Live & Flip

Calibrate you life, Now!

I read posts and I listen to folks who talk about the future in such odd ways. If I just made an extra $500 dollars a month I could put that into savings. If I just had 2 more hours in the day, I could accomplish my goals. When I'm successful, my money issues will be solved. I just need to get that promotion, sell that widget, finish this big project. I have a newsflash for you, your absolutely wrong. How in the hell can you be expected to handle more money, and time when you can't handle it ...

House Repipe

Apparently repipe is not a word according to Microsoft word, but that’s essentially what just happened at my house yesterday.  I mentioned previously that much of the 55 year old piping had corroded to the point it could not be removed or added to very easily.  I decided to do a complete house repipe.  I talked the contractor down to a very good price of $1800.  While that may seem ridiculously low, I should explain a few things. First he used a new pipe http://www.pexinfo.com/.  Its been around...

Mastermind

On Tuesday night I had another great mastermind meeting.  What is mastermind?  A mastermind group is a gathering of like minded folks looking to better themselves. Not to impressive looking in, but its an amazingly powerful tool if used right.  Here's how it works. On a regularly scheduled interval.  Say once a week, you meet up either in person or via phone conference like we do.  The group then goes into a brainstorming, motivational, goal setting, problem solving, life enriching session.  ...

Networking

As I continue to learn the game of Real Estate,one item keeps cropping up over and over again.  Networking.  I am beginning to believe that is the single most important aspect to do well in this field. Networking is how you find the folks to get started, how you find the members of your team, how you find deals and sell deals. Let me give you a scenario that just happened to me about 30 minutes ago.   I get home and notice that the abandoned property to the north of me has a truck parked o...

Peace of Mind

I had my security system put in yesterday.  The main reason is simply peace of mind.  My neighbors all have security systems or at least signs for security systems.  Crooks generally take the path of least resistance, the house with no security system.  That left me more vulnerable then if none of my neighbors had one.  Since my neighborhood is still recovering from some of its dark days, it was really a no brainer.  It took the gentleman about 4 hours to install.  Fairly professional job.  Ever...

Its Back

I haven't closed yet. Keep getting delays either from VA or the lender, but I have good news (and no I didn't save a bunch of money on car insurance.), I actually have a credit score again. Woohoo. My shot in the dark worked. I applied for and got a credit card, and sure as shootin, when the first report was made to the CRA's my FICO score came back. The other thing I did was apply for a small LOC with my hometown bank. Either method should work. Your bank may actually be easier to work with the...