Good day dear readers. Contrary to the title, far be it for me to assume the mantle of Superman. But, for every real estate investor, there comes that challenge. Can you convince that person to make a deal on that property? How motivated are they, and are they motivated enough? Do you continue to bash …
This is an all too familiar phrase in the baseball lexicon, a mantra many fans have learned to live with for decades. Were you a Cubs fan, you chanted those four ubiquitous words at the end of every baseball season for 108 long years. Some years you were chanting them by the All Star break! …
Today I would like to share a parable with you. A parable is a story that has a lesson within it. This parable came to me by way of Bob Ritchey and the Win the Game of Money Institute. I really enjoyed the lesson to be learned here and it is something that I had …
I was at work the other day and one of my coworkers asked me where a good steakhouse was to be found. There are a number of choices here in Bakersfield when it comes to nice cut of beef grilled to flavorful perfection. A favorite location my wife and I always return to, since we …
Well, it was a wild final day of the 2021 baseball season with multiple single game tie breaking playoff scenarios dominating the diamond. This year MLB did something different by starting all games on Sunday at the exact same time, thus eliminating the slight adrenaline edge a team might gain knowing the team they were …
I took a little mini vacation last week. I flew out to visit friends in a small town called Cascade, under the deep blue skies of Colorado, not far from Colorado Springs. My friend, Lucas, is a fellow investor and I came specifically to check out the campground he and his wife, Lauren, recently purchased. …
I need a new suit! I’ve been a machinist most of my life. Forty-two years and counting! I work in hot, grimy buildings and come home smelling of oil and cutting fluid. I usually have grease stains on my arms somewhere that I missed when I washed up at the end of my shift. My …
Hey all. I took a week off to add some content to my website. It’s still a work in progress but looking better every day. Please peruse the site. If you click the About tab you will find out a little about me. Click the Adventures tab and you can see pictures of some of …
I have decided to dust off my soapbox. We have been having some interesting conversations at work the last couple of weeks and I have decided to comment on them. For starters, for those of you that don’t know, I have worked as an oilfield machinist since 1982. That gives me 39 years in this …
A tip of the hat and a big congratulations to Major League Baseball. I wanted to include this little congratulatory epilog at the end of last week’s blog, but it completely slipped my mind, even after my proofread. I blame the Alzheimer’s. The inaugural Field of Dreams game was a week ago last Thursday. To …