When I initially got involved with real estate I was a desperate, struggling musician with four children. I was overworked and underpaid, constantly under pressure to make ends meet. At only 27 years old, I was stressed beyond belief and virtually bankrupt. Saving money seemed nearly impossible being as how the money was spent weeks before it came in. Looking back I now joke about the only difference between me, as a musician, and a large pepperoni pizza is that the pizza can actually feed a family of four. I was miserable and knew I not only deserved more, but that my family did as well. I needed to do something about my unfortunate situation...but what? It was 1999, I was watching TV one very late night, too stressed about money problems to get any sleep, when I froze while channel...continue reading

LUXURY HOME INVESTING BLOG: FALLING IN LOVE

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Do you love what you do?  I mean honestly, truly, can’t live without it love it? Because if you don’t, I’d like to ask you one small question. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IT FOR? Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you or anything.  But then again, on second thought, maybe I did.  Because every minute you spend doing something you don’t love, doing something that doesn’t get you excited to get up in the morning, doing something you wouldn’t lie down in front of an oncoming bus to protect…you’re pretty much wasting your life. And I think that’s pretty serious. In case you haven’t heard, you have a right to be happy.  Americans even put it in the Declaration of Independence – “life, ...read more

  

LUXURY HOME INVESTING TIP: THE NEED TO KICK ASS

Friday, February 19th, 2010

I may not know you personally, but I’m guessing you probably think of yourself as a modern man – or woman. I assume that when you sit down to a nice steak dinner, you eat it with a knife and fork instead of your hands.  You hopefully shower and brush your teeth at least semi-regularly.  And when you want something, I’m relatively sure you ask for it – rather than club somebody over the head and grab it. Yeah, you’re civilized.  You have manners.  You know how to play nice.  So it might surprise you to know that, deep down inside, you’re a caveman. At least when it comes to competition. As human beings, we’re hardwired to compete.  Blame it on our ancestors, who ...read more
 

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