Category Archives: Real Estate Investing

PART 1 of 2 – Top 7 Tips…To Minimize Your Risk and Maximize Your Profits – SMART Real Estate Investing

Quote to live by:

“Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.”

Plato

Real Estate as a Path to
Wealth and Freedom

Forbes magazine lists the top 400 wealthiest people every September. In September 2007, 40 of the 400 people on that list made their billions specifically in real estate.  Many of these people started with nothing, some immigrants even, to move up into this category.  Real estate is definitely a path to be seriously considered in building your wealth.

Did you know that most of those 40 billionaire … Read the rest

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Top 10 Marketing Strategies for RealEstate Investors Part 5 – Classified Ads

“Doing business without advertising is like winking
at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.”

~Steuart Henderson Britt

Classified ads are a good cost /effective way to reach property sellers in  Pre-foreclosure, and pre-default. Secondary niches who you will find contact you from your ads are Absentee Owners, Probate and bankruptcy. Classified ads are also good for selling any type of property.

Keys to Success:

  • Ensure that your headlines command attention and virtually DEMAND that your prospects take action.
  • You have to be UNIQUE. What do you have or do
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Land Flipping Vs House FlippingWhat’s the Difference?

I have been buying and selling residential real estate as a real estate investor for almost 7 years now. I have looked at just about every avenue of real estate investing from Pre-construction, Assignments, Tax liens, Rehab, Probate, Bankruptcies, Pre-foreclosures and short sales, Foreclosures and REOs, Landlords and FSBO’s. I have profited from and am a trainer and coach now for literally all of these strategies.

However, lately I have learned about a twist to an old strategy I had never done. Buying land and re-selling it via owner financing for a monthly profit and eventually a flip this property … Read the rest

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Hope for tomorrow…

Hope for tomorrow….

These words are from a “tag line” I used to put under my real estate investing business name.

“Support for today, hope for tomorrow.”

Even though I don’t use that tag line any more, it is still the basis for all I do.

Now more than ever, I plan to continue to support others with all that I have to offer and in the process, providing hope.

I know this is last minute – but some extra seats just opened up.

I wanted to give you an opportunity to receive a free trip and free training when … Read the rest

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Top 10 Marketing Strategiesfor RealEstate InvestorsPart 6-B FSBO’sTargeting Properties “For Sale By Owner”

“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” Douglas Adams

Now that you have your “Hit” list, you are ready to start calling your leads, (or hire someone else to do this – I use this company for my Virtual Assistants: http://tinyurl.com/2ulcobp). It is important that you use just the right words when talking to sellers, focusing not only on information gathering but also building a relationship and trust.

Make sure you read this script in detail before you make the first call as there … Read the rest

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