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A TAX BREAK
A couple a years back I got tired of writing checks to the IRS and after talking to my CPA I decided to give something big away so I wouldn’t have to write those checks as often. The biggest thing I was willing to give away was a school house in Kiven. Now it looks …
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PROFESSIONAL TAKE
. PROFESSIONAL I bought a house on a street named Hidden Valley. Isn’t that a great name? They even made a salad dressing named after that street. This particular house I bought at a foreclosure auction. I had to work my way through the auction to buy it without a big to do. When I …
ONE NOW AND ONE LATER
. ONE HOUSE NOW, ONE HOUSE LATER he bank that very year. We had rented it out to three different families. The house was in good shape so we didn’t change much other than new carpet, new paint and a few repairs to some plumbing that was giving way. But other than that, the cabinets …
GOLDIE LOCKS
. . • GOLDIE LOCKS • Boy, what a way to buy a lot of houses at one time! There was a tip from a friend of mine, a man by the name of Joe Fogarty. His call to me was regarding one hundred and twenty seven houses. We couldn’t buy them, because $4,000,000 was …
TEACH THE KID A LESSON
As my son, Ulrick’s 18th birthday approached I asked him, what he would like to celebrate the up coming birthday. His reply was he wanted a mentoring class I used to teach. My response was: “The price of that class was more than I would spend on his present.” He kept insisting that that was …
GAMBLING PAID OFF
We had a house for sale on a road called Beaver Bend. It was a very nice house and our contractors had been in, and had gotten a lot of work done. We had a sign out front that we wanted to sell it. A woman and her boyfriend showed up. “Wow, we like this …
LAST HOUSE IN THE BANK
LAST HOUSE IN THE BANK We did a lot of lease options in Houston, Texas so we had a lot of people in houses that were rented from us. They had the option to purchase it at a set price. We took extra money every month from them and put into a special account for …
GOD SAID SELL THIS HOUSE
GOD SAID “SELL THIS HOUSE” One day I got a phone call, from a friend of mine, David, who had taken some of my classes. He asked me if I would meet with him the next day to look at a house that he might be buying. I said sure. We met for breakfast, and …
WANT A TAX BREAK
A couple a years back I got tired of writing checks to the IRS and after talking to my CPA I decided to give something big away so I wouldn’t have to write those checks as often. The biggest thing I was willing to give away was a school house in Kiven. Now it looks …