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Sharing my successes and failures in various finance, real estate and corporate life. What I did right (and wrong) in those various areas and what I learned in…
Around 2008, when I was in the pest control business, the company I worked for serviced a large hotel chain. When we did pest control work for a large commercial brand, we would call those “National Accounts”. They were IMPORTANT…
A couple of weeks ago I published a list of 15 “Vacation type” towns that I thought could come crashing back down. Mainly because of Airbnb speculators. The response was mostly positive from you guys although I got a little bit…
The amount of doom and gloom I see on X regarding a potential housing crisis is quite nauseating sometimes. You’d think by some posters accounts that the entire cross sectional map of the United States was about to have another…
As I mentioned in an earlier newsletter, I bought my first “home” when I was 25. I was single, lived in Bonita Springs, FL, working for Terminix as a Branch Manager running their Naples, FL branch. I had just graduated from UF…
An anomaly - According to the dictionary it means “ Something different, abnormal, not easily classified. A deviation from the common rule .” Sometimes in my financial ventures, when I have chased the “anomaly”, it’s come back to…
First of all, my apologies for the delay in the latest newsletter. Moving forward, you’ll be getting one of these every two weeks. I have been DEEP in the permitting process, approval from the county, clearing, excavation, road…
This is a long one. Now that my recent build is wrapped up, I showcase every single penny of my expenses on my most recent build along with links to the actual new build rental page. Make sure you “View entire message” if you…
Don’t let the title fool you. I’m not naive. This gravy train will not last forever for me. After nearly 3 decades of investing (I bought my first stock when I was 20 back in 1995..Iomega for inquiring minds), I finally hit pay…
Million dollar deposits seemed to be dropping into my bank account every other month. I had never been flush with so much cash in such a short amount of time. Over the past five years of having AirBnb’s, pivoting to buying land…
When investing in Real Estate, be careful about the land you buy to live on or build on. I received a crash course over the last few years of what to buy and what not to buy. Unfortunately for me, it was a “learn by doing”…
Greetings subscribers, This New Construction Pivot series is going to be about a 6 part series. The more I get into writing this series, the more information I feel I need to share. For those who subscribe, you saw the specific…
Sex sells. It always has and always will. Since the dawn of civilization, humans have participated in lots of debauchery throughout the millennia. Often used for procreation, but more so for pleasure, sex has a unique way of…