Spring 2008 issue of Terry Magazine - (Page 59)

snorkeling excursions in the Mayan Riviera. Guests snorkel with the largest fish in the world, the whale shark. Sky began his diving career in Egypt leading diving tours around the Gulf of Suez, then moved to the Dominican Republic to learn more about the dive industry before starting his own company. For more information: www.whalesharkexperience. com. Kelly Bringman (BBA ’02) of Savannah joined Daley Real Estate as a sales associate. Michael Costanzo (BBA ’02) of Savannah launched Costanzo’s Pizza on Waters Avenue in Savannah. Blake Morris (BBA ’02) of Buford joined The Lloyd Group Inc. as a retirement specialist. Tony Polito (PhD ’02) was promoted to associate professor with tenure at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Tony was recently quoted in a USA Today article about quality in the airline industry. His comments on management, quality and improvement have also appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Fortune magazine, and the Detroit Free Press. He also had an opinion piece published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Christine Plott Redd (BBA ’02) of Forsyth is sales and marketing director of American Tanning and Leather Company, which her great-grandfather founded in 1923. Jennifer Tyson Flippen (AB ’03, BBA ’03, MAcc ’03) of Jefferson joined Trinity Accounting Group as a senior accountant. James Hopkins (BBA ’03) of Jacksonville, Fla., was hired by Lanier Upshaw Inc. as a commercial risk management consultant. Clarence “Clay” Nalley IV (BBA ’03) of Atlanta and his two brothers own SONS Auto Group. Jeffrey G. Reilley (BBA ’03) of Hilton Head Island, S.C., joined Laurich & Wiseman PA as an attorney practicing residential and commercial real estate and business transactions. Elizabeth Snead Richards (BBA ’03, JD ’06) of Marietta married Brett Richards on Oct. 6, 2007, in an ocean-side ceremony on Hilton Head Island, S.C. David A. Titshaw (BBA ’03) of Athens is a commercial real property appraiser with Boswell Group Terry College of $1 million the cheapskate way Alan Corey (BBA ’00) is a self-described “Famewhore” By Krista Reese (MA ’80) Becoming a millionaire has made a world of difference for 30-year-old atlanta native alan Corey: sometime soon, he’ll move into a bedroom with a window. Maybe see himself portrayed in the movies, too. the former Mis major and author of A Million Bucks by 30 (Ballantine Books, 2008) shows, step by step, how he did it — with “extreme Cheapskate strategies” and “alan Corey 101” tips. But terry alums will also want to know exactly what he means by the book’s subtitle: “how to overcome a Crap job, stingy parents and a useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or after) turning thirty.” “My publisher did that,” says Corey, perhaps not completely convincingly, on the phone from the Brooklyn house he still shares with roommates. “My Mis degree wasn’t in my area of interest. But it probably did help, because it motivated me to work harder at my true goal.” Corey would’ve been better served by majoring in real estate, which is how he was ultimately able to make a cool mil by his third decade. But his uga experiences did inspire him to find a job that allowed him to wear “college clean” (as opposed to actually clean) clothes, and to use the entrepreneurial techniques he used to throw profit-making keg parties in college after moving to New york, Corey devised a plan designed to save more than half of the $40,000 salary he earned by answering phones for computer tech support. he had much of his income direct-deposited into a 401K and/or a bank across town, so he wouldn’t be tempted to withdraw any of it. he found an inexpensive apartment in an edgy neighborhood he eventually learned was the spanish harlem projects. and he learned to live on a $2-a-day food budget, eating ramen noodles and an uncooked oatmealand-milk concoction he calls “alan’s stick-toyour-ribs Breakfast Blend.” his cheap-skate schemes didn’t stop there: he and his buddies made up a story about a best-friends quadrangle that earned them free plane tickets to Chicago, plus meals and a limo to act it all out on “the jerry springer show.” he earned some cash and scads of swag from reality shows like “the restaurant,” where his role as a bumbling waiter was scripted, and “Queer eye for the straight guy,” where his role as guy-in-need-of-a-makeover was definitely not. he spun a comedy routine from his experiences, Corey, who returned to Atlanta for a book signing in January, is naming it after an online posting from a viewer addicted to his penny-punching ways. He still lives in the winwho happened to notice him on two reality dowless bedroom of a Brooklyn house he plans to renovate. shows at once: “Creepy Little Famewhore.” Corey’s friends stopped snickering when he was able to turn his savings (and sometimes, their loans) into down payments for an apartment and later several buildings he was able to flip for large profits — one small storefront was bought by New york real estate tycoon Barbara Corcoran, of the Corcoran group, as a personal investment. with that sale — and the advance on his book — Corey made his millionaire goal a little over a year early, at 28. after “passive income” from rent and investments allowed him to retire from his day job, Corey says he spent about six months with his playstation and his girlfriend, just chilling out. while he’s currently occupied with travel and promoting his book, he still lives in a windowless bedroom in his Brooklyn house, which he took over when no renter would have it. however, he says he’s soon renovating the house into a two-family layout, and his girlfriend is moving in. recently, he says, he was contacted by “a major movie company about buying movie rights” to the book. asked whom he envisions playing him, he says, “i’d like me to play myself, but then i’d really rather the movie be good.” Corey is mulling his next big life goal, which includes things like marriage, more travel, and another book. he jumps at the notion of returning to terry to teach a real alan Corey 101: “i’d love to do that. anything that would bring me back to athens.” it would allow him to hammer home his favorite lesson: “i know it sounds really cheesy and New age-y,” he says, “but you can really be what you want to be.” ■ BuSineSS Spring 2008 • 59 Bert MCDoNoLD http://www.whalesharkexperience.com http://www.whalesharkexperience.com

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