How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business
In: How To| Real Estate| Wealth
16 Mar 2009There is only so much you as one person can produce in a day. Your time and mental energy are, in some sense, your most precious resource. You have a limited supply that you can use in a focused and uninterrupted way each day.
So the question becomes, what is the most effective way to spend [...]
Hi Brian,
I have been a long time RSS subscriber to your blog (since the 30 day marketing series – I guess it worked) and I would really appreciate your input on something. A little bit of background first: I am 24 year old software developer in New York City making $120k/year. I paid off all [...]
In: Real Estate
19 Sep 2008Hey Brian,
I know you’ve thought a lot about investment / passive income, etc. so I wanted to get your thoughts…
I can see how real estate is a great investment if you can get someone else (a renter) to pay the entire mortgage for N years, and then you sell for a profit and you make [...]
In: Education| Real Estate
13 Aug 2008Today I got to play lawyer. Some of you may remember this real estate deal which went bad, in part due to my own ignorance and in part due to an unscrupulous contractor.
If it had been an honest mistake with this guy, I’d say it’s water under the bridge. But this particular contractor [...]
In: Real Estate
5 Dec 2007Loyal Readers,
A few weeks ago I told you about a real estate deal I did that gave a 113% return in one month. Well, I am quite human and make mistakes just like anyone, so today I’m going to tell you about a real estate deal I did that DIDN’T go quite so well, [...]
In: Advice| How To| Real Estate
30 Oct 2007This is a follow up to my previous article on How To Analyze A Killer Real Estate Deal, where I show you an actual property I looked at and purchased. The property is now fixed up and rented out so I thought I’d take a moment to show you how it turned out!
Fixing it [...]
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