Win
Passed the Part 107 in the spring and started taking paid work in July. Eleven weeks of numbers, because I read enough vague posts before I started and they didn't help me. 22 fli…
Loss
First rental going on the market in a few weeks and I got ahead of myself on the marketing. Here is what it cost me. I booked an aerial package for $450 off an ad that showed nice…
Win
I'm the numbers person here usually so this is a small one, but it worked and I want to write down why. Six acre parcel with a creek along the back third and a stand of hardwoods…
Win
Transitional ag parcel, 31 acres, edge of a growing suburb where the sewer line stops about 900 feet short of the north property boundary. I've been sitting on it since a 1031 lan…
Loss
Small mixed-use building, two retail bays downstairs and four apartments up, in a secondary market. I was the money on this one with a local operating partner. My whole job is und…
Loss
I mostly look at deals from the capital side and I don't usually pay for marketing, so this was new to me and I got it wrong in an ordinary way. A partner and I had a 19 acre parc…
Win
Left a job in logistics last year and needed something that produced income while I learned the property side. Picked drone work because it had a defined thing to learn rather tha…
Loss
Last year I brought aerial in-house for my small media and turnover crew instead of subcontracting it. Numbers first because that's the only part that's useful. Startup: $6,800 fo…