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A web video blog about lifestyle design, passive income, real estate, vending machines, used cars, and eustress challenges. Grant and Alan bring you down to Cincinnati where they are meeting up with a private contractor. It is game five of the ‘Ren-lympics,’ the tie-breaker. Today’s challenge is jump rope.
Runtime: 17:50
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Above is the cross sell report for used car and truck dealers in the state of Ohio. Renaissance Auto Group sold 10 cars in the month of July. Our year-to-date ranking is 3,624 (which we are actually proud of) out of 4,444 total dealerships.
We have outperformed nearly 1,000 dealerships on the year-to-dates stats within a month. Crazy Willy must be doing something right…
A special thanks goes out to Sweet Lou Mindar for letting us know about Sam’s giveaway.
Who is Sam Carpenter? Check out his site, and he’ll let you know.
If you haven’t had a chance to buy Sam Carpenter’s book Work the System yet, you’re in luck. He’s giving away a pdf version of the book for free.
Special Announcement from Sam:
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It’s OK to forward this offer to your friends.
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-Sam Carpenter
The Ren Men are big, big fans of Mark Cuban, love him or hate him you have to respect him. He owns the NBA team, Dallas Mavericks, almost bought the Texas Rangers and is a savvy businessman. Here are the latest two articles from his blog…we stole them, don’t tell him—no wait—do tell him, maybe we could get him on the show…Follow the links to his blog to read the full articles…hope you enjoy!
http://blogmaverick.com/2010/08/25/the-best-investment-advice-you-will-ever-get
The best investment advice you will ever get…
“I’m going to simplify what I consider to be the best investment advice I have ever been given and share it with you. Here you go:
1. If you have any credit card or other type of consumer debt on which you pay 5pct or more interest, pay it off. Compound interest is your enemy. The chances of you earning more on your money than you are paying in consumer interest rates are slim. Pay it off.
2. Cash is King. Now that Madoff is in jail, no investment can offer returns with zero risk. If you don’t fully understand the risks of an investment you are contemplating, it’s ok to do nothing. In times of massive uncertainty like we are facing today, doing nothing is a valid and IMHO preferable investment strategy. Just put your money in the bank.
3. Cash Creates Transactional Returns. ”
The Stock Market is still for suckers and why you should put your money in the bank…
“I wrote a whole series of articles warning people about the stock market over the years. You can see them here. It’s gotten worse. So I thought i would write some more about why you should probably avoid putting any new money into the stock market…”
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A web video blog about lifestyle design, passive income, real estate, vending machines, used cars, and eustress challenges. Grant and Alan revisit the Investment Club. We meet the members and run some numbers to see how it is doing. It is game 4 of the ‘Ren-lympics,’ Grant leads 2-1 but Alan is zoning in to sweep the final events. But can Grant hold on to the lead?
Runtime: 25:30
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