Yessss! Fun, Fun, Fun! Seriously, don’t people have better things to do? (Guess not?) Anywho, I had to get that taken care of first.

Then after they were all cleaned up I had to make a decision. Do I want that to happen again or not? lol Obviously, I opted for not.

So, I’ve been working with the guy who helped me get rid of the mess the hackers created and we fixed up all of my websites (about 5 or 6) and then we slowly moved each one over to a new hosting company. I feel much better this way. It’s a bit more expensive a month but they scan your sites every day for hackers. (I’m sure they can’t spot ‘em all, I guess? But it’s better then what I did have going on. Nothing!)

I can promise now that you’ll be seeing and hearing more from me again. Woohoo! I know some of you are happy and some of you are thinking Oh noooooooooooo!

I just got done my self-defense class so I’m off to get a shower. We will talk again soon. Btw, a little bit of exciting news.

I will be presenting the ATM Business Blueprint at an REIA meeting in December. I’m super excited about that. (Thank you to Russ Lebrasc from Business Credit for Real Estate who referred me to the gentleman who leads that REIA.)

Talk soon everyone!

But now the wedding is complete, I’m officially married (well it was in Cape May, NJ, so it’s technically a “civil union” but ya’ll know what the deal is) and I can get ready to rock and roll again.

I have a lot of good stuff in store for you coming up and I have a lot of cool and exciting announcements coming up for me and my business too.

In the meantime, I thought I’d leave you with a funny video. This is the father/daughter dance that me and my dad did at the reception after the wedding ceremony. Yes, we are in shorts…..it was a very beach, casual wedding.

Oh and you may want to fast forward to :50 into the video. I promise it’s worth the watch (don’t laugh TOO much tho, ok? )

Enjoy the video. Here is Kathy and I on the big day:

Let me know what you think of the video……..

I really liked it when he did that and I tried to find it again on his blog but I couldn’t. I remember reading his blog that day and thought to myself “I want to do one of these posts.”

Soooooooo, although it’s plenty of posts later…here it is. My “10 25 Things You Didn’t Know About Me” post (or I should say probably didn’t know about me.)

1. My favorite type of music is R&B and Hip-Hop (favorite band is 112.)

2. Even though my favorite type of music is R&B and Hip-Hop; I have a very eclectic taste in music. I like all kinds. In my collection you will find Beethoven, Bach, Ozzy Osbourne, Frank Sinatra, King Diamond, Madonna, Tiffany, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Bonnie Tyler, R. Kelly (I know Shae, I know lol) and much, much more.

3. I don’t admit it to many people but I loveeeee Tiffany (remember the shopping mall singer from the 80′s. “I think we’re alone now!”) When I need to paint or do any type of housework, man I jam to some Tiffany (I hope ya’ll still respect me after this post! lol)

4. I have a counting/math/number OCD. I count everything. Tiles on the floor, ceiling panels, designs in a door, checkers on a shirt, etc. It’s always a treat at nite when it’s bedtime. I look at the digital clock and you know how it will say let’s say: 11:32, well I’ll count the lines in the 11:32 number and then whatever number I come up with let’s say in this case it’s 14, then I’ll try to do some type of math problem with the numbers in 11:32 to get the number 14. So, I’d say in my head ok “11 + 3 = 14.” Well Kathy sees me every night look at the clock and do my lil calculations in my head and every night I hear “stop looking at the dam clock! and she turns the clock away!” *shrug* she just doesn’t understand.

5. I absolutely love to play No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments (I get to use my counting/math/number OCD. Perfect combo!) And I’m pretty decent to boot.

6. I’ve made a TV final table for a women’s poker tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.

7. I use to work at QVC and I worked backstage with the guests, models, hosts, etc. And a lot of times I would get “air-time” to do things. That was my favorite part of the job because I can be such a ham!

8. I use to work at a radio station (WNWR-AM 1540) where I did an early morning Gospel Radio Program on Sundays.

9. I have a huge heart for animals, children, the elderly and minorities (especially as you would have expected GLBT folks.) I will always stick up for people who can’t stick up for themselves or for people that aren’t being treated fairly.

10. I’m getting married to my partner of over 5 years on September 10th, 2011 in Cape May, NJ on the beach. I’m 37 and have never been married before. I’m excited, but honestly, we’ve been living as a married couple for so long now that well I think it’s just a formality but one that means a whole heck of a lot. Something about exchanging vows and wedding bands…….I think that says (and means) a whole heck of a lot! (Plus, she’s a saint for putting up with me!)

11. Here’s a bonus one (or 2): I can teach you how to cash in on the ATM business by owning your own ATM machines and I can potentially teach you a little bit about real estate investing if you hang around here

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Ok so I feel like I robbed ya because I found Scotty’s original post and he told you 25 things about him! And I only did 10, well 11. So here is another 14 lol

12. I have a tattoo of a cat on my left calf. It is of my cat Buddy, who I had to have put to sleep when he was only 5 (he had a lot of internal problems.) So that tattoo was my memorial to him because he was so young. It does it’s job too. People always ask about it. (Love you buddy….miss you kid!)

13. And if you haven’t guessed yet, my cats are my kids. I have 3 cats and in my heart they are my kids. Kathy, my partner has 2, 2 legged kids lol (plus she has 1 cat.)

14. I try to juice in the morning most of the time. My signature juice is: 4 carrots, 2 apples and a handful of parsley. Yum!

15. I make a mean black bean and quinoa salad. DEEEE-lish.

16. I don’t know how to swim I mean I probably could manage if you just tossed me in the water, but I am not comfortable at all with swimming. Don’t ever ask me to save you, cuz we’d BOTH be in trouble.

17. I proposed to Kathy in Atlantic City, NJ at the Borgata Hotel and Casino and I had the help of the Borgata in pulling off my proposal. (Big shout out to Ray Steffanelli, Director of Poker Marketing and Jeff Shurilla, Borgata Blogger! These 2 guys, especially Jeff, helped me pull my proposal off without a hitch.) *Note- Kathy and I actually met at a poker tournament in Atlantic City, hence the A.C. proposal!

18. I don’t like raisins all that much, hate them in carrot cake, but I love them in my cereal (I’m eating Raisin Bran right now.)

19. People tend to say that I’m a very loyal person. And I tend to agree with them.

20. I have a license to carry and I have a 9mm gun and believe it or not, I’m actually a pretty good shot (a robber is in trouble if they step into my house!)

21. I’m fiscally conservative and socially liberal.

22. When I was a little kid I wanted to grow up to be a little black boy (true story, my mom tells it to folks to this day!) Of course, I don’t remember it, but hey, I’m trying to tell you some things you didn’t know about me and I’m quite sure my mom is telling the truth lol

23. My mom is my hero. She’s the 1 person in this world that I love, respect and cherish more than anything (we’re talking about NON-spouses here folks lol) She’s helped make me the person I am today. She’s always believed in me and showed me love more than anyone else on this planet. And as an adult, I learned all of the things my mom had to sacrifice and struggle with to not only raise me as a wonderful, productive member of society, but really to make sure she stayed a sane, supportive and loving mom (which I don’t think any of that was in question. You know the term unconditional love? Look it up, there’s probably a pic of me and mom there lol)

Anyway, I admire my mom greatly and a lot of what I am striving to do is so that I can take care of my mom so she doesn’t have to work anymore and she can enjoy life a heck of a lot more. I love you mom. Thank you for everything you’ve done (and continue to do.)

24. Growing up; I was an all-star softball player and basketball player. I think it’s because off of fields and out of the uniforms I only played with boys. I played baseball with boys, played basketball with boys…..when I was little my best friend was a boy and I usually got along better with boys then girls lol

25. I’m a procrastinator. That’s a constant work in progress. I’m getting better. Writing things down helps immensely!

Bonus: 26. This is something that people always find unbelievable when I tell them (and I have no idea why.) But I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. Never. Didn’t even try it. Not even a puff. Not only that but I have never in my life ever did drugs. Not even pot. People always say that people like me are very rare. As far as alcohol goes…..I’m not much of a drinker. Maybe will have a couple drinks every 6 months or so. My per session limit is 2 tho lol L-I-G-H-T W-E-I-G-H-T

Ok…that’s about it for the 10 25 things you (probably) didn’t know about me. Soooo….what are some things that I probably don’t know about you?

First and foremost I want to say Gobble, Gobble! Btw, that’s Happy Thanksgiving in turkey language. (Bet ya’ll didn’t know that did you?) I hope you all have a wonderful, safe and happy Thanksgiving with family, friends or if you choose to just by yourself!

Ok, so as you can probably tell I have a different outfit on today (not really clothes silly…..I mean I changed the look of the blog!)

Please bare with me while I try to figure everything out. I’m not the most tech savvy person but I usually can get by (just slowly!)

I’ve been working hard on the ATM Passive Income course and actually, our ATM business itself is really, really kicking butt…so it’s keeping me on my toes. (Remember, if you didn’t sign up for your free report: “Top 5 Ways to Buy ATMs with No Money” you can do so by filling out the form below!)

That reminds me……I’ll be announcing a contest soon and what will I be giving away? Welllll, if you happen to be the lucky winner you will be winning my Complete ATM Passive Income Course! How about them apples?

Ok I just wanted to check in folks to let you know why my blog may look a lil weird…..I’m going to get back to tinkering with it.

Thank you to Matt from Equity Trust for being on my behind and finally getting me today on my lunch break so I could do all of the paperwork.

If you have an IRA or 401K and haven’t looked into putting your money into a self-directed IRA perhaps you should take a moment to look over Equity Trusts website and you can call my guy Matt Tillac if you’d like to ask him questions.

Benefits of you rolling over your money to a self-directed IRA? Well you have total control over your investments and what I mean by that is that if you want to purchase a piece of real estate with your IRA, you can.

If you want to buy ATMs with your IRA, you can.

If you want to lend someone else money from your IRA so they can buy real estate and you can be the bank, you can.

If you want to lend someone else money from your IRA so they can buy ATMs and you can be the bank, you can.

If you want to lend someone else money from your IRA so they can (fill in the blank with ACCEPTABLE investments) and you can be the bank or enter into some kind of partnership with them, you can.

I know someone personally who is using their Self-Directed IRA to lend people money for their real estate deals. Also, if you’ve read my blog before you know that the person who lent us money for our last 2 ATMs used their Self-Directed IRA to do so.

So if you’ve thought about it or if you’ve never even heard about it…do yourself a favor and investigate the option today. You don’t have to do it, but you’d be doing yourself a dis-service if you didn’t at least educate yourself about the option that’s available to you.

Btw, the link I supplied above from Equity Trust is NOT an affiliate link. I do not get paid any fee or commission if you do business with them

Oh and if you have thought about getting started in the ATM business or growing your current ATM business and you don’t have cash on hand but you do have an IRA or 401k….this is definitely something you should research. Plus, fill out the form below to receive my free report about the “Top 5 Ways To Buy ATMs with No Money!”

Friday we both helped Brandon move out of the house and move into his new home….Immaculata University. Every other week now Kathy and I will be all alone at the house (unless she’s traveling for work of course.) As you know, Joe is at is dad’s one week and our house 1 week…..so we’ll have him every other week at least.

I gotta tell you guys…I was really excited that Brandon was moving out. Him and I haven’t been seeing eye to eye lately….I won’t get into why, but his last week here in the house I was really impressed with all of his initiative that he took and I think he found a new maturity and sense of responsibility that last week. (I think a part of him was doing it to say to his mom “I’ll be ok, don’t worry about me.”)

Anyway, I gotta tell you….Kathy is away now and I’m home with the kitty cats and it is Q-U-I-E-T around here. I mean seriously. It’s crazy….I mean Brandon and I may not have gotten along a lot lately but darn at least we were both here to talk to one another lol This is definitely gonna take some getting use to for sure. He stopped by today and I was all excited to see him lmao He didn’t stay long tho but that’s ok….he’s having fun. He starts school tomorrow.

Oh and on a Joe note….I drove Joe and Kathy to the airport Friday nite and I kept saying how I was tired. Joe was psyched to get on a plane (he’s 10, remember?) Anyway, Saturday morning Kathy tells me that Joe was worried about me last night (friday when I dropped them off) and I asked her well how do you know he was worried about me?

Kathy said Joe just started crying and Kathy’s looking at him like wtf? lol And she asked him what was wrong and he said “I’m worried about Carey. I”m worried about her driving home, she said she was tired. And I wanted her to come with us.” So Kathy told him not to worry that I’d be ok and that she told me to text her when I got home. He said “ok, well make sure you let me know when she texts you she’s home.” lol Cute kid, huh?

Ok now on to the Motivated Multi-Family Seller…..when I get to work I’m there an hour before the sales guys get there so I read all of the papers that we have delivered to us. Well I found an ad where a few places were listed for sale. I called and they have single family houses and smaller multi’s for sale….duplexes up to a quad.

Anyway, I got an appointment to check out 3 of his buildings tomorrow after work. Hey maybe we’ll have another “What would YOU Do” post.

On the eating and drinking end…..I just made a smoothie with Kale, Collard Greens, Spinach, Banana, Grapes, Blueberries, Raspberries and Almond Milk in it….and let me tell you it looked like shit, but it tasted absolutely AMAZING. Yummmmmmmy.

Apparently, there was a yellow light on that main road and a car making a left turn onto my road decided to go through the yellow right and a car going the opposite way decided to go through the yellow light as well and smashed right into the turning car!

The car literally was spinning right towards my car and I couldn’t go anywhere, because there was a pickup truck next to me on the right and to my left and front was this car spinning at me. I literally braced myself to be hit by a friggin car! Just as it went to hit me the car kinda turned and crashed into the sidewalk! Whew! I was a mess for real! I called 911 for them but from bracing myself my back hurt for the rest of the night.

Soooo just want to say that I’m glad to be alive and I’m glad that all of you are able to read my words right now and that I’m able to read yours!

Now you remember Steph’s 30 Day Challenge from Flip This Wholesaler? Well I wanted to start working out again and get into the shape I was use to prior to getting my wisdom teeth out in January. I committed to working out at least 3 to 5 times a week.

Speaking of poker, we had our Homegame yearly championship on Saturday and I finished in 4th place and made some moolah (3x my buy-in.) And Kathy finished in 6th place and cashed (btw, when I met her she sucked at poker, but I taught her how to play better!)

Now today a past client that I did a sub2 deal called me. I don’t know if ya’ll remember telling you about a guy long ago that called me and I had a weird feeling about so I asked my dad to go with me and when we got there the house was immaculate and there were candles lit all over? And it turns out the guy was a gay guy and just really liked candles, etc. lol

Anyway, he called me today and asked if I still buy houses or take over payments like I did with his other house before? So I called him and told him I sure do and he asked if I would do that with his current house because his boyfriend just left him yesterday and left him with all of the bills (house, 2 cars, boat, etc. etc.) Oh and get this….the boyfriend left his mother there too! How’s that for some shit? lol

So I’m gonna see if I can help him out…gotta run some comps on his house. When I check things out I’ll have a better idea of if I’m going to wholesale it with an option contract or take it over sub2. And I gotta run comps on someone else’s house too…they want out as they are moving to Texas tomorrow!

Oh and lastly, we will be installing our 2 new atm’s on Friday into the cash only ice cream shops! I’ll keep you updated on how things go there, of course.

Our fantabulous private money lender has sent us enough money from their Self-Directed IRA to pay for 2 ATM’s, 2 Wireless modem’s and cash to put into both machines. Sweet huh? So now you can treat your ATM biz just like you treat your real estate biz and use OPM (other people’s money) to get things moving!

I mean think about that huge win/win situation there. You get the money you need for your ATM’s or real estate deals and your private money lender gets to use their self-directed ira or cash to make a decent return on their moolah. Awesomeness!

Now I’ve been promising Steph a picture of this fantastic Tomato Watermelon Basil salad so here it is Steph….

Now here’s the deal folks, if you want to make this salad you have to make me a promise. Ok? The promise is that when you eat it that when you put your fork into it that you take a bit of everything on the plate on your fork! So make sure you have some tomato, watermelon, basil, romaine and goat cheese on your fork and then eat it. In the words of Usher “OH MY GOD” lmao (I’m a dork) it really is amazing. It’s like a party in your mouth!

Here’s the recipe for it from Emeril Green: Tomato, Watermelon, Basil Salad.

Now a quick funny story…at least I think it’s funny lol it may have been one of those you have to be there things. Anyway, do you know that song “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars? Well I heart that song! And I’m always singing it and I ask Kathy one day if she likes that song and she has no idea what I’m talking about and kind of looks at me like I’m on crack. So we’re driving in the car and it comes on and I crank it up and I’m just singing away. Again, she’s looking at me, shaking her head like…you big dork.

Btw, I’m an R&B and hip hop kind of gal and Kathy….well not really, but she’s come a long way since meeting me….she even bought a 112 cd once (they are my favorite band for those who may be on jeopardy one day and Alex asks what my favorite band is!)

Anyway, that night we come home and we’re playing some poker online (for like a buck, nothing major lol we don’t play FOR REAL online) and I decide to youtube the “Billionaire” song and I keep playing it and singing it and Kathy’s just giving me dirty looks now because she’s tired of hearing the song and she wasn’t really into the song at all.

Now it’s time for bed and I’m in the bathroom brushing my teeth and Kathy comes walking in and she’s just humming away….and yep you guessed it she’s just getting into it humming the “Billionaire” song lmao it was hilarious. I look at her and say “Are you humming the Billionaire song?” And her eyes get all big and she’s like “NO.” I said “you’re totally humming the Billionaire song, I told you it was a good song.” Now her face is bright red and she’s like whatever and just walks away. It was the funniest thing.

Oh and on another music note….Andrew was in the back seat of my car one day last week and we’re driving and I ask him if he wants to listen to some good music (he’s 3 1/2.) And he says yes. I figure it’s my duty as his Auntie Carey Buck to expose him to real good music since both of his moms and well all of his family, well let’s just say doesn’t listen to the best music really (in my opinion of course lol)

So I play some Bobby Valentino for him and he wasn’t digging it at all. Then we went to R. Kelly again not digging it (but I really couldn’t play much of that song lol) Then we got to 50 cent and again, I couldn’t really play the song, and then I came to a Lil Kim song and really couldn’t play much of that and really every song I played I couldn’t play much and he wasn’t digging them anyway.

Then I played “The Reason” by Hoobastank and he really liked that one. He made me play it like 5 times in a row. And I was singing it for him so he could learn the words and he was watching my mouth intently then he says “Can you play that from the beginning again?” And I say “absolutely.” And he follows it up with “but don’t sing this time.” Lmao I started laughing out loud I asked “you don’t like my singing?” He said “no.” Gotta love kids and their honesty eh?

For those of you that don’t know the “Billionaire” song….here is the video. WARNING: This video from YouTube has bad language it is not the radio version.

Blade ended up spending 6 nights and 7 days in the ER Vet. He was getting IV fluids and IV nutrients, along with antibiotics, pain meds, pepcid, etc. etc. He’s been home since Monday afternoon and he’s doing wonderful. (Below is Blade chilling in a baby crib lol pre-ER visit.)

He’s drinking water like a champ, he’s eating wayyyyyyyyyyy better now (for the most part he eats the “required amount” a day, even tho he still won’t eat his wet food yet. Grrrrr! But hey, I’ll take what I can get, ya know?) And he’s already “chasing” birds through the deck window lol

At this moment he’s laying next to me purring up a storm. (that’s definite music to my ears.) I try to sleep at least 2 days a week with him (we have 4 cats and he has to be separated from the others cuz Mr. Bladeypants is actually a bully lol) So 2 nights I sleep with him and let the other kittys chill.

So now that Blade is home safe and sound and he’s working towards 100% and I’m not working all day or all night and then traveling back and forth to the ER vet to visit my baby (and yes, I went to see him every day or night after work to spend time with him and to check on him. Sometimes I had to try to see if he’d eat for me cuz he wouldn’t eat for the vet and other times it was well that’s what we parents do….whether you got real kids or furry kids, you know!) And on Saturday and Sunday I’d go twice to see him! Needless to say the week he was in the hospital I was worthless as I was B-E-A-T.

Now it’s back into high gear. I’m getting use to the work schedule again and we’re gonna make it happen….soon. I feel it.

Oh and on an atm note….we just got a cash only ice cream place tell us they want a machine in both of their locations (one of the locations is near that slamming cash only restaurant we have in a college town. Actually, the owner of that store referred this ice cream store guy…they are good friends.) So Kathy and I are putting our heads together to try to figure out how in the hell we are gonna pay for not just one but two Atm’s!!!

Uhhh remember I was saying I’m gonna have to wholesale a house to pay Blade’s vet bill? Well maybe I’ll have to wholesale 2 houses so I can pay Blade’s bill and buy 2 atm’s! lol

Besides that I made 2 promises. 1 to Blade when I was driving him to the vet the Tuesday night I took him to the ER and I told him that I’d get on the ball so I can be home most of the time and therefore I would have been able to know sooner that there was something wrong with him (as I didn’t get home until 10pm that evening) and then of course also, so I could spend all day hanging and playing with him and the other kitty’s.

And then I made a promise to Joe. He was upset one morning because I had to take him to the neighbors house so she could watch him and he wanted to know why he had to go. Unfortunately, I had to tell the kid that I had to go to work to take care of some things right now but that his mom and I are working on building passive income so neither one of us has to work and he can always stay here instead of going to a babysitters. He was thrilled…so he made me promise that we’d work real hard at buying apartment buildings so he wouldn’t have to go to the neighbors so much. (And Joe is actively looking for a location to put an atm that HE wants to partner with his mom and I on.)

So….if I was serious before, well I’m more serious now…I made a big promise to one of my cats (well all of them in a sense) and to a 10 yr. old. That’s serious stuff folks…can’t let them down!

This week I’m gonna start analyzing some deals that have been in my inbox for a few weeks now. And making some more calls to brokers and management companies. Plus, I’m going to try to get in touch with a friend from high schools father, who has $$$$ and try to set up an appointment with him next month. Things are looking up and I’m feeling good about my situation.

I love that saying that Dave Lindahl says that I’m sure he got from someone else but it goes like this:

I think I’m gonna print that out and hang it on my bathroom mirror (I’m sure Kathy will be thrilled to read that every morning hehehehe)

Btw, thanks again for all of the support with Blade. I, well we, really appreciated it. When one of my kids is sick the world pretty much stops for me. I’m a big worry wart and I’m not right until they are home and doing well. Blade is doing wonderfully. He’s on 3 meds right now; an antibiotic, pepcid and another antibiotic but 2 of his meds are almost done……and trust me, we BOTH can’t wait for that day. Medicine time is the worst part of the day for both Blade and I lol If you have pets, especially cats, and have had to give them a couple of medicines well then I’m sure you can relate lol

Lastly, I got the book “The Power of Focus” by Jack Canfield (affiliate link) as recommended by Shae from Good faith investing in her article “Living Life on My Terms.” I’m super excited to get cracking on that book…so thanks Shae for the good recommendation.

Well folks I’m off to bed as I want to get up bright and early so I can work out, fill an atm and get some reading in and make a couple of calls.

Btw, I’ll be blogging again sooner rather than later………peace out g money’s!