Chuferd
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I actually grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. It just so happened that I was on the tail end of it all. My grandfather owned a private beach club. It had a dance hall where Benny Goodman and other musical legends performed, a 1 million gallon pool, a train, frisbee golf. It closed in 1975 and sold to build at the time the largest apartment complex in the USA (Westlake Apartments on Indy's west side) My parents owned a stake in the first phase but sold out:eusa_naughty:. From there my Dad was a contractor specializing in excavating, rough and finish grade and final landscape of new homes. At the same time we ran a reception hall and catering park with leftover equipment from the beach. When my father died in 1982 the whole thing unraveled like a ball of yarn with a lion. Skip the details-I came out with $100,000 when everything sold in 1992. Unfortunately by that time I was a full blown binge drinking alcoholic. Fast forward to 2003 after 11 years of mayhem, I have a drunk episode and the next morning I have a badly broken arm. I have not drank since. I started from that point with consumer credit counseling and paid back all that I owed from ten years of I don't give a F*ck. I've built a small nest-egg. I've buried many friends since I quit drinking. My wife has seen at least 12 friends die and she is only 35. I have already exceeded any thing I could have asked for in this life. I do not need for anything at this point. But I also realize that I have a mortgage and Sallie mae breathing down my neck. I have a fire burning in me to get back to what I saw as a child. When our businesses were humming, we had it all! Land, motorcycles trips to Florida every year. My brothers and I discovered BMX and My dad built a track which would eventually go on to host national events. Everything we did worked but we did not plan for long term security so it all folded. So when I say I am in despair I have long from givin up! I will say that it was irresponsible to say I've gained nothing from this forum though because when I posted "despair" I got an outpouring of support. Some of it was kick-you-in-the-teeth honesty and some were things that I will refer back to for as long as it takes till I learn how to be the markets whore. I ultimately believe real estate is the fast lane of choice for me and my wife is finally on board with that. I want to buy a 4-plex but I do not want to pay a loop net fee. I have invested in graphene. The spell checker on here thinks graphene is a misspelled word. That will change. In the next 5 years it will be a household word.
Thank you to all who responded
Brad
Thank you to all who responded
Brad
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