Archive for the 'Investing' Category
I have been looking for some cheap rental properties to add to my portfolio. Now, I am not looking for dumps, but rather properties that offer a good return on investment (ROI) and are a good value for the dollar.
Most of the cheaper properties are in poorer areas of town, and I don’t want to […]
December 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Investing, Real Estate | No Comments
I have always hated sheep. If we were all meant to be the same, wouldn’t we look, talk and think the same? Instead, I prefer to be a leader and do better than the average Joe. There is nowhere in my life that this is more apparent than my investments.
You see, years ago, I was […]
December 16th, 2007 | Posted in Investing | No Comments
There is one basic thing a business does: it provides the solution to a need or problem. Take a car wash for example - cars get dirty so they need to be cleaned, hence the need for a car wash.
My father drilled this concept into my head since I was a child. You see, he […]
December 4th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Investing | No Comments
If you look at many wealthy people that have made their own fortunes, they invest in two different things: real estate and businesses. Today I am not going to talk about real estate - rather I would like to talk about business investing.
Most of these people either have created their own businesses or have invested […]
December 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Business, Investing, Thoughts | No Comments
I try to find a couple of new business ideas (sometimes only new to me) each day. I take these ideas and put them in a book to look at later. I have been doing this for the past few months, and I decided to sit down and go through the ideas I have collected.
Some […]
November 15th, 2007 | Posted in Investing, Real Estate | No Comments
Business owners are usually busy. Too busy. To be honest, most of us don’t have the time to make all our appointments and do everything that we set out to do. I am always on the lookout to find new ways to leverage my time and increase the power of it. Today I found something […]
November 8th, 2007 | Posted in Business, Finance, Investing | No Comments
You may recognize the "Be Prepared" motto from the Boy Scouts. When I was younger, I was in the Boy Scouts and we were taught this motto - and this is how I live my life - whether it be business or pleasure. I just like to know everything I need to know and be […]
November 7th, 2007 | Posted in Investing | No Comments
I must have an entrepreneur spirit in my blood. I just have this drive to discover new opportunities, and new ways to make money. I think it must be my passion - to create money.
In order to create wealth, you have to do a little brainstorming. Sometimes the ideas that you come up with are […]
November 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Finance, Investing, Real Estate | No Comments
I was looking online today to find leaders in real estate that are outside my country. I am familiar with the major real estate companies that are here in Canada, but I wanted to take a look somewhere different for a change to see the similarities and differences elsewhere.
I did come up with a country […]
October 18th, 2007 | Posted in Investing, Real Estate | No Comments