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Partnering with real estate investors to provide financial solutions for their real estate projects.

10/26/2026

Progress check on one of our borrowers' flips, and I had two helpers this time. The stuffed elephant inspected every room.

When I can, I bring the kids along on site visits. It's some of the best teaching I do. They see that a house doesn't fix itself, and that somebody has to find the deal, take the risk, and do the ugly part. They ask real questions, like why the cabinets came out if they still worked and how much all of it costs.

The kitchen, full bath, and half bath are down to the studs. Goodbye, floral wallpaper border. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Do you bring your kids into your work? What have they picked up from it?

10/07/2026

September is in the books, and it was a big one.

We funded $1,046,200 in new loans, saw 6 projects pay off, and paid $67,672.92 in interest to our investors.

Every one of those numbers is a real person. A flipper who finished a house. An investor whose money went to work in their own community. That's what keeps this fun.

Thank you to everyone who was part of it. What's on your plate for the rest of 2026?

09/24/2026

17 years ago, prepping this house for siding. Tool belt, extension ladder, and a lot to learn.

This is the property that taught me the most. I didn't get rich on it, but I got an education I couldn't have gotten any other way.

When people ask me how to get into real estate, I tell them the same thing: you won't get rich on your first deal. You just have to get in the game. The best way to learn is to get that first one under your belt.

What was the deal that taught you the most?

09/22/2026

Picked up for $24,000. Another $110,000 going into the rehab.

These borrowers do not do cosmetic flips. They buy the house everybody else walks away from.

Take a look at these photos. Studs, joists, open ceilings, a chimney standing alone in the middle of a room. Floors cut out to get at the plumbing. That is a full gut in Nebraska City, and this stage right here is where most people start second guessing the whole thing.

They will not. They have done this before, they priced it like people who have done this before, and the scope they brought me matched the house I actually walked through.

That is the whole thing for me. A big rehab is not scary. A big rehab in the hands of somebody doing their first one is scary.

Would you take on a project like this, or would you pass?

09/21/2026

Walked a short term rental with one of my borrowers this week. Property looked great right up until we got to the bathroom.

Tub full of water. A full deck of playing cards floating in it. Poker chips, spilled drinks, one lonely glass on the floor.

Somebody had a full house and decided the jacuzzi was the place to fold.

What got me was the borrower's reaction. Three seconds of staring, one laugh, a photo for the damage claim, and then he was already talking about the next property. That is what separates people who own rentals from people who actually operate them.

Real estate always finds a new way to bill you. You just price it in and keep going.

What is the strangest thing you have ever walked into at one of your properties?

09/10/2026

August recap: $842,900 in new loan volume, and $95,040.56 in interest paid to our investors.

Big jump from July, which was one of the slowest months we've had. A few people reached out after that post, mostly flippers going through their own quiet stretch, and I want to say the same thing here that I said to them.

The month didn't turn around because we changed anything. We didn't lower the bar or chase harder. The deals that came in during August were just better deals, and they were ready when we were.

That's most of this business. Do the work, keep your standards, and be liquid when the right opportunity finally shows up.

Average loan was $185,455.72. Real projects, real borrowers, mostly right here in Nebraska.

If your summer was slow too, you're in decent company. It turns.

09/08/2026

This is the part of a flip most people never see.

A repeat borrower of ours found a great deal here in Omaha, and instead of hiring the whole thing out, he's in there doing the work himself. Walls opened up, a new beam going in over the kitchen, floors stripped down to the original tile.

I spent a lot of years swinging the hammer on my own projects, so I know exactly what that week feels like. I love getting to see these in the rough stage. I'm also pretty happy that my part of it now is the funding side.

Sweat equity is real equity. He's going to earn every dollar on this one.

Anybody else out there like the demo phase better than the finish work, or is that just me?

09/07/2026

Ten years. That's how long this house sat empty.

Here's what caught my borrower's eye though: the city never condemned it and there were no violations on record. Clean file.

If you've ever rehabbed a flagged property, you know why that's a big deal. A condemned or cited house means the city is involved in your project from day one. Inspections on their timeline, compliance requirements you didn't scope, and a lot of waiting around. A clean file means you can just get to work.

This is a repeat borrower for us with a really solid track record, so getting him funded was straightforward.

Curious what other investors think: would you take on a long-vacant house if the city file was clean, or does ten years empty scare you off regardless?

08/22/2026

I've got a favor to ask.

We're closing in on 100 Google reviews for Good Life Lending, and I'd love to get there with reviews from people who've actually worked with us.

If you've closed a deal, got funded, or invested with GLL, would you take two minutes and leave us a review? We're close, and every one from here counts.

Tell it straight, good, bad, whatever it actually was. That's the only kind of review worth leaving.

https://g.page/r/CSlUtQWVsvpWEBM/review

Thank you. It means more than you'd think.

08/21/2026

This old girl has seen some things.

We just funded a downtown fixer-upper for a new borrower, and right now she's rocking the boarded-window, tree-growing-through-the-porch look. Very "someone should do something with that house."

Good news: someone is.

Here's why this one was a yes. The borrower did the work. The numbers actually pencil out, and they put real skin in the game with their own cash. That's the difference between a deal I can fund and a hope I can't. Plan plus commitment.

First deal with a new borrower, and I'm genuinely excited to watch this one come back to life. Houses with this much character deserve a comeback.

I'll share the after. Give it some time, the magic doesn't happen overnight.

Got a project that makes sense on paper? Let's talk.

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PO Box 5206
Lincoln, NE
68505

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