Yeah I thought my photo made me look a little FAT LOLGood job again Josh keep up the good work Fearless Leader!

  : )Fast forward to 2018 and the ugly truth is that 2.5 years into ownership, the flat roofs and boilers reign supreme over the big fat CALPERS pension that I worked 25 years to earn.   

Ambiguity is the mother of fat attorney fees. 

I am going on 2 years of house hacking (plan to house hack for a 3rd year), and I am looking to hear your perspective of how many short term rentals it has taken you to achieve Fat FIRE. 

Get fat and grow a beard!

Lastly, every plaintiff attorney I know LOVES large fat insurance policies and HATES going after hard assets like real estate or an owner's bank account.

Most parent companies does not care if they franchisee makes money as they care about driving sales at all costs and living fat off the royalties.

Since then I've been devouring the podcasts and forum discussions like fat kid in a Twinkie factory.I'm ready to get out of analysis paralysis and take my first steps towards achieving my financial goals, so I'm sure you'll see me around here more often.  

Trying to find a portfolio lender is one big, fat, hairy frog for me. 

Sometimes it's unavoidable, but you can definitely minimize it by being really comfortable with your original plan, and where you will cut the fat when (not if) you need to.Then, the construction loan is only very short term so you need to make sure you have solid contractor who can get things done on a timeline.