1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. It is a bonus podcast, and 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: a reminder. Bonus podcast means content that we record off air, 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: podcast only, not a rebroadcast of the show. It could 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: be about most anything. Every day, we have more content 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: that we have time to get to, mostly because I'm 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: undisciplined and I ramble. But the crew ramone, Chad, all 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: of them. They said, well, why don't we just record 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: for a few more minutes, however long you want to 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: go now? They didn't. They were like, oh great, add 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: more work, Adam, You're on the Michael Berry Show. 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: Go ahead, Yes, sir, how are you? 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: I'm good? Go ahead. 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: Hey, So, I just wanted to call in real quick 14 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: about the bike lanes. I live in California. I grew 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,319 Speaker 2: up in Rosenberg, Houston. Do not let these people put 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: these bike lanes in. They've been installed for about ten years. 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: Nobody uses them. Nobody. You might see one person a 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: year going down these things. The homeless people don't even 19 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,279 Speaker 2: use them. Please do not let these people put these 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: bike lanes in. They're horrible. 21 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: You know what's interesting, Adam, is when you see a 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: protest these days, and the protest is for trainees or 23 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: you know, some cause whatever that cause is, there will 24 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: also be lots of people with Hamas flags and you're like, well, 25 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: that's interesting. Has Hamas teamed up with the men should 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: get to play women's sports crowd? That seems like an 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: odd pairing. But what you find out is there's a 28 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: certain group of people that are outside the conventional society, 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: and once they get out there, they're like, I'm a freak. 30 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: Who else, here's a freak over here, I'm out of head, 31 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: I am over ahead and blood it up. Oh yeah, 32 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: And so you got all these groups and they come 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: together under one tent of freakishness and they understand that 34 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: our only chance is to stay together. So Hamas is 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: in bed with the transsexual crowd, and you've got different people, 36 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: all these wacky groups. You got the environmentalists, you've got 37 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: the Black Lives Matter, and they're all and it's quite 38 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: funny because separately they would hate each other. Right, inner 39 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: city blacks, especially inner city Black churches, are socially conservative 40 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: when it comes to sexuality, but they've had to tolerate 41 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: the whole training and gay thing because that's part of 42 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: the coalition that lets them govern. And so and humas well, 43 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: we already know. So you have all these different people 44 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: bundled up together, and they all just take up each 45 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: other's causes, and it's the funniest darn thing. And what 46 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: you're talking about bicycle lanes, I think a lot of 47 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: people advocate for bicycle lanes that don't even ride a bicycle. 48 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: It's part and parcel of the whole composting tofu vegetarianism, 49 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: spay and neuter abortion. It's just one of the one 50 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: of the bundle of insanity that they're all part of. 51 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: And you're right, we shouldn't have that, agree, we shouldn't 52 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: have them here. What brought you to Texas? 53 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: So I'm born and raised in Texas, right there in Rosenberg. 54 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: I joined the Air Force in ninety four and retired 55 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: in two thousand, and I'm still unfortunately in California. I 56 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: can't get out of here past enough. 57 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: Oh you're there now, Okay. So you did six years 58 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: in the Air Force, twenty six you said ninety four. 59 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: I said two thousand, My bad. I got out in 60 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: twenty twenty. 61 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: Oh, in twenty twenty, so you'd spent twenty six years 62 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: in yes, sir, And you did? You go in as 63 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: an officer or enlisted in listen, So twenty six years 64 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: in what did you make when you left? What was 65 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: your rank and what did you make? 66 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: I left as an E eight in Oh, I don't know, 67 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: it's probably it's probably uh four grand, four grand, yeah, 68 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 2: right around in there. 69 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: And then help me understand. So what was covered by 70 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: the military. You're housing, you're what all was covered? 71 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: Yeah? You get for housing, you get bas so, which 72 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 2: which is basically money for groceries, and then you might 73 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: get some if you're overseegs you get cola yeah, to 74 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: help with the banged rate and stuff like that. But 75 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: you know, people are talking about back taxes now and 76 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: you got to fight that, like if you're in Germany. 77 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, so when you retired after twenty six years, you 78 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: were forty four about Yeah, that's young. So that retirement 79 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: I'm not yeah, no, no, I get it. But but 80 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: you're retired from there for that. If you were to 81 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: take that, that retirement as an E eight, what would 82 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: that if you to start drawing it now, what would 83 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: how much would that be? Per month? 84 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 2: Well? I get it now. So it's uh, I'm fifty 85 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 2: percent disabled. So it says the Veterans Administration. So once 86 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: you reach fifty percent, they split it in two parts. 87 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: One is DePass and the other half comes from the VA, 88 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 2: and it comes out to I think both parts together. 89 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: Is it's around I'm going to say it's four thousand 90 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 2: right around the same thing. 91 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: So so you can make the same thing being retired 92 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: as you were working. And then what is the job? 93 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's only retiring at twenty six gets you 94 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: sixty five percent. I'm doing this by memory. 95 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: Sorry, No, it's fine, it's fine. I'm actually curious. I'm 96 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: just curious what that looks like. And then, uh, and 97 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: what are you? What do you do now? What career 98 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: do you have now? 99 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 2: So I renovate houses for a living. I do the demolitions. 100 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: I do the project management. I coordinate the colors and 101 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 2: the materials. I purchase and deliver the colors and materials. 102 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: I do a lot of the work myself. I do 103 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 2: the paint, I do the landscape. I do a lot 104 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 2: of the prep. 105 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: And how long have you been doing that. 106 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 2: Since? I since I retired in twenty twenty. 107 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: Okay, how many houses do you think you flipped in 108 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: that time? 109 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 2: Well, I work for a company and they don't flip. 110 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: It's there's there are like a lot of other people. 111 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 2: They're selling out of California, okay, and they're buying and 112 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: which is why I took the job, because we're going 113 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 2: to go there, follow the company. 114 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: To where. 115 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: To Houston? 116 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: Oh good? Okay? And so what does the model look like? 117 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: What kind of price range are y'all buying in? How 118 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: much are you putting into it? And then what's the 119 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: premium you're selling for? What is that model? Do you 120 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: have a model? 121 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 2: They're selling one home here, they're small homes, they're not 122 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 2: any bigger than fifteen hundred square foot and they're selling 123 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 2: for around a half a million here. And then they 124 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: do it, and they do it, they exchange and they buy, 125 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 2: they over buy on purpose, and they buy two literally 126 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 2: twice as big for half as much, for around six 127 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: hundred thousands. 128 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: And then what's their cash flow? Are they renting these things? 129 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: Well, these places in California, they're paid off, Yes, they're renting. 130 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 2: They're paid off. 131 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: Okay, So where does the under that from? Do they 132 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: have venture capital? Is this a family run business? 133 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a small mom and pop's family run business. 134 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: Good for you, and do you enjoy that? 135 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: I love it? I'm I was behind a desk for 136 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 2: sixteen I made rank pretty quick in the military. Yeah, 137 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 2: and then I was behind a desk for the last 138 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 2: sixteen years. And I did it, but I didn't I 139 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 2: didn't really like it. And now I don't have to 140 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 2: do that anymore, and I'm not going to. 141 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: Do it, you know, Adam. What's interesting is I used 142 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: to buy and flip properties at a real estate company 143 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: in the mid to late nineties, and it was one 144 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: of the most rewarding things I did. And the reason 145 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: was before that, I was a lawyer, and so I 146 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: would go into the office and I would work all 147 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: day and I would be exhausted and I would go home, 148 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: but I didn't have anything to show for it. I 149 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: couldn't look at something. Whereas when I bought a property, 150 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: the first thing I would do is paint it, because 151 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: painting just changes everything. And you can make a house, 152 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: you can change the personality of a house with just paint, 153 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: and paints pretty cheap. I could do some of that myself, 154 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,119 Speaker 1: and then put a pretty front door on it. Women 155 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: love a pretty front door, so I would do like 156 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: a bright red front door. They women love that. And 157 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 1: then I would look at the ways I could do 158 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: the most good for the least amount of money to 159 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: flip this property. And at the end of a day, 160 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: especially if I did the work myself, at the end 161 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: of a day, it was so rewarding to see that 162 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: where there was only a wood subfloor, we now had tile. 163 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: And I had worked a wet saw, not well, but 164 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: I had guys that taught me how to do it, 165 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: and it was a very, very rewarding experience. Nobody would 166 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: hire me to do it professionally because I wasn't good 167 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: at it. But you know, you could look at something 168 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:14,719 Speaker 1: that was pretty and functional and gave people joy that 169 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: you had been a part of, and you walked away 170 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: having done something. You know, when I watch a house 171 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: being framed, I love to watch a house being framed 172 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: because where there's just dirt and all of a sudden, boo, 173 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: you got a structure for a house. It's such a 174 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: cool thing. I love that. 175 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, the sense of accomplishment, it's a big thing. It 176 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 2: really is. And for me, I get into these projects. 177 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 2: I've been in this house, this current house, since August, 178 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: and it's almost done. We're trying to take professional pictures 179 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: this week, but some of the the sub parts of it, 180 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 2: you know, like paintings. Well, I do all the painting myself. 181 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 2: I don't have a truckload of guys. I do it myself. 182 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 2: And I'll sometimes I'll stop and I'll just go crazy 183 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 2: with the paint because some of it's psychological, because it 184 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: takes so many days and weeks get through the thing. 185 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 2: You just have to see a psychological change to motivate yourself. 186 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 2: So I'll just break away and paint nothing but white 187 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: or whatever, just to keep me motivated, to keep me going. 188 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: You know, there's there's guys that I'm sure are chuckling 189 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: because they're going, oh yeah, pretty boy, you sit in 190 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: their conditioning all day, you slap a little paint, you 191 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: did something. If you had to do what we did, 192 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: I get it. I get it. I wouldn't want to wear, 193 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: you know, the knee pads and be on my knee, 194 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: you know, bent over grinding away on hardwood floors and 195 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: and tile and paint and carpentry. I get it. It 196 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't be any fun if you did it all day 197 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: every day. But I think it's why a lot of 198 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: people who are professionals and move paper and now, you know, 199 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: just sit on a computer all day, consultant types that 200 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: that type. I think it's why so many people enjoy gardening. 201 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: My wife loves to go out, put gloves on or not, 202 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: and get her hands filthy dirty, and you know, sit 203 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: out there and pull and put and then at the 204 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: end of it, you know, she's wiping the sweat off. 205 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: And I think she's never cuter than when she does that. 206 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: And she is so happy. She is so happy in 207 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 1: that mode because at the end of it, you got 208 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: something to show for it. And that's a glorious thing. 209 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: Glorious thing. So when do you move to Houston? 210 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 2: So well, I spend about six months here and six 211 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: months there, going back and forth between the two. But 212 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 2: I'm trying to get in the next probably two years, 213 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 2: trying to get their permanent link. We got. We have 214 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 2: a small, young family, and I just know better, you know, 215 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: I mean, gas over here is approaching five dollars again, 216 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 2: and you know, you just if you hit the Arizona board, 217 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 2: you just save two dollars just doing that. 218 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: Do you have family still in Rosenberg? 219 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 2: I do. My mom's there. We don't have anybody out here. 220 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 2: I mean, we've got the church. Church is great, but 221 00:11:55,640 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 2: what church at An Island. It's the Lancaster Baptist Church 222 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 2: at Pastor Paul Chappel. It's pretty well known for independent 223 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 2: Baptist churches. He's very well known. 224 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: Well, you know we've got Baptist churches in Rosenberg. 225 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: Sure, I'm a little mimer of that. 226 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 1: No, I understand having a church home. I hear from 227 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: people around the country who've left the Houston area and 228 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: they took our show with them, and I think part 229 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: of it is they like to know what's going on 230 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: back in Houston. So our morning show being much more 231 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 1: focused on Houston and Texas generally in the evening show 232 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: being a more national approach. One of the things I'll 233 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: ask him is you still have family here, especially once 234 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: you have kids, And they'll say, do you know my 235 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: mom or my dad? I want to get back there. 236 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: And one reason people will often say, I mean, the 237 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: number one reason is a job, obviously, but number two 238 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: is a church home. And if they have a church 239 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 1: home they really like that can give you a sense 240 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: of belonging and connection. That is that is hard, But 241 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,839 Speaker 1: I you know, I've lived I lived in Austin for 242 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 1: law school. I lived in DC when I clerk for 243 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: a firm there, and I lived in England for over 244 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: a year getting a degree there. And I have to 245 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: tell you I have come to love Houston since I 246 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: moved to Houston in eighty nine from Orange. And I 247 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: will spend time in other places. I want to visit 248 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: and spend time in other places. But the sense of, 249 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 1: you know, being around people that I like, a place 250 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: that is comfortable to me, that's just such a draw. 251 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 2: You know. 252 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: It surprises me that that hadn't especially because of what 253 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: you do now. You know, if you were in the 254 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: Air Force, it wasn't really an option. But now doing 255 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: what you do. I got friends right now that would 256 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: hire you to do what you do because they Jeff 257 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: the builder would hire you right now because they buy 258 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: and flip or buy and rent houses and they need 259 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: somebody that they can say, take over this project. You know, 260 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: keep the spreadsheet up, keep the receipts for everything, make 261 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: good decisions. Hire the subs, make sure they show up, 262 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: Inspect the work, make sure they fix it. If they 263 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: don't get the get the permits. If you can do 264 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: that that business, you would have all the work you 265 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: wanted for an independ for an independent company like a 266 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: one one man show in Houston. So if in fact 267 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: you decide you want to do that, email me through 268 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: our website, Michael Berryshow dot com. I've got several people 269 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: I can forward you to who would hire you in 270 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: a in a day, no joke. 271 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much. I appreciate it. 272 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, Adam, thank you for your service to this great nation. 273 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: It was a pleasure to hear from you on all things, 274 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: from bicycles to your interesting career. I love to hear 275 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: how people are living their one life and I hope 276 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: you'll call back again. Thanks, my man. 277 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 2: Thank you. 278 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: If you liked the Michael Berry Show in podcast, please 279 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: tell one friend, and if you're so inclined, write a 280 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: nice review of our podcast. 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