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Life Changing Mentors

by Sharon Vornholt | January 30, 2012

I was listening to a program recently and the hosts were talking about mentors; specifically about the people in their lifetime that had actually changed their life. What these folks were talking about in most cases was someone that listened to them, valued them, had given them crucial information or a “chance” at something. They [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Mistakes and Lessons Learned; The School of Hard Knocks

by Sharon Vornholt | January 2, 2012

I was talking with someone last week that was a brand new real estate investor. By brand new I mean she and her husband had only been investing a few months. After reading a lot of books, joining their local REIA and talking with a few folks in the business, they bought a package of [...]

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6 Tips for Keeping Your Business on Track While Working From Home

by Sharon Vornholt | December 19, 2011

One of the hardest parts of running a home business, whether you are a real estate investor or in an entirely different business, is separating your work from your home life, family and friends. I believe this is especially true for women entrepreneurs. It’s very tempting to do a load of laundry, fix dinner or [...]

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Commentary

‘Customer Service’ is Essential for Real Estate Success

by Chris Clothier | December 7, 2011

Real Estate Professionals are in the Business of Serving – Not Selling If you are in the real estate business, even as an investor, take a moment to consider what you really do. Many come to the conclusion that they are selling real estate or real estate services such as providing property for tenants. Many [...]

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Real Estate Wholesaling

Why Should Your Work with Real Estate Wholesalers?

by Sharon Vornholt | November 21, 2011

A forum discussion that I came across about working with wholesalers recently caught my eye. This person was saying something to the effect that they wanted to go around the wholesaler and work directly with the seller. I can tell you that doing that with the wholesalers I know, would guarantee that you would be [...]

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Wholesalers: How to Close A Real Estate Deal with an Out of State Seller

by Sharon Vornholt | November 7, 2011

I have noticed that a lot of times brand new real estate investors find it hard to understand how to close a deal with an out of state seller. The procedure is actually quite simple once you understand it. I have been working with absentee owners for just about 4 years now, and I can [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Is There A “Magic Pill” for Real Estate Marketing Success?

by Sharon Vornholt | October 31, 2011

I talk to a lot of folks about marketing their real estate business every week, and on just about every forum you visit, marketing is always a hot topic. Most real estate investors intellectually understand that you have to do marketing to get those leads in the door. What so many people don’t understand is [...]

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Using Testimonials To Build Your Real Estate Business

by Sharon Vornholt | October 24, 2011

As entrepreneurs that happen to be real estate investors, we are constantly looking for ways to grow our business. We spend a lot of time marketing for motivated sellers, adding quality buyers to our buyers’ list, and looking for tenants for our properties. But once we have those people on our list, what do we [...]

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The Value of Presale Home Inspections for Real Estate Investors

by Sharon Vornholt | October 10, 2011

Presale home inspections have been around since the early 1990’s, but have always been somewhat under-utilized in retail transactions. Having been previously in the home inspection business for many years, I can tell you that they were always a hard sell especially in the early days. Even as the years passed, the vast majority of [...]

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Understanding Probate Real Estate: Investing Tips, Marketing Advice

by Sharon Vornholt | September 26, 2011

Probate real estate investing is one of my favorite strategies. I have found the folks in probate to be one of the most motivated groups of sellers, as they almost always want to sell the property in the estate. This group of people is what I like to call a “captive audience” for your direct mail; [...]

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Does It Have To Be Real Estate Investors VS Home Inspectors?

by Sharon Vornholt | September 20, 2011

Home inspections have been a sore spot with real estate investors ever since I first began investing in real estate in 1998 and not a lot has changed since then. As a whole, real estate investors think of themselves as a fairly self-sufficient bunch of folks. More often than not, a rehabber will be doing [...]

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Commentary

The Value of Real Estate Investors to a Community!

by Peter Giardini | September 16, 2011

My last article titled A Call To Action, discussed a program the Government is planning to implement that would allow very well funded and connected large businesses the opportunity to purchase bulk REOs owned by various Government organizations –effectively cutting small real estate investors out of the REO market. At the conclusion of that article [...]

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Real Estate Investors: How to Build an Effective Website

by Joe Salcedo | June 28, 2011

I was recently reading an article on the New York Times, “What would you do if you threw a $41 million party and nobody came? It talks about a group of venture capitalists investing in a start up, color.com While reading I came across venture capitalists behemoths Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital Ventures. If these [...]

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Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Title Insurance

by Ken Corsini | June 23, 2011

Over the past few years I have been involved in hundreds of real estate transactions but only recently have I given thought to the importance of title insurance. I knew in theory that the possibility existed for an old title issue to crop up and a claim made on the policy, but really never gave [...]

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Commentary

How Not to Turn Into a Turn Key Real Estate Economist

by Joe Salcedo | June 14, 2011

“Confront the brutal facts, but never lose hope that in the end you will prevail” – Jim Stockdale C.S Lewis warned us of the perils of other people’s opinion quietly creeping into our system. How the things we say and believe seldom come from our own original thought analysis. I remembered this stern warning as [...]

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