What do you look for in a mentor or a role model? Can you answer that question quickly and easily? For me, there are many things to consider, and there are a lot of people that I have on my rather long list or mentors or role models. I think one of the most important...
I began investing in real estate in 1998. Many of the people that follow my blog know that I owned and operated a successful home inspection business for 17 years prior to making the leap to full time real estate investor. During those years in the home inspection...
I just read an outstanding article written by Chris Widener about success and failure and how to look at these two things differently. I would like to share his thoughts on the subject with you as we say goodbye to 2010 and rush head first into 2011. Chris points...
At this time of the year, it seems as though the focus is always on material things; another form of the “shiny object syndrome”. Retailers spend vast amounts of money on advertising so that our “wants” will exceed our “needs” and for the most part, they are very...
As we head into the last quarter of this year, many of us are looking at whether or not we have met our goals this year for our life and in our business. For me personally, I managed to complete a lot of the goals I was striving for. And like most folks, there are...
It is so easy for us to look at the economy and the suffering of those around us today and immediately take on a “doom and gloom” mindset. When we watch the news everyday, there it is right before our eyes. Our worst fears have just been confirmed on national...
