Flip This Wholesaler

2/23/2009

I had the best birthday EVER yesterday!

Costa Rica is even more beautiful than I had expected, and I’ve decided that I must live here. It’s my new goal…..

I’ve been a picture taking fool since I’ve been here, and thought I would share some of them with you all…

I sat next to the coolest Cuban lady on the flight from Miami to Costa Rica. Her name is Sweet Mary, and she’s 78. I hope I look that good when I’m 78. Mary and I drank many bloody Marys en route.

Bird’s eye view

Welcome to Costa Rica

Sherry’s backyard

The pool

My casa for the next week

Sherry, Me, and our two new friends, Jarrid and Eric (who took off from Denver for 2 weeks to explore Costa Rica)

I honestly have no recollection of this phot0 being taken.

Gotta run- it’s margarita time..

Adios amigos!

12/23/2008

It’s 1:18 am and I am not even packed yet. And I am baking cookies. My flight leaves in 6 hours.

I have been running around like a crazy person since 9am this morning trying to get everything done before I go. I managed to get all of my shopping done, and let me tell you, that was a fantastic time. I ran out of patience round about 6pm, and ended up getting everyone gift cards (except my nephew Trevor), but it still took me forever. I also managed to find myself a coat (half off), because I think it’s going to be 10 degrees or something like that in St. Louis. 10 degrees is painful. I also got a hat and gloves, and a scarf and earmuffs.

I just drove across town to drop off some cookies on my friend Jeff’s doorstep, and now I am worried that he is going to trip over them in the morning and crack his head open or something. I put them in one of those Christmas tins (with Santa on it) right outside his front door. You have to step down to get out of his front door, though, and I’m hoping he sees them before he steps. That would be a pretty crappy Christmas surprise to slip on a tin of cookies and end up in a coma. Maybe I should call him first thing in the morning..

I’m whipping up one more batch of cookies for my friend Dave, who I kind of tricked into taking me to the airport at 5am. Technically, he said yes when I asked him on Friday if he would do it, but I waited until he was 3 shots of tequila and two beers into our conversation before I brought it up. Hehe.

The timer on the oven is beeping, so I gotta run….

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas- stay warm, enjoy the time with your family and friends, and I will talk to you when I get back…

12/21/2008

Well, I ended up closing deal #4 Friday afternoon. I called my wholesaler friend Dave shortly thereafter to see if he wanted to meet me for lunch/cocktails/tequila shots, at Estella’s on Davis island. We have both been doing really well these past few months, so we decided to meet up and celebrate. While we were enjoying our cocktails on the patio, I got a call from the bank’s title company about the deal where I was waiting for the bank to sign the deed package…..the lady said she finally got everything she needs from the bank, so I should be able to pick my check up tomorrow (Monday). So, that’s a good thing.

Friday evening, my friend Jeff surprised me with tickets to the Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. It was awesome. I took ballet from when I was 4 years old all the way up until high school. I still have my first pair of ballet slippers, and also my firefly costume from my first recital. They are so tiny. I can’t remember why I quit (probably because I was too busy chasing boys and getting into trouble), but it is one of the decisions in my life that I really regret making. I felt envious watching the ballerinas on stage.

After the show, we went to the legendary Bern’s Steakhouse for dinner (my first time)…. Holy crap- I have never seen a wine list like that before. We ended up closing the place down, and then our server (who was the best server I have ever had in my entire life, by far) gave us a tour of the wine cellar, which was absolutely unbelievable…

I didn’t get much accomplished yesterday (too much wine the night before), but today I went on a sign mission, and ended up finding yet another cash buyer- the kind of buyer that is going to make me a shit-ton of money in the very near future… This makes me quite happy.

I still have not done my Christmas shopping, and I am leaving Tuesday morning at 6am. I do this every year. I hate myself for waiting until the last minute, but I am a last minute kind of girl, so I guess I just need to accept it and endure the consequences of my severe procrastination.

Tomorrow is going to be hellish.

10-4, over and out.

9/2/2008

Well, I’m pleased to announce that my team came in first place at the 1st Annual Labor Day Cornhole Tournament! I snapped some pictures of the festivities for you….

The competition…..

Cornhole in action

On top of that…the love of my life just secured his spot in the quarterfinals of the US Open! He’s flying me out tomorrow so I can be there to cheer him on for the rest of the competition.

And, in other news, I got a fantastic counter offer today on an REO that I offered on last week. This one was listed @ 90k, I offered 55k, and they dropped down to 63k right off the bat. I countered back at 57k earlier today, and am waiting to hear back from the bank. I think I can get between 65-69k for this one. Keeping my fingers crossed….

¡Adios Amigos!

8/28/2008

I had intentions of going to look at 5 houses today that I wanted to offer on, but I got a call from my friend Jeff just as I was heading out the door, asking if I wanted to go to Frenchy’s for lunch…

I just can’t say no to Frenchy’s- it’s my very favorite beach restaurant. They have this amazing She Crab Soup that I could eat by the bucket(s) full, and the views are amazing, and they have lots of beer. That’s a combination I just couldn’t refuse. Also, it was gorgeous out today, and I’ve had a very productive week, soooo….off to Clearwater beach I went….

Meet Jeff

Beer #3

2 of the 15 pigeons that got to have a taste of my delicious Cajun
grouper sandwich (yes, I’m that person who feeds the birds and pisses everyone off

The view

I did manage to get some work done while I was there, and should be locking up that house I was talking about in my last post. The buyer I originally thought was going to take it (the guy I hunted down last week), was not interested, but another wholesaler who I do a lot of business with, put me in contact with one of her buyers, and she’s “supposedly” going to bring me a deposit tomorrow. I have never had much luck with female buyers (except Crazy Caroline, but I’m pretty sure she is possessed by Satan, so she doesn’t count), so I am not holding my breath. I don’t know what the deal is, but every single female buyer I have ever come into contact with has been a complete waste of my time. Perhaps this one will be different, but, like I said, I’m not holding my breath. We shall see…..