Category Archives: Investing

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Almost a year ago, Jesse, our son, asked if we wanted to go on a cruise to Alaska with his family. I instantly said, “yes,” and David began working out the details with Jesse right away.  David wrote a wonderful … Continue reading →

April 2014 was a wonderful month in more ways than one. First, both David and I celebrated our 65th birthdays. Accordingly, effective the first day of the month, we had our health-care coverage switched from our former-employer-sponsored one to that … Continue reading →

What is freedom? At what price is freedom worth it? I recently had an aha moment about freedom. Freedom is a concept that exists only because each of us is a human being and lives in a society made up … Continue reading →

English is my second language. Growing up in Japan, I was fascinated by everything about it: its sounds, its grammatical structure (which is entirely different from my first language), and the cultural values that it carries with it. To me, … Continue reading →

Every single day, except on the very last day of one’s life here on earth, each and every one of us is given exactly the same amount of time – 24 hours. Time does not discriminate against anyone. I’m driven. … Continue reading →