There is a long time business owner I know that I highly respect. When he was 16, his first vehicle he bought was a dump truck to start his construction business. Since then, he’s been able to grow a great construction company and get into play on various business transactions that’s helped him build wealth. [...]

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“A task will swell in importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.” ~ Parkinson’s Law I read this again last week in the “The Four Hour Work Week”, by Timothy Ferris and it struck me as particularly relevant in the new, faster world that we live in. Let’s face it. [...]

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“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte How many times have you or someone you know been gripped by fear and indecision, which ruined an opportunity for you in [...]

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My wife and I are on a working vacation here in the green state of Washington. We are here for my 10 year high school reunion and to see friends and family we haven’t seen in a while. We did not take the video camera so you will have to read this week.

Things I learned at my 10 year high school reunion.

• People are a lot nicer than they were in high school.
• Life was hard on most people.
• Most people had settled on mediocre jobs and had given up on their dreams.
• When people are nervous, they drink a lot. I think I was the only sober one.
• Some people will surprise you.

I really enjoyed going back and seeing all the folks I used to go to school with. Only about half of my graduating class attended. The one thing that really stood out from everything else was that people were comfortable.

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Urban Detroit Wholesalers has been extremely fortunate lately with the amount of media attention our company is receiving. This is shining a positive light on the City of Detroit and out of state investors. Detroit needs all the stories like this it can get. One story leads to another story…. It started with the front page of the Detroit Free Press. Read it here if you missed it.

Detroit Free Press real estate

Then NPR contacted us and wanted to do the story as well for there listeners. This aired live around the nation 3 days ago. Follow the link and listen to it on the NPR website.

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