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Archive of Sharon Vornholt

Sharon has been investing in real estate since 1998. She owned and operated a successful home inspection company for 17 years. In January of 2008 she took the leap of closing her business to become a full time real estate investor.

Sharon has written 88 articles for The BiggerPockets Blog.

Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Mentors, Accountability Partners, and Masterminds; Your Secret Sauce

by Sharon Vornholt February 5, 2013

As real estate investors, we spend a great deal of time setting up the structure of our businesses. We set up websites, write blog posts, develop strategies for lead and traffic generation, design opt-in forms, and write auto-responders. We also create forms, set up systems and fine tune our procedures. There are so many pieces [...]

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Real Estate Investing

What Kind of Wholesaling Business Do You Want To Create?

by Sharon Vornholt January 29, 2013

The kind that makes money! That’s probably the first thing that comes to your mind. That is the ultimate goal not only for wholesalers but real estate investors in general. But there are other things to consider besides profit when designing your ideal business. Creating an ethical business should be a given. But if you [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Why the Speed of Implementation Is Critical To Your Success and How You Can Improve

by Sharon Vornholt January 22, 2013

If you spend any time at all networking with other real estate investors, you already know that business has changed over the past couple of years for just about everyone. Not only has the way folks are finding deals changed, but the spread on those deals is not the same for most real estate investors [...]

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Real Estate Tips

What Do I Blog About On My Brand New Blog?

by Sharon Vornholt January 15, 2013

Last week I covered most of the steps to setting up a new blog in a post called “The Benefits of Blogging for Your Business”. I also went over why you should be blogging which is to “build your expert status”. When I talk about expert status, I am simply saying that if folks are [...]

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Real Estate Tips

The Benefits of Blogging for Your Business

by Sharon Vornholt January 8, 2013

I have been blogging for several years now. What I have found is that the business benefits of blogging far outweigh the pain of getting started. And what I mean by “the pain” is everything that a non-techie like me had to learn. Sure; I knew my way around the internet. But I really didn’t have a [...]

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Real Estate Investing

The Basics: Tips for Finding Houses and Making Offers

by Sharon Vornholt January 1, 2013

My market is like a lot of other markets. We have an active investors group with a lot of educated folks that earn their living as real estate investors. So there is a lot of competition here for good deals. I have a few tips for finding houses and making offers. Where Do I Find [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Tips for Making Offers on Real Estate

by Sharon Vornholt December 25, 2012

In today’s post, I want to focus on something that you will need to do time and time again as a real estate investor: make offers on properties. Before you can even begin to buy your first investment property, you have to decide on an area to invest in. You can’t be an expert on [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Should I Use A Double Closing?

by Sharon Vornholt December 18, 2012

In my last post I discussed exactly what a double closing(simultaneous closing) was and how it all works. Today I want to go over some of the other points such as using traditional lenders to fund the closing and whether or not there are any negatives to double closings. Are There any Negatives to a [...]

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Real Estate Investing

What Is A Double Closing? A Real Estate Wholesaling How To

by Sharon Vornholt December 10, 2012

There always seems to be a lot of confusion about double closings. They are especially difficult to wrap your arms around when you are brand new. Here is the definition of a double closing: “A double closing (also called a simultaneous closing) is where you will close the A to B transaction with the funds [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

How to Successfully Use Direct Mail In Your Real Estate Business

by Sharon Vornholt December 4, 2012

There is always a lot of discussion on the BiggerPockets’ forums about direct mail and the specifics of how to make it work for your business. Direct mail campaigns can be a great way to keep your funnel full of leads. It is in fact my number one source of leads. I have been using [...]

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Investor Psychology

Success Starts With the Right State of Mind

by Sharon Vornholt November 26, 2012

There are so many things that go into creating a successful business. We usually begin with the external things such as organization and good systems. These things are certainly important for keeping your business on track. Scheduling tasks and actually doing them in a timely manner is also very important. And we all know that [...]

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Starting Out

Getting Started Investing in Real Estate: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

by Sharon Vornholt November 19, 2012

I started investing in real estate back in 1998, and I still get excited about this business. Having this much enthusiasm is good, but it can also be bad at times. Enthusiasm is a powerful force that fuels you when you are bone tired from working your 9 to 5 job, but you still need [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Managing Property Repairs: Keeping Molehills from Turning into Mountains

by Sharon Vornholt November 13, 2012

It doesn’t matter whether you are a homeowner, a landlord, or a property manager, one of the most important things you need to know about making needed repairs on a property is to “do them quickly.” It is not only important to take care of any maintenance and repairs quickly for your tenants’ sake (if [...]

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Real Estate Tips

How to Get Rid of Those Tough Odors in Your Properties

by Sharon Vornholt November 5, 2012

The Smell of Money If you’ve been investing in real estate for any amount of time, I’m sure you have come across properties that just smell terrible. Now I’m not talking about regular odors such as dampness or mustiness; I’m talking about the ones that you just can’t get rid of with regular cleaning products. [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Certain Death of Your Real Estate Investing Business

by Sharon Vornholt October 29, 2012

Do you know what the one thing is that will cause certain death of your real estate investing business? I can tell you what it is; a lack of leads. Leads are the life blood of your business; without them your business will wither and die. Consistent and focused marketing is the only way to [...]

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