You know Sundays are my long run day (and if you didn’t, you just picked up some insight.)
Sometimes, I run across things that blow my mind- last week, I stumbled across a field of wildflowers that stretched across five acres, pulled out my phone to video it…
and decided, no.
This one is for me.
So this sweating dude just stood on the edge of the meadow staring at an explosion of red and yellow and white and violet petals, stark against the green and yellow weeds under a sky so blue it filled the soul with wonder.
Just for me, just for that moment.
And let me tell ya, if you can be moved by a plot of weeds in the woods, well, that my friends is a simple man with simple needs.
But yesterday, I ran up on something I had to share and this time, I took video of it.
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It reminded me of Letterkenny (a Canadian comedy on Hulu) and their bit about the subject of this video.
And now:
I drove through the apartment complex…
and tried not to gag
There’s a gap between what I want to pay for a place to stay
And who rents a decent spot at that price range
If ever there was a metaphor for panning for gold
or digging for a diamond
or shooting in the dark
Apt hunting is one of them
And it makes me wonder, Who The F… are these landlords that think four blank white walls and crappy parking and tiny little crackerboxes are worth that much?
I mean I know what happened
A bunch of guys like Grant Cardone explained it
Buy a shitty apartment complex for as little as you can out of pocket
Pay a thousand bucks to spray paint the outside and landscape it
Paint the rails black and pick up trash around the complex
Call it improved, jack up the rents by 25 – 50% and take those numbers to the bank to cash out re-fi at the new improved numbers
Then repeat
And the formula is brilliant
So much so Blackrock Hedge Fund partnered with Zillow to do the same thing for single family homes
Which is why you see so many houses moving from 30% of the average monthly income of a zip code to 50% for rent/housing costs
Rents go up a couple hundred bucks a month to improve short term cash flow long enough to pull out newly created equity
And before the vacancy rates sky rocket
Since I’ve been all over homes for sale and places for rent, I am very in tune with market conditions
I think prices are about to drop for houses and I think that the number of vacant units for rent in the greater Little Rock metro shows a huge imbalance
There are too many places priced too high for too few renters
So either Zillow knows something we don’t-
Like a lot of folks are about to get moved out of their homes because of foreclosures and will flood the rental market
A La 2008
Or the bots running the hedge funds and software on zillow are programmed wrong
How do I know it’s programmed?
Most of the apartment complexes have a disclaimer on their sites saying they use dynamic pricing models
Meaning prices go up and down day to day based on “market” conditions
Except I had one complex in mind, so I watched it
Have been watching it for months
And the price for a one bedroom goes from $735 to $815 to $919 and price points in between based on the following conditions;
The day of the week
The hour of the day
They are literally trying to find what number will get you to schedule a tour and then the next guy or gal gets a different number
Except I’m not sure about the tour
Because once you show up to the place and feel how the walls are stacked and the parking lot is filled with cars so tight you can barely open your door
and patios are covered in junk
And you wonder, is it worth it?
Shouldn’t this be $100 less?
$200 less
It feels… disrespectful
Or maybe I’m just frustrated after years of living in a single family home that the idea of moving into an APT makes me pick out every single thing I’d hate about it
The last time I lived in an apartment alone, the guy under me didn’t have a nose due to some cancer and only cooked onions for dinner-
My second story apt would fill with the smell of frying onions days and nights and evenings
I hated every minute of it
Which is why an RV has an appeal for me
Just an aluminum box in its own space for a private place twelve feet away from the next one
Or find land and park it in the pines and call it an escape
Or get bored with one spot, you just hook it up and move to another
The problem with all of the choices is how lucky I am to even have the choices
The apt complex I picked first is just off the River Trail, so I could escape into a run anytime I liked
The second I toured is just a little further away from another trail but closer to the supermarket
And there are 7 RV parks scattered around the city, so I could literally haul it off every week for a new view and new neighbors and new surroundings
The luxury of choices even if the luxury of time to decide is running out
Because my 59 days just a few short weeks ago is now down to 39 and racing by fast
If I want to hit my self imposed deadline
The luxury of luck, all these choices
Something I haven’t had in the past and something some people never get
A choice
And if I make the wrong one?
Well, it’s only a year, right
I’ve got 48 more of them to make up for it
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If you’ve been following my work for a while, you’ve probably noticed something…
I don’t just write in one genre.
I write in seven.
That’s not chaos.
That’s the creative wildfire I’ve built my life around.
From gritty Westerns and twisty Mysteries, to epic Sci-Fi, Post-Apoc survival stories, Urban Fantasy magic, hard-hitting Thrillers, and real-world Non-Fiction—
I’ve been building entire worlds across the map.
Until now, it’s all lived in one place.
It’s 9AM
But that’s changing.
Today, I’m inviting you to choose your favorite trail—and follow it all the way.
🌎 Choose Your Genre World:
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🧙 URBAN FANTASY – Magic in the modern South, monsters in the dark.
🚀 SCIENCE FICTION – Galactic justice, alien contact, cosmic rebellion.
🔥 THRILLER – High-stakes chases, covert agents, ordinary heroes pushed too far.
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💬 Why This Matters
This isn’t just about books. It’s about truth.
For years I tried to cram everything into one channel, one list, one box. But the truth is, I’m not built for boxes.
I’m a storyteller who shifts shape.
And if you’re here, reading this—you probably are too.
So go ahead—pick your genre.
Or pick them all.
I’ll meet you on the trail, wherever it leads.