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All Forum Posts by: Christian Malesic

Christian Malesic has started 34 posts and replied 611 times.

Post: Anyone good at Economics?

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

I am 'good' at it, but you are asking the 'right out of the textbook' stuff. Are you taking a class?

Not sure if I can help with that. I teach s/d all of the time in my general biz courses, but I don't get into the actual algebra. It has been 17 years or so since I had to do problems. I will think about it today and see if I can remember this level of detail. If I can, I will post back.

Maybe someone else will remember.

Post: Congress - Get Out of Our House

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

For those of you who enjoy politics or are patriotic may very well enjoy the questions on the goooh.com website.

It is not clear there, but you DO NOT need to be a candidate to join and you DO NOT need to do anything except register for the site to take the test.

I have a Political Science degree and have spent the better part of my life around grassroots efforts (does that make me a community organizer?). With that said, this was one of the most challenging political test I have taken. It is a 'know thyself' activity with no right or wrong answers.

Post: I'm Chris Guthrie from Oxnard, CA (Ventura County). I am a beginning wholesaler.

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

Welcome.

My brother and I visited El Oxnard back a few years ago. It is beautiful country.

Education is key. I am glad you realize that and are networking locally and internationally (here).

Enjoy.

Post: Congress - Get Out of Our House

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

You owe it to yourself to check this out and see if the concept matches your beliefs.

A Dell, then Google executive has started this movement to get rid of corruption in DC. His plan is to turn the House of Representatives back over to the common man. He wants to replace all 435 congressmen.

Go to Get Out of Our House.com at goooh.com

There are a couple of videos on the home page that explain his concept fairly well. I find in very interesting and am curious to hear some of your thoughts on this forum.

Post: Crowd Size of DC March

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

Wow J.... that is a huge push.

....and I am absolutely not buying your spin.

I SAW THE LIVE FEED on Saturday - are you saying that the live TV footage was also fake?. The mall was completely filled and overflowing - that is over 1 mile from the White House to the Lincoln Memorial FILLED with PEOPLE.

60k? at least you gave me a good laugh.

Let me reset the parameters for you, AGAIN. It is somewhere between 1 MILLION and 2.3 MILLION.

Has anyone seen the OFFICIAL number?

Post: Crowd Size of DC March

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

Various reports are reporting various sizes of the crowd for the 12 Sep 09 March on Washington DC. I have read/heard anywhere between 1 Million to 2.3 Million.

That is a HUGE range. However, this is what we do know.

This makes it the biggest MARCH or PROTEST in DC, ever. Yes, the President's swearing in was 1.2 Million, so the 9/12 march was either bigger or smaller than that, depending on which report you read.

Some other well-known marches:
Vietnam War protest: 250,000
'Million Man March": 150,000
My family and I to Memorials: 5

(at least the first two are well-known)

Post: 9/11/01

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

Obviously, you meant 9/11/01.

We got it. Thanks for the post.

Post: Insurance

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

We have liability with full replacement value on each property.

We started with a BOP (Business Owners Policy) which covers office files, computers, and numerous other 'biz' related issues, in addition to the properties themselves. Many properties will not 'qualify' for a BOP, though the 'qualification' process seems totally arbitrary to me. So, for our other properties, we have added a separate liability policy to cover those. We do not have an umbrella.

Post: Bookeeping Software

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

We use QuickBooks 2009 Pro. It works well and does what you are asking.

There is a feature called 'classes' which can be nested up to 3 deep. They can be used however you wish. In the REI biz, we set them up as 'Res' and 'Com' for top level (Residential & Commerical), then property address for 2nd level, and unit number or garage number for 3rd level. As a contrary example, in our construction biz, we use the classes to represent the source from which the lead for the job originated; such as, builder, remodeler, web site, phone book, etc.

Setting the program up this way allows you to print almost all reports by class. Thus, a P&L by class, Balance sheet by class, etc. (meaning, by property AND particular unit)

The program is relatively cheap and there are tons of companies that offer training and reference books. We have even purchased the multi-disc computer training for $150 or so and found it INCREDIBLY helpful. Manufacturer is Intuit. They come up with a a new version each year. We find that we purchase an updated version about every 3-4 years. It can be networked, if you buy the right version, or stand alone. I have been using the program for my construction biz for over 9 years and REI for over 4. Tech support is also very helpful, but usually costs extra.

BTW, once you own the program you can legally use it for as many companies as you choose - just like you can open various documents in Word or Exel. This is very helpful to keep 'separate books' if you have multiple REI companies - we have 2.

Post: Do you Paintball?

Christian MalesicPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Harrisburg, PA
  • Posts 716
  • Votes 41

Love to play. Haven't in a long time, ever since I became an offiicial cripple.

I had the opportunity to play with the ROMADs in the USAF some years ago. These are the baddest dudes in the Air Force, having previously been called the Forward Air Controllers. Their mission is to go behind enemy lines, usually solo, and to 'paint' a target or direct air power to bad guy locations.

As you can imagine, these were the most intense games I ever played. Guys were in full camo, with special pouches, gizmos, and upgraded paint guns. They brought true skills to the game. Surprizingly, I held my own with just my 'regular' military training. We always played teams, either in a capture the flag or total domination format.