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Archive for July, 2006

The Ideal Business

Thursday, July 27th, 2006 Posted in Business | 1 Comment »

Russel Richard of the Dow Letter has a great article on The Ideal Business. I once asked a friend, a prominent New York corporate lawyer, "Dave, in all your years of ... Read more..

Is It Still A Good Time To Invest In Real Estate?

Thursday, July 27th, 2006 Posted in Investing, Real Estate | No Comments »

Well, it depends on a lot of factors. Like where you're investing. There's a really good site called Housing Tracker that tracks the inventory and median home price for major ... Read more..

Exxon Is The Government’s New Whipping Boy!

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 Posted in Rants, politics | 3 Comments »

I've been trying to find out whether we're going to see an increase in interest rates over the next few years. It'll depend on whether we have inflation and go ... Read more..

Money Saving Tool - Book Finder

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

I read a ton of books[atleast 2 every month, sometimes 4 and occasionally as many as 7]. So whenever I can I try to make good use of the public ... Read more..

Mortgage Delinquencies

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 Posted in Investing, Rants, Real Estate, housing bubble | 2 Comments »

I got a Fedex today from my mortgage company. They sent me a letter stating that my mortgage was delinquent[no address, just an account number] and that they had tried ... Read more..

Interesting Investment Quotes

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 Posted in Humor, Random | No Comments »

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make. Donald Trump I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. Warren Buffett There's nothing wrong with getting fired. Ted Turner The consumer isn't a ... Read more..

How To Ask For A Raise

Monday, July 24th, 2006 Posted in personal finance | 3 Comments »

David Bach, author of Automatic Millionaire has a great article on How To Ask For A Raise. He suggests branding yourself to get ahead in life. I agree with him. Nothing determines ... Read more..

Why Kiyosaki Is Buying Gold.

Monday, July 24th, 2006 Posted in Coins, Gold/Silver, Kiyosaki | 4 Comments »

Robert Kiyosaki has a column on why he's buying in gold. I don't know why it has tomorrow's date on it, but its pretty interesting nonetheless. Bet on Gold, Not on ... Read more..

Another Gold Investing Update

Friday, July 21st, 2006 Posted in Coins, Gold/Silver | No Comments »

Regular readers will know that I've been investing in gold since gold was in $500/Oz. I advised some readers not to jump in at $720 but wait for a pull-back. ... Read more..

Monetizing Blog Using LinkWorth

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 Posted in Earn Money Online | No Comments »

A lot of people don't like monetize their blogs. I don't have any qualms about doing so as long as its text-based. Most people become blind to text based ads ... Read more..

Tax Time Again

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 Posted in Taxes | No Comments »

Its that time of year where I really need to file my tax return and get my $2,000 out of the IRS. I really hate doing my taxes and I ... Read more..

Oil Hits $78 Per Barrel!

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 Posted in Inflation, Investing, Oil and Gas | 1 Comment »

Woohoo! I'm not actually jumping with joy, but I'm still quite pleased. Every dollar that oil goes up, my returns from the oil well I've invested in go up along with ... Read more..

New Revenue Stream.

Thursday, July 13th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

The only good book every written by Robert Allen is Multiple Streams of Internet Income. The rest are all bogus. I've been trying to set up my own different revenue streams. ... Read more..

Who Do You Hang Out With?

Thursday, July 13th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

I contacted a fellow investor today after several months of silence. Found out he quit his stable engineering job in San Diego and moved to Florida. He's writing investment reports ... Read more..

Housing Update

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 Posted in Investing, Real Estate, housing bubble | No Comments »

Interesting update on some markets from the Real Estate Journal. Utah homes worth their salt Utah apparently has missed the news about the end of the housing boom, with median selling prices ... Read more..

What Causes Mortgage Rates To Change?

Saturday, July 8th, 2006 Posted in Real Estate | No Comments »

I'm on a lot of mailing lists, which usually get sold and result in my getting a ton of spam. Most of it is effectively filtered out, but sometimes "relevant ... Read more..

17 Well Project Fully Funded

Thursday, July 6th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Finally having finished rounding up nearly $200,000 for the 17 oil well project yesterday we sent off the check to the operator. Together with 28 other investors, we managed to ... Read more..

Invest In Russian IPOs?

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 Posted in Foreign Stocks, Investing | No Comments »

The Washington Post has a great story today about investing in the Russian Energy IPO. For comic relief, you can't get much better than yesterday's prospectus from Rosneft, Russia's energy giant, ... Read more..

Politicians Ruin Local Economy

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 Posted in Rants, politics | 1 Comment »

Casinos were indefinitely closed in Atlantic City today, until politicians can decide how to fill a $4.5 billion budget deficit. Basically thousands of people are going to be out of ... Read more..