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5 Key Steps In Hiring A Real Estate Agent

by Joe Manausa, MBA | January 25, 2011

I am always amazed when I see the typical real estate agent do their one deal of the year. Mostly, their customer is a family member who felt compelled to work with them because after all, “it’s family.” But what about all of the people who just work with the first agent that they find? [...]

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Real Estate Investing Hustle: An Inspirational Story

by Ryan Moeller | September 16, 2010

Here is a story about perseverance, commitment and drive that has inspired me in such a way that I felt that I had share it with all of you. Let me introduce Chris, an experienced investor who experienced a slow down in his investing business after the market crash. His challenge was funding deals and [...]

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How to Turn Your Time into Money

by Shae Bynes | June 10, 2010

After my first week of full time entrepreneurship, one thing was certain. I need help. When I created a list of tasks that needed to be done to accomplish the week’s goals, it was apparent that there were several items that were important, but were time consuming. Sure, there were some things that I knocked [...]

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Location is No Excuse

by Shae Bynes | April 22, 2010

Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view build for themselves great monuments of nothing. ~Steven Grayhm, Canadian actor Pretty strong statement, isn’t it? My brother-in-law mentors high school boys and has them say that quote repeatedly whenever he meets with them. Why? Because excuses are dream killers, faith killers, action [...]

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Are Sellers Rejecting All Of Your Offers?

by Shae Bynes | March 25, 2010

One of the key skills you’ll need to learn as an investor is how to structure deals. When you get really good at this, you’ll be able to pull some real magic tricks out of your hat and profit from deals that other investors wouldn’t touch because they can’t figure out how to make it [...]

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7 Tips for Better Negotiation in Real Estate & Everywhere Else

by J Scott | March 24, 2010

I love to negotiate! Whether it’s buying furniture off of Craigslist or being part of a multi-billion dollar corporate merger team (I’ve done both), I love the challenge of trying to get a great deal for myself while at the same time making the other person feel like they got a great deal too. And [...]

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Strategy Sessions for Real Estate Investing Success

by Shae Bynes | March 11, 2010

You may be all too familiar with this very common problem. As an entrepreneur or small business owner, you find yourself in the trap of spending all of your time working in your business rather than on your business. Michael Gerber, author of the best-selling E-Myth book series, talks about this extensively and promotes systemizing [...]

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It’s All About The Benjamins, Baby

by Shae Bynes | February 25, 2010

It’s a catchy blog post title and an even catchier song from the 90′s. I’m not talking about hundred dollar bills in this post per se, but I am talking about the man on the “Benjamins” — Mr. Benjamin Franklin. Over the weekend I attended a great conference and one of the sessions was led [...]

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Why You Should Keep a Real Estate Investing Journal

by Shae Bynes | February 18, 2010

Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if the title of this post alone was enough to make some of you groan and think one or both of the following: “You’re kidding me, right? Writing in journals is for pre-teen and teenage girls!” “Do I really need something else to add to my plate? Sounds like too [...]

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Seven Reasons You Might Suck at Building Relationships

by J. Lamar Ferren | January 24, 2010

The key to developing a successful real estate business is building relationships. However, if you’re not good at it, you may be damaging your own potential. This past week my wife was interviewing for a job in the security and surveillance field. To her surprise, she was hired on the spot and was invited to come [...]

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9 Great Ways to Get Over Being Overwhelmed

by Shae Bynes | December 31, 2009

I’ll admit it. Despite the great time with the family over the holidays, the excitement of reflecting on the year’s achievements, and planning for an incredible 2010 with our real estate business, I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed over the past few days. I’m sure you can relate to the feeling. Those times where you [...]

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Marketing & Making Offers: 5 Ways to Make Persistence Pay in 2010

by Shae Bynes | December 24, 2009

Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else. ~Brian Tracy I believe that many investors will agree with me when I say that persistence is a vital key to your real estate investing success. As Brian Tracy (awesome author – read his books!) indicates, a person’s ability [...]

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Cold truth about the Winterization of REO Investment properties

by Winston Westbrook | December 23, 2009

Here in Victorville USA, fall and winter temperatures can drop below the freezing point. Because of this, it is customary to Winterize an unoccupied house for sale throughout fall, winter, and parts of spring. Since the majority of all the sales in this area and yours are REO (bank owned properties), banks decide it’s in [...]

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Get a Headstart On Your 2010 Real Estate Domination Plan

by Shae Bynes | December 10, 2009

A goal is the ongoing pursuit of a worthy objective until accomplished. ~Jack Canfield Today is December 10 and there are exactly 3 weeks left in 2009. While it is true that time flies, a lot can be accomplished in these next 21 days to prepare you for awesomeness in 2010 (is “awesomeness” a word? [...]

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4 Key Lessons I Learned From my Rotten Virtual Assistant Experience

by Shae Bynes | December 3, 2009

Virtual assistants can be incredibly useful to your real estate investing business. I truly believe that the ability to successfully delegate (including knowing when and what to delegate) is key to the success of any business venture. Leveraging others’ time allows you to focus your precious limited time and energy on the most profitable activities [...]

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