I’m in sunny Florida for the next two weeks on business/pleasure (of course there is always business in there for the tax deductions from our favorite Uncle.)
As I was getting my rental car at the airport, the guy at the counter asked me if I wanted the ultimate coverage insurance or the collision only. [...]

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Greetings from the metropolis of Cedar Crest, New Mexico!
I just got back from a fun filled week with my youth group in Durango, CO. I (and three other adult sponsors) took twenty one high schoolers to a C.I.Y. conference hosted at the Fort Lewis College campus. We joined over a thousand other kids [...]

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One piece of advice that is frequently offered to those wishing to invest in real estate is to join a local real estate investment club.  Okay, now what?  While taking that first step to actually attend a club meeting is great, it is only the beginning. To make it a worthwhile endeavor requires some effort on [...]

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You may have heard recently that this is a great time to purchase investment property. One reason for this is because you can now “cash flow” them again. That sounds like a pretty good idea, but what does that really translate into? What really makes this a better time to buy [...]

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In 2005, I bought a house at the Dallas County auction for a California investor friend who asked me to bid in his place. With the help of a Mentoring student, Gloria Stephens, I was given valuable information about the current owner. What type of person she was and whether or not she would willingly [...]

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I guess the scariest thing about investing is not knowing for sure. Many have written here about the best ways to minimize risk and create a system whereby an investor has the best chance of succeeding and maximizing ROI. yet, there is still risk.
Even the best planned investment can go sour. We can almost predict the [...]

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As a young boy, I was lucky to have some great mentors. My grandmother is one of the best business teachers I’ve ever had and before I get too deep (which I will in future articles) into the financial analysis of real estate investing, mortgage financing, and other “on target” topics, I thought it [...]

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