Archive for real estate investing techniques


Congruence: Every Successful Real Estate Investing Business Knows this…

As you probably already know, from my post a few days back… I want to provide you with even more great real estate

investing, business building, and life success information, resources, and tools than I already do. 
My goal [...]

Selling Houses In a Real Estate Downturn… Here’s a way…

Hey all…
We’re now at the end of another month and Christmas is just around the corner.  I can’t believe it’s here already. 
It seems like not too long ago when the housing market was hot (around the whole country) and houses were selling like crazy!
But… that’s the way an economy goes.  Without the downturns, an economy [...]

Recent Survey On self-directed IRA’s is great news for real estate wholesalers…

A friend to our site, Brad Wozny, wrote an interesting blog post today citing a recent survey by Guidant Financial Group that shows some excellent news for savvy real estate investors. 
In short, the survey polled 1,000 self-directed IRA owners on how they hoped they would profit the most…
65% said they were thinking about real estate as a [...]

Wholesaling Real Estate - An awesome question from a reader…

Hello all!
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I’m getting excited.  I love the holidays… there’s just something about how the holidays make you feel that I can’t get enough of.
Anyhow, this morning we got a great question from a reader about wholesaling real estate.  Just like I was when I was first looking for [...]

Short Sale Negotiation - How can you outsource it?

One of the parts of doing a real estate short sale  that is like pulling teeth for many real estate investors is the negotiation process.
By nature people are non-confrontational.  Negotiation is a form of confrontation… whether you want to believe it or not.
Some people are good at turning this confrontation into a stressless game… which [...]

The real way to build wealth in real estate investing…

For the past 4 or 5 years everyone has been jumping on the “flipping” and rehabbing bandwagon because of the late night infomercials.

“I made $45,000 on this flip that took me 3 weeks with no money of my own!”

“In just 90 days I found and wholesaled this 23 unit building for a $93,000 profit!”

blah… blah… [...]

Real Estate Flipping – Is Flipping Real Estate the best way to start in real estate investing?

“Flip This House”, “Flip That House”, “Property Ladder”,… and on and on…
Over the past 2 years you and I have been hit hard on the television with real estate flipping shows that show you these people making outrageous profits flipping homes and making it look easier than heck.
Is this real? 
Well… sure it is.  [...]

Hey guys, new free manual on beating the short sale game… check it out

Hey all…
I wasn’t going to post again today, but JP over at Flippinghomes.com has been raving about this new short sale intensive course that is coming out in 4 days. 

Now, I haven’t actually looked at this course… but JP is one of the most stand up guys in the REI business out there, so when [...]

Wholesaling real estate - Real estate wholesaling as a business

I’ve written about this topic before… but I truly do believe in it. 
While I may not be practicing what I preach in this particular issue, I do fully believe in what is written below.
Perhaps the most searched for phrase on the internet related to real estate investing is…
“How to get started in real estate investing?”
In [...]

The 1031 exchange as a real estate investing tool…

As a real estate investor you most definetely have (or shoud have!) heard of the 1031 exchange.
If you haven’t heard of a 1031 exchange, I would suggest studying up on this capital gains deferral strategy even if you don’t plan to use it in the near future.
I may be biased, because I love leverage, but [...]