Im jamie colby, in garden grove, california, about a halfhour south of l. A. Im on my way to meet a woman whose wild west inheritance might be worth a fortune. Come on. Lets go have a looksee. My name is melissa guy. When dad passed, he left me with 40 rare colt pistols, one in particular that led me to a bit of a showdown. Hi, melissa. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Melissa leads me into her living room. And shows me a small sample of the strange inheritance her dad, mel, left her. Oh, look at the handle. Come here, baby. This would be a gun that a cowboy would carry. Mel wasnt a cowboy but a World War Ii Navy vet who owned a sheetmetal company. He never had a thing for guns until his wife gave him this antique pistol as a birthday present. It was a couple dollars. And this is the gun that started the collection. Mel loves it so much that he decides to replate it with shiny new nickel. Then, he learns the refurbishing diminished its value. Its a mistake he only makes once. My dad decided right
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im in rolling meadows, illinois. Its a suburb of chicago. Some weather, huh . Im here to meet two brothers whose strange inheritance had some serious strings attached. My name is justin snyder. And in 2006, our friend and mentor bill fosser passed away, leaving my brother and me a sort of Chicago Institution his puppet opera. Hi, justin. Im jamie. Jamie, nice to meet you. Im told that you have something that i may never see again. Here, follow me. I will. Justin leads me behind the scenes of a most unusual opera house. All these boxes here contain costumes for various, different productions. Wow this is my kind of wardrobe. If only it came in my size. The costumes are so small because the players taking the stage arent the supersized tenors and sopranos you expect to see at the opera. Theyre 16inch puppets. The maestro behind this pintsize production, justins boss, the late bill fosser. Who was bill fosser . Bill fosser taught me everything i kno
About a halfhour south of l. A. Im on my way to meet a woman whose wild west inheritance might be worth a fortune. Come on. Lets go have a looksee. My name is melissa guy. When dad passed, he left me with 40 rare colt pistols, one in particular that led me to a bit of a showdown. Hi, melissa. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Melissa leads me into her living room. And shows me a small sample of the strange inheritance her dad, mel, left her. Oh, look at the handle. Come here, baby. This would be a gun that a cowboy would carry. Mel wasnt a cowboy but a World War Ii Navy vet who owned a sheetmetal company. He never had a thing for guns until his wife gave him this antique pistol as a birthday present. It was a couple dollars. And this is the gun that started the collection. Mel loves it so much that he decides to replate it with shiny new nickel. Then, he learns the refurbishing diminished its value. Its a mistake he only makes once. My dad decided right then and there, if im ever going to buy anoth
On my couch just watching an infomercial . Why arent you picking up the phone, taking action . Call the phone number on the bottom of your screen, come to one my live events, cause seating is limited. Now, ive heard youd done even more than that, that you have a bunch of other properties under contract right now. Are these them . Yeah, these are the contracts that we have right now, we have seven different contracts right now for houses with a profit of about 400,000. 400,000 . 400,000. Youre tearing it up. Youre gonna pass me up one day. [laughs] youre doing great. Now, let me ask you this, cause everybody out theres saying, you know, armando, i got to have money to do this or i have to have credit. What did you learn at my live events . That was one of the best parts of the event, because you taught us how to find resources that i never wouldve thought of otherwise, so it really helped us find the money we needed to do the number of houses that we would like to do. How about the mark
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