Former USMC 🐍 pilot, Catholic, Land investor, 2xBiz owner. Beautiful wife and 6 kids. Shoot, hunt, surf, homeschool, farm. Ad majórem Dei glóriam! We Will Win.
One year ago I was coming home from my last deployment in the Marine Corps, just in time for my 5th child's birth.
It had been a good deployment. As the Operations Officer, I ran the only Special Operations Task Force in INDOPACOM. On a daily basis I was in charge of a
Very proud of my wife and oldest kids. Our state has a mandatory annual exam for homeschoolers. It’s the only test my kids take all year. Got results back today.
My 3rd grader (our eldest) placed in an 8th/9th grade level in most subjects.
My 2nd grader placed in the 5th grade
Don't listen to the Gurus, single family rental cashflow won't replace your income!
I made $473 cashflow off $344,000 in rental income in 2023.
Every social media platform has influencers talking about becoming "financially free" with SF home rental properties. I've picked on
Thought I had incredible cold-call deal. Buy for $30k, sell for ~$80k.
Seller (85yrs old) didn’t have email, sent snail mail contract.
Called today to find out if he got it all. Seller has no recollection of our deal. Through the course of the conversation realize he has
This is real generational wealth:
My paternal grandparents had 7 kids.
6 of those kids got married and had children; 45 total, of which I am the oldest in the generation.
Only 14 of those 45 are married (>50% are still under 18) and already there are now somewhere around 40
This is an excellent point and it’s why I laugh every time I see some REbro talking about building “generational wealth” with their 2 kids and “that’s enough for us” attitude.
Generational wealth? For who? Your family tree is dying.
The point of generational wealth isn’t to
Calling on the Catholic X community.
I have volunteered to help lead our parish’s OCIA program because it is in terrible shape. It’s been run by 3 Boomer women, the curriculum is the lamest/watered down junk you can imagine. Catechumens were bored out of their minds and not
@jason_howerton
@AJiazhang
, this sounds like a song for the Appalachian Scots-Irish. I'd imagine this song gets to the soul of many hundreds of thousands of men.
@MacL0veVP
@MootePoints
This coming from a guy that has an emotional support dog?!?!? And you have pronouns in your bio…🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m dying 😂. This couldn’t be funnier if you tried. I’m never deleting this app.
Did you know private pregnancy ultrasound services are a thing?
I didn't until I went to one recently. The business looks very profitable.
Going to do my best imitation of
@mhp_guy
here. Let's dive in...
We went to a Little Bellies franchise, they have about 23 locations in
If they are still talking to you, it means a deal is still possible and their motivation to do one is there.
This seller previously told me they would absolutely not accept anything less than $25,000.
Here's what I did in this negotiation:
1. I acted like I was willing to
Closing today on a 25 acre cold-call deal.
Called Feb 17th
Under Contract Feb 20th ($110k)
Started marketing: Feb 28th
Under contract (sale side): March 24th ($175k)
Double Closing: Apr 21st
60 days, $60k profit (after closings costs, expenses and overhead).
I❤️Land
Big win today.
Just went under contract on what will someday be our primary home (and I never want to move again).
-36acres
-5 rental buildings on it (4 homes and 1 contractor garage)
-DSCR of 1.95!
-Seller financing the sale with 4% interest, 30yr am, 8yr term
To everyone commenting and DMing about how this is very atypical and how most kids should go to public school because….reasons.
It’s not that atypical. Many studies have shown how homeschoolers outperform their peers.
Google is your friend.
@dchidyllo
Yeah all those “social skills” kids learn sitting in a classroom for 8hrs a day. 🙄
Vast majority of homeschool kids are in sports, music, co-ops, church groups and see family & friends all the time.
They are just fine.
Young men are historically drawn to the military. The promise of adventure, camaraderie and proving oneself appealed to their souls; sadly, the US mil increasingly shuns honor & violates the rights of service members. Allow us to propose alternatives to the mil in this thread ⬇️
@Partisan_O
My great (x5) grandfather was Christopher Gist, a friend and fellow surveyor of George Washington’s who once saved the future President from an icy river. Thanks to the personal family history connection, George Washington’s earlier years have always been fascinating to me.
7/19/21 we lost our baby to miscarriage.
7/19/24 we welcomed Alexander Scott into the world at our home.
God is so good.
"You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy so that my soul my praise you and not be silent..."
@BowTiedFox
@QED_Capital
My dad was director of investigations for an NGO that works with special police and military units in host countries to combat child s*x trafficking.
Your list was a good primer on what you see there daily.
The horrors of the Khmer Rouge are almost unimaginable to the Western
@buccocapital
Loving his son doesn’t make him a good man.
Joe Biden is a corrupt, lying, pathetic excuse of a man.
His love for Hunter changes nothing.
"No other option" is powerful motivation.
1yr ago I was about to exit the Marine Corps and because my land business (my planned income source) had hit a rough patch w/ no deals in 3+ months, I was stressed out of my mind.
My "very impressive" resume had landed me exactly 0
When I made the decision to get out of the Marine Corps before my last deployment, my wife and decided we would fulfill a dream of traveling the US full time.
Last week we left our house (on the right) and moved into our new home full time (43’ fifth wheel camper). Now we are
@MattWalshBlog
The sooner everyone accepts that the justice system is just a form of patronage politics the better. We can move past the farcical idea that our justice system is fair or just.
@mhp_guy
I hear parents of 1-3 kids complain about their kids all the time or bemoan the loss of their single life-style.
This case is bizarre, I've literally never heard of anyone with over 3 kids complaining of having had too many kids (except in a joking manner).
@DaleStarkA10
The amount of senior enlisted and senior officers who have zero identity outside the military is astonishing.
You see it every day. Guys with an “I love myself” wall the size of a living room but all they have to show for it are failed marriages, kids that won’t talk to them
@HeidiSchlumpf
@camillobarone97
Well expect to be rejected when you promote mortal sin and direct opposition to church teaching.
Not surprised you support that trash publication though
My 2023 Year-In-Review
I don't think I've ever had so much change in my life as I did in 2023. I left the Marine Corps after 11 years, started (another) business, and lived on the road in an RV full-time with my family visiting 24 states. Here's my recap:
January:
-Start
Natural selection in the human species during the mid to late 21st century is going to be crazy…
Most really don’t understand how stupid + domesticated people have become. Terrible combination for the survival of your bloodline.
This is absolutely insane.
A group of tourists in Yellowstone was spotted exiting their cars and sprinting towards a mama bear and her two cubs.
One of the tourists had a child in his arms.
@StrangerJosh11
Obviously the law doesn’t mayter anymore, and even if it did these people wouldn’t care…but I’ve always been curious what legal justification they try to give to a project that clearly discriminates on race? Or do they not even try and everyone ignores it
@Isaac_2019
We’ll see what his daughter says. It’s her inheritance…if she doesn’t want a quick cash deal, I’ll just explain the ways I was going to improve and market the property and wish her the best.
There’s always another lead.
@MirskyGregory
@wayofftheres
Physics don’t care about your feelings or your anecdotes.
The real bummer here is that you’ve been teaching women to shoot with poor form for 20yrs.
But then again, you’re an NRA “instructor” so that’s not really surprising
A bunch of new followers thanks to a shout out from
@mhp_guy
, so here’s who I am (this should help you decide pretty quick if you want to keep following or not):
I was a USMC helicopter pilot and got out of the Marine Corps in April ‘23.
My wife, 5 kids and I live in an RV and
Here's a recent deal breakdown for anyone interested.
Location: Western NC
Lead-Source: Cold-call lead (of course!)
Purchase price: $57,500
Sale price: $110,000
Closing Costs: $1,600
Clean-up costs: $3,000
Total Deal Time: 43 days
Total Profit: $47,900
Owner was in her late
@FromKulak
I don't think that US civil war is likely, but I agree with your overall point.
It likely stems from the fact that most Americans' minds jump to the US Civil War as their historical example. The US Civil War was the exception, not the rule. It much more closely resembled a war
@DaleStarkA10
Well played indeed.
Squadron rivalries can make for some amazing memories.
One time I assisted my Marines in painting our squadron patch over the top of our sister squadron’s LZ. The diameter was over 100’ and it took hours (and $500+ worth of paint).
But watching a
Land Caller's growth has been going crazy, so we needed another call center. Today we launched our center in Belize City, Belize.
-200 Seat capacity
-New hardware
-750+Mbps internet speeds (among the fastest in the entire country)
Our callers just completed their two weeks of
Taking a break from X.
I’ve got things to build this summer and it’s a distraction from real life.
Don’t know when/if I’ll be back, but if you’re one of the 5 people who read what I post you probably already have my number.
It’s a an election year and a hot summer, so stay
I’m pretty sick of this ConstantRaiseDan BS.
And I’d like the account to die and go away.
So how the hell did it go from hemorrhaging followers (it was down to 12.4k last night) to gaining 2000 followers in a day without a single tweet?
How about everyone just report the
@RobertMSterling
@Slatzism
In my experience it was GoA aligned Afghans (ANP and ANA) who were the worst offenders of bacha bazi. In fact, Nahr-e-saraj and Marjah both lost senior ANP commanders while I was there from shadow Taliban gov hit squads. Local fathers had requested the hit when their sons were
@Partisan_O
The ballads of the GWOT.
I see some takes about him being a tool used to whip up support for failed GAE expeditions.
I disagree. If he was that, it was unwittingly.
Maybe I’m naive, but it seemed like Toby cared deeply about the young Americans in uniform in a way most
@BrockHBriggs
You are describing harvesting not hunting.
But hunting can be from a stand. Ambush is as old and as fundamental of a hunting strategy as the stalk.
Reading the terrain, the vegetation, the wind, the weather + a climbing tree stand = hunting
@BowTiedFox
@QED_Capital
100%. Lived there for all my teen years.
A special evil resides in Cambodia which has manifested itself in terrible ways throughout history and even to today.
@kevinmyoung
Pronouns in bio indicates a profoundly unserious person incapable of recognizing one of the most basic truths of the world.
Thus, unserious people will be treated unseriously. “Pronouns in bio” is the perfect response.
It’s important to realize that no matter how much you understand Real Estate and no matter how good at negotiations you think you are, you can still find yourself in a very tough places.
Today I found myself owing thousands in rent on a property. Thousands that I didn’t have
Direct Mail is great and still works. But there is a sizeable % of owners who don't respond to it.
How do I know?
Two cold-call leads this week gave me prices for their land lots ~$30k BELOW what I offered them with a mail campaign 8 weeks ago. 😳🤐
Contract Pilot. Pilots willing to fly overseas for US gov agencies/special forces, NGOs or foreign governments are in high demand. You can get hired w/ only a couple hundred flight hours. Pay is often high, the flying is exciting and there's plenty of travel. DM me for more info
@sweatystartup
Honestly by the end of 3 years you should be married or broken up.
The idea you need more than that to “figure out compatibility” is ridiculous.
Best cold-call lead of the last month for me:
12+ acres, sits on a hill overlooking one of NC's prettiest lakes and the Great Smokey Mountains, borders National Forest, septic system and power already installed. Easily worth $225k+.
Under contract for $75k.
@ChrisRamsey60
Of course. You don’t delete an account with 110k followers on a whim.
Lawyers decided they didn’t have time to go back and review all his tweets one by one so deleting the whole account quickly was the decision.
@PeterWrangel
@general_ben
@Heritage
General officers are politicians. And just like politicians they are arrogant, self-serving, and liars.
As soon as I realized that during my military career every ridiculous decision made more sense.
And I lost what little respect I had left…
Structural Firefighters: Fire houses have been more successful at keeping politics at bay because they depend on highly competent personnel. The money and career prospects for city departments are excellent. Talk to
@bowtiedfireman
to learn more
A side-effect of spending almost the entirety of my adult life in the Marine Corps is I don't suffer fools and speak my mind...for better or for worse.
New land investor had a call with me in March to inquire about our services. He had a ton of questions about land investing
Here's a common strategy I use when making neighbor calls on lots I've purchased.
I casually drop in the conversation that I'm not sure what I am going to do with the land yet, but that I am considering developing it into a MHP to offer affordable housing to the community (not
Wildland Firefighter: work hard with a tightknit crew, with opportunities to do high adrenaline jobs as your progress like heliattack and smoke jumper. The long term prospects for this job can be low, but a few years on the fireline as youngster can provide a lifetime of memories
Because I now own a business which serves land investors, I have more insight into the industry then I did as just "one of the community".
My biggest takeaway?
The space has gotten competitive. Those who used to just follow an easy template (blast blind offer mail, buy at 30%
@NCRonline
Everytime I think your publication can’t sink lower; you go and totally outdo yourself.
Congrats, you are now promoting one of the most evil and debased practices of the modern age.
Business is booming. I'm down to only 2 properties in my inventory (about to list a 3rd).
Sold or am scheduled to sell 6 properties this month.
I sell rural acreage in NC. Most of my buyers are people moving out of cities and wanting land to homestead.
Went to see an old friend today.
David was the best of us. He was humble, kind to all, and fiercely loyal. He was like a big brother to me, looking out for me even when I didn’t know it.
He was always helping everyone else; no one suspected the magnitude of his own invisible