An Unknown Quantity

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It occurs to me that I am an unknown quantity and that I may be making a few people nervous. Let me lay some fears to rest.

Here is some of what I am:

• I am a landlord.
• I own a small mobile home park in Stephenville, TX.
• I also own other property which I rent to make income.
• I am a reluctant web designer who specializes in managed WordPress web solutions.
• I am a Domain Registrar. I own or manage about 50 domains for about $15 per domain per year. AIREO.com, DFWREIN.info and DFWREIN.biz are all registered with me. AIREO.com is managed by its owner.
• I am a web site Host. I have hosted DFWREIN.com and a dozen of others for more than 5 years.
• I am a web programmer. I make a few extra dollars programming and consulting as the IT guy for several customers.

Here is some of what I am not:

• I am not the newest founder of a REI club in any part of Texas.
• I am not interested in starting a club for real estate investors.
• I am not interested in starting a web-based club for real estate investors.
• I am not interested in competing with any present DFW REI clubs.

Cliff Robertson owes me money. I abducted his web sites to get some of the money he owes me back. I have been doing that through advertising. Biting the hand that feeds me (people visiting these web pages) by chasing them away is not my goal. However, I really need to get my opinion out there. Not giving my real opinion because someone may feel offended is not going to happen. If you don’t like something I write, respond. Tell the world. I’m not going to delete it (unless you are being offensive — keep it clean).

I would like to provide the web site sections that every club in DFW needs. Forums and news. I know a few of the people involved with clubs and I know what your budget is really like. I think I can offer these services in a way that benefits both your club and the investor community at the same time. A property board for real estate investors makes sense, but there are already services out there that provide property listings to retail and wholesale markets.

Every time someone gets a club together they get a web site. They set up a forum and real estate investors have to visit every forum to stay in touch. Heaven forbid they mention one club on another web site. It would be nice to have one big forum with private sections for each club and a big section for general REI discussion. That’s the stuff I would like to provide.

So, if you have a club in a small city or in a big metropolitan area I want you as a customer, not as a competitor. I am interested in making your life easier. I think I can reasonably make you and your club more profitable and easier to run.