I’ve spent the last few days being, well, in shock. But, slowly it’s dawned on me how great this forced “retirement” really is! For one thing, as Michael raced out the door this morning, I was just opening my eyes for the day. I wandered into the kitchen, got some breakfast, and went straight to [...]
Well, it’s finally happened! The day job has given me notice of my pending layoff! I thought I’d last until March. My last day will be February 3rd. I can’t say for sure that that will be the last day I’ll ever work for anybody else, but I have a good feeling it will be…. [...]
Michael and I stopped by the business mailbox on the way home yesterday to pick up the latest bills. There were about 42,000 of them, but that’s beside the point.
Sometime during our drive, this loud voice in my head (otherwise, I couldn’t hear it over the stereo) said, hey, why don’t we tear down House [...]
I’ve got lots of little details I’ve been meaning to post here in my blog about our REI biz, but I’ve been busily multitasking as I 1.) recover from being gone all last week due to jury duty and 2.) get ready to be gone all next week (Las Vegas, prepare yourself). I’ll try to [...]
Anybody know how much you’ll actually need to retire and live the lifestyle you want?
While I waited for the Nyquil to do its thing last night, I caught a segment of Nightline on ABC. It was really very interesting…. They interviewed Lee Eisenberg, the author of The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About [...]
Well, I have another cold. This has been a terrible year for this type of thing for me! I think this makes it three colds this year. Last year, I wasn’t sick once–unless you count occasional food poisoning, but for someone as food-venturous as myself, it comes with the territory. I strongly suspect being shuffled [...]
I sometimes post on the richdad.com forums when I have an advanced investment question. Because I have an account there, I receive emails and letters from Robert Kiyosaki from time to time. I thought I’d post a large section of the email I just received for all to see.
Robert says:
“As far as investments [...]
Ouch. I’ve learned the hard way that if you’re going to have properties sit empty for a while, winterize them, then turn off all the utilities. I’m too embarrassed to tell you how much we wasted on utility bills for our empty houses during the past year. I didn’t even realize how big that leak [...]
We needed some good news!
Contractor 1 has been at work on House 13 this week and the previous weekend. Apparently, Michael’s outburst pushed the right buttons. While Contractor 1 has been there, he’s been fielding inquiries from prospective tenants, too! The place is already rented! Once Contractor 1 has it complete, the tenants can move [...]
I know I make references to alcohol sometimes, but I’m just joking. I don’t use it as a device or anything. But, I do like wine with dinner and beer with cigars on occasion.
Anyway, back to my story. I have jury duty next week, so I’ve been trying to get everything lined up to run [...]
