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New Biz Card & Signs

May 8, 2009

After a very successful experience using 99Designs.com to help design our new business logo, we’ve decided to use the site again — this time to generate layouts for our new business cards and real estate marketing signs… We’re about three-and-a-half days into the contest (halfway through), and as-expected, the designs look great so far. Check […]

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House #7: Third Offer

May 7, 2009

Hopefully the third time is a charm in trying to sell The Roach Duplex. After a ridiculously low offer that we turned down, and after a failed attempt at getting a buyer to follow-through on their contract, we now have a third offer… My wife received a call this morning to check the duplex out, […]

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Our New Logo

May 7, 2009

Our 99Designs logo contest ended last week, and after receiving over 150 entries from 30+ designers, we were not only thrilled with the results, but we were conflicted over which logo to declare as the winner… After much discussion, debate and feedback from others (thanks everyone!), we finally picked a winner: We’re not yet sure […]

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Rehab Analysis Spreadsheet

May 5, 2009

After putting my Business Plans up-for-sale yesterday, I decided to get back to my general ideal of giving away information on this site as opposed to selling it (though don’t get me wrong, the business plans are still for sale, are tremendously inexpensive and are tremendously useful :-)… Today, I want to give something away…here […]

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My RE Business Plans

May 4, 2009

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE NOW FREE…JUST SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER… Over the past year, I’ve received dozens of email requests for copies of my full business plans — both my Business Plan for Flipping Houses and my Business Plan for Investing in Multi-Units and Apartments. While I’ve posted parts of those plans on my […]

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House #9: Almost Complete

May 3, 2009

It’s hard to believe, but we’re almost finished with the rehab on The Hat Trick House, only two weeks after we closed on the purchase! In fact, we neared completion the middle of last week, and just need to put the finishing touches on — some trim work, some clean-up, and some touch-up paint. I […]

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1 Year Blogiversary

May 1, 2009

Today marks one year since I quit my full-time job, left the tech world, moved across the country, and seriously started pursuing my new investing career. It also marks one year that I’ve been writing this blog… Since I’m so numbers-oriented in other parts of my business, I thought I would take a minute to […]

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At The Beach…

April 28, 2009

The wife, the puppy, and I are at the beach for a few days, enjoying a nice little vacation… I’ll be back on Thursday…

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Top 10 Logo Choices

April 26, 2009

Our logo contest is over, and we received over 150 design entries from over 30 different designers… There were so many that we liked, and while we have been able to narrow the 150 entries down to our Top 10 favorites, we now have the daunting task of choosing a winner. I have a feeling […]

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House #5: Final Analysis

April 24, 2009

As of a couple hours ago, The DIY House is officially sold! This entire project has been insightful, fun, and rewarding — both financially and just from the perspective of renovating a relatively big house. This is the first major rehab we’ve done without a General Contractor, and we’ve quickly realized that managing the projects […]

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