Continuing With 101Real Estate Investors Best Practices...
Friday, October 02
Real Estate Investors are PROBLEM solvers…Sorry to shout at you but this "best practice" sums up the totality of what we do.We solve problems! It's that simple.When a successful investor is negotiating with a seller what are they really doing? They are looking for a way to solve that sellers pr...
Continuing With 101 Real Estate Investor Best Practices...
Wednesday, September 30
Practice Make Perfect…I recently wrote a Seeds of Success article about talent versus practice. What do you think? Are successful real estate investors just more talented or have they just practiced more and therefore better at this success thing?Here are some excerpts from that Seeds of Succes...
Do You Have The Guts to Evict a Tenant in December?
Monday, September 28
I can't tell you how many times I have spoken with new real estate investors who wanted to know what it takes to purchase a rental property. My response is now almost pure reflex.Instead of starting a discussion on how to find great properties, or evaluate them for their cash flow potential, I as...
101 Best Practices... Of Successful Real Estate Investors...
Saturday, September 26
For those who have been in the business world prior to becoming real estate investors I am sure you have heard of the term Best Practice. It is commonly used in business to refer to a practice that has become the defacto standard learned from the efforts and at the expense of other businesses.Wi...
Mastering the Money Game...
Sunday, September 20
In just the past couple of days I have responded to at least 4 forum posts inquiring about obtaining financing either for purchase or refinance. While I may have sounded like a broken record in these posts... experience has shown me that creating relationships with local lenders and securing "com...
Black Flies... and the Art of Succeeding as a Real Estate Investor
Wednesday, August 19
Pete… She yells… these buggers are drawing blood! My only comment was “keep moving and they aren’t so bad.” Just minutes before I found myself standing in front of a huge pile of leaves, sweating and being totally engulfed by the scourge of an early Maine summer. Black Flies… everywhere… and a...