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Just the other day, I was driving around and saw a hand-drawn sign tied to a post. It said “GET RICH QUICK”, and said that you could learn how to “fix and flips houses” and “get money easy”.  [...]

My niece Terry graduated with a BA in Logistics three years ago and has been working with a shipping company buying plastic pallets ever since. She is full of ambition and energy but told me over [...]

I bought a tea set on Craigslist once, as a gift. I’ve bought three trucks on Craigslist, a trailer, and a trail-ready atv. I also bought a four-legged table and adopted a three-legged dog on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

One evening over dinner a friend of mine and I got to playing a stupid little game where we tried to come up with some of the most ridiculously untrue statements about real estate investing. Some [...]

One of my friends was talking to me about a house for sale in his neighborhood, and if I might be interested in buying it for my business. I asked him what he thought it was worth, and he [...]

I was at a checkup with my doctor a few weeks ago, and we started talking about work. I went on a bit about my real estate investment business, and he mentioned that it sounded like good, easy [...]