Back Offshore. UGH!
Sunday, January 24
I woke up at 3am this morning, drove 5 hours to Amelia, Louisiana, and then a 2 hour chopper ride back to the vessel. Now I am on shift for 12 hours so it'll be a 24 hour plus day for me. I wanted to post this because my wife went and met with the owners of the second house I'm about to make an o...
And My Schedule Just Screwed Me Again
Thursday, January 21
The original plan was for me to have a week off at home, then back to Mobile, AL for spool up (4 days) and then back offshore for a few weeks, Instead, yesterday was the only day I've had off so far. I went across town to witness some welding today and will have to be there again tomorrow. Saturd...
Return to Sender. Unable to Forward
Thursday, January 21
I finally went through my mail from my PO Box this morning and I had about 66 postcards returned undeliverable with no forwarding address. 66 out of 1000 isn't too bad. I'm going to lookup the names on my spreadsheet from the list I bought from yellowletters, find the address of the house they ow...
First Property Bought. I Am Now an Investor
Wednesday, January 20
After a 24 hour delay in getting off the vessel, I ended up staying in Mobile for a night. Nothing seemed to go right on demobilization day and with almost no sleep, a 7 hour drive home seemed like a bad idea. One good thing happened and I got an email lead from my website. Someone from one of my...
Don't Spend Thousands on an Education You Can Get on BP for Free
Saturday, January 16
You found a great site. It's called BiggerPockets and the fact that you are reading this means you are a member. There are thousands of members who are experienced in all aspects of real estate, thousand of forum posts, blogs, articles and podcasts. Thousands of seasoned investors who are willing...
Putting Together a Rehab Plan
Friday, January 15
I have been busy the last couple days getting things in place to rehab the property. I have gotten contractors scheduled to walk the house. Downloaded all the necessary paperwork to pull permits. Got all my utility companies' information written down so I can have gas and water turned on (electri...