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I was recently at a local watering hole here in Columbus with a friend of mine who was going off on the virtues of doing things the hard way and how he never takes a shortcut. He believes that [...]

When I first decided to get into real estate investing in South Florida years ago, I thought I could go it alone. While I was able to find a few distressed property owners and had a bit of [...]

My nephew, Tommy, had been working hard for years. He was a pipefitter, just like his old man, and took a lot of joy in talking to other contractors about how they did their jobs. Tommy saved his [...]

I felt like some craggy old-time detective, hitting the bricks of Queens Blvd., Astoria Blvd., Broadway, Steinway St., up and down the numbers, wearing out my weary soles. Tracking down lead [...]

A few years ago, a major newspaper—I won’t say which one—blared a headline declaring that “The era of mom and pop real estate investing is over.” I remember a friend of mine being nervous about [...]

Recently, a friend of mine asked me what my favorite part of Pennsylvania was. I didn’t have to think very long. I told her that right outside of Foxburg, there’s this old coal railroad bridge, [...]

When I met Allison for breakfast at our favorite diner, she ordered quickly. She knew what she wanted. That’s Allison, though: someone who knows what she wants and doesn’t like other people [...]

A friend of mine recently took me out for some beverages at my local pub to tap into my years of experience about real estate investing here in Ohio. “Real estate investing,” I told him, digging [...]

The other day I met up with a friend at the Blue Door Smokehouse here in Lexington, and he had a confession about his real estate investment dabbling. With a tone heavier than the sauce, he [...]