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Creating Value vs Making Money successful-volume-appraisal-business Mar 21, 2023

Today I’d like to share a principle with you that has changed my perspective. The principle is this: money is a tool. You could just stop reading right there. After all, I’ve just shared the most important part of the post. But let me elaborate on this a little bit.

In order to really...

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Giving to Charity successful-volume-appraisal-business Mar 14, 2023

I’ve talked about the importance of paying yourself first, and how living that principle will bless your life. Equally important, however, is its sister principle: pay 10% to charity second. When you pay 10% to yourself and 10% to others, amazing things happen.

This is one principle that I...

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The Principle of Saving successful-volume-appraisal-business Mar 07, 2023

No matter what you call it – pay yourself first, save, setting money aside for a rainy day – making sure you take the first chunk out of your paycheck is an important element of living a prosperous, rewarding life. We’ve all experienced Parkinson’s Law; the idea that we...

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The Beginning of a New Life successful-volume-appraisal-business Feb 28, 2023

Principles are tremendously important tools we can use in our lives to affect change. A principle is an eternal truth. It can be applied across all circumstances, all times, all places, and it is still true. I try to share principles with those I work and interact with each day, including you....

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The Hard to Find (Important) Details inspections-reports-values-photography-appraising Feb 21, 2023

I’ve recently been looking into real estate as an investor, and I found a rental property relatively close to my home that looked pretty promising. It was advertised as a 4-plex, with 2 duplexes on the same property. The price was fairly steep, but not unreasonable considering the income...

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Going All-in lifestyle-goals-future-slow-appraiser Feb 14, 2023

I recently celebrated an exciting milestone. I have officially gone one full year without eating sugar! Now that’s not 100% - everything has sugar in it these days. But I stopped eating what I call “avoidable sugar,” a term that I adopted from one of my mastermind students. In...

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