At the start of the season, there are posters galore, but come about this time, everyone has lost there money, and went back to there caves to hibernate, and then after the bowl season, you find out who the real football fans are, as they stick around to share information on coaching changes, new recruits, exchange information on what teams have lost what through graduation and for forth, and I can count these dedicated posters on one hand.
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Is there a conference you follow more closely than others? I follow UGA pretty close along with the SEC so I'll keep you up to date with what I know or can dig up in the offseason.Comment -
No, I have no conference or team that I follow or consider a favorite. My favorite is always the team that is covering my play!
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Marlin
Contrats on the nice Blue Marlin and the damn good looking senoritas 
, fish for any other types of fish? Whats is your take on Navy,Rice, and Mizzou... got all 3 of these circled...
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Catch a lot of yellowfin tuna and dorado, in addition to the marlin and sails. Thank you for your kind words!
Like all 3, so enjoy your stroll to the pay window on Saturday!
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Shit, I'll be here til they turn the lights off. Be fun to see what happens with some major programs retooling.Comment -
Urban, after reading your thread, you have intrigued me. Where did you grow up/work, and how did you accumulate your wealth (occupation)? Thanx, if you care to reply!!!!
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Originally from the Midwest United States, ended up going to college in Wisconsin for 2 years, then transferring to a college in California. Eventually got a job in the entertainment industry (music and theatre) on a international level on the business side of things for many years, then got burned out and left this industry, and relocated to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a city I fell in love with, and use to frequent after coming off of tours. I ended up buying a small Mexican cantina/sportsbar, and eventually a bar/nightclub, and also purchased several condos that I rented out on a daily basis, like you would a hotel room. They are called vacation rentals. When the economy was going down the tubes in the actual city of Puerto Vallarta due to the building of a new hotel zone called Nuevo Vallarta that is located about 45 minutes away from the city of Puerto Vallarta, as well many of your hotels going to all inclusive, it killed the economy of the city of Puerto Vallarta, so I sold everything, before losing money on them, and relocated to the country of Colombia, where I just duplicated what I had done in Puerto Vallarta, with the guidance of a good friend who was in the same industry, and was very successful. I also have a couple other businesses that I am basically a silent partner in that fortunately have been very successful for me.
Also one of my keys to getting to where I am at in my life today, is refraining from taking on any unnecessary debt, and eliminating as many responsibilities as possible. I have never had a car loan, or taken out any type of loans that will not make me money, so basically if I have taken out a loan, it is going to be on something like for my condo rentals, where I am going to have immediate revenue coming in to cover the payment of the loan. My house that you saw in the pics was built in many stages, as I would only add on to it when I had money available to do so, so I never had to take out a loan on it.
That is it .......
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Urban,
do you recommend taking out a loan to rent condos?
How much loan would i need?
is it difficult to manage and keep customers coming?Comment -
all depends on the logistics and marketing. In my case I purchased oceanfront condos in a market where there were, and are many tourists, and where a 4 or 5 star hotel costs 400 to 500 dollars a night, so renting a luxury condo at a quarter or half the price of a hotel room makes all the logical sense in the world.Comment -
Originally from the Midwest United States, ended up going to college in Wisconsin for 2 years, then transferring to a college in California. Eventually got a job in the entertainment industry (music and theatre) on a international level on the business side of things for many years, then got burned out and left this industry, and relocated to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a city I fell in love with, and use to frequent after coming off of tours. I ended up buying a small Mexican cantina/sportsbar, and eventually a bar/nightclub, and also purchased several condos that I rented out on a daily basis, like you would a hotel room. They are called vacation rentals. When the economy was going down the tubes in the actual city of Puerto Vallarta due to the building of a new hotel zone called Nuevo Vallarta that is located about 45 minutes away from the city of Puerto Vallarta, as well many of your hotels going to all inclusive, it killed the economy of the city of Puerto Vallarta, so I sold everything, before losing money on them, and relocated to the country of Colombia, where I just duplicated what I had done in Puerto Vallarta, with the guidance of a good friend who was in the same industry, and was very successful. I also have a couple other businesses that I am basically a silent partner in that fortunately have been very successful for me.
Also one of my keys to getting to where I am at in my life today, is refraining from taking on any unnecessary debt, and eliminating as many responsibilities as possible. I have never had a car loan, or taken out any type of loans that will not make me money, so basically if I have taken out a loan, it is going to be on something like for my condo rentals, where I am going to have immediate revenue coming in to cover the payment of the loan. My house that you saw in the pics was built in many stages, as I would only add on to it when I had money available to do so, so I never had to take out a loan on it.
That is it .......
Outstanding! What school in Wisconsin? I'm from Illinois (unfortunately), and most of my family live in the Madison area. Small world! Congratulations on becoming/being very successful!!!!!
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Went to UW-LaCrosse.Comment -
so right though....1000's of post at the beginning....slimming down now lol.....too funny.......Will be a player my whole life
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Excellent write-up Urban. As usual, the losers have been filtered out, and that is about 80% of the people who post in here on September. Others who continue to post do not have any money to wager, so they are wagering air. There are a lot of those still left because they have to see their thoughts in print.
I have been doing this longer than any of you. I started full time back in 1971. Things were a lot different back then, but one thing remains the same. You do NOT wager against the house, book, shop, or whatever you want to call it. You wager against other people who take the other side. All the book does is furnish you with the tools to do this. They charge a fee for this, called the "Vig". I have averaged about 58.4% in the past 40 years. Yes that has made me a lot of money, but it did not happen over night. This season I am 50-35 for a 58.8% win percentage so far. That includes my GOY wagers, which I use to create middles, amongst other things. View my spreadsheet if you want to. I always play the same amount of money on my wagers, and I never play parlays, teasers, or prop wagers. Those are strictly sucker plays. As you can see, I have played 85 games this season. That is college and pro, which is not a lot of games, compared to some. I am very selective in my choices and realize that if I want to try and hit for a huge win, I should buy lottery tickets. This is a "grind it out" type of game.Comment -
Why do that when you can read preview magazines before the season starts, most sports bettors will move on to college hoops and NBA once the bowl season is done, most won't have time exchanging recruiting info. since they're are capping basketball
you already looking forward to national signing day UrbanComment -
For me college football is a year round thing. I am not a player in any other sports, I watch them all, but it is only for entertainment purposes.Comment -
Takes a lot of discipline to wager on college football only...
I disagree with your statement about the real college fans, this is a gambling forum, majority of bettors are fan of the money first, their favorite team is secondary when it comes to green paper...the hard core fans are found on teams forum blogs and website.Comment -
but for me wagering is not for entertainment purposes, because of the amounts, so that is why I look at this just like I do a job for the most part, and why I put so much time and effort into learning everything I can about all the teams. There are a couple others on here who are in my same situation.Comment -
Those are the losers wagering out there. the ones that have to wager. The people who make people like Urban and myself rich. Any Professiional Gambler worth his/her weight in gold will tell you that you stick to one sport and tanke that very seriously. I mess arould with the horses, but I do not take that seriously. Ditto the NHL. For me, it is College Football 24/7/365.Comment -
Do not speak for me, as I am far from "rich", and I am sure you are not either, as people with money do not need or have the desire to brag about it like you are constantly are doing.Comment -
Exactly! but we all know from reading the postings of the Queen that she is absolutely loaded! lol
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Does anyone else call 58% win rate successful? Seems too small to me.Comment -
Personally I could careless about percentage, as long as I am making money, that is all that is important. The other stuff is only ego crap, and that is of no importance to me, as I prefer to be humble, but the Queen is living in her own fantasy world, so I say nothing, as it would do no good.
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A 58% winning percentage is excellent if it pertains to spreads and not huge money line favorites... it all depends on the methods employed by the sports investor.
My percentages suck, but I am more than happy with my results, because my aproach to sports investing isn't conducive to having over 52% of my plays hit.Comment -
Urban - cappersmall is a good forum. maybe not as many posters but more consistent. and BigdaddyQH got run off from there a long time ago.Comment -
@ possum11 - Thank you and much appreciated. I will check it out.
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