Author: Toyin Dawodu

Feb
25

How to Recognize a Motivated Seller When You See One

The very essence of the “no money down” method for buying a house depends on having a motivated seller. No deal goes through without a motivated seller. You cannot convince a person who does not want to sell to sell you his house. That’s a waste of your precious time. What you can do is always […]

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Feb
10

100% of the People Who Speak This Language Fluently Are Successful

Do You Speak Real Estate? You can drop me off in any city in America and take away everything I own except my drivers license, and I will own a piece of property with equity by the end of the day. Robert Allen made a declaration akin to this one over twenty years ago. For […]

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Feb
04

An Open Letter To Any Employee Who Has Ever Discovered She’s Smarter Than Her Boss

Several years ago, the Wall Street Journal marketed subscriptions to their newspaper by relating a simple story to would-be subscribers. The story went like this. 25 years ago, two friends graduated from the same college and they both went to work for the same company. Twenty five years later, one is a Division Manager while […]

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Jan
30

What Has Fear Cost You?

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” – Joseph Campbell. In 1997, I was a man poised to become a history-maker. The rate at which my financial business had grown made it necessary for me to be able to scale our technology beyond the scope of paper files in an office. […]

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Dec
29

NO

“No.” Kids don’t want to hear it, adults don’t want to hear it. So afraid are we to experience the feeling of rejection we conjure up when we hear someone tell us “No” that many of us never reach our goals or fulfill our dreams.  “No.” Say it with me: “No.” It has a certain […]

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Dec
26

Are You a Landlord When You Should Be a Bank?

A decade ago, I made a very important decision: I decided to stop being a landlord and start being a bank.  “What the heck does one have to do with the other, Toyin?” you may ask. I will tell you.

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Dec
22

Setting Priorities: How to Keep First Things First

Years ago, I read Stephen Covey’s famed book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and the very first habit was, by far, the most important to me. Be proactive. But I also recognize that in order to be proactive AND effective, we must also learn to put first things first by setting priorities.

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Dec
17

Case Study: The Mobile Home with the Ghost Loan

Years ago, I came across an abandoned mobile home within close proximity of another mobile home I owned and was renting out.  and sent a letter to the owner on record. A few weeks later, the owner’s daughter called me back and I spoke with them briefly about the property before making an offer. As it turns out, the […]

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Dec
12

Four Simple Strategies to Buy Your Dream Home at 20% to 30% Below Market

Traditionally, home ownership has represented a huge chunk of the American Dream. Wedged between “Get married” and “Have children” on the list of things to do, the home ownership ethos is important for Americans, but it’s not at all easy. It’s definitely not as easy as it should be to buy your dream home.

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Oct
06

Calculated Risk versus Guaranteed Risk

No company, no investor is in business to lose money. When it comes to your money, you want to take advice from the person who is in the best position to offer good advice. Your natural inclination is always going to be to minimize risk. At the very least, you want to limit your risk […]

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