Month: March 2009

  • A View From the Top

    If you were a building, how high could you soar? They say that if you can imagine it, you can build it.  I just saw this video of the world’s tallest building called the Burj Dubai. I am not suggesting that you can build something taller than this. I am using this as an analogy of the possibilities of what can be achieved. As they say in the video, “the giant dreams of man and nature.  It took 29 million man hours to build!

    If you are at the bottom of the barrel and rebuilding your life , all it takes is a blueprint and a plan. But the concept and dream always comes first. I am sure the planning of this took years. As they say in the  But now that it is completed, no matter how ostentatious, it is a wonder to the eyes.

  • My Dreams Push Me to Work on the Details

    I Took This Picture Right After This Butterfly Was Born Ready to Fly
    I Took This Picture Right After This Butterfly Was Born Ready to Fly

    This past month has been a time to keep on focusing on recreating income. I have been working with an asset management company. They send me on assignments to gather information for pre-foreclosure cases. It is hard work, but I am willing to do it to find new avenues to provide for my sustenance this year. Even though I am continuing my creative projects with publishing, it entails a great amount of detail.

    Because real estate is something I have done for the past 23 years, I have confidence that I can create new deals. The atmosphere is not the best. I think I was burned out from most of my deals that fell apart. I also was dealing with the stress of getting all new certifications to pursue the REO listings now.  I finally feel organized. The focus has to be very directed because I cannot afford to have more deals fall apart.

    It is because I have awakened my passion of writing and doing this blog that keeps me going most of the time. I get sudden bursts of energy to work the real estate when I get so many ideas of projects I want to do with publishing. One of my dreams is to create children’s books. So keeping that dream alive helps me to do the detail work now.