All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Cope

@Mike Gennaro 

Well done!

I am a fan of stories of resilience. 

Am sorry you faced the first episode but am glad to hear it did not knock you out of the game. 

Overcoming both the eviction and the father-in-law moment must have required real courage. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Ron Drake 

Am having trouble figuring out if 1) or 2) was more life threatening. 

Congratulations on both. 

Be well. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Dan G. 

Congratulations on the snowball to business. 

Is really gratifying to hear such stories. 

The project successes are the best. 

My wife and I were just thinking back on the success of our home rehab. 

We bought the second worst house in a lovely town near the beach in NJ. 

Now it is a lovely open plan place with its bones dating back to 1893 and 1929. 

A daring bet that has yielded us a place in a town, with its great schools and people, that we should not have otherwise tried to afford. 

Here is to courageous victories. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Tom Lane 

I can't even imagine how bad that smelled. 

The courage to face that much odormute must have been big. 

Our family once had to prepare a smoker's place for sale. 

That stuff is a miracle. 

Congratulations on making it through the Cataclysm. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Steve Olafson 

Fair enough. 

Wisdom gained; price paid; life to lead. 

I often recollect how content I was when we had nothing. 

A worthy reminder from time to time. 

I agree with your view of life. 

A compilation of experiences had. 

Good luck,

Jonathan

@Kevin C. 

I'm partial to the advice that @Bill Gulley have offered. 

Find time daily to acquire real estate knowledge as you are starting out. 

Listen to podcasts while driving for dollars. 

Network and meet lots of informed people from whom to learn. 

Good luck,

Jonathan

@Bob E. 

Congratulations on having the guts to pivot. 

Not quitting must have taken real commitment and courage. 

Nice to hear that you have freed yourself of a job you disliked. 

Good luck with the notes. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Steve Olafson 

Am very sorry to hear that you faced such losses. 

Doing something else must have seemed wise to others. 

The courage you mustered to carry on must have been immense. 

No doubt all you had learned and experienced to date gave you leverage. 

But coming back from a negative net worth must have been brutal. 

Congratulations. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Account Closed 

Getting up after getting kicked is tough. 

Well done for wiping it off and continuing forward. 

Life is nasty, brutish and short as one dead wise man once said. 

No need to stay down but it sure does hurt to get up. 

The crisis knocked the wind out of me. 

Made me furious. 

But we took some calculated risks and now see its aftermath as a generational buying opportunity. 

Would have been nice to have avoided the kicking but we're on our feet now. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Joe Villeneuve 

It seems that statement can be found everyday. 

Finding independence seems too important after a while.