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Read past issues

Dec 15
SSS #270: Short Week Big Moves
Dec 08
SSS #269: Tweet Storm ⛈️
Dec 01
SSS #268: Traditions, Oversight, IRL>
Nov 24
SSS #267: Filled My F'n Cup 🥤
Nov 17
SSS # 266: Introducing Project Weston
Nov 10
SSS #265: 7-Bullet Sunday
Nov 03
SSS #264: October 2024 Recap
Oct 27
SSS #263: Case Study: Project Washington
Oct 20
SSS #262: Q4 Rock 🪨
Oct 13
SSS #261: Q3 Rock Review
Oct 06
SSS #260: 5 Years Ago...
Sep 29
SSS #259: Project Update
Sep 22
SSS #258: Fed Cuts 50 Bps
Sep 15
SSS #257: Week Ending 9/15/24
Sep 08
SSS #256: Can't Win 'em All
Sep 01
SSS #255: Fault ≠ Responsibility
Aug 25
SSS #254: A Week of Firsts
Aug 18
SSS #253: Optimistic Goldfish
Aug 11
SSS #252: Wild Week
Aug 04
SSS #251: Professional Problem Solver
Jul 28
SSS #250: Never Enough 📖
Jul 21
SSS #249: Sunday Seven
Jul 07
SSS #247: Give $7 on 7/7
Jun 30
SSS #246: Q3 ROCKS 🪨
Jun 23
SSS #245: Marriage Advice?
Jun 16
SSS #244: HFD + 4 Tweets
Jun 09
SSS #243: Grift-Proof
Jun 02
SSS #242: RIP ZB
May 26
SSS #241: Introducing Project Oliver 🏡
May 19
SSS #240: VA_v2
May 12
SSS #239: Thirty-Six 🎂
May 05
SSS #238: Introducing Project Fairmount
Apr 28
SSS #237: Project Update: Hillside & Silver Spring
Apr 21
SSS #236: Help the Person in Front of You
Apr 14
SSS #235: 5 Quick Shares
Mar 31
SSS #234: Philly Failed Flip #2
Mar 24
SSS #233: Project Silver Spring
Mar 17
SSS #232: Choose Your Battles
Mar 10
SSS #231: My Watch Was Stolen
Mar 03
SSS #230: Shout Louder 📣
Feb 25
SSS #229: Project Updates
Feb 18
SSS #228: Week Ending 2.18.24
Feb 11
SSS #227: $1M Offers 💸
Feb 04
SSS #226: Banned For Life 🤕
Jan 28
SSS #225: Recap & Resources
Jan 21
SSS #224: On Saying No
Jan 14
SSS#223: 2023 Personal Finance Review
Jan 07
SSS#222: RACKs-on-RACKs
Dec 31
SSS#221: 2023 Highlight Reel 🎥
Dec 24
SSS #220: Short & Sweet Week
Dec 17
SSS #219: 7-Bullet Sunday
Dec 10
SSS #218: Condo-Conversion Complete!
Dec 03
SSS #217: Going Viral + Best Blackjack Run Ever
Nov 26
SSS #216: Die With Zero
Nov 19
SSS #215: Celebrating the Win by Keeping a Promise
Nov 12
SSS #214: How Much Does It Cost To Build a House?
Nov 05
SSS #213: RIP Artem
Oct 29
SSS #212: What I Learned This Week
Oct 22
SSS #211: Bahama Recap
Oct 15
SSS #210: Done is Better Than Perfect
Oct 08
SSS #209: DON'T Keep That Funk Alive
Oct 01
SSS #208: What a Week
Sep 24
SSS #207: Takeaways 🔑
Sep 17
SSS #206: Introducing - Project Hillside 🏡
Sep 03
SSS #204: Philly 4-Plex
Aug 27
SSS #203: 1 Door Closes, 2 More Open
Aug 20
SSS #202: My Wife Quit Her Job🙅🏼‍♀️
Aug 13
SSS #201: Renting vs. TCO
Aug 06
SSS #200: Lender Swindler
Jul 30
SSS #199: Draw Schedule
Jul 23
SSS #198: Back in Action
Jul 16
SSS #197 - Traveling Whoa's
Jul 09
SSS #196: Homecoming
Jul 02
SSS #195: Good Dad Great Dad
Jun 25
SSS #194: F-You Money
Jun 18
SSS #193: HFD
Jun 11
SSS #192: 3 Types of Entrepreneurship
Jun 04
SSS #191: Birds Fly...
May 28
SSS #190: Viral Tweet
May 21
SSS #189: My Flip Just Flopped
May 14
SSS #188: Happy Mother's Day!
May 07
SSS #187: Juicing Returns
Apr 30
SSS #186: FIRE-Preneuer
Apr 23
SSS #185: Non-Obvious Benefits of Training for a Half Marathon
Apr 16
SSS #184: Happy Birthday Looney Tunes
Apr 09
SSS #183: 🧮 How to Quickly Analyze a Fix and Flip
Apr 02
SSS #182: How I Got 100,000 Views in 2 Months
Mar 26
SSS #181: Swimming in Debt 🏊🏽
Mar 19
SSS #179: How Much Does it Cost to Renovate 2,200 SF?
Mar 19
SSS #180: Should I Sell My Rental Properties?
Mar 12
SSS #178: Interest in Rates 🚀
Mar 05
SSS #177: The Future is Bright
Feb 26
SSS #176: Pulse Check
Feb 19
SSS #175: Fly, Eagles, Fly! 🦅
Feb 04
SSS #174: Crunching Numbers
Jan 28
SSS #173: Runner's High 🏃🏽‍♂️
Jan 21
SSS #172: New Construction Samosas 🤣
Jan 14
SSS #171: 2022 Personal Finance Review
Jan 07
SSS #170: On Changing Your Identity
Dec 31
SSS #169: 🎉 Happy New Year!
Dec 24
🎄 Merry Christmas / 🎉 Happy Holidays
Dec 17
SSS #168: Finally Got The 'Vid 🦠
Dec 10
SSS #167: 2 Steps Fwd, 1 Step Back
Dec 03
SSS #166: Another New Cons Project? 🤞🏽
Nov 26
SSS #165: Hard choices, easy life.
Nov 19
SSS #164: 🌲Tree Huggers vs. A Professional Problem Solver
Nov 12
SSS #163: ✌🏽Two Piece McNugget
Nov 05
SSS #162: 🏔 What's Your [Current] Everest?
Oct 29
SSS #161: 🚨New Deal Alert: Philly Special🚨
Oct 22
SSS #160: Don't Sell! 📉
Oct 15
SSS #159: Week of 10/10
Oct 08
SSS #158: A Lesson in Decorum
Oct 01
SSS #157: Best Day Ever Formula
Sep 24
SSS #156: Personal Update
Sep 17
SSS #156: Positive Constraints ⛓
Sep 10
SSS #155: Wanna Talk About It? 📞
Sep 03
SSS #154: Pre-Construction Update 🏚
Aug 27
SSS #153: Million Dollar Offer
Aug 20
SSS #152: Quick Update 💨
Aug 13
SSS #151: The Money is in the Follow Up 🤑
Aug 06
SSS #150: A Cry For Help 😭
Jul 30
SSS #149: Keep Shootin' My Shot 🗑
Jul 23
SSS #148: 4,000 Weeks
Jul 16
SSS #147: Sold! Triplex in Elizabeth, NJ
Jul 09
SSS #146: When The Facts Change... 🏡
Jul 02
SSS #145: An Unexpected Deload Week
Jun 25
SSS #144: Swallowing My Pride
Jun 18
SSS #143: Counting My Chickens 🐣
Jun 11
SSS #142: Workin' Hard or Hardly Working❓🔨
Jun 04
SSS #141: 🏪 4-Unit Mixed-Use SOLD!
May 28
SSS #140: ✅ Done is Better Than Perfect
May 21
SSS#139: 🤔 Audit Who is Shaping Your Thoughts
May 14
SSS #138: Back in the Swing of Things 🏏
May 07
SSS #137: Bringer of Light From the Sun
Apr 30
SSS #136: If I Had To Start From 0, This is What I'd Do
Apr 23
SSS #135: What The PUPPPs?!
Apr 16
SSS #134: 🎂 Happy Birthday Luna + 🏚 An Upside Down Fix & Flip
Apr 09
SSS #133: 3 Docs Every Real Estate Investor Needs
Apr 02
SSS #132: Time to get back on my grind ⚙️
Mar 26
SSS #131: I Lost $5,463.43 on my Latest Flip
Mar 19
SSS #130: I Finally Found a Video Editor...🎬
Mar 12
SSS #129: I'm Paying $15,000 For a Signature ✍🏽
Mar 05
SSS #128: Don't Make This 🤑Greedy🤑 Mistake When Selling Property
Feb 26
SSS #127: I'm Lending My Buddy $100K 🙊
Feb 19
SSS #126: Is Renting A Waste of Money?
Feb 12
SSS #125: RIP Padmaben Shakhawala
Feb 05
SSS #124: How I Buy Real Estate With No Money Down
Jan 22
SSS #123: How Much Money We Spent in December 2021
Jan 15
SSS #122: How To Underwrite a New Construction Project
Jan 08
SSS #121: $25K Mistake w/ Hard Money Lender - Pt. 2: Resolved!
Jan 01
SSS #120: $25,000 Mistake With Hard Money Lender
Dec 25
SSS #119: 4 Habits I'm Quitting in 2022
Dec 18
SSS #118: Revealing My ENTIRE Real Estate Portfolio | 2021
Dec 11
SSS #117: How I Found An Architect For My New Construction Project
Dec 04
SSS #116: How We Met, Real Estate, and More - Q&A with my Wife
Nov 27
SSS #115: 6 Reasons Why I Started Making YouTube Videos
Nov 20
SSS #114: This Book Will Improve Your Negotiation Skills
Nov 13
SSS #113: Pay For Daycare & College With This One Simple Decision
Nov 06
SSS #112: My Favorite Thing About Being a Real Estate Professional
Oct 30
SSS #111: Top 10 Hidden Costs When Buying Real Estate
Oct 23
SSS #110: 4 Favorite Formulas For REI
Oct 16
SSS #109: Refinance Rental Property Held in an LLC
Oct 09
SSS #108: My Annoying Business Partners Convinced Me to Sell Our 3-Family Investment Property
Oct 02
SSS #107: Bidding on an Abandoned 18 Unit Apartment Building...
Sep 25
SSS #106: How To Find Motivated Sellers in 2021
Sep 17
SSS #105: Deal Deep Dive!
Sep 11
SSS #104: How I Bought 11 Rental Units in 13 Months Using OPM (Other People's Money)
Sep 04
SSS #103: 3 Reasons Why I Prefer Buying Investment Properties in an LLC
Aug 28
SSS #102: How to Ethically Negotiate on Price AFTER Your Initial Offer is Accepted
Aug 21
SSS #101: How To Add $189,000 of Value to Your First BRRRR Investment Property
Aug 14
SSS #100(‼️): How I Lost $110,000 to Another Real Estate Investor 😭
Aug 07
SSS #99: Week Ending 8/8/21 🗓
Jul 31
SSS #98: The UGLY Side of Real Estate Investing 👹
Jul 24
SSS #97: Never Buy a Property in Cash, Here's What To Do Instead
Jul 17
SSS #96: Week Ending 7/18/21
Jul 10
SSS #95: I Lost $5,000 Gambling on Stocks 🚀🌕
Jul 03
SSS #94: $45,000 in 15 Minutes
Jun 26
SSS #93: Property 4: We Bought a Duplex
Jun 19
SSS #92: 👨🏽‍💻 My Tech Stack as a Real Estate Investor
Jun 12
SSS #91: I Can't Believe I'm Doing This... Who Not How 🙋🏽‍♂️
Jun 05
SSS #90: 💰 2 Passive Investment Opportunities For You
May 29
SSS #89: Get Your Refinance Docs in a Row 🦆🦆🦆
May 22
SSS #88: 📉 Is Elon Musk’s Twitter The Most Powerful Market Moving Social Media Account?
May 15
SSS #87: 50 Property Portfolio Play by Play
May 08
SSS #86: An Opportunity of a Lifetime
May 01
SSS #85: How I Lost 10 Pounds in 9 Weeks
Apr 24
SSS #84: Lessons From My Stint in Acting
Apr 17
SSS #83: Luna's 1st Trip Around the Sun
Apr 10
SSS #82: New Business Idea
Apr 03
SSS #81: Spend Your Way to Happiness
Mar 27
SSS #80: Random Updates
Mar 20
SSS #79: Direct Marketing to Distressed Sellers
Mar 13
SSS #78: 4 Lessons From My Mastermind
Mar 06
SSS #77: I Started Buying Bitcoin
Feb 27
SSS #76: My Top 4 Capital Sources for Real Estate Investing
Feb 20
SSS #75: 3 Reasons Traditional Lenders Hate Me
Feb 13
SSS #74: My Money Flowchart
Feb 06
SSS #73: My First Commercial Property
Jan 30
SSS #72: Ego is the Enemy
Jan 23
SSS #71: Is More Information the Answer?
Jan 16
SSS #70: I Bought a 3-Unit Rental Property Without Ever Seeing It
Jan 09
SSS #69: Comparing Our Net Worth to the Ultra-Rich
Jan 02
SSS #68: 2020 Business Recap
Dec 26
SSS #67: Happy Holidays, Website Improvements, & Sensory Deprivation
Dec 19
SSS #66: I Thought I Had COVID
Dec 12
SSS #65: 5 Lessons From Jerry Seinfeld
Dec 05
SSS #64: Paying for Information
Dec 01
SSS #63: 2 Tax Loopholes for 2021
Nov 21
SSS #62: 11 Questions I Ask Myself
Nov 14
SSS #61: Happy Diwali & Sal Mubarak
Nov 07
SSS #60: Ultimate iPhone Storage Hack
Oct 31
SSS #59: Book Update, Data Mining, Podcast Recommendation
Oct 24
SSS #58: I'm Writing a Book
Oct 17
SSS #57: Using Mental Models To Select Childcare
Oct 10
SSS #56: Just Death, No Taxes
Oct 03
SSS #55: The Social Dilemma
Sep 26
SSS #54: The 10X Rule
Sep 19
SSS #53: How I Started Investing in Real Estate
Sep 12
SSS #52: Raising Private Capital: Building a Real Estate Empire With Other People's Money
Sep 05
SSS #51: 4 Tips on Writing a Newsletter
Aug 29
SSS #50: Three REI Rules of Thumb
Aug 22
SSS #49: Luna's College Fund
Aug 15
SSS #48: Cashflow Quadrant
Aug 08
SSS #47: Hospital Bill
Aug 01
SSS #46: Blue Zones
Jul 25
SSS #45: What Would you Do?
Jul 18
SSS #44: How To Fail at Almost Everything & Still Win Big
Jul 11
SSS #43: Newborn Essentials
Jul 04
SuSS #42: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK
Jun 27
SSS #41: Choose Your Words, Choose Your Life
Jun 20
SSS #40: Happy Father's Day
Jun 13
SSS #39: The Richest Man in Babylon
Jun 06
SSS #38: B.L.M
May 30
SSS #37: Rich Dad Poor Dad
May 23
SSS #36: House Hacking Case Study
May 23
SSS #36: HouseHacking
May 16
SSS #35: Our Family Biz Got Coronavirused
May 09
SSS #34: 32 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
May 02
SSS #33: Post Pregnancy Weight Loss
Apr 25
SSS #32: Placenta Accreta
Apr 18
SSS #31: BabyShak Is (Finally) Here!
Apr 11
SSS #30: Thoughts on Grudges, Anger, & Forgiveness
Apr 04
SSS #29: 5 Reasons We Eat More in Quarantine
Mar 28
SSS #28: Contemplating COVID-19
Mar 21
SSS #27: I Sold My Tesla!
Mar 14
SSS #26: Another COVID-19 Email
Mar 07
SSS 25: Let it Go
Feb 29
SSS #24: 20% of 2020 is Done
Feb 22
SSS #23: Pay Less Income Tax
Feb 15
SSS #22: Travel Tips
Feb 08
SSS #21: Investing 4 Family
Feb 01
SSS #20: Mamba Mentality: Get Your Affairs in Order
Jan 25
SSS #19: Vasa Praevia Could Be Catastrophic
Jan 18
SSS #18: Some Light Housekeeping
Jan 11
SSS #17: The ONE Thing
Jan 04
SSS #16: Atomic Habits > New Year's Resolutions
Dec 29
SSS #15: I Don't Drink Alcohol: Here's Why
Dec 21
SSS #14: Personal Capital
Dec 14
SSS #13: Sucks to be Sued
Dec 07
SSS #12: My Biggest Business Failure
Nov 30
SSS #11: Giving Tuesday
Nov 23
SSS #10: Sleep Smarter
Nov 16
SSS #9: How I Raised $75,000 in 10 Days
Nov 09
SSS #8: Every Pregnant Couple's Worst Nightmare
Nov 02
SSS #7: The Paradox of Choice
Oct 26
SSS #6: Happiness is a Skill You Must Practice
Oct 19
SSS #5: Meditating Sucks. Here's Why You Should Do It Anyway
Oct 12
SSS #4: Thoughts on Giving / Receiving Advice
Oct 05
SSS #3: Expand Your Comfort Zone...
Sep 28
SSS#2: Indistractable + 2 Lessons From Superbowl 49
Sep 21
SSS #1: Inaugural E-mail