2017 has been an amazing year!
We are blessed with a wonderful family and great friends. This year we lost my twin brother, Bobby, to cancer in September, but we know that we will see him again in heaven.
This year we spent some wonderful times with the kids: Jonathan and Jiwon, Glenn and Pooja and Jaya our granddaughter. We love you all…especially Jaya! We talked about getting this puppy on the top of the page (Goldie), and we talked about getting more grandkids too…being a grandparent is the best job in with world!
While we worked a lot in 2017, we did take a little time off. I spent quality time with Mom in Pompano Beach, and we had a great time with our Ford family at Edisto Beach, SC and a fun trip Savannah, GA. It was a blessing to spend a week at Emerald Isle last summer with a house full of family and dear friends where we all watched the solar eclipse together. We had a fun family time at the Redskin’s Stadium for the opening football game between WVU and VA Tech. It was Jeanne’s first live college football game ever. We missed our first NASCAR Race in over 20 years. We attended the last Ringling Brothers Circus in Raleigh (without pachyderms). We enjoyed the Seagrove Pottery Festival and the Harvest Festival in Mt. Airy and trips to Oriental, NC.
I only had to fire Jeanne twice this year, but I quickly rehired her with a raise.
We added four new rentals and two buildable lots to our portfolio. We sold one house in Oriental, NC. (We call them our oil wells, that pump every month). We started our first new construction in recent years: a cute little two-bedroom cottage to keep as a rental. The foundation of the cottage just finished this week. This year I hosted a monthly TREIA subgroup with the topic of “Money for Real Estate Deals”. I was very pleased to be voted into the Board of Directors for the Triangle Real Estate Investors Association (TREIA) which is an investment club in Raleigh with 950 members and growing.
We did some rebranding of our company and began marketing ourselves as “Golden Consultants”. We’ve been doing consulting for over 30 years and decided now is a good time to turn that into a business. This year Jeanne cleaned more teeth than ever and again was one of the top producing hygienists for Lane & Associates Family Dentistry.
We are blessed with the Lord’s provision, wonderful family and friends and wish you a very blessed Christmas and Happy New Year!
John & Jeanne & Goldie