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Capital Gain Taxes What Are They and Why Your Seller Is Motivated

Friday, May 13

Here is a little ditty from the Beatles and it conveys to me the sardonic reasons that the IRS impose on consumers and for the seller that translates as being more motivated to sell their home since capital gain taxes would be levied on a 100% cash out.Wikipedia does a great job at explaining the...


The Motivation Carrot

Thursday, May 12

Trevor sent me message...more like a pitch...but I will pass it on. Trevor is associated with Investor Carrot (one of the lead sources when I used the keyword "motivate seller" and he indicated that it can be frustrating driving traffic to a real estate investor website. He stated that...while s...


Why Online Direct Marketing Is Better than Paper Direct Mail

Wednesday, May 11

Any graphic can be used as a ePost Card. Here I use Einstein figuring out his famous equation E=MC ^2 Energy = Mass (Speed of Light) Squared...see in the comment how this can "accelerate the law of attraction."


Using Public Records to Locate Properties Considered Off Market

Tuesday, May 10

Now I am all for free things or next to nothing -- $35.00; The CIX is too costly to locate properties that I decided that as a tax payer I should use our county seat(s) in all 50 states to get access to ad valorem taxes. An ad valorem tax (Latin for "according to value") is a tax whose amount is...


Access Financing Is A Government Thingie

Sunday, May 08

I had an interview with a SCORE representative and I asked him a critical question "Can I procure a grant or loan for doing a start up in real estate." I was holding onto the arms of my office chair because I believed as an individual I would not be eligible...after a deadening sound of silence.....


What I Learned About Mortgage Loans I Learned From Spaghetti Westerns

Sunday, May 08

What do a "Fistful of Dollars;" "For A Few Dollars More;" and the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" three great movies with Clint Eastwood as the stranger have to do with real estate investing? Well and if you do NOT know about hard money lenders (I worked for one called a mortgage broker...well does...