Oct 21, 2014 | Real Estate
Having been in the real estate world for a while now, I can tell you that it can be difficult to get started. With the temperamental nature of the market in the past two decades, you have to stay on top of the game. When you’re getting started, you can really...
Oct 20, 2014 | Business Blogs
The date is set, the plans are made and the rush begins. In a small business, deadlines are chaotic. The responsibility can only be split so far. In the past two weeks, I’ve had two important event deadlines to have a lot of things assembled and ready by. But...
Oct 19, 2014 | Kingdom Impact
One of the ugliest things about a crisis like ebola is how political everyone suddenly becomes. Major news sites drum up panic. Political parties throw each other under the bus and create drama. And bloggers jump at the opportunity to share their opinions with the...
Oct 13, 2014 | Business Blogs
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to speak in Oklahoma at the Marketplace Leaders Breakfast. I took the chance to debut my re-branded and updated product, which threw my team in a mad rush to finish the production before I flew out. Early in the week I was...
Oct 12, 2014 | Personal Growth
This past week was a busy one for my team, complete with late nights in the office and working through lunches. But as I was reading my Bible early Tuesday morning, a passage struck me. From 2 Kings 3:16-17 in the NASB. He said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Make this valley...
Oct 7, 2014 | Real Estate
I had a great mentor who taught me some secrets to screening bad tenants. Early is my real estate investing career, my mentor asked me to come on a ride with him to visit a potential tenants current apartment to sign rental application. I was wondering why he was...
Oct 6, 2014 | Business Blogs
One of the things I like about being an entrepreneur and small business owner is the opportunities I have to invest in people at the beginning of something. I’m currently in the middle of starting up a company and find that I enjoy working with those early into their...
Oct 5, 2014 | Kingdom Impact
Guest blogger, Amanda Benton. Amanda came on staff with us recently, and had the unique experience of working in the exact same area and with the exact same people as Tricord Global, one of my non-profits. Her three months in Malawi left her with some insight into...
Sep 29, 2014 | Business Blogs
Over the weekend, my staff told me the story of a small coffee roaster based in Colorado called Devil Dog Brew. Major Hank Salmans III, USMC(Retired)spent time in Panama during his career in the Marines. And during the years he lived there, he got to know that area of...
