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Re: Giveaway: Free Quicken Rental Property Manager 2.0

Jon — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:43:10 -0000

I have one rental property now. Just filed my 2006 taxes- the first year to report activity from a rental property. I intend to never sell my residence. In other words, when I decide to move, I want to simply convert my current residence to a rental property. Not sure if that'll work out, but that's the plan. I've checked out this software in stores before, but I was holding off on buying it. Now that I'm once again in the market for a new home, it might not be a bad idea to have some software to manage my future real estate empire! ;-)

Re: FREE: The Maui Millionaires by David Finkel and Diane Kennedy

Jon — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:22:22 -0000

I tried to pay more than $30,000 to meet Warren Buffett, but I was outbid on the auction to have dinner with him. I have met him at the annual Berkshire meeting, but a simple handshake isn't enough for me. I would love to delve into the mind (and would pay whatever the cost to do so) of the world's smartest investor.

Re: Enhance Your Career By Consuming Alcohol (With a Giveaway!)

Jon — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:36:40 -0000

My company has a very liberal policy about drinking. In fact, I just came home from a company sponsored happy hour. We are a small company (53 FTE) and mostly hire employees straight out of college, so the average age is quite young. Not to say younger people drink more, but I think young, just out of college, mostly single people with no kids are able to drink/socialize with fewer qualms about rushing home from work.

Tomorrow afternoon we are preparing for our annual user conference. This entails pretty mundane things- mostly preparing goody bags for the attendees- but the boss already told us he would supply the drinks.

The company maintains a general policy as follows: Drinking in the office is okay only after 5 or on special events like tailgate parties (yeah, we have those too). When with clients, we should limit ourselves to 1-2 drinks.

Is this unfair to non-drinkers? Well, I live in the South, home to devout Southern Baptists who think liquor is the devil's elixir. But you know what, to each his own. We also have a Bible study group that gets together some mornings and for an occasional lunch. The company allows them to use the office conference room for their gathering. Again, to each his own.

To be honest, as one of the old-timers at my company (and I've only been with them 3 1/2 years- we're just over the "start up" hump), I look at this as a good retention tool in a fast paced company. I mean, how many other companies generally have bottles of beer in the refrigerator?

Anything that contributes to "good times", as long as it's done in moderation, should lead to higher incomes. The simple truth is, people want to do business with people they trust, people they can relate to, and people they are comfortable around. Building these profitable relationships tends to work better with alcohol than soda.

Re: WealthBoy at Prosper Days

Jon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:41:15 -0000

Nice meeting you at Prosper Days today. Sounds like your flight home will be even worse than mine.

Good luck with P2P lending and hope to see you again next year!