The Graduate

Big news! After 8 weeks of intensive study, my dog Rocky has graduated from doggie school! I’m so proud of him. Doggie school has really turned him into a new dog. Here are some pictures from his pre-doggie school days… Rocky barking at me… Rocky growling at me… Rocky pooping all over the house… And now!……

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A Quick Way to Make Your Short Sales Easier & More Profitable

Want more success with your short sale deals? Then read on.  One thing that has really helped my staff and me in doing short sales is working with the right lenders. Early on, we started keeping track of the different lenders on a spreadsheet. We noted which lenders were accepting our short sale offers and…

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Now I’M back!

Last week, I wrote about Elise being back in the office. Now I’M back! Did you even know I was gone? Well, I was. I was out enjoying the “real estate lifestyle.” My brother came along, too. We went to St. Augustine, Florida to attend a 3-day golf camp known as the PGA Tour Academy. We…

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She’s Baaaaaaccck!

The staff and I have been so busy rounding up wholesale deals and motivated seller leads that we forgot to tell you … Elise is back!!!!!!!! That’s right, Elise Ramson, a Regional Coordinator at myHouseDeals.com is back at work after her horrific car accident back in June. I let you know about this accident in…

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How Tammi and Angela made $76,000 on their first 2 deals

Most impressive of all, this was Angela and Tammi’s first short sale, first rehab project, first time working together, and first time buying properties from myHouseDeals.com. Alex recently met with myHouseDeals.com members Angela Jackson and Tammi Kepner to hear all about their newfound success in real estate investing. Alex visited the two investors at the house they…

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Ever Wonder What a $90,000 Rehab Looks Like?

Hello again fellow real estate investor, It’s time for my weekly blog posting again! Today I’m sharing my latest rehab with you. And I’m sharing it because there are 2 interesting things about it… First, I paid a little over $90,000 to rehab it. And that was after I got good deal after good deal…

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The Best Ways to Finance Investment Properties

Hello again fellow investor, Let’s get back on track again this week by actually talking about real estate investing! … real estate financing in particular. There are several different ways to finance the investment properties that you buy. Using the right financing technique in the right situation is critical for the success of your real…

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Death Plunge!

I met up with my twin brother and his wife at a water park in Central Texas last weekend. All was going well until I ALMOST DIED! Check out the video below. I’m on the left. Trent’s on the right. We weren’t even phased by our near-death experience … Yeah Right! We were screaming like…

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How to Analyze and Buy a Property to Rehab, Part II

(If you haven’t read Part I yet, please scroll down and read it first.) During this time that you have the property under contract and you haven’t actually closed on it yet, have it inspected by a licensed inspector. And then you can also have your own contractor look at it in case he didn’t…

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Rocky, Rocky, Rocky!

Hello again folks. We’ll have to pick up on the buy/fix/sell steps next week because I just can’t help but share pictures of my new addition with you. Everyone please say hello to Rocky! (You can see his pictures below.) Rocky is a tiny french bulldog that I bought a couple of weeks ago from…

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