that deal flopped the name of the mansion and the wedding biz, i lost about $300,000 on that venture, the economy here just dropped like a rock and the county liked my biz model, could have my neighbors didnt. I could have turned them around had there been any reason to, because I did have the support of the county for the zoning change(privlage) but with no customers it wasnt worth fight for so I dropped it, sucked up my losses and that was that.
Its the 2nd largest home in Vegas, the largest home is about double this one and was beight built by the Prince of Brunai at the same time he was building this one, this was the weekend horse property, the "real" house sits on the other side of town, They have over $90,000,000 in construction costs in that house. I had a shot to buy it when I bought this one but I couldnt raise the $$$, dont think I didnt try-this deal took me 6 months to do. I paid 30 cents on the dollar, I was going to finish it up and flip it. Then my back got bad and I lost 3 years, by the time I got it ready to marketthe market was gone.
Mega Mansions are in free fall the past 90 days like never before, I cant get get a offer for more than I owe and I had about 70%-80% equity, now I'm upside down. It dosent look so pretty to me anymore. I dont regret the play it was a once in a life time shot and I could have retired big. But I got sick lost time, $$$ and the market. So i'm here to stay, hopefully it dosent eat all my savings before I figure out how to make $$ in this economy. I cant get a job, jobs dont pay enough and I cant sit at a desk cause my back is all jacked up. But i'm a clever sort of guy and I seem to get lucky when I need to, I hate to rely on luck but truthfully that all I really ever been is more lucky than good. I dont know how to tie a tie, didnt have family $$$, never read a book on business, never took a biz class in the 3 years of college(they tossed me for bad grades in my 3rd year-but I was in dead stroke LOLOLOL:thumbup
. Now whos laughing.
I just try and be nice to everyone I meet, Dont confuse niceness for softness. I'm not a sucker 90% of the time but I been trapped and done my fair share of trapping, that comes with life. Its easier to be nice and friendly than negitative, I learned that when I was about 20, before that I was miserable and negative. It wasnt getting me very far. So I changed my game and was influenced by successful people and when I saw negative people digging their own grave, I'd ma:thumbup:ke a not of that too, of what not to do. So like pool I devloped my game in life as a person. threw out the bad kept the good. Im far from perfect and have alot more to learn-but I'm happy and do my best to share that with good people who arnt users or losers. I have enough street in me to filter them out fast enough.
Thats a li:thumbup:ttle insight into me, not bragging-there aint nothing to brag about, I'm just sharreing how I think and approach life. it:thumbup:s funny i make posts like this and:thumbup: some people read them the wrong way and form strong opinions usually negative for some reason. I cant figure that out. Its easier to like someone or just ignore-I'm too lazy to hate.
best
eric
