Investors need to have faith like potatoes
Monday, August 22
Investors need to have faith like potatoes:Since Ashley and I got married, I’ve been trying to grow potatoes – notice I said “try”- It’s been crazy: every year something happens.The first year I didn’t know you were supposed to mound. Mounding is when you put dirt around the stalk of the plant. I...
What are your options?
Monday, August 15
What are your options?When you hear the word option in real estate, you probably think of a lease-option strategy. This is where you lease a house to a tenant buyer with bumpy credit. You call them a tenant buyer because they’re renting your house with the hope of buying it from you in the near f...
Word of mouth advertising
Monday, August 08
Word of MouthAdvertising is a big deal in any business. Your customers need to know what you do and how to get in touch with you. In real estate investing, advertising presents a unique challenge in that you nearly never have repeat customers. That’s because most people don’t have multiple houses...
Attorneys are people too
Monday, August 01
Attorneys are people too:There’s a movie I really like called “The 13th Warrior.” It’s based on the epic of Beowulf with a few twists. There’s an extra character, played by Antonio Banderas, who ends up being the epics author.Another twist happens with Grendle. In the epic, Grendle is a humanoid-...
Private money loans
Monday, July 25
Private money loans:How many of you have heard the phrase, “it takes money to make money?” This is a true statement if you want to make it in real estate investing.People often make the assumption, however, that you must own the money it takes to make said money. You don’t need to ownit- you just...
Appreciation
Monday, July 18
AppreciationI’m a huge fan of the Home Depot in Calhoun. I’m in there multiple times a week -sometimes a day. The people there are always friendly, knowledgeable and quick to help.I know most of the associates in there by name; they’re really a great group of people.I could elaborate, but for tim...