All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

Andy,

Will you be at Flatlander's again this coming Tuesday? I am plannign on being there.

Rich, care to join us?

David,

Welcome to Bigger Pockets. I am also from Chicago and network with investors all over the city. I have seen many individuals dressed as the Statue of Liberty out front of some of those Franchises!

What suburb are ya from? I live in the city itself near Wrigley, but I invest in the SW Chicago area.

The ONLY thing, and let me state this as clearly as I can... THE ONLY THING one needs to know is what John T Reed has on his own site about his history in Real Estate Investing.

Visit: http://www.johntreed.com/Aboutauthor.html

Please note, that John himself shows he hasn't purchased anything since 1983. Almost 25 years ago!!! And even then, he says himself he did 12 total deals and lost money on 2 of them.

I mean, Reagan was president. If ya want to slam people about REI, maybe you should be an active investor yourself, wouldn't you agree?

Now don't get me wrong, there are somethings he points out that I agree with 100%, but hard to claim you can review investors, when you haven't been an investor yourself for almost a quarter century.

I know this book isn't a Real Estate Book, but I think it helps greatly with the Psychological change that you need to have to leave the J.O.B. and go for it on your own.

"Who Moved My Cheese" - Spencer Johnson M.D.

Andy,

Just wanted to post that it was great meeting you the other night up at Flatlanders. I look forward to working with you more in the near future!

Keep up the effort. Remember, "Knowledge isn't king, but acting on knowledge is!"

Just to add on.

Using the Ovation wireless card from Sprint, I recently picked up a Kyocera KR-1 router. This wireless router shares your broadband connection.

Also, if you are interested, why not run a speed test on your broadband card. It is on the Sprint site, but anyone can use the test.

http://powervision.sprint.com/mobilebroadband/speedtest/index.html

Vonage has some issues with Faxing. Information is sent in Packets across a regular phone line. A regular phone line can pick up packets that are slow or out of order.

However, if that happens Vonage just "belches" and stops. So you need to keep and eye on the Baud rate of your fax machine.

I think there was a site like http://www.vonage-forums.com that you can search for information.

One trick I use, especially if the floor isn't leveled or is cracked, is to build up a new floor. Then you can put in some simple styrofoam for insulation in the floor and run carpet/pad.

It isn't as cheap as laying tile or doing a nice concrete treatment, but it is an option. Like I said, if the floor is sloped you can level it off pretty easily this way.

Sure, why does it change for the better after I leave? Maybe I should take the hint?

We had no sports when I was there, I mean there was never a way you could call Alabama State athletics exciting. ha.

If we wanted something it was either Talladega or Auburn.

Glad to hear things are hopping there. Good luck in your endeavors!

I was stationed at Maxwell there for a while back in my days of Military service. Yes there are some great investments in the area.

I however, never found any clubs. The only person I could have pointed you in the direction of, unfortunately suffered a major heart attack about a month ago and has left us.

If you have questions about the area, my knowledge is a smidge over a decade old there, but I still have contacts in the area if you need some references.

Good luck! Just remember Montgomery County has NO DRAFT BEER. Except for the Montgomery Brew Pub and the Air Force bases, it is Dry on Sunday and no draft beer.

Oh, when you get there, can you tell me if there are still 3 Waffle Houses within a mile there on the Eastern Blvd there at I-85 heading south toward Vaughn road? I always thought that was funny.