This weekend I checked out the Ozzie Jurock seminar on Saturday, Sunday I was with the family all day. We went to Coal Harbour in downtown Vancouver for the morning and walked around enjoyed the morning sun. Later on in the afternoon we went to Kits Beach on the west side with some friends, along with their kids. Overall all it was a great weekend, sunny, warm and relaxing. Below are the shots I took of yesterdays outing, it was fun, fun, fun, weeeeeee.

I really enjoy every minute I spend with my kids, it’s hard to imagine my life before them. Having one of each makes it even more fun, sometimes I find myself thinking about the future. It’s hard to picture my life 10 years from now but having kids makes me look forward to growing older and watching them grow up.

I would do anything for them, it’s a huge part of the reason I want to create a large passive income stream. Wealth for me is about the lifestyle and how I can set my kids up so they never have to worry about buying a house or anything. If you think ahead for your kids future, then you help them out tremendously. Most people don’t think beyond their own retirement. But think of having the ability to give your kids a home at their wedding? It’s one of the my dreams to do that and I know I will.  If they have a home that is free and clear (no mortgage) think of how much better their lives will be?

shot from the car of downtown eastside Vancouver

Coal Harbour

Coal Harbour Marina

Coal Harbour Marina

Coal Harbour Marina

Coal Harbour Marina

Coal Harbour Marina

Coal Harbour walkway

Kits Beach – Michael upside down

Kits Beach – Mr Muscle guy

Kits Beach Vancouver

Kitsilano Beach

Kits Beach – Michael

Today is the LandRush USA Real Estate seminar, yes I will be attending. It’s a 9 am – 3pm full day deal. It’s worth spending my Saturday to get the RIGHT information for investing in the USA real estate market, and probably geared towards housing markets like Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.

I am sure I will come away from the seminar with more information. I have seen his predictions in the past and real estate areas he mentioned to buy long before people thought about it. Some of the places, include Yaletown condos in 1999 (going for $100,000 brand new), Burnaby and Coquitlam condos in early 2000 (going for $50,000!!!). Back then I wasn’t isn’t the same financial position I am now, but if I would have bought 5 or 6 Burnaby condos I could be making another $5,000 in gross rents. You have to love the power of passive income, it’s truly amazing.

Anywho since I am on Ozzie Jurocks email list I got this in my email last week:

“There are some 50 condominiums, under 10 years old, fully renovated and there will be vendor financing provided as well. The complex is located next to one of the best golf courses in Phoenix, and – we believe that the price point is excellent!! (Approximately $140,000 for a 2 BR suite).”

I will be attending his presentation on this opportunity next week. Personally I think now is the right time to invest in the U.S.A., and I plan to invest there.

Off I go to LandRush USA…..

The New Beverly Hills 90210

I don’t seem to watch much television anymore, everything is usually a rerun or just played out boring crap. When my wife mentioned that they had a new updated version of Beverly Hills 90210  I was stoked. You need to remember I was in my early 20s when 90210 was airing back in the arly 1990s so I was hooked like everyone else in my age group.

Well the new Beverly Hills 90210 aired on Tuesday night at 8 PM. I did check it out and it was pretty cool, for me anyways. It is filmed in the same Beverly Hills high school and yeah all the kids are driving Corvettes, BMWs, Escalades and Mercedes.

One thing I never got is how they cast actors who look like they are in their mid 20s to be highschool kids, what’s up with that?

Oh and they did have a few familiar faces, such as Shannen Doherty who played Brenda Walsh, Jennie Garth who was Kelly Taylor. Kelly Taylor now works as a teacher at Beverly High, and apprantly is a single mom. It looks like she gained a few pounds. And also the dude who ran the “Peach Pit”,  Nat (Joe E. Tat) is on the show! Nat is still running the Peach Pit, he looks a little greyer but basically he looks the same, ha ha.

Watching 90210 with some of the old cast brought me right back to 1995, it was a weird feeling to have. The funny thing is I still watch reruns of the original 90210 sometimes.

I might sound like a cheese ball, but what the hell right? Anyways it’s on Tuesday night at 8 PM….

I took like 40 photos at the PNE, about 1/2of them are on this blog post. We did the usual PNE stuff ate Luigi’s pizza, bought popcorn, played the PNE games, won stuffed animals, watched the SuperDog show, saw the farm animals (chickens, cows etc), and we saw the daily PNE parade. It was lots of walking but cool to see the PNE through the eyes of my little girl. It seems when you grow up the magic of things like the PNE (and Christmas) fade away. Having kids makes you feel like a kid again. Overall a fun day, and obviously everything we did has been documented with photos, enjoy.

Thomas The Train – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

Stefania holding balloon – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Sand sculpture with face falling apart – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Games – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Merry Go Round – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Pissed off rooster – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Pirate ride – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

Pirate – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

The crowds – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

Merry Go Round – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

Haunted house – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

Dr. Suess – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

Haunted house – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Crazy Beach ride – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Charlie Brown botoh – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Bart Simpson – PNE Parade 2008 Vancouver

Games – PNE 2008 Vancouver

Doughnut booth – PNE 2008 Vancouver

I wish all you assh*les with the blog comment spamming software would get lost. It’s completely useless to spam this blog or any Word Press blog as they have built spam detection. That is my rant for today.

So today is officially Labor Day across North America (not sure about the rest of the world). Seeing that I work for myself holidays don’t mean too much, however I usually take them off and chill. It’s also the last day of the PNE here in Vancouver. I will be heading out to the Pacific National Exhibition with my family this afternoon (even though it’s freezing could out today!).

My Duracell 4GB flash drive died today, it kept saying that I had to format it but when I tried it wouldn’t do it.

I had some data on the Duracall USB drive but luckily I upload my data information to a web server every day, so no big deal. Anywho I bought a new Kingston 8 GB for $20 from Future Shop this morning. I hope this USB flash drive lasts longer than the Durcacell flash drive.

That’s about it, have a good one….

C.V.

2 shots taken at Renfew school

confused & dazed at Renfrew school