Archive for April, 2007

Is blogging passive income?

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

I read alot of blogs about many different topics.  The blogs about making money online and personal finance seem to have the highest readerships in the money realm.  I have not found that real estate investing blogs seem to generate alot of readership.  I think that is because our targeted ...

Appealing tax valuations

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Last month I received a letter from the county stating a newly assessed value of my condo.  As usual, the valuation went up which meant higher taxes next time around. I decided to appeal my valuation because the real estate market is in the tank and housing prices are going down.  ...

Placing my Salt Lake City townhomes up for sale

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

I'm preparing for the move into a larger multi-family building so I'm putting up my SLC townhomes for sale to do a 1031.  So last week, I put a feeler ad out on craigslist to see if there was any interest. Monday morning, 13 calls, all from realtors who want to ...

Tucson fixer upper electrical update

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

This is like a long soap opera that never ends.  When we last left the Tucson fixer upper the electric meter had to be moved because it was located under a carport.  Our electrician asked if we wanted to upgrade the house from 100amp service to 200amp service.  It would ...

Quest to get into the WSOP Main Event Poker update

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Friday night I won another entry into a WSOP satellite.  What I didn't know was that the satellite began 30 minutes after I won.  So I ended up playing alot of poker Friday night. I busted out in 96th place out of 221 on a two outer.  A two outer is ...

What I’ve learned in poker that I’ve applied to real estate

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

In no limit hold'em, one of the most difficult things to do is to size your bets properly.  You have a good hand and you bet too much and your opponent folds.  You bet too little and your opponent calls with the proper odds. There are times in poker where you ...

World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Last year my friend and I thought about entering the 2006 WSOP main event.  It would have been a nice experience but paying $10,000 for most likely a few hours of poker? This year one of my non-financial goals was to get into the 2007 WSOP main event.  So I have ...