Post #3 (we'll call this Mar2016)

It's been quite the busy month!  I've already managed to neglect my blog and I had only written two.  Actually, what I realized was that every week isn't going to be worth writing about.  The other thing that I realized was, although that might be ok, going a whole month without anything to show for it, is not.  For me anyway.  If a week goes by and I don't have much to show for it I can chalk it up to something.  Kids, work, life, name it.  If an entire month passes without anything to show, maybe I need to look at why and adjust accordingly.

Outside of real estate it's been a pretty busy month.  I read an article that said xx% of either veterans or retired veterans change their first job within 12 months.  Keeping that number accurate.  I didn't mind my last job, but it wasn't a great fit.  Fortunately, I was approached by a recruiter and in less than two weeks I'm in my new position as contracted Engineer with the Air Force.  If you'd like to read more about me/that, click here.  I mentioned in my last blog that there would be no/little travel...I'll be in Georgia this week, then Spring Break with my boys, Florida the week after.  Home for a week or so, then New Hampshire...

What I've done.  I've been...kind of...reading...Getting Things Done...sort of.  Ok, I haven't.  I suck at sticking with books.  But writing this helped me to refocus and I'm going to pick it back up.  I made sure the audio book is available on my phone, and it's synced on my kindle for the plane ride(s).  I also have 4 hour work week, e-myth and 10x.  I've chugged through more podcasts and currently up to 138.  I've talked about real estate, a lot.  With my girlfriend, my friends, family, new boss.  Not obsessively, but enough to say (sometimes to myself) this is what I'm doing.  Doing so, I learned that my new boss invests and a parent that dropped of his son at a kids' party I hosted for my boys gave me a lead on a house about to come on the market.  Networking, little by little.

One thing I liked out of one of the podcast I just listened to was the that the guest focused almost entirely on HUD and Auctions.  I have the HUD site linked and am going to start "analyzing deals" for a little bit every night.  My goal is to learn and create a habit.  I believe it was @Brandon Turner that said to figure out how many deals you need to analyze a month, divide that up, and do that number every night or so. 

So here's to adjusting, refocusing and keeping at it!  Until next month!