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"To America – With Profound Gratitude: My Journey to Freedom and Independence" by Reiko McKendry
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Finally, the nightmare is over
The period of my autobiography concluded on December 31, 2009. That was the day I achieved my initial five-year business goal, as planned, which was to accumulate 24 (or more) buy-and-hold, positive-cash-flow rental units. Life continued thereafter, of course, and … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 3 of 4: Was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto as inept as Fuchida perceived him to be? I think not.
Here are Part 1 of 4 and Part 2 of 4 just in case you would like to review one or both of them first. Memorable quotes and my random notes – II of III Notable comments from the book are identified … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Lessons learned from my mistakes
Recently, we hired a couple of coaches to help us get to the next level with our investment businesses. With their support, the objective is to waste as little time as possible in our efforts to regain financial freedom. One … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 2 of 4: Lessons from History
Here is Part 1 of 4 just in case you would like to review it first. Memorable quotes and my random notes – I of III All of the notable quotes are identified with quotation marks. My subsequent comments are preceded … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 1 of 4: History and Life
This book review is divided into four parts; i.e., four monthly blog posts, ending in December 2014. Part 1 of 4: Summary review Part 2 of 4: Memorable quotes and my random notes – I of III Part 3 of … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Becoming certified private-money brokers
Since I began my journey to remain financially independent, I have been exposed to a number of real-estate-investment techniques. In recent years, the need to stabilize our cash flow led us to the business of wholesaling. During the process of … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Whatever it takes!
The deeper I got into real-estate investing, the clearer it has become that this was, is, and will always be a people business. The better we understand human nature, the easier it is to understand how different people behave differently … Continue reading
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“Hirohito” by Herbert P. Bix – Part 4 of 4: Human nature
I lived in Japan for the first 23 years of my life. Thereafter, by choice, I have been living in the United States for the last 42 years. Culturally, the two countries could not be more different from each other … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Paradigm Shifts
Since I began investing in real estate, I have had to overcome many prejudices I held about how it is done. In retrospect, every single one of these prejudices was based on my own ignorance. It is easy to dismiss … Continue reading
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“Hirohito” by Herbert P. Bix – Part 3 of 4: A different path
Having gone through the Japanese educational system from kindergarten through junior college, and with some work experience under my belt in a Japanese company, in 1971, I began working for my first American boss, Bernard Krisher. Bernie was the Bureau … Continue reading
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