Our Personal Residence
Wednesday, June 23
After returning to the United States from a tour in Korea, we were living in military quarters. This soon got old as you always had someone telling you when to cut the grass, or clean up the neighborhoods, etc. We moved out of quarters in 1984. In January to March of 1985 I was on an exercise in ...
Our Third Property
Wednesday, June 23
With our second property being so dry, we went looking for more property. My guidelines to the realtors were to have a stream or pond on the property. The realtors would bundle you into the car and drive 1.5 hours out in the country and show you a house with a dried up hole in the ground where th...
Our Second Property
Wednesday, June 23
Having been overseas for quite awhile we seemed to have a need to fill of putting down some roots in one area. We bought our first house in January of 1982. In September we bought 120 acres of vacant land southeast of town with the plans of retiring there after getting out of the military. The la...
Our first rental property
Wednesday, June 23
Many years ago, if someone would have told me I would become a full time real estate investor, I would have said they were wrong! However, while I was in the Army, I heard about a Command Sergeant Major who owned 15 free and clear single family homes. Since the government cannot be depended on fo...
Mobile Home Park in Colorado
Thursday, June 10
Guess I got a little carried away with my first post so will try to keep this one a little shorter. Going from 1982 to 2008 in one post was a bit much. Later I can go back and do separate blog posts on some of our most memorable experiences with the different types of property we tried over the y...
Getting started in Real Estate
Sunday, June 06
Many years ago, if someone would have told me I would become a full time real estate investor, I would have said they were wrong! However, while I was in the Army, I heard about a Command Sergeant Major who owned 15 free and clear single family homes. Since the government cannot be depended on fo...