All Forum Posts by: Deacon Hayes

Thanks @Mary B.

@Holly Baldwin

You still have a rental out here? Well, we just had our place appraised in Phoenix and the value is up close to $50k from the previous year. The market is bouncing back!

Thanks! Glad to hear that I was not alone in the decision making process back in the day. As far as the debt, it was student loans, a car loan and credit card debt. We just were tired of having so much money go out every month in interest and knew that we need to make a game plan to change how we handled our money. So glad we did.

I agree with the others about Elance or Odesk, but if you are even remotely tech-savvy, you could build a good looking site through using a self-hosted Wordpress account. You can buy premium themes for less than $50 at Elegant Themes and you could have a decent website up in a day. I have built several sites for myself and it really is not that hard. Feel free to hit me up if you have any questions.

Hi,

I haven't spent much time in online forums in the past, however, I am beginning to realize the benefit of being able to network other people that have similar interests and goals. I have owned rental real estate in the past, however, I bought two properties in 2006. I didn't know what I was doing at the time and one ended up getting foreclosed on. I learned a lot from that whole deal and plan to be wiser about my real estate investing moving forward.

I have since had the privilege of gaining national media attention for paying off $52,000 in debt in 18 months through my blog called Well Kept Wallet. I then turned my passion into a business and help other people with their finances as a Financial Coach.

I am looking to learn from others in this forum as well as help out any way I can through my own experiences.

Thanks!

Deacon