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“You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want!” -Zig Ziglar With the holiday season approaching, I made my rounds this week with the park managers/owners of my favorite parks (aka the parks I like to work in) distributing goodies and gifts. My holiday…
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Here’s the latest deal. I had a whirlwind of drama with this one. We closed on the home but the seller needed some time after the closing to move out. So, I had to use my gut on this one – paid a portion of the funds to the seller at closing and the rest…
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Today, I went to meet the electrician at one of the trailers to check out the wiring. To my surprise, all of the window units were gone! In addition, the outside a/c unit was also gone. I knew who it was, I just couldn’t prove it. You see, the owner of the trailer who sold…
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Sometimes this business requires you to get down and dirty – literally. Recently, I had a trailer cleaned out. While the cleaning crew was there, I noticed there were a lot of flys hovering over the carpet. I mean a lot of flys, like 30 of them – seriously. So, I ask my cleaning crew…
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Here’s another deal. This home was an eviction – very different from what I’m used to. Most of the deals I’ve made have been straight from long time homeowners. The situation was pretty complicated. I won’t go into too much detail – let’s just say there was a lot of drama with the seller’s personal…
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This home was the subject of a major INS raid – 26 illegal immigrants and their families living here held hostage as wage workers. The owner who was collecting rent from these people was sent to jail and the FBI was involved. Pretty crazy stuff!

Interesting pic, eh? Yes, this window unit is being held up with a stick – it is too heavy for the window. Checked out a home with 3 window units in the living room/dining room and 2 space heaters used in the bedrooms, no central heat and air. This is my first encounter looking at…
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Read this article. Pretty interesting stuff. Truth is, most people who are rich really do not look rich. For the most part, it is the people who look rich who are not really rich.

Well folks, here’s my latest “Lonnie” deal. I had no idea this thing would go through. Actually, I was on my way to see a home out on a piece of land before going out to see this one. Turned out, the home on land didn’t work out – the lady told me someone else…
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With the end of the year approaching, my new angle is to work the bank REOs in addition to working with individual sellers. Surprisingly, the banks have been more than helpful. Personally, I was a little apprehensive working with the banks as I’ve heard they are hard to deal with and have been unresponsive to…
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