Archive for August, 2006

I did it… back in the rat race

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Well it's official, I accepted a job today.  Well it's not really a job, its an independent contractor position, so I'm not really an employee.  I have to invoice the company and according to their documents their pay schedule is net 30 days.  So while it may feel job a ...

Update on my Blackjack & Bonus whoring

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

It took almost two weeks, but I got my money from my online casino account to my Neteller account to my bank account in 12 days. My final cashout was $1,049. I had put in $327 so my profit at the end of this experiment was $722. I'm sure if I ...

Landlord insurance and your credit part 2

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

I posted part_1 a few weeks ago. It took a backseat for a moment while I was in Chicago, but today I finally sat down and gave Allstate a call. Allstate also uses the same credit rating scoring system that Farmers did. Since I was now well aware of the credit ...

Holy Taxes Batman!

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Today I received my first tax bill for Condo #1. If you guys remember, Condo #1 was a new construction condo that I bought in 2003 for around $212k. The condo was completed in 2005 and in Illinois taxes are one year in arrears. I was expecting my taxes to ...

Get your own blog!

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

It's ironic how the blogspot link says, "get your own blog" because I've been thinking of getting my own domain name for my blog. Not that I think that I'm going to make alot of money with it or increase my traffic, but I think that it's get a natural ...

Salt Lake City update

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

I talked to my realtor in Salt Lake City a few days ago. I've been hearing that the market there is real hot. I asked him to run some comps to give me an idea of the value of my townhomes out there. My realtor said that there are no ...

Day 7, going downhill

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Casino 5 did not turn out very well. I'm on a 2 casino losing streak. I started the day down $30 and got myself back to plus $150, but at the $4800 hand mark (which was the exact amount I need to play to receive the bonus) I had $25 ...