Kolby Journal --- Working towards retirement

I bet the neighbors are loving you & Judy. It is great that you & your wife are working together I would love to see the before & after photos. Obviously the neighbors realize that you have done more than even you realize. It sounds like a big job.

I remember Dean mentioning that entrepreneurs don't always see the amount of work they have accomplished because there is so much to do and they (we) focus on what is not done. He suggested writing things down and crossing them off your list so you can see your accomplishments more clearly. This works!

You asked a while back the name of my journal, it is called Lea's journal.

You have a great (and interesting) story and will look back some day and be proud of your accomplishments. I wish you success and will be following your journal.

Lea
SPR Property Solutions, LLC

Great Write-up Kolby,

Looks like you are set to succeed and wish you good luck as well.
Let me know how I can help. I am an investor/realtor located in AZ.

that's awesome that you are in Indiana too. i hope i'm not out of line in asking, but can you tell me where in Indiana? if necessary, i can private message you. i will say that i am in northeastern Indiana. i'll say more if we're allowed to. ha! it would be nice to be able to meet you and Judy and maybe see your properties, if that would be okay. i'm a little hesitant here because i don't want to be out of line.

you are very sharp and very business-minded!

Thank you for stopping by my journal. Writing things down does work, I have been doing that and crossing the items off as I get them done. We have accomplished a lot but there is still a lot to do. We were pulling ivy last week trying to clean up more of the yard, we both have poison ivy on our arms. I feel sorry for Judy she has it worse than I do. I don't remember seeing any of it but we both got in some. Sorry I haven't been on the site very much lately, I have been working on my nieces car , my dad's lawn mower and trying to keep up on my houses. I'm going to go and find your journal and read it. I am looking forward to following your success in real estate.
Yes we are proud of our accomplishments, It is great to see a house that is run down and neglected and to trasform it back to life. Admiring the house when you have finished it is something everyone should experience, it is trully a fulfilling experience.
Good luck in all of your Real Estate Investments Kolby

Thank you for stopping by my journal. It's great that you activated your real edtate license and found a cash investor to work with on short sales. That seems like that would be great opportunities in this market. I hope you are doing very well with the short sales. I wish I understood them better, that has to be a very prfitable part of real estate.
Good luck in all of your Real estate Investing Kolby

We are in Indianapolis on the east side of town. You are not out of line, It would be nice to meet with you and Chuck sometime. I really hope that you and Chuck find a rehab property to work on together. I think that is exactly what he needs to get him invcolved in real estate. If that would ignite that fire in him, let him develope the passion for real estate that we share, that would be great. Chuck sounds a lot like myself a hands on kind of person with a construction background. I know if you two could work on a house together it would be a great success story. I'm looking forward to hearing about your deals that will be coming up, and I am sure they will be some in near futre. It is kind of funny, I get as excited about reading about deals that members find and get, just like it is one of my own. I know your deals will becoming soon, after the first, the others will just keep coming.
Good luck on getting that first deal behind you, I'm looking forward to reading about it.
Kolby

Last week we worked on the yard pulling up ivy that was growing out of control. Well Judy and I got into some poison ivy and we both have it on our arms. I feel sorry for her she has it worse than I do. We put bleach on it, that seemed to dry it up for me, but hers still itches and is spreading. Hopefully we will get it dried up soon. Sorry I haven't been on the site in a while I have been busy fixing things. I have been working on my nieces car, my dads lawn mower, and trying to keep up on my houses. Normally I would have my garden started by now, but I haven't even had time to think about it. Hopefully in the next few weeks some of the things occupying my time will be finished and I can get back on the things I need to do. I have been writing things down on a list like Dean advised us to do, I have been croossing things off everyday. I can see that I have accomplished a lot, even though it does not look like a lot. I guess it is because I know how much more I have to do. I need to get out and mow the grass then go out and work on my house, so I will talk with everybody later.
Kolby

Just got caught up on you journal, Glad to see you taking action and each one will get easy.

Randy

thanks for the encouragement. i think Chuck gets the bug to do a rehab more and more. he says he wants to help me and i know he does, but he does need a project for himself too. i am so antsy to get my first deal going. we are going to have to set up a time and place to meet maybe on a weekend or when we are heading to Fort Knox to see my son. i hope you and Judy get to feeling better fast!

Thank you for visiting my journal. I am honored that you have read my journal. I have read your journal and I find it magnificent what you are doing. I don't totally understand how you do it, but I grasp the concept. it is great how many deals you have done in so short of amount of time. I hope that I can someday be able to do as you have done. I would love to come down and visit you at sometime and maybe learn from a true master how you do your magic in real estate. You are the master and I am the apprentice eager to learn from you. I will continue to read your journal and try to leearn from you.
Thank You Kolby

That would be great, we would love to visit with you and Chuck. I would love to show you my properties and the properties that we hold tax liens on. Have you looked in to when there might be a tax sale in your county. It takes longer and your money is tied up for a year but it is a way to get properties at a great price. Something you may think about. If you are heading this way let us know so we can get together.
Keep looking for that elusive first deal it is right around the corner it is always the hardest. It will only get easier after that. Looking forward to reading about it in your journal.
Kolby

we would love to see your properties. just talked to my son after my REI club meeting this morning. he goes back to work Monday and once he figures out his schedule, i plan on heading to Fort Knox. you'd be on the way. i am not real familiar with tax liens, but i think they are a great way to go. i am looking for that first deal and working on my buyers lists. i think that is the hardest part for me! believe me, i can't wait to tell all about my first deal in my journal. that will be the day!!!!

If you every get to fort Knox let me know ahead of time I am only about 2 hours from their.

Randy

That sounds great, Next week I have to take 40 hrs. of classes so I can get my certification to do energy audits on houses, and sometime in may I have to do another 40 hrs. to allow me to do energy audits on large commercial buildings. Whenever your heading this way we will have to get together and I can show you my houses and tax lien properties. I can also show you how the tax lien process works in Marion county, then you could check in your county to see if it is similar.
Looking forward to getting togetheer with you.
Kolby

I'm not the one going to fort Knox, thats Linda. But we have a family farm in Kentucky. It lies about 15 miles west of Interstate 75 just off of Highway 80. It is almost in the middle of Mount Vernon, London, and Somerset, they form a triangle on the map. I'm not sure how far that is away from you, but I would like to get together with you the next time I am heading down to the farm. I would like to learn more about your system and how it works. I believe it could be incorporated in my area. Who knows maybe we can do some deals together someday. I will let you know when I am heading to the farm the next time, and maybe we can set up an appointment to meet and discuss real estate.
Looking forward to meeting you.
Kolby

I had to take all my tax information to my accountant. I hate doing that every year. I don't know of anyone who does. When I went back to pick everything up I talked with my accountant about how Rick and I drew up a contract for our tax lien proerties, he agreed we were doing things correctly. He then told me of a very good real estate attourney. I told him I met one at the tax sale auction, I pulled out his card and it was the same attourney as Greg was recommending to me, a small , small world.

I used the weed eater to cut the grass in the back yard of our house from the first tax sale. A good thing I did, I found a couple of sections of old fencing and some steel piping and several other large items that would have done a number on a lawn mower. I guess I saved my lawn mower. Have more clean up to do now.

I need to get off this computer and get some things accomplished today.
Good luck to all you DG members in finding those great deals out there.
Kolby

it's so funny how we all are close to each other. i am amazed at what happens on this website. maybe we'll all have to make time to meet and see how we can help each other. i've never been on another website like this and i LOVE it! Randy, when we head out to Fort Knox, maybe we can arrange to meet you and your wife as well. i definitely love to make my trips tax deductible and real estate is my passion! plus, i want to learn from others all that i can. we'll all be like Rina, Lea, Laura, etc., in the big time.

Thats right, every time wwe visit someone on this website that becomes a tax deduction. I had forgot all about it, thanks for reminding me. classes this week are keeping me pretty busy. There cramming a lot in in one week. I got to go now I will talk with you later.
Kolby

Well the fist part of this class is over. they crammed a lot in in one week. I had to do a lot of studying for the test. I was kind of upset about the test. We were told all week that there would be 50 questions on the test and we would get 2 1/2 hrs. to do it in. right before the test we were told again that the test was 50 questions and we had 2 1/2 hours to do it in, with 1 hr, left they would call out one hour left, and the same for 30 minutes, 5 minutes and 1 minute. So I am going along and I am on question number 41 and they haven't even called out 1 hour left. So I think I am doing great on time. I start working some of the problems twice to double check my answers. then they call out 1 hour left I am on question 45 no problem. I complete the next question. then they announce that there are 75 questions instead of 50. You should of heard all of the moans,sighs, and cussing going on. Many people did not get finished. I was one, I was only able to finish 73 questions of the 75. I talked to a lot of people who didn't finish that many. I hope I did all right. You can sense my frustration along with most of the people in the class.
Kolby

It rained most of the day saturdy. that kept me from doing any outside work. I was still able to re-run a cable line in one of my houses. Install some trim that I put a finish on last week. It took about 5 days to blend the different layers and shades of finish to match what was already in the house. The end product was a perfect match, it looked like it was put in there when the house was built. I need to work on replacing the screeens and some other things in the house. I have to get off the computer now I will update you later.
Kolby

i feel your pain. sounds similar to my real estate licensing class, although when the instructor goofed up and we called him on it, he did make it right. we were just always confused about what was actually gonna happen. i'm sure you did fine. it's just really nerve wracking.

missing your posts. hope you and Judy are doing well. i know you are super busy.