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Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | January 15, 2012 
I was recently contacted by a well-known real estate guru whose name you would instantly recognize. I’d never spoken with him before but apparently he got my phone number from a mutual friend. This guru told me he had a big project in development and wanted me to be part of it. But first, he [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Ken Corsini | August 17, 2011 
Many new real estate investors get their initial education from one of the many info products that have been developed over the years – and there is nothing wrong with this approach. In fact, a few of these info products are collecting dust in my office right now. What’s interesting to me is how much [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Andrew C. MacDonald | April 4, 2011 
As I attended a real estate investment event a couple weeks back, I couldn’t help but take interest in each of the speakers and seeing what they were all about. Some speakers seemed to have a genuine interest in creating value for their audience and delivering valuable content, while others seemed most interested in lining [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Tom Koziol | June 13, 2009Image by Getty Images via Daylife 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 [...]
Real Estate Investing by Joshua Dorkin | December 28, 2008We’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, as [...]
Real Estate by Rosie Nieto | December 25, 2008I 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 [...]
Commentary by Brendan O'Brien | December 20, 2008From 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 [...]
Starting Out by Rosie Nieto | December 13, 2008I 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 [...]
Commentary by Rosie Nieto | October 14, 2008That 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 those that I [...]
Commentary by Rosie Nieto | October 7, 2008I have to say that this is one of my pet peeves. What the heck is up with real estate gurus hawking tele-seminars, webinars, bootcamps, courses 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 [...]
Blogs by Richard Warren | July 14, 2008Those 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 [...]
Commentary by Tom Koziol | May 16, 2008Real 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 [...]
Investor Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | March 28, 2008We’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. Christian focuses primarily [...]
Foreclosures by Richard Warren | March 24, 2008Last 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 [...]
Flipping Houses by Richard Warren | March 17, 2008This 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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by Ken Corsini | August 17, 2011Many new real estate investors get their initial education from one of the many info products that have been developed over the years – and there is nothing wrong with this approach. In fact, a few of these info products are collecting dust in my office right now. What’s interesting to me is how much [...]