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1. Water Damage and Insurance: Flood vs. Homeowners
   by: Shay Kalmanovitch

   Water damage: it’s one of the most common reasons that people make claims on their insurance, but what exactly does insurance cover?

2. Justice & Mercy / Seller Financing to the Rescue?
   by: Emmett Dixson

   Ok, so we are all aware that the current market situation is less than...ideal. We owe a huge debt of thanks to the sub-prime lenders for all their hard work. Anyway, it seems we are in quite a si...

3. Self-Directed IRA Vs Traditional IRA
   by: Doug Mitchell

   Many frustrated people who have watched helplessly as their managed IRAs melted away in the stock market downturn don't realize they can take control of their money through a self-directed IRA. The...

4. Insurance: Necessary Evil?
   by: Tim Norris

   As consumers, let alone real estate investors, we tend to flinch whenever the insurance bill arrives. Many times, for good reason: rates are higher, coverages seem to diminish, and for what? We ...

5. To buy or not to buy?
   by: Amy Bonis

   A general outlook of why one would buy Real Estate

6. Why Borrow Private Money?
   by: Jamel Gibbs

   Using private money investors can be a real gem in your real estate business. There are many benefits to using private money as opposed to bank financing, hard money, lines of credit, and other fo...

7. How to Build Long-Term Security
   by: Lonnie Scruggs

   Finding and keeping a good long term customer does more for your financial wealth than a "One Shot-One Profit" deal. If you do one cash deal, you get one check. But a long term, good paying custome...

8. Had Your FINANCIAL Check-up Lately?
   by: Lonnie Scruggs

   Seems like there’s always somebody telling us we should get a physical check-up every year or so, but how about a financial check-up? Ever had anybody call wanting to schedule you for a financial c...

9. Banks Should Post Warning Labels
   by: Lonnie Scruggs

   I think banks should be required to post the following warning labels on all their advertising material saying: WARNING! BANKS ARE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH! After all, the government re...

10. Use Your Retirement Money to Save Your Business
    by: David Cole

    Times are tough and its not getting any better soon. Investing some of your retirement monies by reducing your overhead can be the cash flow bridge that can help you to survive now and prosper down...