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  1. RealOG

    Restarted My RE Investing Blog

    REAL ESTATE 
    Took a major hiatus, but it's back online. Real estate investing is not dead! http://www.cabalinvestments.com/blog
  2. RealOG

    Urbantrike T-Shirt Final Poll!

    Thanks for all your feedback folks! Attached is the final run at sayings for our tshirt. Vote for your favorite, and let us know why in the comments.
  3. RealOG

    Help me design an Urbantrike T-shirt

    Hey Fastlaners, Working on a t-shirt idea for our Urbantrike business. Urbantrike - Custom-Maker of the Adult Big Wheel Tricycle : Urbantrike Because we are selling an experience, and it is expensive, we want to include more with our purchase. A t-shirt with our messaging on it will add to...
  4. RealOG

    Just launched my first web store!

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hey Folks, Today we launched our first foray into the newfangled interweb. Please take a look at our site, www.urbantrike.com, and give me your feedback. Looking for feedback on the following: Look and feel of site Navigability Relevance of content and marketing messages Opinion on our...
  5. RealOG

    Kill Bill

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Some of the fastlaners got together in Vegas over the weekend. Helluva a trip... helluva trip. In short, we got to playing a lot of specialized gambling (bets on pop-a-shot, credit card roulette, etc.) which lead Snowbank to make some radical claims on how he will get in better shape than...
  6. RealOG

    MMA Management Business

    HOT! 
    Fastlaners, A friend and I are starting up an MMA Athlete Sports Agency. Weird, but I just kinda fell into it. I have been training amateur for the last seven years, but have never considered it anything other than entertainment and exercise. If any of you follow MMA, you know most of the...
  7. RealOG

    WWFD: Retail, Single Tenant Opportunity

    REAL ESTATE 
    What Would Fastlaners Do? Came across an opportunity in a high end location of PHX-metro for a NNN retail lease. I am under an NDA with the broker, so I cannot give specifics. Here are the high-level details: Asking Price: $875k CAP rate 9.4% Fee simple interest NNN Lease - AAA Credit...
  8. RealOG

    Netflix Personnel Recipe for Success

    Folks, I know most of the talk we have on this forum is about businesses require few to none employees, but there are some who are looking to build larger businesses (like me). I read an interesting article around coporate views on employees and talent. One of the biggest issues with growing...
  9. RealOG

    What are your other peculiar skills?

    HOT! 
    Hi All, Thought that we might have a little fun. Let's find out what wacky skills you all have. What wacky marketable talents do you have that you are currently not utilizing? Maybe stuff you could build a business around? I will go first: When I am not crushing skulls in the boxing...
  10. RealOG

    The Darkside of the Rental Biz

    REAL ESTATE 
    For all of you thinking of getting involved with rental real estate, make sure you are ready to take on the bad days. Below is an email I got from my PM this morning about the resolutions on some of our more difficult stuff. The thing that scares me the most is by now this stuff doesnt even...
  11. RealOG

    What do YOU bring to the table?

    It's a question a lot of folks ask themselves in all sorts of situations. In business, this question becomes key. Sure, we all want to be valuable. But, how valuable? Not enough value and you wont be successful. Too much value and you can't leave without hurting the business. In any...
  12. RealOG

    Five Ways to Speak Like Obama

    MINDSET 
    Love him or hate him, there is no denying the man can command an audience. His clear pronunciations and pausing in his speeches garner the ears of even the most ADD prone people. Setting aside his political views and agendas, deconstruct how he speaks to people and see if there is something...
  13. RealOG

    Handling Unhealthy Stress

    MINDSET 
    We all have it. Some have it more than others. Some are predisposed (genetically) to it. Left unchecked, stress can lead to sleep loss, hair loss, body fat, heart disease and a host of other health related disorders. These disorders can cut short your most valuable resource... time. What...
  14. RealOG

    How does deflation work?

    An excellent graphical representation of how deflation happens: Deflation - The Opposite of Inflation. How It Can Grind the Economy to a Halt | Mint.com Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice
  15. RealOG

    Get your piece of Paradise (Valley or Scottsdale)!

    REAL ESTATE 
    The big boys are starting to poke their head out... finally. Scottsdale firm plans $94M real estate buying spree - Phoenix Business Journal:
  16. RealOG

    Food Options for B&P 2010

    OFF-TOPIC 
    http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
  17. RealOG

    Where's my loan?

    REAL ESTATE 
    A quick question and solicitation for advice. My wife has a condo in Chandler, AZ. She bought it pre-boom for $90k. She a $11k ELOC from Greenpoint on it which we have been paying down. All of a sudden the payment have stopped coming out of our account. We call Greenpoint and they tell us...
  18. RealOG

    Strategy vs. Opportunity

    Hey Folks, I am at a crossroads here. I need to figure something out: what dictates your investment strategy? As I sit here, I see two ways this happens: You let your interest and expertise dictate what you invest in. You let the opportunity and the market dictate what you invest in. My...
  19. RealOG

    Daily Affirmation from Steve Jobs

    MINDSET 
    I'm not one for daily affirmations, but thought this one was somewhat uplifting - sent to me from my wife (my biggest fan and harshest critic). Enjoy.
  20. RealOG

    Retail Closures

    REAL ESTATE 
    I have a friend who runs a commercial property management company and sent me this email. I havent verified the information in it, but she is the second person to send it to me so I thought I would post for those of you who are or are thinking about investing in retail. Looks like some...
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