The Ten Commandments of House Flipping
Every profession and every discipline have a set of best practices by which one is most likely to be successful. Real estate is no different. For those of us who earn our money buying and selling houses, there’s a catalog of time-tested safeguards to make sure that at any given time, you are making the […]
The Cure for Underearning
Get paid what you’re worth I have a morning routine that works for me. I wake up, exercise, and read TheWall Street Journal. “The Journal” is 100 pages of business news, national news, world news – content that impacts my wallet. It’s where the mergers, acquisitions, stock plummets, and those all-important Greenspan and Buffett warnings […]
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YOU BRING THE REAL ESTATE LEADS, WE’LL MAKE THE DEAL AND YOU GET PAID Yesterday, a seller called me and said, “I am returning your call about selling my house.” When I asked him how he found out about me, he said, ‘”You responded to my ad.”Well, I did not respond to his ad, but […]
For Women, Real Estate Investing is a Need, not a Luxury
“Do you want to know the biggest crock of bull I ever bought? Prince Charming. I grew up on fairy tales. As a tot, my mother read to me and I darn near memorized every word to every Dr. Seuss or Disney book available on the market between 1975 and 1985. By middle school, I […]
Whose American Dream is it Anyway? Why the American Dream May Only Be Out of Reach for Americans
Canadians and Chinese take the lead in U.S. home purchases by foreign investors Want proof that the real estate market is alive and well? How about this? A recent Wall Street Journal article reported foreign purchases of U.S. residential sales jumped up 35% in 2013.The same report listed the Chinese as the leading buyers of […]
Up to 70% of Americans Are One Paycheck Away from Financial Ruin
If you feel like you are living paycheck to paycheck, you are not alone. It is estimated that up to 70% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. That means 7 out of every 10 Americans are one or two missed checks away from financial ruin. Are there that many poor among us? Actually, no. You […]
Teaching Your Kids to Participate in the Real Estate Process
When you join as a member of GIC, it’s a good idea to recruit your children to participate in the process. If you know my story, you know I started GIC Deal Finders as a way to teach my son how to do what I do. Believe it or not, it wasn’t a money idea […]
Finding Real Estate Deals as an Alternative to the Rat Race
Why some folks earn more money in one day of deal-finding than they would on a full-time job. I know a little something about you. You want to earn more money. No, I’m not psychic. I just believe this is how most people are. If you have a full time job, you will probably work […]
