For the Sake of New Art

Anyone else notice that BP needs to get a new, fresher approach to their palette?  This must be the most over-used picture in their library...

I think I have passively memorized every wrinkle and contour in this poor woman's face.  The image has now driven me over the edge to create my inaugural post.  Not exactly heady inspiration, but cliff jumping has had far less inspiring muses.  

I'm deeply grateful to the BP community.  Over the last few years, I've read innumerable articles (and re-read a good many gems).  This all finally motivated me to start purchasing units in Bellefontaine, Ohio.  The first purchase was done with terror.  After it was complete, a giddiness set in that had to be curbed so that I would not buy every cream-of-the-scum property suggested by Zillow.

Never going back to the stale mainstay of mutual funds that make investing a passive and un-entertaining drudgery!  Rental units are exciting, challenging and require creative management.  I assess property deals in my sleep.  My young children have inherited through osmosis a host of real estate terms, concepts and share my deep fascination.  Case in point, my 12 year old registered and sat through multiple real estate presentations by his own choosing.  Yes, Brandon Turner and his magnificent beardage hold even the youth spell-bound.    

Thanks to BP, I've re-defined for myself what it means to accrue wealth.  I've finally found that lifelong occupation that I can share with my kids and use to structure their understanding of business and ethics.  Mutual funds simply have far less to teach in these realms.

As the husband of a stellar photographer, my only possible critique of BP is that they need to open up their creative veins and freshen up their pictures.  Please, for the sake of your readership, do something about the images!  For the love...  

Looking forward to learning more as I transition portions of my 401K into the ethereal realm of real estate.