Back in business


It's been two weeks without a post, and while I'm horribly ashamed I've been justifiably busy. On January 14th, 2007 my wife and I moved to London, and I've been spending all my time either sight seeing or job searching. I'm proud to say that both are winding down as I've accepted an offer with an excellent firm, and we've seen a good deal of the "famous" sights of London over only two weeks.

How, you ask, is this going to affect my real estate investments? Real estate is a very local business and since I've written repeatedly about the horrors of hiring a property management company, you HAVE to be local to take care of business. However one of the benefits of investing in a partnership is not all partners need to be local. Biff (who, by the way, was the best man at my wedding) takes care of all the local issues. He finds tenants, calls repair guys, builds relationships with the people who give us money, all that sort of thing. All extremely important work that cannot be avoided, and all of it needs to be done from no more than 45 minute drive away from the homes.

Meanwhile I've been the bean counter behind the scenes. My role in the partnership consists of accounting, financing and legal work. For these tasks, location doesn't matter. I can log on to our bank accounts, call banks to get loan rates and modify leases from anywhere in the world if I have a phone and a computer. That assumption is being put to the test right now, since I'm a good 4,000 miles away from the properties but the investing carries on.

This brings up an interesting point worth mentioning. At some point in the future, it's likely that Biff will get a job offer in another town, or he'll move to be closer to family, or he'll just get the itch to be somewhere else. If that does occur, our current portfolio will almost certainly be liquidated. We may continue investing where ever he relocates to, but we'll be unable to maintain our current houses.

In any case, it's nice to stop the upheaval for a short while and settle back in. It's February, which in our partnership means it's tax time. Time to start researching all of the new tax laws, not to mention the tax ramifications of marriage. Of course next year I have to throw foreign earnings into the mix, which will be even more of a mess. At least the company should provide a hefty tax-refund, as it always does...

3 comments:

梁爵 said...

2019.09.05各地酒店工作坐檯小姐依照工作地方/所在地區不同,此一酒店兼差職業名稱各異,但工作內容相差無幾。
華人地區大學生/上班族酒店兼職又稱陪酒小姐、陪酒女郎、伴舞女郎、女伴唱等,在香港她們的正式職銜是夜總會女公關,俗稱酒店小姐、舞小姐、舞女等,在中國大陸90年代產生了三陪小姐、三陪女郎或簡稱三陪(陪飲、陪夜宵,陪睡)這樣的俗稱。台灣稱為酒店小姐、舞女、酒家女等。在香港會把提供性服務的坐檯小姐俗稱為木魚,不提供性服務的則俗稱為金魚[1],源自粵語俗稱性交為「扑嘢」,而「扑」本意是擊打,木魚是可以「扑」的而金魚是不能「扑」的。
日本知名酒店經紀梁小尊/梁曉尊學術分析
日本稱坐檯小姐為俱樂部孃(キャバ嬢)。她們的主要工作是陪客人唱歌、跳舞、口交、顏射(精子射在臉上) 、喝酒、聊天等,雖然一般不可以提供性服務,但容許客人稍微撫摸身體或親吻臉頰。少數知名的俱樂部孃在當地社會上會有相當地位,除了一些有機會進入演藝圈外,更有人獲委任為市觀光大使和成為暢銷書作者的特殊情況。


梁爵 said...

2020.07.03酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容酒店小姐去酒店上班都一定要出場接s嗎?我在酒店上班的日子告訴你八大行業的真相!
許多來酒店應徵的小姐都一定會詢問,請問: 到酒店上班當酒店小姐就一定要出場陪睡接s嗎?其實現在的酒店已不像大家刻版印象中的不人道。不敢來酒店上班-酒店打工的原因1998年以前到酒店上班的小姐客人看上了酒店小姐想帶小姐出去,酒店小姐上班通常會取什麼名字?店家確實一定會強迫小姐陪睡出場接S。
現在是文明的時代也是Google網路搜尋資訊的年代了! 酒店兼差不是一個複雜的工作環境?酒店的環境變化很大,由以前傳統制度酒店小姐去酒店上班都一定要出場接s嗎?演化改為人性化管理,也就是因為酒店業者增多各家【百家爭鳴】酒店競爭大,各家酒店業者透過【開放自由管理方式】,來招募更多的酒店小姐。
所以現在的酒店也不會像電影/電視連續劇一樣,強制小姐一定要跟客人出場,現在酒店上班將酒店小姐出場的方式改為小姐個人意願,客人要帶小姐出場時會告知小姐要去那裡,只要小姐不願意跟客人出去店家沒人能逼妳,有些酒店只有規定小姐出場只需陪客人到客人想去的地方(例如:吃消夜 續攤 錢櫃 夜店 )當然也會告知雙方(有床的地方不能去 例如:妳家/客人家/旅館/飯店/辦公室)苗頭不對可立即離開。
也不可能要求小姐跟客人出去就一定要接S,當然也會有部份小姐因為想賺取更多的收入,而跟客人私下交易自已接S,所以酒店小姐到酒店上班出場接S完全屬於小姐個人行為,也不必擔心說到酒店上班就一定要出場或接S的。(我們絕對不會去勉強妳,我梁曉尊也不願意強迫小姐 做她不想做的事。)
每個行業都很辛苦!賺錢的工作沒有一份是輕鬆的,但我相信每個人都有她的底線(尤其是女人)。你們將來都是有夢想的是會嫁人的,不需要這麼犧牲。

梁爵 said...

2020.07.26今年不敢來酒店上班-酒店打工的原因4月初台北市知名酒店女公關確診,引發「酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容全台酒店歇業」,復業之後政府也祭出實名制,讓所有上門的客人都要登記證件,如果業者被查獲連續3次沒有落實,將勒令歇業。不過我在酒店上班的日子確診女公關的酒店似乎根本沒在怕,18日警方上門抽查,就發現業者居然為了攬客,通融7名酒客未登記身分,後續酒店兼差不是一個複雜的工作環境?案件也將交給衛生局裁罰。酒店公關小姐排排站,拿身分證配合查驗單位查驗身份,酒店小姐上班通常會取什麼名字?5月底北市酒店解封,但當初開放復工條件可是相當多。酒店小姐去酒店上班都一定要出場接s嗎?:「今天實施臨檢也是要配合店家來做防疫的工作。」這裡是林森北路的酒店一條街,酒店大解封後,民眾現在上門消費都拿出身分證來實名登記。當時CDC曾經公布,北市一家酒店的女公關小姐J小姐(確診)武漢肺炎,因此全台酒店都來關閉,而且網友當時還封這是(國定)上岸日,沒有想到酒店解封之後,就在6月中的時候,警方來做稽查卻發現同一天有7名的酒客沒有落實登記實名制。警方都傻眼,不是1個、2個,一個晚上同一家業者被抓出7人未登記,但業者喊冤說有工作人員,但坦承確實為了業績違反規定。北市衛生局疾管科長余燦華:「依據傳染病防治法,對(初犯)業者裁處3千以上1萬元以下罰鍰,如果3次累加的違規事項,我們會請他們先停止營業。」由於業者申訴案件調查當中,但酒客未落實實名制是事實,後續將被開罰,台灣疫情趨緩,回歸正常生活,但出入複雜又幾乎近距離接觸的酒店,就怕相關單位不嚴查重罰,實名制淪為玩假的。