Archive for February, 2008

Setting rental rates for Condo #1

Monday, February 18th, 2008

I'm going to try a new strategy this year on one of my rentals.  I have a rental in Chicago that is perfectly suited for graduate students.  Graduate students rent this condo like clockwork.   I have not had one day of vacancy since I bought this place.  In fact, my ...

Blog Life

Friday, February 15th, 2008

I was thinking of getting this Tupac tattoo. ;) Cause you know that blogging from the streets of Compton is tough.  Sitting in the coffee house, constantly looking out the window for those drive by bloggers.  You may have noticed that my blogroll diminished to just a few blogs.  It's always ...

Diversifying my investments

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

I write mainly about real estate investing on this blog.  I may have mentioned my other investments in some very old posts.  I have begun to research some newer and older investment vehicles. Stocks The stock market is something that I'm not very good at.  I had my first brokerage account at ...

My Lucky Dog

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

I switched to holistic dog food two years ago.  After reading about the differences and benefits I decided to make the switch.  Holistic dog food does not cost much more than the kind you find at the grocery stores or big pet chains.  But when you begin to compare the labels ...

My Daily Rant - Chase Online Bill Payment

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

I had another post ready to go today but I had to replace it with a rant.  I don't get upset often anymore, but I cannot stand incompetent people. On top of that I can't stand incompetent people who can't admit that they are wrong.  Even moreso incompetent people who ...

Ebiz 1 Strategy - Up-selling vs Free Shipping

Monday, February 11th, 2008

This week's dilemma is how to maximize profits out of each sale.  We know that upselling adds more dollars to the customer's total order but is it always more profitable?  In my case, it is not.  I have to strategically calculated each offered upsale to make sure that I'm not ...

VISA rewards credit cards

Friday, February 8th, 2008

My ebiz1 has certainly boosted my credit card spending.  I have been using my Chase Rewards Card to purchase all my products and to pay for all my business expenses. I've never really paid attention to my rewards cards because it always took forever to build up enough points for something good.  Now with the business ...