Before I even started my life growing up learning about investing in real estate, vicariously through my Father, at first, with Sheriff Sales, Foreclosures, Land Contracts, Flips, Leverage, Restoration, Rentals...you name it, and I've probably experienced it! Before any of this, I was a creator and designer, so much so, that by 5, my Grandmother felt the need to tell me I should be an Interior Des
igner when I grew up! In '73, I got my own, first, "real deal," a land contract, 2 flat with 6 quonset hut garages. This property, on the Near East side of Madison, had "Huge potential!" Which meant, in my Father's language: great income generator and in major need of improvements! Yes it did...an, approaching-century old, somewhat Victorian, had way past soiled, 1940's gray wool carpet covering the beautiful oak floors on the main level; faded, peeling, flocked wallpaper majorly detracting from a beautiful, dark stained, winding, wood stairway up to the second flat; beautiful, original, French doors covered in contact paper; Pepto Bismol pink upper wall with glossy, black ceramic tile lower on bathroom walls; really slapped-together, old, inefficient, pillbox kitchen...get the picture? Well, the short story on that...we lived in the main floor flat, while we rented the upper and 5 of the garages. It was a life in lesson in passive wealth principles, sweat equity and sound creativity that turned that property into doubling it's value in a few short years! That was about $25,000 in '77 dollars...very motivating for a first go! Done, for a while, but "bitten!" :-) Speaking of bitten, in the '90s, I took a class in Feng Shui; it touched me; I continued to study it. In '01, I bought my second, two-flat. Shortly after that, my third...
In '02 I earned my licenses as a Realtor/Broker. Then on top of restoring and managing my own buildings, I started helping buyers and sellers. Buyers, some of whom wanted to start owning rental units (now have great, cash flow units in solid market areas because of my experience). I also helped many sellers and started incorporating my Feng Shui into staging their properties and, if necessary, suggested reasonable improvements to get the best price. When the real estate market hit a ditch about 2010, I started brokering and building residual wealth in telecommunications and essential services, but I missed helping clients with the special services I had honed in real estate. After many years of study and practice, Feng Shui was intuitive to me. Clearing, Decluttering, Staging, Redesign and Restoration tapped an innate ability of mine that had been seasoned by years of helping others and working personally on my own properties. One day, in a miraculous glow of golden light and divine inspiration, GoldenDragonBlessings was born. Let this gift help you reach your highest self. Blessings to you. Sincerely,
Beth J Boeing
CEO/Founder
GoldenDragonBlessings,
New World Strategies, LLC
