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  1. WJK

    Im 15 chasing generational wealth, not supercars or financial freedom but GENERATIONAL wealth.

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    You are focused on money -- what you will make and how it will benefit you. At this point, I wouldn't pay you either. Your goals and plans have nothing to do with me. If I were in your shoes, I'd be looking for practical knowledge and business experience. How do you know what people need and...
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    Transparent Rental Platforms for Housing and Renting

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    It depends on who you talk to. This month, we cleaned up a mess left by a tenant who abandoned the unit without notice. It costs more than their security deposit to simply do the cleaning and repairs. And they had only been there for a few months. We just inspected another where, we assume...
  3. WJK

    Transparent Rental Platforms for Housing and Renting

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    From your issues and questions, you sound anti-landlords. So, why would a landlord pay you when you are slanted toward the tenants? You ask the tenants to rate the landlord, but not the landlord to rate the tenant. Uh? My rentals are 100% occupied, and I have a waiting list. Yes, I run credit...
  4. WJK

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    The New Property: Last week, we got the electrical meter stand approved. The utility company called me on Thursday afternoon to say that they had calculated how much it costs me to bring in the power line. I didn't walk -- I ran to cut the check. I immediately drove to town to turn in the...
  5. WJK

    How do you accept harsh realites

    HOT! MINDSET 
    That's the point. You don't have to "reach stability and surplus". Part of building yourself up is learning to give and take from the people around you. It creates a humble spirit and connects you to others and your world.
  6. WJK

    How do you accept harsh realites

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    Donating to the homeless doesn't change your perspective. Personal, hands-on helping others in need is many times an aha moment for the helper. It usually will cost time rather than money. Or the expenditure will be nominal. There are ways to give that really help others and enhance the life of...
  7. WJK

    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    The PC was very disruptive in the commercial & warehouse RE markets and employment. I've talked about that before. In Los Angeles, we took a decade to absorb that excess inventory. It was the 1990s. Think about the PC and word processing. We went from hiring secretaries and clerks who handled...
  8. WJK

    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    Why do you think that DOGE has been expelled? From what I hear, they are working on DOD right now so it can pass an accounting audit. They are scheduled to continue their work until 7-3-2026, when they are to automatically sunset. The immediate proof of their efforts will be in the recission...
  9. WJK

    How do you accept harsh realites

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    That's true, but that's just the surface issue. Most people have a preset level of success that they expect from their lives and will obtain. It's like a thermostat that limits them. It comes down to either you have that fire in your belly or you don't. Those who don't aren't bad people. They...
  10. WJK

    How do you accept harsh realites

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    I agree to a point. The people around you have a vested interest in your failure. Otherwise, you will make them look bad and feel worse about their lack of success. When you do outdistance them, they'll try to shame you or trip you to knock you down. It's not fair. It's not right. It is what it...
  11. WJK

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

    GOLD! HOT! CHAT 
    So, you have test-marketed your product. You have a good idea that you can make successful. Now you are ready to launch. Do it. There will be glitches and corrections. It's like flying a plane from Los Angeles to New York. You must be ready to make course corrections as you go. It takes constant...
  12. WJK

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

    GOLD! HOT! CHAT 
    Have you test-marketed your product before you set up your website and set up the banking? Do you have a Plan B? -- a backup product?
  13. WJK

    How do you accept harsh realites

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    You're right. He needs to change his self-image and his self-talk. Then he can rewrite his life story and take back his power.
  14. WJK

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Network, network, network! Making and maintaining contacts is your money in the bank. It's your future. Make yourself the go-to person in your field. Give more than they expect. Know more. Be more. Work harder and smarter. Balance that expertise with being the best listener they encounter. You...
  15. WJK

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

    GOLD! HOT! CHAT 
    It's Saturday evening. I'm closing my office and calling it a week. New Property: This last week, we finished installing the electric meter and called for an inspection by the engineer. The engineer hasn't called back, so I'll check on it this week. I still don't know how much they are going...
  16. WJK

    Recommendations for a password manager

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    I use Keeper Security. I don't know if they have a family plan.
  17. WJK

    How do you accept harsh realites

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    I started out to give you some tough love solutions. Then I remembered those moments. I also know that tough love won't work for someone who has emotionally retreated. Are you aware that things like perfectionism are self-protection actions? So is your isolation from your friends. This is a...
  18. WJK

    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    I think, in time, it's going to be as disruptive as the PC and the internet. Maybe more so...
  19. WJK

    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    Last month, there was almost no inflation in the US at the production level. I'm not worried about inflation at this moment. I am worried about some segments of the RE market. The stock/bond market is on the hook this time -- along with some big insurance companies and institutional investors...
  20. WJK

    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    A lot has changed since Covid. My rents have gone up significantly. (I provide the only bank (group) of low to moderate-income housing for my community.) Wages have also gone up -- as you pointed out. But full-time employment has given way to more gig jobs. So, most people are not better off...

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