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Conviction

MIT Research is showing positive signs in Fusion, call me crazy but I’ve been a nut about this now for over a year now! On December 14 th , I commented to my friends on Facebook that MIT turned the table and is now investing in fusion.  I have constantly, (to no avail) searched the internet for more information. The below is the most recent, what seems to be a credible article I have found. Everyone that I talk to rolls their eyes, and hey, more power to them. And, I suppose, statistically, they are correct, as I am sure I could find in micro-fiches (those younger millennials have no idea what I am talking about) similar articles to the articles I reference. But I don’t care, it takes me a lot, and I mean a lot before I have conviction in something. And I have conviction in this idea. The funny part, I looked up the budget for the US. Renewable energy in 2013 was at a whopping 15 BILLION! Yes, that has a B. Guess how many dollars went to fusion?  … Wait for it …. Wait for it...

How to Win a Bid for a Home in a Competitive Market

It's been a while since I have posted anything worth a darn, so I thought I'd give it a try. Something I stumbled on, it may or may not work, but the concept I feel is somewhat solid. I took a real estate class a while ago, (like two decades ago!) that class taught me a lot. One of the biggest things that it taught me is that you can get out of a real estate contract (if written properly) very easily during the first few days, even weeks. Therefore, throw bids out there like spaghetti on a wall and see what sticks! I did this approach in 2007, 8 and 9 and it worked incredibly well! The reason it worked so well is that it was a buyers market. People were unloading homes like it was going out of style, so some were taking outrageous bids just to get rid of the property. My poor real estate agent I bet was writing three bids a month! I hardly won a thing, but when I did it was a steal! You miss every shot you don't take! Don't get me wrong I'm no Real Estate Mogul t...