The Neth Lab

07/08/2025

Amzaon Prime day is live - here are a few solid deals on gift cards. These WILL stack with Amex offers and deals from Amazon, like the up to 40% off found here - https://amzn.to/405ZNQN (ou affilate link)

$100 DoorDash eGift Card $80
$100 Lyft eGift Card: $80
$100 Fanatics eGift Card: $80
$100 Tommy John eGift Card: $80
$100 Uber eGift Card: $85
$100 Lowe’s eGift Card: $85
$100 Academy Sports + Outdoors eGift Card: $85
$100 One4All Multi Store eGift Card: $90
$75 TopGolf eGift Card: $60
$50 Gap eGift Card: $39.50
$50 Old Navy eGift Card: $39.50
$50 Candy Crush Gift Card: $39.50
$50 H&M eGift Card: $40
$50 Dave & Buster’s eGift Card: $40
$50 Chuck E. Cheese eGift Card: $40
$50 adidas eGift Card: $40
$50 adidas Gift Card: $40
$50 Retail Therapy (Nordstrom, Macy’s, H&M, and more) eGift Card: $40
$50 Fun (Nordstrom, Sephora, and more) eGift Card: $40
$50 Ray-Ban eGift Card: $40
$50 Eddie Bauer eGift Card: $40
$50 Eddie Bauer Gift Card: $40
$50 Aeropostale eGift Card: $40
$50 Petco eGift Card: $40
$50 Boscov’s eGift Card: $40
$50 Nautica eGift Card: $40
$50 Nautica Gift Card: $40
$50 Build-A-Bear Gift Card: $40
$50 GolfNow Gift Card: $40
$50 Fandango at Home eGift Card: $40
$50 Main Event Entertainment eGift Card: $40
$50 Cinemark Theatres Gift Card: $40
$50 Regal Cinemas eGift Card: $40
$50 Spa Finder Gift Card: $40
$50 Victoria’s Secret eGift Card: $40
$50 Victoria’s Secret Gift Card: $40
$50 Bath & Body Works eGift Card: $40
$50 Petsmart eGift Card: $42.50
$100 Google Play eGift Card & $10 Amazon Credit: $100 with code: GPLAY
Under Armour eGift Card & $10 Amazon Credit: $50 with code: UAPRIME
$50 Under Armour Gift Card & $7.50 Amazon Credit: $50 with code: UAPDAY
$50 Google Play eGift Card & $5 Amazon Credit: $50 with code: GOOGLEPLAY
$50 Netflix eGift Card & $5 Amazon Credit: $50 with code: NETFLIX
$50 Netflix Gift Card & $5 Amazon Credit: $50 with code: STREAM

H/T to Dan's deals!

Online shopping for Membership Rewards Offer from a great selection at Credit & Payment Cards Store.

03/13/2025

We❤️Kendall-Whittier. It's so overlooked, but has so much to offer. This is great news!

Tulsa's Kendall Whittier neighborhood will receive improvements funded by the city and local groups.

12/23/2024

2024 was a down year for travel for us, but we still got in a few trips! 44,080 miles flown, 60+ hotel nights, and a few non flights. We didn't "pay" for one flight or hotel night!

Sometimes life changes fast, and 2025 looks like another down travel year, but we're building up tons of points and miles 🤪!

11/10/2024

🏚➡️🏡 It took about 8 months, but the house that Michael Shanahan, Shabbir BroKim and Brandon Neth did; that was featured on House Hunters on HGTV finally aired! The house is the third one on the episode!

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

A buyer relocates from the hustle and bustle of NYC to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

11/09/2024

A solid deal for using 1 Chase UR point, on Amazon! Chase deals are less common than Amex or Citi!

Some info: Amazon is offering upto 50% off when you use at least one Chase Ultimate Rewards point ($60 max)

Not targeted? Try:
1) Link a Chse UR account / card to your Amazon account.
1a) If you haven’t done this before, you usually need to wait 24 hours after registering your card.
2) Activate the offer: https://amzn.to/3O16Cwt - Our affilate link
3) Select something, then at checkout, you'll select your Chase Rewards Card to pay.
4) Select how many UR points you want to use (must use points for at least $.01 of the purchase). Up to a $60 discount will come off automatically.

Our affilate link: https://amzn.to/3O16Cwt

Happy Travels! ✌️❤️

Online shopping for Chase UR Offer from a great selection at Credit & Payment Cards Store.

10/15/2024

Numbers & photos of our most recent, and likely final BRRRR project.

This one was a journey to say the least! This was by far the worst property we’ve bought (and that's saying something!) Legit, EVERYTHING needed redone! But, this place needed to be saved and I think it was worth it. Sadly, we don’t have many before pictures - but trust me, it was bad!!

Purchase Price: $250,000 - for both buildings - totaling ~4,200 square feet.
Rehab expense: $263,767, with holding costs, interest & a surprise TPO roof on the second building (Total invested- $513,767)
Route 66 Grant Reimbursement: - $34,806
Total out of pocket: $478,961
Rents: $1,000- Apt A, $985- Apt B, $1,555- 1000 ft commercial, $1,800- 2000 ft commercial (under market - a lease was in place) = $5,340/month - we pay water (~$125/month). This is a partial triple net (NNN) lease for the commercial spaces.
Appraisal - we haven’t done one since we rehabbed, but we expect ~$705,000 ($168 / foot)

This is approximately a 1.1% deal - rehabbed - not too bad!
Approx Equity: $226,000

07/02/2024

🤓 Aspiring points geeks - this one's for you. If you’re not into , this will be a snooze fest - so probably best to move on!

~$1,500 out of pocket total for 18 days of travel to Japan 🇯🇵! A little more than our typical trip, but not bad!

Here's how:👇👇👇👇👇
Route: TUL - PDX - SFO - HND - GMP - KIX - PDX - TUL
✈️ Flights from TUL to PDX on SW - covered by Amex annual airfare credits (Amex platinum)
✈️ Flights from PDX to SFO on United - covered by United Travel bank (from Hilton Aspire annual credit)
✈️ Flights from SFO to HND on JAL biz - 75k Alaska points, each and ~$43 each
✈️ Flights from HND to GMP - same itin as the JAL flight, so included in the 75k
✈️ Flights from GMP to KIX - Paid cash on Peach airways - $194 total for both of us w/a bag
✈️ Flights from KIX to PDX in Air Canada biz - 87.5k Aeroplan points each and ~$67 each
✈️ Flights from PDX to TUL on SW - covered by Amex annual airfare credits

Total cash out of pocket: $414 for two people + points (and opportunity cost + CC annual fees) for about $12,500 of flights.

🏨 Hotel in SFO - Covered by Hyatt points 5k/night
🚗 Rental car in SFO - Covered by National free days
🥘 Food in SFO - covered by InKind credits
🏨 Hotel in Tokyo - Hyatt Regency - covered by Hyatt points 12k-15k/night
🏨 Hotel in Seoul - Ibis - covered by Venture X annual travel credit
🏨 Hotels in Kyoto - Hyatt Place - 12k Hyatt points per night
🏨 Hotel in Osaka - Conrad - we used Hilton free night certs

We of course spent money on food, tours, transportation and entertainment. But overall we'll spend less than ~$1,500 for 18 days of travel!

🐕 Most people wouldn’t need to go to PDX, but we have family there and the weiner dog has to be dropped off with her grandparents when we travel! She’s a princess, but worth it!

Picture is from out first trip to Japan, 12 years ago!

06/19/2024

Sometimes, it's nice to know we're not in this alone. Other investors are working hard to make better too.

It's crazy how bad places can get when drugs are involved.

06/15/2024

Lowes is running a special - buy a $150 E-Gift card, get a $30 E-Gift.

https://www.buyatab.com/custom/lowes/?page=egift

So, $150 for $180 worth of lowes GCs. Nice, easy savings. Stack with a good Credit card to eanr 2-20% back in addition!

H/T GCGalore

Give the gift of home. Lowe's Gift Cards have no fees, never expire and are redeemable both in store and online.

03/14/2024

Commercial windows are going in today on our Route 66 property!

02/28/2024

This house nearly became our villain origin story.

Back in February 2022, Brandon's Doctor misdiagnosed him & had us believing his was growing at an unprecedented rate & he'd be gone faster than a toupee in a tornado. Until he left the amazing health care system & got properly diagnosed in (he's going to be fine!), he spent a few months heroically obsessed with finishing rehabbing our last seven houses because he rightfully knew that if he kicked the bucket, Mariel would be fleeing to her Parents' attic & she wouldn't lift a finger to finish any of the construction projects.

Since he was already managing four other full rehabs, he hired a turn-key General Contractor to do this house. It was a small job - the house didn't need to be gutted - we cleaned it ourselves & it only needed flooring, drywall patching, cabinets, & painting (Brandon took care of electric and plumbing). The GC was supposed to handle everything & he expected to be done in three weeks.

IT TOOK SEVEN MONTHS. It was excruciating & made us endlessly thankful for our other crews.

This GC subbed out all of the work to the most incompetent "person" on the planet, who in turn, hired team after team that had never seen a power tool in their lives. Brandon had to babysit every step which is exactly what he was trying to avoid. The didn't supervise anything. We had to pay for double materials for so many projects that they completely botched (our penny tile). They painted the house without scraping/caulking first. They polyurethane-ed the floors without sweeping whatsoever. We had an immense amount of extra materials ordered & stolen too. One of the crews even took off with all of the house's bookshelves & four tables we were keeping. And every antique glass doorknob was taken. I could go on all day - & often do.

Purchase Price & Rehab: $260,900
This came with an extra lot (the best lot in the neighborhood!)
Extra lot sold for: $75,000
Appraisal: $348,000
Rented: $2000/month