Midwest

There’s something straightforward about Craigslist. The bare-bones format, the anonymity, the strange and wonderful oddities you discover. You can learn a lot about a community by seeing just [...]

I recently hired a contractor I found online here in Toledo. He’s great—he knows the city and has that special Toledo hard-work ethic. He’s one of the best electricians I’ve ever met. But, he [...]

A friend of mine was recently visiting to do some fishing and stayed at my Wisconsin cabin north of Wausau. Being a good friend, I decided to take a few days off and do some fishing, too. The [...]

I was having dinner with a friend down by the river recently and a good conversation about real estate investing started up. At one point, he asked me what I needed. I told him the basics: the [...]

As a professional real estate investor for several years, I’m often asked by friends and family to weigh in on this opportunity or that opportunity to supposedly strike it rich in real estate. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

My friend Caruso—he has a first name, but it’s one of those things that’s been lost in the fog of time— were at Scotty’s Dawghouse, talking Butler basketball—a passion for both of us. And, after [...]

A friend of mine once made the mistake of asking me why I find Ohio such an interesting state to live in. Maybe a half-hour later, as I was wrapping up, he had a pretty clear idea. Long story [...]