Archive for October, 2006

My lots in St. George

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

It's funny that I mentioned my lots in St. George on my post just two days ago where I said, "I have no idea how my lots in St. George are doing.  I’m too afraid to call my realtor.  I figure that I’m probably down $10k on each one." I got ...

How far has the real estate market dropped??

Monday, October 30th, 2006

I don't pay much attention to all the housing bubble articles or the statistics that everyone comes up with every quarter.  I personally pay attention to the subdivisions that my homes are in and their surrounding areas.  As an investor you can keep a pulse on the overall market, but that ...

Let’s make a deal… or let’s not

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Here is a new property that I am looking at.  The properties are a bunch of 2br 2ba condos out that are clustered in 4 unit buildings.  The condo complex has about 16-20 of these 4 unit buildings.  The condos are in a nice area which has some appreciation potential.  What is ...

Liz Claiborne sunglasses

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Yesterday I was hiking on Camelback Mountain with some friends.  Ahead of us were two girls hiking and they stopped and one girl began climbing down the mountain off the trail.  We came up to them and asked what they were doing.  One girl had spotted a pair of sunglasses about ...

Playing poker and investing (part 2)

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

I'd like to give an example of how poker players make money... For those that don't know the rules of No Limit Texas Hold'em, they can be found here. Suppose you have pocket 5's (55) and you and your opponent both have $3,000 on the table.  Your opponent has raised $200 preflop.  ...

Playing poker and investing (part 1)

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

I play alot of Texas Hold'em poker as a hobby.  I never thought about it as a business until I met my friend Bill who plays professionally.  He is convinced that if I work hard at it that I can make four or even five figures a month.  I'm sure ...

I am facing foreclosure dot com

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

I've been reading this person Casey's blog since it's first day.  At first I thought it would be a blog that would last a few days.  In fact, he actually took it down for a few days due to all the comments about mortgage fraud and jail time.  I'm glad ...