Archive for July, 2006

Bonus whoring

Monday, July 31st, 2006

I recently tried bonus whoring online. This concept was introduced to me by a friend of mine who is a professional poker player. With all the online casinos competing for your business, they all give you bonuses for depositing money. For example if you deposit $100, they give you $100. Of ...

Getting a job

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Recently, I've been exploring the idea of getting a job. I'm coming really close to taking one... I'm sure I've got some offers coming next week. I'm torn between taking one and just continue cruising along like I'm doing now. The main reason that I'm contemplating this is because I have ...

Self Service Car Washes

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

I'm looking at a self service car wash with 6 bays and 6 vacuums. The problem is that there are no financials from the sellers. So today I go there and sit and watch it for a few hours. Yes, it's a Saturday and I have no idea if these ...

Landlord insurance and your credit

Friday, July 28th, 2006

I went to change insurance companies for one of my rentals today. When they ran my credit, my rate went from $610 to $900! According to the insurance companies, I came in the middle rating for risk which caused my premium to jump so much. The insurance companies use your credit ...

WSOP 2006 (World Series of Poker)

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

I get a text message on my phone from one of my friends that says, "K, I think you should enter the main event in this year's WSOP I'll pay half of the $5k buy in, I'm serious." So that got me really thinking... should I go? Poker is the ...

Back at SFH#1

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Over the weekend I moved back to SFH#1. I think I picked the hottest days of the year to move. In Phoenix the temperature hit 120 on Friday. You know it's hot outside when you step into a garage and think that it's nice and cool only to look at ...

Are sellers panicking yet?

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

I saw a listing last night that really stood out to me. The main reason is that the seller was selling the exact same model as my SFH#2. I assume that this was a flipper who is totally ignoring the builder's 1 year sell restriction. Remember that this subdivision was ...