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Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 Posted in Taxes | No Comments »
I get periodic emails from John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Today's email was particularly enlightening. I've reproduced it below and I recommend everyone sign up for it. Tax Proposal Could Wipe ... Read more..Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Got a letter from one of the builders I'm building a house with in Salt Lake City. Apparently they decided they weren't making enough money from the houses so they ... Read more..Friday, November 25th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
One of the tenants on my Salt Lake City properties are late on the rent. Well, they're not late, they just haven't paid for a few months. Nothing but excuses ... Read more..Thursday, November 24th, 2005 Posted in Book Review | No Comments »
I'm currently re-reading The Millionaire Next Door. I had read it back in 2000 after my wipe-out in the stock market. Its good to re-read books every so often so ... Read more..Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I recently attended a Millionaires Market Game where I met some who invested in oil fields. I got to talking with him and we decided that I could raise a ... Read more..Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Last thursday I attended an asset protection seminar by attorney Clint Coons of www.alglaw.com. It was pretty good and it reconfirmed some of the information I had read elsewhere.1. Own ... Read more..Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
In my experience, it never takes 30 days to close on a purchase. Always 45 to 60 days. I'm trying to buy 2 houses in Indiana. Both were supposed to ... Read more..Tuesday, November 15th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
It seems that GM and the american car manufacturers are having a tough time staying afloat. The November 14th edition of Wall Street Journal had an article titled " ... Read more..Tuesday, November 15th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Bloomberg News reports that Foreign Investors are losing their appetite for US Debt.This basically means that the Fed is going to have to raise the interest rates offered on the ... Read more..Thursday, November 10th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Finally closed on my house in Grantsville, Utah. I had booked it in March for $151k and it appraised for $171k which is pretty good. It took about 6 weeks ... Read more..Thursday, November 10th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
I had a really long chat on the phone with Robert Campbell, author of The Real Estate Timing Newsletter today.I gave a presentation at one of his seminars a few ... Read more..Thursday, November 10th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Went to the local real estate meeting. I think San Diego has the best REI club in the nation and probably the world. Its non-profit and all profits go to ... Read more..Tuesday, November 8th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The Business Opportunities Blog has a ton of ideas for legitimate businesses for entreprenuers and advice on how to start your own business.Apparently since 2001, Dane Carlson has helped thousands ... Read more..Monday, November 7th, 2005 Posted in Earn Money Online | No Comments »
Based on the rumor that AOL paid 20-30 million for Weblogs, Inc. someone figured a way to value the links pointing to a blog. Accordingly, my blog is worth $6,774.48 today. I'll ... Read more..Monday, November 7th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Through the generosity of a fellow investor, I was able to attend 3-day a Self-storage seminar for free in Salt Lake City last week.The seminar was at an actual self-storage ... Read more..Monday, November 7th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The New York Times 7th November edition ran an interesting article - Saying Goodbye California Sun,Hello MidwestIt basically mentioned what I've been telling people for nearly a year now. Once ... Read more..