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  1. WJK

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    OUR PROGRESS: Last week was very busy. I am amazed that the whole week is gone. I found out today that we have a vacancy with the rentals. A tenant moved without notice. I had the locks changed this morning. He left a mess that we’ll be cleaning up on Monday. I’ll have it offered for rent by...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    OUR PROGRESS: Last week we had a couple more blizzards. We had lots of snow to plow and remove from our roads and roofs. We’re running out of room to stack the snow piles. Today is clear and very cold. Our Off-Site rehab property is in escrow, and the physical inspection has been completed...
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    The Coming AI Job Apocalypse: Entrepreneurship is Your Answer.

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    Change is always hard for humans. We say we love what is new and different. But we cling to what we know and our normal routine. As humans, we have seen a lot of changes in a very narrow time frame over the last few years. A lot of people are struggling with all of those changes and new demands...
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    You get rich owning things you control...

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    I would develop a digital gift -- a group of digital gifts -- in exchange for their email addresses. You can start building your own list. The main reason for offering a digital gift is because you can email it to confirm their email address. Also, sending it is virtually free. You can amend it...
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    Like I've said before, all investments have a risk factor. Over my 50 years in the RE business, I have had many losses that I never expected. Here's a biggie example... did you know that fire insurance doesn't work for commercial RE during a riot (civil unrest)? And if your commercial building...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    I have a HUGE update. I got an offer that I accepted on our Off-Site Rehab job. It's a flip house. Hope the loan goes through, and it closes escrow. I've owned that property for three and a half years. Buying the property was such a great deal. But it came with big problems. It was a...
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    That's true. There's a risk in everything/
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    You're right... but -- how would you know what your stockbroker is doing behind that closed door? We had a similar situation in RE in the 2007-2008 crash. Without going into all the details, those financial geniuses pooled subprime loans (no doc. loans) secured with single-family homes. The...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Andy, I'm going to follow him and learn all I can from him. Thx for the info.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    I have now completed 50 years in the RE business. When I started in 1976, it was before computers & printers, cell phones, fax machines, and the internet. We used electric typewriters with carbon paper for copies, and everything was done on paper. Copy machines were very expensive and rare. A...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    That's an idea...
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    Thx MJ. I thought it was an interesting difference in stocks vs. RE.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    I'm curious too. As I'm doing the different chores, I'm looking for the "sticking points". Most of the time, I don't even see them. I feel them through a moment of hesitation or tightness in my muscles. I know I have my nose against the glass, and it's hard to see some obvious areas to improve...
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    I was just reading an article that says that I don't "own" my stocks. It's the same for bonds. I have a "security entltlement" interest-- against a financial intermediary. It says that the system for clearing and custody around this issue is usually the Depository Trust Company (DTC). That's a...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    I know about macros. I don't know much about shell scripts. Maybe that's something for me to learn. Thx for the suggestion.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    It sounds like you are dealing with similar projects to mine, but I'm on a smaller scale. Mine are rehab projects, rentals, investments, and businesses that all must be tracked, recorded, and reported to my CPA. I swear that all those pieces of paper have more babies every night after I go home...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    I have good software and a great system. I just HATE bookkeeping, but hiring out that work hasn't been successful for me. My system is too complicated for most bookkeeping services since it covers all of my multiple businesses and properties. I can do it in my sleep after all of these years. And...
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

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    Uh? The stock market is close to its all-time high.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Thx Andy. I'll look up his video. I'm into "leaning" my activities and my life. I try to boil down everything to basics and then create a system for handling the repetitive. I believe that less is usually more and that great truths are elegantly simple.
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