My first cash flow property

Monday, July 28.  Hi all!  How are you?  I am great, and have had a fantastic day as usual, but will keep this short because I want to go to bed.  Today, I reached a verbal agreement to rent my home out for one year for $2,100 a month, with a $3,150 security deposit.  That means that barring any unforeseen events, I will, as of August 2, be making about $200 a month on owning my own house.  Their payment will cover my mortgage (principle and interest), my property taxes, my homeowners insurance, and my association fee, and still leave me $200 extra every month.  I can use that to pay down my principle, create an emergency cash fund, invest, help pay for the disability insurance that I just signed up for, or many other things.  I can even give the money away to charity.  Or use it maybe to build up a charitable foundation.

I am very excited, and will be moving in to live with Paula for this one year.  This also happens to cut down on both of our expenses because we basically cut each of ours in half.   A good deal.  I'll keep calm until the lease is signed, but it looks good!

Goodnight or good morning.  I love you, thanks for the love and support.  I'm going to the moon and nothing will stop me!  See you tomorrow, and until then, enjoy!

Being happy when I would normally be angry

Sunday, July 27.  Hey all!  I hope you are all doing well, I am doing great!  Another big day of teaching today, but I had a beautiful day to do it.  Lots of nice people and a couple of new students too.  It's always great to meet new students and start a new relationship with folks.

After work, I drove over to Grizzly Peak, the restaurant Tom and I visited last night for dinner.  I knew I forgot my sunglasses there last night so went to see if they were still there.  Interestingly, they were no where to be found.  I'm not one who forgets too much, so I know that's the last place I had them, and I know I placed them on the bar as we ate.  I won't assume that someone took them, but until I discover that I misplaced them elsewhere, I kinda have to think that someone took them.  Interestingly, though, instead of being mad at the jerk who decided to take them (which I was for a moment), I decided to wish the person who did take them (if they did) enjoyment with the glasses.  If they took them and I can't wear them, they might as well enjoy them, right?  Nothing to be done now.  Feels different, and feels peaceful and grateful.  I enjoyed them while I had them, I might still find them, and if I don't I can always buy another pair, right?  No worries, no problems.  Flowing through life like water feels pretty darn good.  No resistance, almost total acceptance.  Hmm.  Pretty good stuff, I think!

I hope you all have great days or nights wherever you are.  Smile, laugh, and enjoy.  I will talk to you all tomorrow.  Ta ta till then!

Tickets for a sermon

Saturday, July 26.  Hi y'all!  How are you?  I hope well, I am doing great.  Pretty standard summer day today, 9 hours straight of lessons.  All were great, and I had a lot of energy and gave effective lessons.  Fun.  I also got an estimate from John for grading and window wells for the new property.  Later in the evening, I had dinner with Tom from work at Grizzly Peak.  I hadn't hung out with him since we went to the Tigers game back a few months ago, so it was good to shoot the shit with him.

In between my 11 am and noon lessons, I managed to buy tickets for the Joel Osteen appearance in October.  Funny, at first I asked for 6 tickets, but the computer at work just kind of got stuck, so I closed the window and started the process of buying the tickets on my phone.  Wouldn't you know it, I now have 14 tickets for the show!  Oh well, nothing I can do about it.  Perhaps I'll find 14 people who will go, or I'll sell them online if the performance is in high demand.  All I know is that Paula and I really want to go.  He sends such a positive message and had really had an influence on the emerging of today's me.  I very much look forward to going in the fall!

Time to go.  I want to cut my hair and take a shower before bed.  Another big day tomorrow.  Either 8 or 9 hours.  Gotta teach my ass off before the season starts to slow down.  I hope you have a great day or night, and will talk to you tomorrow!  I wish you smiles and laughs and hope that you enjoy.  Later my friends.

The Mazurs

Friday, July 25.  Hello!!!  How are y'all?  I'm doing great and had a fantastic day off.  I started out by showing my house to a nice couple.  Don't know if they're interested, but we'll see.  I also got the earnest money check for the income property we're looking at to the realtor's office, and got some nice contacts to further investigate the soundness of the property and investment.  So now for next week I've got a builder, a landscaper, and two furnace guys to check out the place.  We should know by the end of the week what's what.  I also managed to run some errands and find another resource for advertising my place, the UM landlord listing service.  This would seem to be a great resource for visiting scholars and grad students to get to view my place, especially those long term lease agreements.  All this and I managed to spend a few hours with Paula before she left for South Bend, Indiana to teach modeling.  That's a nice gig for her that'll eventually pay her $550 for every two days work.  Pretty good!

My new experience for the day was to have dinner with Bob, Kim, and Bobby Mazur.  The asked me to eat with them at the club after I played 18 holes with Bobby and 9 with Bob.  It was good to see Bobby play and I gave him some advice on how he might perform better in tournaments.  He's getting there.  He just has to play more tournaments and get more relaxed.  Sometimes, he loses his head and has brain farts, but so do I on the golf course.  I played quite well today actually and shot 77, with a bogey-double bogey finish.  Quite happy.

Anyway, I hope you are all well and enjoying.  I am off to relax a little before bed, as I have a big 8 hour day of teaching tomorrow.  I will check in again tomorrow!  Thank you for all the love and support.  I am grateful and humbled!  Bye!

Setting up inspections

Thursday, July 24.  Hi all!  How are  you?  I hope great.  I'm doing great, tired and feeling like life doesn't have enough hours in it, but great!  Today I taught 9 lessons, 9 straight hours.  In between lessons, I have 10 minutes, which usually ends up being about 5 minutes.  So in my 8 different 5 minute breaks, I managed to talk to Paula, Julie, Chad, Susan our realtor, 3 different contractors, Scott, Basil, and who knows who else!

My new experience for today was to set up two appointments for contractors to come out and give estimates for the property we're looking to buy.  One is for the foundation and basement walls, and the other is for the furnace.  Both are areas of concern and short-term future expenses and we have to get an idea of how that impacts our potential investment.  We'll see what they say and how much it'll cost, and go from there.  Nothing needs to be done immediately, but probably all needs to be done within 5-7 years.  That'll affect cash flow, but as long as it doesn't make us cash flow negative, we'll be ok.  We will see.

I love you all, and thank you for all the support.  Tomorrow is my day off, but I have plenty to do but will also have some free time to hopefully have some fun.  Have fun yourselves, enjoy, and I'll check in again tomorrow!

Selling insurance, mortages, and financial services

Wednesday, July 23.  Hi all!  How are you?  Great I know, and if not, get great!  I am fantastic.  Tired, but a good tired from another day full of things to do and opportunities pursued.  I taught most of the day, but during the day had a chance to get some things done.  I found a university resource that will post my home for rent to those associated with the university looking for houses to rent.  I am going to guess that all visiting scholars, who are not interested in buying but looking for a convenient resource for finding rentals will use this resource.  So I signed up for that and that will undoubtedly get me hooked up with a long term tenant who has the resources to rent my home for what I'm asking.  My couple who was interested in renting ended up not going with it.  Get this, they wanted to rent month to month but were interested in paying $1,800 a month, not $2,100 a month.  That's just not the way it works.  If you go short term, you pay more, and if you pay long term, you pay less.  Weird.  But I almost immediately got another email of a couple who are very interested in renting the place, and they are going to come see the place later this week.  Just a matter of time.  I am patient.

I also made the appropriate calls to the contractors to get estimates on all the repairs that the investment property will need.  This will give us an idea of what our costs will be over the next 5 to 7 years of owning the property.  Capital improvements are a necessary component of owning rental properties, and we're figuring out ways to make it work.  Just a matter of time there too.  I am patient.

My new experience of the day was to sign up to sell insurance, mortgages,and financial services through Primerica, a wholly owned subsidiary of Citi.  It is a commission based independent contractor opportunity to make some money, and shows lots of potential.  My experience in my last cold calling venture will help me succeed in this one.  I'm very excited about it.  I will begin my training soon and then take a state test to get licensed to sell these products and get my business going.  Just another source of income.  Fun and exciting.

It's all just a matter of time.  I fully trust life, and it's all already happening for me as I write.  It's invigorating to know that all the dreams are and will come true.  It's happening everyone, and there is such certainty and belief that nothing but total success will be the outcome.  I feel strong, powerful, and ready to do it all!  

I hope you are all well and will talk to you tomorrow.  Keep on enjoying life, keep on smiling, and keep on reading!  Until then, my friends.

FAFSA

Tuesday, July 22.  Hello all!  What's up?  I hope you are all doing fantastic.  I as is usual now, am doing great!  A busy day today, pretty much teaching from 9 to 7.  Good though because the summer is quickly coming to an end and I need to make and save some money!  

Today's new experience was filling out a FAFSA, or a Free Application for Federal Student Aid.  I am going to see how much the government is willing to help out with my educational costs that start this fall, as they will be quite enormous.  It was pretty easy to complete and required lots of information from tax returns.  It did make me realize how much the government must help those in need to get money for education, which is a good thing.  I've never needed to ask for aid before because of the generosity of my parents, but this time I thought I'd see what I'd get.  I'm told that I'll know in a week or so.  So I'll keep you updated.

I hope you all have wonderful days or nights, and don't forget to enjoy!  I'll talk to you tomorrow and fill you in with yet another episode of Tom's life!  See you then.

A building inspection

Monday, July 21.  Hi everyone!  How are you?  I hope well, I am doing great!  Today was my day off, but a very busy one.  I had lots to do, many errands.  I showed my house to another couple, did lots of phone call stuff to take care of things that needed to be taken care of, from talking to Blue Cross Blue Shield, the MBA program about computers and financial aid, getting in touch with my attorney Basil and finalizing the operating agreement, talking to the bank, and fixing my current computer.  Busy but great!

My new experience from the day was to attend a building inspection for the property we are looking to buy.  The inspector, Craig, was very nice and very professional.  For $330, they do a very thorough and complete inspection.  We may have found problems with the building and have to see if they will affect our decision on the property.  But no decision has been made and we will see what happens!  In any case, I learned a lot about the structures of homes and all the information will be of great assistance to me as I look at future homes, even if this one doesn't work out.  I learned about grading and drainage and Orange burg tile drains and insulation and crawl spaces and ventilation and furnaces and plumbing and electrical systems.  Invaluable really in achieving my real estate goals.

Time to go to bed now, tomorrow will be a busy golf day.  I feel blessed to have a full schedule this week and it will be nice to meet up with all of my students, new and old.  And it won't hurt the checkbook either.  I hope you all smile and enjoy life and have fantastic days or nights!  I will surely have a great day tomorrow and tell you all about it then!  Goodnight and we'll talk soon!

Six days of stuff!

Tuesday, July 15th to Sunday, July 20th.  Wow, what a long time it's been since I wrote!  But I will catch up right now with a six day entry.  Luckily for me, there's plenty of new experiences to talk about.  How are you all?  I hope great.  I am doing fantastic!  Life is good and things are great!  Without further ado, my new experiences (in a bullet format, which in and of itself is a new experience!):

• Receiving admittance into the Ross School of Business MBA program at the University of Michigan.  On my birthday no less!
• Seeing "August: Osage County," a Pulitzer winning Broadway play that was very funny and entertaining
• Getting on the New York Subway system (and getting lost)
• Being on the set (in the special director's chairs with the earphones like big shots) of a major television drama/thriller, "Damages," starring Glenn Close and many other Academy Award winning actors.  The show was created, written, and produced by my best high school friend Glenn, his brother Todd, and their buddy Daniel.
• Meeting and enjoying time spent with one of Julian's friends, Savannah
• Being offered a trade...golf lessons for two first class plane tickets to Thailand!
• Having NO ONE show up for a FREE Junior Golf Clinic on Saturday.  No one!
• Getting to the airport late and not only making the flight but having our bags make it too!  Imagine that!
• Making a New Yorker's walk...from about 12th street all the way up to 40th street on our last evening there.  All New Yorkers say "oh, it's just a few blocks" and that usually means fifteen or more.

So there you have it folks, lots of new experiences for you.  It has truly been a great week for me, and I am thankful and humbled by how great things are right now.  I will keep my thoughts and energy positive, create the life I want with my thoughts and actions, and keep on moving forward.  Thanks for all the love and support, I love you all!  Enjoy, smile, and laugh!  Until we speak again, my friends.

Monday, July 14.  Hi everyone!  How are you?  I hope great.  I am very tired but great.  Lots of exciting things coming up.  Tomorrow, we leave for New York, where we will watch a Pulitzer winning play, hopefully get to make an appearance on a TV drama, find fabrics for my fedoras, and also just have some fun.  I also was supposed to be able to find out whether or not I got accepted into the UM MBA program tonight online, but my impatience and weariness made me screw up and I've locked myself out.  So I'll have to call tomorrow to see if I got in or not.  Oh well, that's just the way it's supposed to be right?  It would've been a nice first birthday present for me though, wouldn't it have?

Anyway, today was busy.  Some golf, some getting things lined up for the upcoming purchase of the student rental property, and a new prospective tenant wanting to take a look at my house for rental.  I also managed to wire Pae about $18,000 for my share of the nightclub and open a bank account for our property LLC, Twenty-Fifteen Properties.  Busy busy busy!

My new experience for the day was getting a post on the blog from a total stranger, Vyolet from Australia, who had some nice things to say about my blog and it's ambition.  Cool.  I read some of her blog work and she sounds like a sweet and interesting soul.  If you're reading Vyolet, let's continue to correspond, ok?  There are no accidents in this life and there was an immediate sense of connection that I felt as I looked at some of your work.  So I hope I've made a new friend!

Time for bed now.  Early flight tomorrow and exciting things for my birthday planned.  We'll see you tomorrow.  Smile, laugh, and enjoy until then!  Love to all and I'll talk to you later!

Kinetic linking and the genius bar

Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13.  Hi all, I'm a little behind and pressed for time today, so a short entry.  I am doing great and hope you are too!  Tomorrow we leave for New York for three days for my birthday!  I'm very excited.

Saturday, I took a kinetic link lesson with Paul.  I've been hitting the ball so short lately that I've been looking for a solution.  So he sends swings to this guy in Indianapolis who turns your swing into a whole bunch of graphs and numbers to see how well the pieces of your golf swing match up and sequence.  Mine, thankfully, were all messed up.  No wonder I can't hit it anywhere!  So now I have some drills to do and hopefully things should get better with some practice!

Sunday, I went to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store because "mobile me" a new app by Apple that wirelessly syncs all your info on all your stuff, computer, phone, etc., wasn't working on my new iPhone.  So I went there and the guy was extra nice and actually did work while I was there that usually is work that has to be done in 48 hours.  And he didn't charge me.  It was cool and he even gave me advice on what new computer I should buy once I have the money.  The iMac and I'll upgrade my current laptop a little with the hard drive and memory, and I'll have the best of both worlds!

So that's it, have a great day, and I'll talk to you later.  Enjoy, smile, and laugh til then!

My feet!

Friday, July 11.  Hi everyone!  How are you?  I hope great, I am doing fantastic and had a great day today!  First I got the chance to deliver meals again.  I'm enjoying that very much and the group gave me a goody bag for being helpful to them.  I also got a chance to run all the errands I needed to get done, and then found out that our offer for the student rental was accepted!  We are on our way!  I also then had a beautiful birthday dinner with Paula and Mom, Dad, Julie, Chad, Kirin, Coco at the Italian restaurant at Somerset.  I then capped it all off by getting the new iPhone at Briarwood!  What a fantastic day!

The new experience for the day is the one I left out.  Before heading to dinner, I went to get a pedicure with Paula at Ocean Nails.  I've never had one before, and it was very soothing and relaxing.  I'd do it again, I think, but probably not as often as the women who go there do.  I do need a manicure and I will go back and get that done soon.  My nails and fingers are awful looking!  But it was fun nonetheless and a new thing!

I will talk to you later.  I hope you are all smiling, laughing, and enjoying life.  Be safe and have fun and I send love and support out to you!  Later friends!

Golf with a student and a new shirt

Wednesday, July 9 and Thursday, July 10.  Hello everyone!  How's it going?  I hope fantastic!  I am doing great.  I'm falling behind again with the blog, but I will catch up right now.  Busy as usual with golf and other projects, and I'm getting ready to go to New York to look at some fabrics next week.

On Wednesday, my new experience was to give a playing lesson to Tom Cullum, one of my students.  We've been working together for a few years now and he's a very nice young man and works really hard.  He's also got some ability and it was nice to see him out on the golf course, because the range and the course aren't always the same.  It was apparent that course management and decision making were not problems.  His temperament for the game is very good.  He just needs to hone the physical skills a little more and he can be a solid high school player that contributes to his team!

On Thursday, I wore a new Puma golf shirt for the first time.  I like Puma stuff because it's not just normal run of the mill golf stuff.  This one is dark grey with asymmetrical yellow dots all over it.  It also fits like a shirt should, short sleeves and tailored sides.  I don't like swimming in my golf shirts.  Anyway, I feel really good about the shirt and look good in it too!  I think I'll order more when next season's styles come out.

I hope you all have great days or nights, wherever you are.  I am now off to work and then who knows?  Enjoy, laugh, love, and I'll talk to you all again tomorrow!  Thanks for all of your love and support and for reading!  See ya!

A rose

Tuesday, July 8.  Hi all!  How are you?  I hope great, I am doing great!  Today was a semi-busy day at work.  But it's all good because I got a chance to hit a few balls and run some errands.  Tomorrow I have a playing lesson with one of my kids so it was good to figure a few things out beforehand.  After work, Paula made tacos.  Yum.

My new experience for the day was to get a single pink rose from Paula for no reason at all.  Just her being sweet.  So I'm going to stay short and sweet today and talk to you again tomorrow.  For now, I'm going to relax, watch some TV and take a shower.  Very muggy and humid today, but nice and warm.  Take it easy, enjoy, and I'll talk to you all tomorrow!  Thanks as usual for all the love, support, and positivity from everyone.  Love ya all!

A unique conversation

Monday, July 7.  Hi all!  How are you?  Another day off for me, and I've had a good one.  I slept in, ran some errands, had a therapy session with Dr. Bob, and took a nap.  I was intending to play golf, but it is currently raining out so maybe that's not happening.  Otherwise, it's been a great day!

Earlier today, I had a very unusually pleasant conversation with a woman, Bonne, who worked for one of my credit card companies.  I was trying to move some money around and just so happened to get her on the phone.  Instead of it being just business, we had a nice, personal and pleasant conversation while we were getting things done.  It was new and strange to talk to someone in that position for that long, and it made me realize that I have the ability to make anyone's day just a little better and more pleasant than it might be.  I'll have to take that attitude on to all of my interactions and see what happens.  Fun!

Anyway, have a good day or night, enjoy life, laugh and love.  I'll talk to you tomorrow!  See ya!

Meeting a movie star

Sunday, July 6.  Hi everyone, how are you?  I am doing great and I hope you are too.  Today was my special day off.  Just decided to take it off.  Kind of slow at work too because it's a holiday weekend.  So I got a chance to sleep in and relax in the morning, then took Paula, AJ, and Elliot to lunch at Zingerman's.  We met up with Rick, on his way to Chicago, and my parents, who needed me to sign something.  It was a nice time and a beautiful day.  Later on, I showed my house to a nice couple and then helped Paula and the crew clean the garage.  It looks great!  I then finally went to play 9 holes with Elliot.  Nick from work called me and met us on the fourth hole and it was nice to play with him and spend some time with him.

Today's new experience was to say hi and approach a movie star.  At Zingerman's, we saw Drew Barrymore, who is in the area to shoot a movie.  So I decided to go up to her and say hi and that I liked her movies.  She was very nice and said thank you.  But it was cool to have the guts to just go up and say hi.  I loved it!  In past times, I would've never done something like that, but felt like what the hell, you know?  What's the worst that could happen?  Anyway, meeting a movie star is definitely something new for me and I'm happy to have done it!

Again, I hope all is good with you all.  Thanks for all the love and support and positive energy.  Have a great day or night, and remember to enjoy, smile, laugh, and love!  See you tomorrow.

A unique junior clinic

Saturday, July 5.  Hi all!  How are you?  I hope well, I am doing great!  I feel peaceful, still, and going with the flow.  I taught for 6 hours today and afterwards hit some balls.  I think I'm on to something with my swing and will keep experimenting.  It's felt good for two days now and we'll see what happens.  Afterwards, I took it easy, watched some golf and took a short nap.  Paula made a great dinner of ribs and pasta salad, and we went out for ice cream afterwards.  All four kids are home right now, so Paula is pretty happy.  That happens very rarely right now, so I feel good for her to have all of the kids home.

My new experience for the day was running a free junior golf clinic.  Now, I've been running this clinic during the summers for many years now, but today was the first time only two kids showed up.  Usually it's anywhere from 8 to 15 kids, so just 2 is unusual.  But instead of canceling the session, I decided to go on with it anyway.  I figured the kids wanted to learn, so why let them down?  So we went ahead with it and it was nice to work more in depth and make a closer connection with fewer kids.  They were very nice and listened and we all had fun.  Their father was very nice too and unobtrusive, which was good.

Anyway, please enjoy the rest of the weekend.  I will talk to you tomorrow.  Don't forget to enjoy, smile, and laugh!  Until tomorrow, my friends!  Thanks for all of the love and support, I am very grateful and appreciative.

A new kind of Fourth of July

Friday, July 4.  Hi everyone!  I hope all of you are well, I am excellent.  Today was my day off, and my first chance to get some rest and sleep in for weeks.  So I did, and spent a morning relaxing and hanging out with Paula.  We then went to Miles and hit some balls together for the first time all year, which was nice.  Finally, we drove to Clark Lake for our annual Fourth of July trip.  For the first time, though, there were no kids at all.  Just adults.

In the last three years, there has always been a younger presence and a different vibe with past July fourth celebrations on a lake, so the vibe was much more chilled out and different.  But still nice and a pleasant time.  It's a beautiful lake and the fourth celebration is a cool day, with the local residents firing off fireworks themselves.

Anyway, it's off to work tomorrow again.  Things are good, I am happy, and life is awesome.  I also have decided to take Sunday off this week too, so I have three of four days off for the first time in a while.  Maybe I can play golf some.  My game the other day with Justin, Casey, and Brent was a sign that I need to really get my game in shape.  For no other reason than I think that I can play at a much higher level than I am.  So I'll make that a goal for the rest of this summer.  I'm making it important, so it'll happen.

I'll talk to you tomorrow, as usual.  Have a great day, enjoy, and remember to look at life, observe, and smile and laugh!  See you tomorrow.

Teaching a physicist

Thursday, July 3.  Hi all!  How are you doing?  I'm doing great and I hope you are too.  Today was a very busy day at work.  Straight from 9 am to 7 pm.  I taught some old students and some new, and a group of great kids.  But the most interesting of all was teaching a woman who was a physicist.  She started me on the wrong foot by arriving 5 minutes late, then saying that she didn't have any clubs and wanted two specific clubs that had to be put together by the guys inside.  Arriving late and needing to borrow clubs was not that big a deal because it happens all the time, but then she said we should really get to it because she only had an hour and didn't want to waste any time.  Well, maybe coming on time with clubs would help us not waste time!

Anyway, I taught her with everything I had, she tried and understood, and we enjoyed the lesson.  What was interesting though was that toward the end of the lesson,  I asked her if she thought the universe was a friendly place.  This question was one that Albert Einstein, another physicist, thought was the most important question for him to answer.  Her answer was that if you thought the universe was a friendly place, it would help you out.  If you think it's friendly, it'll be friendly to you and help you.  Now this is what I believe now too, but it was awesome cool to hear it from a physicist, not a religious or spiritual person.  I also then asked her it she thought that we created our lives in our heads, or manifested our life.  She said that without a doubt we do.  Again, from a physicist's perspective!  We create our own existence and lives.  Wow, very powerful.  Something that I've been doing now for the last 6 months!  Confirmation.

Anyway, enjoy July 4th for those of you in America and remember what a privilege it is to have freedom.  Also remember that we are responsible for the live we have by the thoughts we create in our heads.  So imagine and think about whatever it is you want, and it will happen.  You can create the life of your dreams if you choose!  Talk to you tomorrow, enjoy!

A new foursome

Wednesday, July 2.  Hi all!  How's it going?  I hope well, I'm doing great and had a great day.  Early this morning, I went to show my house to a potential tenant.  She and her sister seemed nice and we'll see what happens.  I then went to teach some golf, but today only until 3 pm, because I had a golf game!  I played at Barton Hills with Justin, Casey, and Brent.  Casey is a member and our host, and he really made it feel like a great day.  It was quite a privilege to play there with those three guys.  I struggled as I kind of expected because I just haven't played that much with all that's been going on.  We managed to play 8 holes before the lightning came, at which point we went to the grill, hung out and talked for a couple of hours.  Chris Mile also came to watch us play and hung out with us.  It was a thoroughly enjoyable day even though we didn't play all 18 and had a good match going.  I felt lucky and blessed to be there.  I truly have had a great month and look forward to July being even better!

I hope you all have good days, and I will check in tomorrow as usual!  Enjoy, live, experience, and laugh a lot til then.  Thanks for all the love and support.  Later on...

A potential tenant

Tuesday, July 1.  Hi all!  How's it going?  I hope well, I am doing great as usual.  Today was a busy day at work with lots of lessons and Justin visiting Miles of Golf and doing the PR tour at his old stomping grounds.  He then treated us to a great dinner at Miki Japanese restaurant.  Justin likes to have sushi when we visit because he gets a chance to be more adventurous than when he goes for Japanese with his wife Kathryn.  It was great food and fun conversation.

Today, I, for the first time, actually spoke to someone who is interested in renting my home.  I've received several emails from people, but never actually spoken to anyone about it.  Hearing her voice and her story made me feel more comfortable with things.  Something about email is so very impersonal and it's good to hear and eventually meet and look someone in the eye when doing something like this.  But it sounds like she's interested and willing to pay the price of $2,100 a month, which would actually allow me to make money on my house each month while my tenants pay for the equity in my home.  A potentially perfect deal!  I will keep you updated and keep my fingers crossed.  I feel positive expectancy for this opportunity and will actually increase my personal income by quite a bit per year.

Anyway, off to watch a movie and get to bed early.  I have another big day tomorrow and also a golf game set up with Justin, Casey, and Brent at Barton Hills CC.  Cool, huh?  Have a great day everyone, and I'll talk to you tomorrow!

International final qualifying

Monday, June 3.  Hi everyone!  What's up?  I hope all is well with everybody, and all is great with me!  Tired, but great.  My new experience for the day was to caddy in the International Final Qualifying for the British Open for Justin.  This was a very unique exclusive privilege for Justin in that only very few get to play in the event.  It is based on world ranking alone, and his performance over the last three weeks has moved him up on that list which allows him to get into more and more events.  It was tough to carry the big tour bag for that many holes, and I will admit that I'm not the best caddy in the world, but it was fun and an honor to be there.  I was also recognized quite a bit myself and received another invitation to do the Big Show radio program because of it.  We shot 2 over and didn't make the Open field, but we tried to do the best we could and just didn't have it.  From his perspective, I think he just ran out of gas.  Deservedly so from winning the Nationwide Tour event and then having to drive all the way back to Dearborn from Toronto.  He didn't arrive until about 1 am, we got to bed at 2:30 am, and woke up at 5:30 am.  No excuses, but not the ideal situation for playing 36 holes.

Anyway, great things continue to happen and everything is truly fantastic.  I hope you have good days and nights, and I will talk to you later!  See ya!