From the monthly archives:

April 2010

In this episode we visit properties at all stages in the renovation process.

Runtime: 21:52
A quick rundown of the episode:

  • Intro – Don’t forget, most referrals = Free Southwest Airlines Flight
  • The Ren Men visit properties at all stages in the renovation process
  • BOOB Update – Fishing Tournament
  • New BOOB Challenge – Water Balloon Fight with a Stranger
  • Chalk Talk – Elevator Speech

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In this episode we discuss our many failures.

Runtime: 29:39
A quick rundown of the episode:

  • The Ren Men discuss the topic of the their Top 4 failures
    • Abandoned Opportunities
    • Contractors
    • Appraisals
    • Capital Killers
  • BOOB Update – 1 Club Golf
  • New BOOB Challenge – Fishing Tournament
  • Chalk Talk – Most Referrals = Free Southwest Airlines Flight

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In this episode we discuss updates on all fronts.

Runtime: 18:50
A quick rundown of the episode:

  • Introduction of Reece Michelle Ledford
  • The Ren Men on location to deliver a Boxer machine
  • The Ren Men on location at the Ren Auto Group
  • New BOOB Challenge – 1 Club Golf
  • Chalk Talk – Ipad and Iphone developer

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Welcome to the The Ren Men Wrap-up, each month we will discuss the prior month’s goings-on.

On the real estate side of the business, we are currently at 81 homes under contract and our one commercial property, the store and lock. We got five (5) new houses under contract, in the month of March. The breakdown is as follows:

House Purchase Repairs
#1 $21,000 $20,000
#2 $9,500 $26,000
#3 $19,500 $18,000
#4 $16,500 $20,000
#5 $24,000 $17,000

On the vending side of the company, we received monies from two of our locations.  The breakdown is as follows:

Date Pick Up Days Location Counter Total Ren Ven Daily
1/28/10 3/15/10 46 Lodge Bar 1700 $1,726.00 $840.00 $18.26
1/28/10 3/15/10 46 Porter’s Pub 1330 $1,331.00 $665.50 $14.47

We have big news upcoming with the Ren Ven Group. We have located many more machines and will have details in a later episode/post.

The Ren Auto Group is our used car dealership.  We have completed our application to be processed. We are awaiting a response from the state of Ohio for our license.

For those of you who don’t know Roger K (aka BaseLine Denver), he has challenged us:

Re the Big Out Of Boox challange……..

Here’s an idea for serial business builders; do the Ferris idea. Less than $500 cash outlay, and make Muse kinda money (say, $2-3k a month to cap it for this). Put all the stuff online, like this Car idea. And pretend that you have no resources to leverage- no building, etc. And only put in 4 hours a week.

In the real world, we know you would spend more time on the start-up, and leverage your resources, yada yada….. but this is the RenMen version of “Living Oprah”….”Following Ferriss”? Might be fun to see what business you come up with, and how you find the right mix to outsource with, and whether it even flies. You don’t need the money- donate it a la Newmans Salad dressings to a worthy cause (I vote St. Judes, since you’re both dad’s). Whaddya think?

We have accepted his challenge and will be updating our progress as soon as we start.

Just two more things, Alan and his wife Emily had their second daughter, Reece Michelle Ledford, 7 lbs. 14 oz., 21 in. at 7:02am on April 1st. Lastly, she is awesome.

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