Day 13 - 17 of 90 (03/29/14 - 04/02/14)

Day 13 - 17 of 90 (03/29/14 - 04/02/14)

To be honest not much has happened on this end. I attempted to talk to my father about possible funding and his response was what I should have expected, "Do your homework and show me the numbers." Hell, I don't even know how much he has to play with. This is where my crippling paranoia comes into play. I fear that if I don't have all the information up front then I'll be wasting someone's time. Or am I wasting mine with all this possibly unnecessary fear?

I had some really good momentum and then it all came to a stop. April 1st I can explain as it was my birthday and I wasn't doing squat for anyone, not even myself, minus eating most of the cake my father bought. The rest of the days I don't have an excuse. I haven't heard from Gail about my loan status and I haven't called her. So there in lies my problem. I'm not getting off my butt to do something. Do I really need Hulk Hogan to stand behind me and threaten me constantly so I'll do stuff? I keep dreaming of what it would be like to have rentals and the extra income but that's all it is, dreaming. I need to stop dreaming and start doing. I mean really, what's the worst that can happen? I get hijacked by Mexican drug cartel and put on an airplane and while I'm being slowly dissected while still alive and with no pain killers the plane crashes into an active volcano... (yes I've been watching Breaking Bad).

No. The absolute worst that can happen is that I don't complete the challenge in 90 days. No loss of life, no dismemberment, no volcanoes. So what if it takes 120 days? So what if it takes 300 days? As long as I get off my lazy behind and actually try. Isn't that what this challenge was supposed to be about in the first place? Trying. What am I, afraid of success?

So tomorrow after I wake up way to freaking early because I haven't been sleeping lately I'm calling Gail and finding out what's going on. Obviously from not hearing from her I should assume not much can be done but there has to be options. There has to be.

@Jesse Stephenson : I never once said I was intelligent ;) and yes I'm trying to get a loan with nothing down. I needed to start somewhere and I didn't even know how I would rate when trying to get a loan. Worst case scenario they laugh me out of the bank but hopefully not before they tell me how to work towards getting things set up better.

@Chad Carson : Yes those are owner occupant loans. The hope was to get a multifamily and "rent" out a unit myself. I do get emails from Mr. Vollmer now from being a member of the Yahoo REIA groups he is a part of. I would love to attend a REIA meeting the problem is that every one is scheduled while I'm at work.

@Jonathan Marcus : You are right. I hear everyone say that. "Find the deal and the money will find you." This goes back to the "Doing Nothing" thing that I've been doing. I must go hunt and search and scour. Thank you.