Archive for April, 2007

Lyndale Avenue reconstruction project in Minneapolis

I was recently talking to a friend of mine that is a member of the East Harriet Neighborhood Group about the Lyndale Avenue “beautification” project (link is a PDF) in Minneapolis, between Lake Street and Minnehaha Parkway. 
I have been hearing about this project for several years. Its been somewhat of interest to me because Sunny and I [...]

Any Minneapolis blogs want to hold a give away - contest?

Any local blogs here in Minneapolis that have interest in holding some type of contest or give away for W Minneapolis Condo tshirts???
We feel like sharing the love…
 

Worldwide tshirt sightings part deux

There have been a few additional worldwide tshirts sightings that we must mention.
David Grimmett sporting the new digs.

Thomas Craig looking snappy.

And our new friend Greg Stratz.

Still waiting on a few more pics. And, as always we have a few more shirts to give away. If you want one write a little tidbit on your blog about wanting [...]

collecting rent

This video is pretty good and I can totally relate. As a property owner I have had to knock on doors many times trying to collect rent. As a father I have on a few occasions had my kids with me while knocking on renter doors. Maybe next month I can send them [...]

Asset Allocation Strategies

There are typically two main asset allocation strategies — market-based and client-based. Market-based reacts to prevailing market trends. The most popular client-based asset allocation models include age-based (for example: take 100 minus your age, that’s the percentage of equities you should have in your portfolios.   For my 5-year old, for instance, he should be 95% [...]

No-Load vs. Load Mutual Funds

A load is a sales commission you either pay upfront (example: A shares) or back-end load on a decreasing scale (example: B shares).   It’s a general misconception that no-load funds are better because there’s no commission upfront to the investor.  I would challenge the no-load theory. You should question why some funds have loads and [...]

T-shirt mailings and sightings

Between the time it has taken for packages to arrive and the people that have not sent in their photo, its been a little slow on the worldwide tshirt sightings.
I do want to thank my friend Derek Semmler who followed through. However I made a mistake and sent him the wrong size.  His replacement should get [...]

College Savings

For those FlippingRich readers who have kids or thinking about having kids, you’ll want to read this.  The topic du jour is college savings.   Unless you’re totally well off, you can’t expect to sit on the sidelines until one day you’ll have to fork out hundreds of thousands for the kids’ ivy-league education.  
The average annual [...]

More? Worldwide Tshirt Sightings

In an effort to flex his networking power our friend Steve Ladin sent us this email:
I was out and about today and took some pictures of my friends while they posed in your shirt.

Imus

Willa Ford

Sanjaya

Complete Electrolux Kitchen Appliance package

I have a high end Electrolux appliance package for sale.  Includes side by side fridge, cooktop, wall oven, and high design rounded glass vent hood.  Retail price was $4800.  First $2000 and truck get its.
The fridge has a small scratch on the door.