Charles R Jones: Recent Episodes
Charles Jones
Innovator, Entrepreneur, Developer, Manager, Educator
Just a few of the words that describe the different caps that Charles has successfully worn for the past 60 years.
But these roles only represent a small part of Charles Robert Jones life. To his family, friends, and community, Charles isn’t just a successful businessman who restores historic landmarks, but an inspirational Mentor who has counseled, inspired, restored and “re-purposed” numerous lives – a kind Humanitarian rich in good works.
I want to tell you a story today about Wheat and Straw
Wheat: Anything in the realm of Business in which you plant an amount of money and expect to receive a return greater than the amount planted.
Straw: Certain Elements of any business venture, which after harvesting the wheat you find the return does not justify planting more capital.
Most people invest in a project or enterprise as long as it continues to be profitable. Sometimes there will be elements that meet or exceed expectation (this is the wheat) but other times there will be parts that fail to justify planting more capital (this is straw), and as a result, it is decided to dispose of the project or enterprise after its time of harvest.
I would like to demonstrate this concept, how you might be able to find orphaned, empty projects and potentially turn them into something profitable again.
I also want to be very clear, this is just speculation there is nothing certain about it, it is a risk element in which you might make a lot of money, or you might not make any.
After 60 years Charles has returned to Madison,
In 1951 while station at Fort Benning in Georgia, Charles visited Madison TN to see his brother for a weekend. While there he learned that the Ernest Tubb Farm was being sub-divided into lots for $800 each.
Charles bought a lot and paid $10 a month out of his army pay of $70 a month. After two years service in the Army Medical Corp, he returned to Nashville to attend Lipscomb University and work part-time in construction.
A loan of $6,000 permitted Charles and his new wife to pay the balance owed on the $800 lot and to build a new three bedroom brick home.
The house in Madison was their first home, after graduation, they sold the house to the contractor who built it for $9,000. They received a $3,000 profit in two years.
More than 60 years later Charles purchased the Memorial Hospital property, 50 acres, and 560,000 sq ft for 6 million in Madison TN. After some remodeling, the property is now valued at 24 million.
How Charles turned $10 a month out of his army paycheck into a property worth 24 million, is an interesting chain of events.
You cannot have Christ's spirit dwelling in you and not have a spirit of kindness towards others.
As it shows in the Bible “If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” (1 John 4:20)
Let me share some examples that have been true in my life that clearly illustrate the effect of kindness befalling someone, and in turn, being carried into the future to be shared with others.