Lessons Learned
How do you protect yourself against a thief?
What kind of question is that? Well, it’s one I came up with while reading George H. Ross’s book, Trump Strategies for Real Estate: Billionaire Lessons for the Small Investor. George gives the answer on page 74. And, from personal experience I can vouch for its veracity. His answer is the truth. I know because I’ve […]
Quote of the Week: Are you on the easy road?
“Remember, the easy road often becomes hard, and the hard road becomes easy.” Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad, page 164. I’m re-reading Rich Dad Poor Dad to see if I missed anything the first time. And, I did. The quote above must have struck me during the first read because I had it highlighted. […]
Flea Market Negotiating
Setting: I was looking around at a Flea Market in Dayton Ohio sometime in early 1993. Marieta loved going to these things and I was just tagging along as usual. But, I’m glad I went because I learned an extremely valuable lesson. One that has stayed with me over the years and has probably made […]
A Financial Planning Class I’ll Never Forget
Setting: It was early 1982. I reported to my first Air Force duty station. I’d been to six weeks of basic training at San Antonio Texas, then another six weeks of technical school at Shepard Air Force Base (AFB), in north Texas. I’d been trained as a medic. You know, the guys who run around […]
Where’s the Expert?
I learned a valuable lesson one day helping my Dad put in the garage cement floor. We had plenty of cement, plenty of manpower but we were missing one key element. You’ll find out the missing element by reading the article. The lesson I learned that day has saved me lots of time, aggravation and […]