gurus

Real Estate Gurus: Be a Healthy Skeptic, Not a Curmudgeon

by Brendan O'Brien | December 20, 2008

From time to time, I like to visit John T. Reed’s Real Estate Guru Rankings website. It’s entertaining to read his blunt criticisms of the many gurus out there today. John reminds me of the guys we’ve all met, maybe our next door neighbors or the guys at the barbershop. They seem to have seen [...]

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Foreclosures

The Not So "Lucky" Wanna-Be Tycoon

by Richard Warren | March 24, 2008

Last week I wrote an article about “Lucky”, the wanna-be real estate tycoon (article). The article was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek story, yet many people took it seriously. The fictional character “Lucky” was a composite of many people that I have met over the years. He was portrayed as someone who wanted to get [...]

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Flipping Houses

"Lucky" The Wanna-Be Tycoon

by Richard Warren | March 17, 2008

This is the saga of “Lucky” the newbie investor. Lucky has big dreams of being an ultra successful real estate mogul. He is addicted to all of the flip-and-grow-rich TV shows, he just can’t get enough. He sits in front of the TV night after night watching property escalator, real estate jocks, flip this flophouse [...]

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