Retirement Eye-Opener
Monday, October 17
Thinking of retiring to Boone, North Carolina or Lincoln, Nebraska? No? Maybe you should. I thought it might be interesting over the next little while to do a series of articles designed to make us all think. To question what we believe. This is the first in a series I'm going to call TTM...
Canadian Thanksgiving
Monday, October 10
Thanksgiving Monday and finally a few minutes to think, reflect and put a short blog post together. The past year has been a year of changes and major growth, both personal and business. Through all the changes I know I can always count on two things: the absolute love and support of my amaz...
Unique Ideas
Wednesday, October 05
I got caught up in a very interesting article this morning on Bloomberg that I thought you might enjoy as well. Peter Orszag proposes some innovative and fresh ideas to kick start the U.S. housing market, and writes this as one possible scenario: "A more realistic approach would be to try to ge...
Latest Internet Real Estate Trickery
Monday, October 03
This is really interesting and one more reason that we always stress the three fundamental moving parts of successful real estate investing in our free classes and with our clients: 1. Learn the theory 2. Develop a solid action plan 3. Work with people you trust The latest internet trickery...
For Sale Signs - Piling Up
Friday, September 30
News from the Washington Post today caught my attention. Under a picture of 'for sale' signs stacked up at a major real estate office, the paper reported that "The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell in August, after a weaker-than-expected peak buying season." The arti...
Rent? You betcha!
Tuesday, September 27
At our two hour free U.S. real estate classes recently there has been a lot of discussion about the right strategy in today's market. Should a new investor in U.S. real estate buy for the short term or long term? Buy and flip or buy and rent? While everyone's goals are different this seems t...