tbobst Daily Journey

sorry about the multiple posts. i didn't think it was working.

Linda, I have done it myself with multiple entries.

Dan and I love to ride our motorcycle. I have trouble sometimes when my legs get tired or my back hurts, so We take short rides ususally my girlfriend and her fiancee follow in our van so when I get tired she rides back with Dan and I drive Dave and I home. Dave is disabled so he can't ride anymore. But this way we all get out of the house and have a great day and a picnic.

They are coming over this week and help me find homes for all of our things. I seemed to be more overwhelmed with all the stuff we have and so much room, what should go where is putting me at a lose. Missy is good at organizing chaos.

can't wait to get the house in order. Jamie decided she wanted her Graduation party in our new home.

I start rereading to refresh on my books. and looking at updated listings. But Dan keeps reminding me we are not ready to go to the next deal. I know I just like looking to see what is out there. I still have to finish the repairs on the apartment. My tenant decided to change colleges for the next semester, so I have more time to make the repairs to the apartment.

so you all ready have a tenant in line for the apartment, or now you will have to get a new one??? i'm a little slow today. sounds like you have fun riding the bikes and that's what counts. i can't ride for long either because of my back and legs. glad your friends are helping you out. sometimes they can see things we can't because we're so close to it.

I keep unpacking but seem to get intrupted by school events for the end of year stuff. Being Jamie's senior year and she still doesn't want to drive I am always on the run for her. Becky decided to stay with her aunt so she could finish the week with her friends. I am reading my books and looking at properties in the area. Learning what are the safe and what are the rugged areas in my town. Trying to get along with the little kids in the area. I forgot how noisy little ones could be and there is a lot around here. That makes me feel like an old mean person when i have to reemind them to stay out of my yard because they are upseting my dog. I can't stand for him to bark all the time and they like to play peek a boo around the fence post and make him bark. But life is good and I am pushing my hubby to look at properties and he keeps telling me when we get a tenant in the apartment and I save money then he will be ready for the next deal. I am still researching. Staying positive that I will make it work.

YOU WILL MAKE IT WORK! look how far you've come all ready.

Linda it will come for you too, I really lucked into my deal. simply because we were looking to buy a house for our family. I don't have the apartment ready, I don't have life back in place and haven't started seriously looking for my next property. I feel blessed to have lucked into this amazing multifamily property. But as far as the next deal, my husband has put on the brakes until I get this settled. I feel like I am never going to get it settled. hehehe. there are so many boxes i put off to the side because I have no idea where to put the things family has given me over the years. I want to pass them on to my girls now that they are grown. I have started going through some of the items with them but it still needs to be here until they are ready to move out in a few years.

But unpacking is on hold or slowed way down this week due to all the last minute school activities for the seniors. I will be so glad when this is over and she is responsible for herself and the youngest will be home schooled. yeah.

Back to reading my books and unpacking .

yay for you! you are very consistent to get things done. we are still trying to get things out of the garage, and our house just isn't big enough for just 2 of us. i have so much stuff, then i see what Chuck has and i wanna scream! he keeps telling me to put the house up for sale and see what we can get out of it. i told him i want a 5-bedroom house with a huge office for me. that fixed the putting the house up for sale thing.

Linda sometimes I think we took on too much house for this time in our lives. I love the house it has some much room. But the with Jamie Graduating tomorrow and Becky graduating in 2 years, it seems so big. But I can sell it later and downsize when they move on or rent it. I used to feel like we were sitting on top of each other and now it seems like there is an echo in the hall when I call for the kids.

Today was slow going, I moved things out of my office and rearranged the boxes in the office so I could get into the closet. Managed to clean it out so I can put the storage items that are going to stay in there put away. It seems like a lot of shuffling of boxes until the laundry room and gargae gets organized.

it's funny how we look back on things and think if we'd known better, we would have done things differently. i did that with my real estate license, but i'm glad i have it now. there is a reason for you to be in that house. you may just be overwhelmed with all the moving and everything, plus school ending and Jamie's graduation. hang in there and when things slow down, you may see it all differently. if you do decide to move, you know your exit strategies and have lots of possibilities. how big is Jamie's class? when my kids all graduated from high school, they had to do it at ORU because their classes were 999 students and higher. quite an experience for them.

Tammy, you are doing wonderful! I can imagine how overwhelming it is with everything going on at once, but you won't regret your decision to buy the house! Especially once you start getting some cash flow from the rental portion. You'll become addicted to RE like I am.

Thanks for the encouragements, I know I am just exhausted. So I took a few days to rest because I was feeling rundown, Hubby not upset but not happy about it. But I think that it has more to do with he can't find things when he wants them. And now I have no idea where things got moved too. But life is settling down and I did unpack more boxes and move more items to the right rooms. Finding homes for everything now that I am sure we are not moving anytime soon. I can actually make a permenant home for everything. I have to think about it more than before. The last 5 years my mind has been in temporary home mode kinda hard to go back to HOME home mode. But I found my books and my pad to track my time and progress so I am back on track.

Thank you for always being on here to encourage. Tammy

Tammy Thank you for your encouragements as well. I am ready to work on the apartment, so we can get some extra money coming in, but hubby wants his house in order first. so I slow down and put away boxes a little everyday. It is hard to believe all the stuff you collect over a 23 year married life together. Add the kids and their teenage things, It adds up to a lot of boxes to go through. But I have about 1/3 of the boxes undone and put away, just 2/3s to go. So I'm going back to work empting another box or two.
Thanks again for coming by to encourage me. Tammy

Still waiting on the title to my house. But Life is going well. I have finished another chapter in my books from Dean, and started getting my office unpack and uncluttered from the items that belong in the rest of the house. I have a desk and chair with a path to it, for now. that is the goal for the rest of the week. Clean out and place everything from the office to make it usable.

I am still keeping up on the market in my area through the realtor website. And driving the nieghborhoods to see how fast the properties are coming up and being sold off the market. Keeping the pulse of the market while I am on hold in the investment side. But not getting discouraged with my chances of moving forward sooner than later.

you are still moving forward, just maybe a different way. you're keeping your eye on the market and learning your market very well. sometimes we have to just go with the flow and maybe one of these days i will learn that lesson finally.

I have had a few months of loss and distress. My health, my mother's health and the loss of Dan's adopted mother. Life just keeps throwing road blocks in our way. But I hope most of that is behind us now. Dan company is changing his shift around to 24/7 so he will work a crazy schedule, but it actually gives us more time together. So maybe we can get the rest of the work done on the apartment. Becky starts her homeschooling tomorrow so Life will come back to normal, most of the doctor visits will be over, Mom refuses to go once the snow flies and on Lake Erie that can be in October....

Back to RE, I know there is so much to learn and understand but I'm trying to wrap my husband to wrap his mind around being a landlord. He still has fears that I can't explain away around yet. Still plugging away to find the right answer to his questions.

I will get this going it is just taking me longer than I wanted.

welcome back!!! i'm sorry to hear about the challenges, but i "been there done that". totally understand. keep hanging in there and never let go!!!

Always great to see you Linda. Life is getting better and more normal. Looking forward to re-reading my books, getting back on the site I really missed it. seeing people with the same direction in life is helpful to maintain focus. I have connected with a RE member in my area. Looking forward to meeting and hopefully working with area members.

Wow I am looking forward to this meeting. Today I meet another DG famliy member form my area. She works with investor already. I have done an REO already. So maybe we can learn something from each other and be there for support and future investments... Time will tell. Things are looking up again.

My meeting with the DG Family member went well. We shared stories, experiences and encouragments. Plan to go to the next RE club meeting. She works with Bandit signs to get her buyers list.

I am re reading in the books to more forward. Life is good today. Feeling strong today but know the changing of the seasons is coming. But I am staying positive and Looking forward to my next step in RE.