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"To America – With Profound Gratitude: My Journey to Freedom and Independence" by Reiko McKendry
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Summary of events: 2020 – 2021
Since March 2020, almost everyone has been impacted by the universal event. What follows is a summary of the last, nearly two years of our lives. 03/13/2020: Covid-19 lockdowns began in the U.S.A. 08/26/2020: As a broker of our own … Continue reading
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Time sensitive: 2021 Michigan real-estate license renewal
Are you frustrated about the fact that EVERYONE’s license was to expire on 10/31/2021, and that you had to wait forever to get help because something(s) did not work due to the system’s migration to MiPLUS? Here is a helpful … Continue reading
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Time never stops ticking
Any of us who has been around for a while recognizes that death is part of life and that women typically outlive men. For most of my adult life, therefore, I was focused on being independent, preparing myself for an … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Refinancing rental properties
In the past, we knew of no bank that would let us, investors, refinance rental properties in the name of the LLCs. It used to be such a pain to have to take them out of the LLCs into our … Continue reading
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Home, sweet home
On Saturday, October 9, after four round trips of moving things to our new place of residence, we finally checked out of the hotel room – where we had stayed since March 30. The quiet environment that is this neighborhood … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Importance of the money trail
It was in 2006 when we finally bit the bullet and bought our first rental property. Originally, we self-funded it through an LLC. No other party was involved in the purchase of the deal. Shortly thereafter, we refinanced it with … Continue reading
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Our new residence is almost ready
This is a sequel to my May 2021 post on “Glad to be our own broker,” in which I talked about selling our previous residence. Today’s blog could very well be entitled, “Glad to be our own general contractor” because … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Keeping the ball in the other guy’s court
In tennis, the name of the game is to hit the ball right back into the opponent’s court within its boundaries. Recently, I had an epiphany that the world of business is somewhat like that, albeit not always. Let me … Continue reading
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Oshkosh 2021
Three years ago, I wrote about the great fun David and I had in Oshkosh. On July 30-31, once again, we flew to and from the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 in a C-47 as one of the Warbirds exhibits. Much … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – From offer to closing in 15 days
I don’t mean to brag but the title of this post sounds incredible, doesn’t it? Like zero to sixty in 5 seconds for a Formula 1 car! And, yes, I am very proud of what I consider a crowning achievement … Continue reading
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