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Real Estate

Real Estate Gurus, Fake Testimonials, and the Law

by Tom Koziol | June 13, 2009

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If I said “Whole Foods” to you, would you know how that company is related to real estate? I wouldn’t have either but I read Hallie Mummert’s Editor’s Notes in this month’s Target Marketing Magazine.
It seems their CEO, John Mackey, was exposed for using a pseudonym to post negative comments [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How to Find a Real Estate Investing Club – Avoiding the Bad Clubs and Succeeding With the Good Ones

by Joshua Dorkin | December 28, 2008

We’ve had quite a few articles on the blog lately about investment clubs, and I thought it important to share my $0.02. One of the best resources for a real estate investor is your local real estate investing club. These groups can be great resources for networking and learning, but you must be careful, [...]

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Real Estate

Don’t get me wrong! You need to Invest in Real Estate Education!

by Rosie Nieto | December 25, 2008

I have spent the last week studying from a new teacher (for me).  This time it’s for marketing, and several things have  occurred to me;  1) Yes, I have indeed spent more money on my education this month and 2) it also occurred to me that with all my soap-box rants against “guru pitch fests”, I may be sending [...]

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Commentary

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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Starting Out

Don’t be hypnotized by the “Guru of the Week”!

by Rosie Nieto | December 13, 2008

I know I write about this a lot – but I think it’s important to keep this message in the forefront for all the newer investors out there and even some of us not so newbies.  The endless emails and direct mailing pieces I get that sell me on the next big, most important, I must not [...]

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Commentary

Is Making 100K in One Day Selling Real Estate Guru Product Bad for Business?

by Rosie Nieto | October 14, 2008

That depends. Who is the speaker? What is the product? Was it done in a pitch-fest? I tell you what, as of now; there are just a small handful of real estate investor speakers that I feel good about promoting and they deserve to make good money selling their education. Then, there [...]

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Commentary

Real Estate “Gurus” Hawking Other Gurus . . .What’s up with that?

by Rosie Nieto | October 7, 2008

I have to say that this is one of my pet peeves.  What the heck is up with real estate gurus hawking tele-seminars, web-inars and seminars of other gurus?  I mean really – don’t they make enough money selling us their own stuff?
It seems lately that I am getting more and more emails from well [...]

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Blogs

A Tale of Two Real Estate Gurus

by Richard Warren | July 14, 2008

Those who run real estate investment clubs have a big challenge in lining up speakers for each meeting.  Clubs do not usually have the kind of budget that would allow them to pay for speakers, therefore they need to do their best to locate those that will speak for free.  This invariably results in the [...]

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Commentary

Politics & Real Estate – Strange Bedfellows

by Tom Koziol | May 16, 2008

Real investing is, and has always been, a topic that has generated a lot of interest. Some people are actually accomplished investors while others are dabblers with the remainder being “wannabes”. That’s the American way and nothing wrong with that unless you fall victim to a real estate hustler.
What’s a real estate hustler? If you [...]

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Investor Interviews

Meet the Investor: Interview with Real Estate Investor, Christian Malesic

by Joshua Dorkin | March 28, 2008

We’ve got a wonderful interview for everyone today! Christian Malesic is a relatively new member to BiggerPockets, but in that short time, has given quite a bit of himself to help others out! His knowledge, enthusiasm, and energy is captivating, and I thought we ought to find out more about the man. [...]

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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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