3 Words That If Applied, Will Change Your Life

City officials started visiting the UUAC by sending code fixer film enforcement to harass the director/owner Alan Patrusevich, a brilliant and benevolent former Navy man of Lithuanian descent, who operated an antique restoration business from one of the warehouse bays.Finally, caving into pressure from city officials and mounting debts, Alan sold the quonset huts. "The Last Pizza Deliver Driver (on Earth)" tells the story of a an insecure 32-year old pizza delivery driver who, after finding out his 15-year high school reunion is coming to town, tries to patent an idea so he can feel good about himself.And yes, it's semi-autobiographical. Antares Davis, a model and actress, whom David Knight was dating at the time, helped me read through a part of the script one day. It was great reading the material with a seasoned actress, who had hosted major celebrity events in LA. Thank you, Antares Davis.How does someone work for themself?Living in David Knight's kitchen provided me with a squirrel's eye view of someone who works for themselves.Some years earlier, David had purchased the main, 2-story building on Dixie at a low price, spent a few years on renovation, then sold it for a nice profit--about 3x what he paid for it. He also had rental properties.Although he was somewhat quiet about his earnings, I surmised that he had used the profits of the 2-story building sale to buy smaller rental properties for cash, and use that rental income to live on. It's a smart move--to work hard for a few years, find some deals, add value to those deals, re-sell for profit, then use that profit for rental propertiesor properties you sell outright.Although real estate had been favorable for David Knight, he said "It's boring". He was more into playing music and travelling (New York, Ukraine, South America).During the course of my stay in his kitchen, I would ask him how to make money in real estate. For the most part, his answeres were esoteric. He did not care to discuss real estate. He said it bored him, and that he wanted to play music. One day, he told me this, which I wrote down."Those who work with their muscle can be replaced by the stronger guy. Work with your brain. You can accumulate knowledge working with your brain. With your muscle, you accumulate wear and tear."David KnightLiving in North Palm Beach, FloridaLiving at Scott's house, on the living room couch, and in David Knight's kitchen, where I slept on the floor beneath a table, proved to be an educational experience. From Scott, I learned that I did not want to be a landlord, and that, if I did have rental properties, I wanted to figure out a way NOT to have to manage them. From David Knight, I learned that buying a run-down property in an up-and-coming area, with a clear vision of improving the property to resell at a later date, could yield enormous profits, enough to reinvest in smaller income-producing properties. At this point, I really was excited about buying a property of my own.Flipping real estate in North FloridaEventually, I did learn how to buy a property of my own.