Eversince I started "Monkeying" around with investments 12 years ago, I've been obssessed with finding investment opportunities with Cash Flow. Investments that I get involved in, base purely on gut instincts and speculation, and I don't do my due diligence, I often end up paying a price for a lesson I had to learn the hard way.
I gotta admit that Investment Opportunities that have immediate Cash Flow are not very "sexy" and are hard to find. Especially when you compare them to Opportunities that project crazy return (like doubling your money in 6 months or some crazy crap like that...). Yes, there are opportunities out there that do have those types of return and I do run into them once in a while. But those are "exceptions" that you need to be extremely careful with or else you might get BURNED...
So for me, I like to stick to Investments that I can either Cash Flow right away or with some repairs, adjustments, or LTC I know I will be able make it happen.
Due to the fact of that we jump around so much to so many different industries to find investments that CASH FLOW, I guess it's appropriate to name our blog "Cash Flow Monkey".
Now, I'm just spearheading this to spill my guts to you guys. So I am definitely freestyling it with just raw experiences. You can judge us all you want, but at the end of the day, we are still investing, still trying, and will always be on the lookout for the next opportunity. I invite all of you to contribute your stories and experiences. It's not 2002 where we can afford leverage our ridiculously overpriced homes to pay for a shrink at $200+/hour. So think of this blog as "Free" Therapy.
I will share with you what kind of investment projects my investment group and I have gotten into. Now some of them might be off the wall and seem WAY "out there" but these are real life experiences that we made money from, break even, or gotten our asses handed to us. Whatever the outcome, we're still alive to share our stories so let's keep it real and don't sugar coat the GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY...
I see this as an investment communtiy, So here are some rules of engagement so no one gets hurt:
1. Make it fun, DON'T make it personal.
2. Keep it fresh and real.
3. Don't be stingy. Share your ideas, no matter how crazy you think they are.
4. Don't make things up. Back your claims up with documentation, please.
DISCLOSURE: I am not a writer and English is my second language so excuse my grammar, typos, brevity, ESL Ghettolish, etc. This is a think tank and not an English Class so let's focus sharing our investment ideas instead jabs. However, we won't use that as an excuse to not try our best to formulate our ideas and write clearly and concisely so we can all understand what the hell we are talking about.
