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How to Never “Work” Another Day In Your Life…

by Michael LaCava June 16, 2013

I had just hit the snooze button for the third time… Although I had a busy day ahead of me which I knew would be good for my business, I dreaded the thought of even getting out of bed and going to work. For some reason that particular morning, I just couldn’t stand the thought [...]

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5 Things Dad Taught Me That Made Me the Real Estate Investor I Am Today

by Brandon Turner June 16, 2013

Some might complain that it’s just another “greeting card holiday” but I believe Father’s Day is a time to honor the man in our life who was likely responsible, above all else, for crafting our character, work ethic, and personality. Last month, I wrote about “Five Things my Mom Taught Me that Made me the [...]

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Don’t Fear ‘the Fear’ in Real Estate Investing … Embrace It!

by Clay Huber June 14, 2013

Fear is a human emotion that gets a bad wrap. People hear the word ‘fear’ and their mind automatically associates it with negative things. In some circumstances, this is valid; however, when it comes to real estate investing, I contend it is invalid! Whether you are already doing real estate investing, or figuring out if [...]

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What My 2 Daughters Taught Me About The Power of Indirect Influence

by Michael LaCava May 26, 2013

Last week my daughter said she needed to talk. Fresh back from her first year in college, and not unlike the millions of college kids who go away for their first time – she had had a challenging first year at school. As college is known to do, for the very first time in her [...]

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“So You’re a Slumlord!” (How to Respond…)

by Kevin Perk May 20, 2013

How many of you have been here before? You are making small talk at a party or other social gathering and someone asks, “What do you do?” I do not try to hide anything and am pretty proud of what I have accomplished so I usually will tell people something along the lines that I [...]

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Four Productivity Improvement Tips To Make You A Better Real Estate Investor

by Chris Clothier May 17, 2013

“Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst…” –William Penn If that quote doesn’t kick you right in the gut, then congratulations — you’re among the tiny percentage of people who can comfortably look themselves in the mirror and honestly say they use their time as wisely and efficiently as possible. [...]

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Margin of Safety in Real Estate Investing

by Leon Yang May 11, 2013

Margin of safety is one of Benjamin Graham’s, who famously mentored Warren Buffett, major principles in stock investing. It is a difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price. Having a large margin of safety protects the investors from poor decisions and downturns in the market. So what about real estate? The [...]

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The One Word That Can Change Your Future…

by Glenn Schworm May 5, 2013

What “one word” is so powerful that it can change your future? The Power of “FOCUS“! There was a book written with this same title by: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Les Hewitt. It is a great book and worth the read. It has been a long time since I read the book, so [...]

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How Principles of Yoga Can Help Your Real Estate Business

by Tracy Royce April 26, 2013

Real Estate Investing is the type of vocation that can drive you mad, stress you to the limit, and soak up as much personal time as you allow it. It’s not a dig on the industry, it simply is what it is. For me, yoga has been a place of solace, empowerment, and humility throughout [...]

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Why I Don’t Look For Real Estate Deals

by Ben Leybovich April 23, 2013

I’ve seen a number of threads on the BiggerPockets Forums which indicate a certain level of frustration with the fact that the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is “too competitive”, and in today’s market it can be quite difficult to get offers excepted on MLS-listed property. I would concur – it can be very difficult indeed, [...]

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5 Ways You May Need to Change Your Real Estate Mindset

by Kevin Perk April 22, 2013

When I first started thinking about becoming a real estate investor, I knew I would have to learn many new things. Over the years as I learned, practiced and became successful something unexpected happened – I noticed my mindset was changing. I began to think about and see the world in ways I had not [...]

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The [other] Four-Letter “F” Word…

by Glenn Schworm April 21, 2013

There have been entire books and seminars devoted to this subject… this “F” word. Since this is an article and not a book or seminar, I will get right to the heart of the matter. Let me clarify, I am NOT a psychiatrist, but I sort of play one on BiggerPockets. What’s the “F” word [...]

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Single Pieces of Investing Advice You Can’t Afford to Not Know!

by Ali Boone February 23, 2013

Sometimes it just takes hearing a single sentence from someone to dramatically increase your success as an investor. You may hear it in a seminar, in a real estate club meeting, read it in a book, or maybe a friend or colleague says it in random conversation. But for whatever reason, that one sentence sticks [...]

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The ‘F-Word’ of Real Estate Investing

by Clay Huber February 15, 2013

Say it as a kid, you get some soap shoved into your mouth. Say it multiple times in a script, you get a ‘R’ rating slapped onto your movie. Say it on a normal basis in your day-to-day conversations, people question your vocabulary. Similar to “that” ‘F-word’, the ‘F-word’ for real estate is one that [...]

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The Marathon of Real Estate Investing: Why Sweat, Time, and Mentality Matter

by Tracy Royce January 24, 2013

It was the pounding of drums and a faint sketch of a melody that coupled my alarm to wake me up early on a Sunday morning. I couldn’t imagine who would be playing their music so loudly as to rattle my traditionally silent neighborhood this way, until I realized the PF Changs annual Rock N [...]

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