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Confessions of a Closet Prepper

Confessions of a Closet Prepper

Although I rarely talk about it, in my ‘former life’ I used to be a professional firefighter in Los Angeles. What most people don’t realize is that firefighters (at least in the LA area) mostly deal with non-fire emergencies. Where…

Gambling in the Stock Market

Gambling in the Stock Market

On the gambling spectrum, I’d put our lives on one end, while betting on whether a coin lands on heads or tails on the other. Pretty much everything in our lives is a bet, with the only difference being the…

Cannabis, Psychedelics, Idealists, and Capitalists

Cannabis, Psychedelics, Idealists, and Capitalists

“When will our table be ready?” I asked. “We’re waiting for a party to finish up. It shouldn’t take more than another thirty minutes,” the hostess replied. I looked at her surprised, “Thirty minutes more minutes? Our reservations were for…

Putting Yourself Out There

I have dozens of embarrassing articles posted all over the internet. I have no idea how to remove them, edit them, or pretend they don’t exist… they all seem to come back and haunt me when I least expect. I’ve…

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Diversify To Increase Return AND Security

In the early 1960s, flying from the US to Japan was a big deal. Japan Airlines had just started making transpolar flights the previous year with tickets being hard to come by and extremely expensive.  Traveling outside of the US…

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Price Per Square Meter – m2 – How We Find Deep Value

We recently invested in a property with a ridiculously low price per square meter. M2 is what ‘price per square meter’ is usually referred as. You’ll find this measurement system pretty much everywhere, except for the United States. Property values…

Finding Great Early Stage Investments

Finding Great Early Stage Investments

I received a pitch deck last week from a contact I’ve spent quite a bit of personal time with. The deck is hideous. All black and white, no fancy graphics, and nothing that is visually stimulating. Furthermore, there isn’t even…

Betting On The Running Horse

Betting On The Running Horse

Last week we offered a new investment in a company that we have already invested in. So, this will be the second time investing in this company and this time we’re deploying even more capital at a higher valuation.  (This…

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“Aren’t you afraid that you’ll lose your property?”

“Aren’t you afraid that you’ll lose your property?”  That’s the number one thing I hear once people find out about our international property investments. This makes sense, as most people associate upside opportunities when it comes to topics they know…

Controversial Investing Trends

Four Controversial Investing Trends That Will Change The World

“By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.” – Paul Krugman, 1998 Ironically, the Internet is now full of these kinds of quotes, which highlight…