Category: Wealth

• Lessons in Landlording

  The next 27 years saw some hundred tenants come and go. I grew weary of hassles with late or unpaid rent, and the pains of maintenance problems like rusting handrails, leaky roofs, and repairs after robbery break-ins. I found a renter dead from a drug overdose. One tenant threatened to beat me up and kill…

  RMDell’Orfano

  April 6, 2023

  Wealth

  eiction notices, landlording

• Love of Money

  it’s an innate sense of justice that everyone has deep down inside. It induces even an art thief to adjust a priceless museum painting that’s tilted to one side, so it hangs just right before he robs it. The canyon between the rich and poor so deeply divides us, even the robber barons ache to…

  RMDell’Orfano

  April 5, 2023

  Wealth

  Emigrating California, Wealth tax

• Secret Stash

  Secret giving can be difficult. One reason is that we crave recognition for all our good deeds. When we receive some ribbon or award, we cling to that fleeting honor as if it were crediting us with eternal life. Then we display it for all the world to see, counting on a nod or smile…

  RMDell’Orfano

  March 23, 2023

  Wealth

  doing good in secret, Dr Hudson's Secret Journal, Loyd C. Douglas', Magnificent Obsession, secret stach, Wealth