Archive for the ‘Vacations’ Category

Some crazy mountain biking

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

I love biking and I don't mind riding along some steep exposures...  but I don't even know if I could walk along this!  

Summary from the Flagstaff Amazing Race

Monday, April 9th, 2007

I wanted to wait until Wednesday to post about last Saturday's Flagstaff Amazing Race because we don't know the official results yet. They are supposed to be posted online on Wednesday. This was the first race of this type that the Flagstaff Athletic Club ran.  The race setup was fairly simple.  You get ...

Hiking, mountain biking and dog walking in the White Tank Mountains

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Well, I finally got off my butt and to do some mountain biking.  I figured I had to get into some sort of shape since I joined the Flagstaff Amazing Race, will probably enter a nighttime race and am going to Durango, CO in July. I live fairly close to the White ...

Non financial goals - let’s run some races

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

One thing that Tom Wheelwright mentioned during his presentation that you must work non-financial goals into your financial goals.  He asked one of the people present for a non-financial goal.  One person said it that his goal was to run a sub 3 hour marathon within 5 years.  This was ...

Creative real estate investing at its best

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Look, I just got an option to purchase a home at $1,850,000!  Am I crazy? No, I didn't go crazy.  This is an example of how creative real estate investors can be. The shortest rental term allowed in some parts of Sedona is 30 days.  As an investor, how do you rent out ...

Tenant would like to buy my SLC townhome

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

My tenant in SLC townhome #1 has expressed interest in purchasing the townhome from me.  The tenant has poor credit, but apparently it's not that bad because they can qualify for just a tad under $195k.  I'm thinking of owner financing a very small 2nd mortgage in order for them ...

An adventurous day

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

There's nothing like thinking you're gonna die to make you think about what is really important. Ok, I didn't really think I was going to die but for some others out there I was pretty worried. Let me backtrack to 2002 in Crested Butte. Back then us city boys were a ...