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[facebook] [retweet]FIVE THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT REAL ESTATE INVESTING, PART 4 - "A Personal Budget is Critical to Your Business Success!" In this series of blog posts, I’ve been pointing out some of the “insider secrets” to successful real estate investing, that don’t necessarily make it i...

In part 3 of this series on direct mail marketing to find motivated sellers, we began discussing the idea of targeting specific niches in real estate in order to improve our return on investment.  Each niche that you choose will usually generate a specific type of lead that fits into one or two p...

Over the last few blog posts (Direct Mail, Part 1 & Direct Mail, Part 2), I have been lauding the benefits of direct mail marketing, and discussing the strategies wherewith savvy real estate investors are able to generate a steady stream of motivated seller leads.  While direct mail should never ...

  In my last blog post, we discussed the benefits of direct mail marketing in finding motivated sellers.  There are numerous ways to generate motivated seller leads in the world of creative real estate investing, but I have found that one of the most effective is through mailing compelling market...

  The biggest challenge for both new and experience investors is finding and creating a consistent source or quality motivated seller leads.  Some newbies mistakenly think that there is a plethora of high-equity deals just hanging out on the MLS, just waiting for them to come snatch them up and m...

  In today’s entrepreneur-driven society, it’s not unusual to find that the owner of a small business is also the senior vice president of his one-man marketing department. Since most entrepreneurs enjoy the core operation of their business, it’s common to find them preoccupied with daily minutia...

In part one of this series, I discussed the first 5 essentials to achieving greater success in the New Year.  These include setting ambitious goals, writing those goals down, consistently marketing your business, thinking positively, and staying away from negative people.  And while this is certa...

  The Waterford crystal ball has reached the bottom of its descent in Times Square, the final chorus of “Auld Lang Syne” has been played, and the mountains of confetti have been cleaned up.  So, now what?  If you’re like most people, this is a time of great anticipation for what this new year may...

  I’m very thankful that I’m not in the business of selling books and tapes to unsuspecting people who think they can get something for nothing, and not have to work to build a successful business.  On the contrary, I run a real estate investment club of passionate students and true entrepreneurs...

In part 1 of this blog series, I discussed the very real possibility that things will not always go right in your real estate investing career.  Though I’ve had way more successes than failures while flipping houses, even the successes are sometimes only achieved after putting out a few fires, an...