pages. Instead I simply try to take one big concept from each book I read and make it something that’s actually useful in my life. I’ve found this approach of ...
Evaluating a Real Estate Market? Look for these 4 Things.
Friday, November 22
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of data available when assessing a real estate market. Media sources create lists like “10 Best Rental Markets” to help simplify the data down, but sometimes you’re looking at a specific market and you want to evaluate it for yourself. How should you do ...
The Best BRRRR Guide in the Galaxy
Monday, October 21
It’s officially fall here in Kansas City, and while the leaves change colors and temperatures drop, we pull our fleeces out of the back of the closets and introduce this word back into our vocabulary: “Brrrr!” You can picture it, can’t you? “Brrrr” is accompanied by a little shiver in your body a...
Real Estate: The Sexy and the Stupid
Thursday, July 31
I have been investing in real estate for 10 years. I have gotten into some pretty interesting deals... like flipping a short sale (legally) in 6 weeks, no money in, making $46k. The day I bought my first house, I bought two ... with no money down. Â I went on to buy another dozen more, or so ... w...
2000 miles in 7 days, a screaming baby, and my wife fired up about REI
Tuesday, July 29
Yeeeeha.  Its the open road.  No, we aren't there yet.  2,000 miles round trip, dad (me) driving, and my wife sandwiched between a 3 year old and an 8 month old ... in the backseat.  Awesome.So, what am I to do between the coffee and gatorade's, my son asking for Bob the Builder movies in perpetu...