Just an average guy, living an above-average life!
It’s July 1st and time for your QBR! What’s a QBR? The last company I worked for had a grueling ritual at the beginning of each new sales quarter. Each sales rep had to prepare a detailed powerpoint presentation and deliver it to a room full of peers, managers, and executives from Read more about It’s Time for Your QBR: Quarterly Business Review[…]
Mondays don’t suck. – My attitude does – Today, a lot of people will be looking for excuses to be grumpy. They will blame Monday, their jobs, managers, commute time, workload, etc. I’m not gonna join them. It’s easier to adjust my attitude in the morning. I will find my morning bliss, and enjoy the Read more about Mondays don’t suck. My attitude does.[…]
How well do you handle stress? When you’re laying in bed awake at night, are you dreaming about the fun things in life? Or are you stressing about the potential problems you come across each day? I used to think stress came and went as a result of the environment I was in. But what Read more about Ready… Set… STRESS![…]
I’m about to embark on a 4 week road trip with my wife and dog. And this beautiful, 2010 Prius, nicknamed “The White Shite”, will be our faithful chariot. Most of our friends laughed when they heard we were planning to travel in the Prius. Some kindly offered for us to take Read more about Everything Fits in a Prius[…]
Ever heard of the Sunk Cost Fallacy? I was at the grocery store the other day. There was only 1 checkout lane open and a long line of customers in front of me. Waiting around, I struck up a conversation with the guy in front of me. Really nice guy. He was headed Read more about The Sunk Cost Fallacy – STOP Digging![…]
Woohoo! Your investment property has risen in value! But before we go out celebrating, let’s talk quickly about return on equity. Having more equity doesn’t necessarily mean that your returns are increasing. In fact, as your property value increases, your return on equity decreases. Wait a sec… What the heck does that mean? Let’s run Read more about When More Equity = Less Return[…]
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” A dude named Cyril Parkinson wrote this phrase in the opening sentence of an essay published in 1955. (Original article here) From what I gather, Parkinson was basically making fun of the government for wasting time and money. Read more about Retire Early with Parkinson’s Law[…]
Stop Buying Bread. It’s only flour + water. Easy stuff. I’ve been making my own bread for years. Not only do I save money by making it myself, the bread I make is 100x better AND fresher than the crap they sell at the store or farmers market. The Recipe: Read more about How to Make Artisan Bread For 60 cents![…]
4 x Fourplexes… Part 2: Investment Timeline and Numbers Finding The Fourplexes: Probably the coolest part of this story is that these Fourplexes were found and purchased off-market. Meaning, nothing was listed for sale publicly on the MLS, and I was the only investor who knew about it. No competition, no worries. One Read more about 4 x Fourplexes (Part 2): Investment Timeline and Numbers[…]
How I Bought 4 x Fourplex Investment Properties in 12 Months – (Part 1) In the last 12 months my brother and I purchased 4 x fourplex rental properties in a small town in Texas. These were all off market properties (not listed publicly for sale on the MLS), all purchased from the same Read more about How I Bought 4 x Fourplexes in 12 Months – (Part 1)[…]
Ever heard of a NINK? Probably not… because I just made it up. But you’ve heard of DINKs, right? Yeah, well, I’m throwing out a new acronym for those young couples out there that don’t have kids and don’t have to work anymore. NINKS = No Income, No Kids No Income? By “Income” I’m talking Read more about From DINKS –> NINKS: No Income, No Kids[…]
So, you might be wondering if I think YOU should be getting up at 5AM…? Well before I give my opinion, let’s remember: “Opinions are like butt-holes. Everybody has one, and none of them smell very good.” People FOR Getting Up at 5AM: There’s a ton of 5AM-er gurus out there like Robin Sharma and Read more about Should Everyone Be Getting Up at 5 AM?[…]
My First Investment Property… I was 18 years old and barely out of high school when I bought my first investment property. Actually, I should really say “stumbled upon” my first investment property. It was a family deal, driven mostly by my parents. Now before you go thinking that I was born with a silver Read more about My First Investment Property, Age 18[…]
Time To Declutter My Life! It’s time to get rid of some of the crap in my house. I was looking around the other day and noticed the amount of clutter has built up to an uncomfortable level. I’m not sure how I let it get this bad in first place. I mean, do Read more about Why do I have 7 Surfboards?… Operation Declutter![…]
It all started with Mum… I think about my savings rate in a different way than most people. It’s because of my Mum. When I was a young kid, my Mum paid me and my siblings to do chores around the house. Pretty standard chores like doing the family laundry, vacuuming/mopping, dishes, yard Read more about Tracking my savings rate as a young kid[…]
Getting up at 5 AM! The first 30 days of getting up at 5 AM is bittersweet. It’s awesome, but it can really suck at the same time. It’s not just mentally and physically exhausting, this seemingly minor life change bleeds into and affects almost every area of your life. Work performance changes, friends and Read more about Getting up at 5 AM: The First 30 Days[…]
I am NOT a morning person… So, why even start a 5 AM challenge? I’m not really a morning person. Never have been. When I was little I used to wake up in a bad mood every morning. This bothered my Mum quite a bit as I was a major disruption to our morning routines. Read more about The 5 AM Challenge: It Begins[…]