Where have I been for the last two years?
Saturday, December 10
So it's been over two years since I wrote my last post. Since then I quit my $120,000+/year government job in September 2014 and started a management consulting business. That went well until January 2015 when my wife discovered a had been cheating on her. I was in escrow to buy a home in Palm...
The Pre-Construction Flip is Born and I start doubling money!
Sunday, September 14
In my last post (How I Turned $7K into $187K in 18 months), I described in detail how I entered into a purchase agreement to secure a $418,500 house that was in pre-construction with a $3,000 EMD (1 to 139.5 leverage) in March 2003 that took 18 months to build and was worth $600,000 when I closed...
How I Turned $7K into $187K in 18 months
Friday, August 29
As I explained in my last post "Wanna Get Paid $15K to Buy Your First House?", I was blessed to have been paid $15K to take over (assume) someone else's FHA loan. I lived in that house for exactly 5 years before my wife and I sold it. We netted $10K in cash from that sale and me immediately bou...
Wanna Get Paid $15K to Buy Your First House?
Saturday, August 23
I am the managing partner of Help Keep My Money LLC, a management company based on southern CA. I was an active real estate investor form 1997 - 2005 and I was paid $15K to purchase my first house in 1997.My first wife and I were 2-3 years out of college, making good money but not saving (a consc...