Thank You Mr. Smith! … That’s what the kiddos at Wilson Elementary School said a couple weeks ago when I finished up another semester of teaching a business/economics class. Feels great to give back and have the kids really appreciate it. You should join me and the other 350,000+ people who volunteer at schools through Junior…
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Happy Thanksgiving %%First Name%%! On this Thanksgiving, I have so much to be thankful for … a loving family, a great group of friends, and despit recent economic problems and political controversy, I still live in the greatest country in the world! I’m also thankful that real estate enabled me to bust out of the…
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There’s a dirty secret that the others won’t tell you. When the house you want to flip is a Short Sale or a Bank Owned REO Foreclosure, you’ll need 2 things to get in the game: 1. Proof of Funds & 2. In many (not all) cases, transactional funding, or what we call “1 Day…
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Hey there! Hope you’re doing well. I was in Vegas in January for softball, and now I’m baaaaaack! But for a web conference this time. It’s actually just as fun as softball. After all, I was a computer geek once upon a time. Ok, maybe I still am! LOL. I’ve already picked up several tips…
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Hello again fellow investor! Back in April, I posted a story entitled “The True Test of a Man: His Internal Compass.” Pretty popular story! That posting included several images, one of which has a caption that calls me a “wannabe gangster.” Well, apparently Google agrees! I’m now on the first page of Google’s Image Search for…
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Hello again! Bobby Lee recently came to town to do stand-up comedy. And since I’m a super fan, my friends and I were first in line and first to grab seats on the front row! (Insider Tip: Don’t do what we did. Never get on the front row at a comedy club. Do it once,…
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When is the last time you cracked open that fat yellow book? When is the last time you cracked open that fat yellow book? That long? I’m not surprised. Nowadays, everyone is going straight to the Internet and searching for things they need. Heck, many are using iPhones and Blackberries to find what they need…
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Today I want to address some various techniques of investing in up and down real estate markets. I asked my friend Tom Conway about the best way to implement long-term strategies for sticking in the market, and he shared some great tips with me. Tom is from Palm Springs, California, and he got started in…
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For those super fans out there, you know that now is prime time for some hard-hitting, bone crunching, no guts-no glory, high-stakes NFL action! That’s why I was thrilled to spend some time last week with some current and former NFL players. This may or may not be true (ok, it’s not), but I’ll stretch it…
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How did you find that deal? That is the number one question I am asked by other investors at my real estate investing seminars whenever I go through different real estate deal case studies. If you are an experienced real estate investor you can probably relate to this statement. The answer is the “Real Secret”…
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