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Four Productivity Improvement Tips To Make You A Better Real Estate Investor

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“Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst…” –William Penn

If that quote doesn’t kick you right in the gut, then congratulations — you’re among the tiny percentage of people who can comfortably look themselves in the mirror and honestly say they use their time as wisely and efficiently as possible.  For the ...

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8 Quick Tips for Naming your Website

Website Name

We’re all bombarded with domain names and one of the first questions new investors ask is how to name their website. Websites are an absolute must as they add to your credibility and market for you 24/7, so here are some quick and easy naming tips:

  1. It’s best if you can use the same name as your company.

    Redundancy helps with marketing. ...

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So, How Much is the Rent? A Quick Guide for Determining the Perfect Market Rent

Determine Rent

Before I ever bought a property, I thought that my landlords set the rent through some type of irrefutable science. I never questioned how they came up with the numbers. I took it as a given: The sky is blue, the grass is green, and that 3/2 on Irwin Street is $1,550 ...

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Setting Your Virtual Assistant Up For Success

Virtual Assistant

In last week’s article I talked about successful delegation and outsourcing; the big picture in other words. This week I wanted to really go into what your duties and responsibilities are as the business owner since you ultimately play such a big part in setting your virtual assistant up for success.

Here’s a ...

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Closing Deals is ALL About the Follow-Up

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We could have had a part in the movie The Place Behind the Pines which is in theaters now, but I dropped the ball! This article is about the importance of follow up, and it has a pretty cool story to illustrate a point.

A couple of years ago when we were insanely busy, I received a call from a movie company ...

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Top Three Real Estate Prospecting Tips + My Letter to Motivated Sellers

Prospecting

Watching the A&E show Gold Rush got me inspired to write this post. While watching the show, I was thinking about how mining applies to real estate. Well real estate deal mining is basically what we call “prospecting”. Successful real estate investors mine for deals on a daily basis.

Prospecting for real estate deals is a ...

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Three Advantages for Buying Distressed Properties

Distressed

Most of the properties I have bought over the years were distressed properties.  By distressed I mean that the property is either in or very near to foreclosure.  Since I generally buy smaller apartment buildings (with some single family homes thrown in there as well), I find that this is the easiest way to acquire these types of properties.

I think this is ...

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5 Things Mom Taught Me That Made Me the Real Estate Investor I Am Today

Mom

I was twelve years old and decided my face needed some rearranging.

Most of us have been there. Playing outside with friends, doing something probably a little bit stupid, and getting hurt in the process. For me, it was this little red scooter that I would run and jump on, sliding across the ...

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The 10 Commandments of Real Estate Investing

Commandments

Although Easter was a few weeks ago, I’m still in a Ten Commandments kind of frame of mind.

Although I’m far from a religious kind of guy, there’s something amazing about the scene in the Ten Commandments when Moses comes down from Mount Sinai after getting the 10 Commandments from God.

As you may recall, Moses ambles down Mount Sinai with tablets ...

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Ten Easy Ways to Market to Sellers for Under $200 per Month

Marketing

Who doesn’t want to own real estate? Well, I certainly can’t imagine not owning any. But,when you decide to purchase a property, how do you find one to buy? And, if you really want to get into real estate investing, how do you get your phone to ring with sellers calling you (which, by the ...

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