All Forum Posts by: Christopher W.

This book has been on my to-do list for a while so I just started listening to it recently. I'm not too far into it yet but living below your means seems like the over arching concept of the book so far.

One thing I didn't expect but found interesting is the difference between the wealthy business owners and the wealthy professionals. The book made the point that the "professional wealthy" lawyers and doctors need to purchase the high status items like cars and suits for their image. Clients and friends expect doctors and lawyers to have all the fancy toys and club memberships. In contract the "true" wealthy business owners don't need those things. They don't need to impress stock holders, clients, or anyone else so they can purchase the more modest items instead.

Makes sense when I think about it now but I never even considered that before. Interesting book so far and I can't wait to get further into it.

Originally posted by Vikram C.:

Does it say where they want to live in CA? The central valley is quite different from the Bay Area, which is itself quite different from San Diego, etc.

No that was the whole article. It didn't break it down by city or region - just by state.

I thought this was an interesting article I read today:

Where Do Most People Want to Live?

If you could live in any state, except the one you live in now, what state would you choose to live in?

The Harris Poll has asked this question every year since 1997. While California tops the list of most popular states to live in among Echo Boomers (now ages 18 to 33) and Gen Xers (ages 34 to 45), Hawaii is the top pick for Baby Boomers (ages 46 to 64) and Matures (ages 65 and over). Among Echo Boomers, Hawaii drops out of the top five.

Here are the top-10 states across the age groups:

1. California
2. Hawaii
3. Florida
4. Colorado
5. Arizona
6. North Carolina
7. Oregon
8. Texas
9. New York
10. Washington

Kevin,
I sent you an email.

Kevin
It sounds like you are looking for performing notes. But if you are looking for NPNs I have a source that is direct to the bank.

Welcome Brian! Always good to see another Californian on here!

Wow, that's awesome. Congrats Will!

Originally posted by Ali Samana:

Thanks for the replies guys. I found out there is really no auto poster for craigslist for the reasons above. I will continue posting manually.

I have never seen an auto poster work consistently. I know that there are services that will post for you in different areas for a fee. Or maybe hire an out of the country virtual assistant? I have seen ads on odesk.com and other VA sites looking for craigslist posters.

Originally posted by Vikram C.:

You mention that I should offer a base salary that is at least a living wage. How much is that? I was thinking that $3,000 per month would be sufficient to pay for rent, utilities and food?

I think that would depend on your area. Is this in Arizona? I don't know what the cost of living in that area is but it is probably less than say here in Orange County, Ca.

I like Peter's podcast too. I also listen to ********** and The Real Estate Guys. Both have their positives and negatives. Also Flip2Freedom from Sean Terry. He is on here occasionally as well. There are a few others but these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.