All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Cope

@Rick H. 

Seems that others should need courage to tangle with you. :-)

Did you start in notes or build your way there over time?

I really like that you used your parting gift to fund investment. 

May we all be so fortunate in the future. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Jerry W. 

Going it alone after twenty years must have been quite the moment. 

Congratulations. 

Independence is great but that must have taken a lot of courage to execute. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Ben Leybovich 

Oh no, that's not good. 

Am sorry to hear that you experienced either. 

I'm always disappointed when the nasty side of life shows itself. 

Desperate people do inane and dangerous things the world over. 

Bad people, too. 

The threat of loss of life and dignity seems too much to consider when planning by spreadsheet for a next investment but is critical, as you note. 

Real estate is in the real world. 

Planning thoughtfully and mitigating risk as feasible should be front of mind for all. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Bryan L. 

Now that took courage both to do and share. 

Thank you. 

Knowing when to fold'em takes a lot wisdom and strength. 

I've been there in the equity markets. 

My view was that the loss was the price of education. 

Not an education I would ever hope to repeat. 

Thank you again,

Jonathan

@Steve Olafson 

:-)

Fortune favors the bold. 

Congratulations on a path well-taken. 

@Steve Olafson 

Impressive. 

Hopefully you felt then that you were moving toward what you were supposed to do. 

Toward a passion or life's purpose. 

I am always pleased by how confident I can be in the face of a next big step when I know I am moving along the right path. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan 

@Guy M. 

Thank you for sharing. 

That is a great story of courage. 

You must have felt like you were on a tightrope the whole time. 

Congratulations on facing the newness and the circumstance. 

Most projects after that must have seemed simple. 

No better way to get life experience. 

Thank you again,

Jonathan

@Elizabeth Colegrove 

Going public is quite courageous. 

Being public about the potential to fail is always scary. 

Like @Joe Villeneuve , I find that sharing my endeavors publicly with family and friends makes me more thoughtful and deliberate in my approach. 

It somehow professionalizes my process. 

During the crisis, I had people try to use our openness about investing against us. 

Somehow they momentarily took strength from suggesting that we were worse off than them. 

Thankfully our conservative approach gave us options throughout the crisis that made us stronger. 

Best of luck with your blogging and investing. 

Thank you,

Jonathan

@Jay Hinrichs 

That is great perspective. Thank you. 

1) must have been an annoying lesson to learn. 

2) sounds like the good version of karma paying back. 

Your stories remind me of Gretzky's great quote, 'you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.'

You have to be more courageous than him of course. 

The shots he took rarely hit back at him. 

Thank you for sharing,

Jonathan

@Joe Villeneuve 

I am with you. 

Some of my greatest fortune is how seriously and supportively my wife takes the real estate investing business. 

Yet another thing to be thankful for this season.