October 2012

Hey everyone! As you may have noticed, I try to be as open and personal as possible on this website and don’t hold anything back in my blog posts, email correspondences, and consulting. As such, I want to talk about something almost completely unrelated to real estate : personal fitness.

I want to get in-shape.

I am not morbidly overweight, and some people (hi Mom and Dad…) say I’m too skinny. But it’s not about being fat now. It’s about getting into the best shape of my life and stopping the pattern that so many Americans fall into.

I don’t want to become just another fat, rich, old guy someday.

Rich would be okay. White… Can’t change that. Fat… no.

I’m changing right now.

So I’m going to do P90X for the next 90 days.

However, I’ve learned that there are Click to continue…

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This article is part five in an ongoing case study happening in real-time. You can find part one here, part two (with photos) here, part three here, and part four here.   Oh, and the picture to the right is a preview of the new paint in the master bedroom at Marcy (and my lovely wife!)

I like wearing nice clothes, don’t you?

I’m not talking about a suit and tie (though, I do like looking like James Bond on occassion!)

I’m talking about being on the work site without wearing paint clothes, Carharts, and a toolbelt.

The past couple weeks I have been actively managing the flip of the home on Marcy Avenue, and while this is not my first rodeo – I continue to learn new things each and every time I flip a home. I like to think of this Marcy flip as my first 100% nice clothes flip. In other words, this is the flip about managing contractors.

In the past, I use to do all my own work. The first several homes I flipped my wife and I did 100% of the work ourselves. I don’t regret this, as I was able to pick up hundreds of new skills. However, doing a flip by myself was Click to continue…

P.S. looking for hard money loans in California? Be sure to check out my friends over at northcoastfinancialinc.com. They have very competitive rates, can fund within a week and specialize in fix and flip loans and other hard money loans.

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