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“You Won’t Find Treasure on a Well Traveled Path”  is a quote I heard many years ago that has always stuck with me and guided me and my style of real estate investing.  If you consistently go where everyone else is going, then you’ll only be left to pick up the scraps and bits and pieces that are left behind by all those who are going before you.  If you want to really excel and find great fortunes, ...

Let me get this straight, you want to be an entrepreneur?

What? Are you out of your mind?

Why would you want to do that? Oh, I know … take control of your own destiny, manage your own time, be your own boss, make more money, live an opulent lifestyle, and all that sort of stuff … right?

Hummmmm …

Well, that’s all fine … in an ideal World. But let’s take a little reality check of what being an entrepreneur is ...

Who’s the Boss in your business? You are, of course, right?

Absolutely! But does that mean you should treat everyone you encounter like they are your employees? Recently I had some experiences that reminded me of something that many real estate investors tend to do, that they don’t realize is killing their business.

Not too long ago I was going over some ads and I called on some properties that were for sale, that were owned by investors. Out of ...

The following are some excerpts from a training I did on setting goals and achievement. I hope you find it useful.

Setting goals

Perhaps one of the most important things you will do to ensure your success is goal setting. Many people, however, fail to recognize the importance of setting goals and tend to pass it over as unimportant. But nothing could be more vital to your success than learning how to properly set goals.

One element that all successful people ...

What worked yesterday – does not necessarily work today.

If you are already an investor, you know this to be true.   Time and time again I will hear or read of an investor – particularly those that have only been in the business a few years or less – who is having tremendous difficulty adapting to the changes in the market.  How what they were doing last year, just isn’t working at all this year ….. and it’s having ...

So, you think you want to become a real estate investor? Become your own boss? Set your own hours? Do what you want? Make more money than you could ever count? Live the good life… huh?

You see it everywhere, on TV, the infomercials, newspapers, magazines, the internet. “Get into real estate investing, and make a quick fortune. Expensive cars, homes, boats, planes…. all can be yours, and it’s so easy.”

Yeah! Right!

Let’s get real folks. Often what you see ...

If you ask the majority of people, they will tell you that real estate is one of the best places to build wealth available today.  Everyone wants to own property, and with all the benefits – hard asset, equitable appreciation, demand – it will continue to be a great place to make money.

So if real estate is so great, then why do so many people struggle to succeed with it?  Well the answer is multi-faceted.

First, let’s take look ...

Who Are You?

That’s the Million-Dollar question. It’s actually a very basic question, but one not often so easily answered.

Many people search a lifetime to discover who they are, while others find themselves redefining themselves multiple times throughout their lives.

It seems such a simple thing, so why is it so difficult for many to find the answer? We hear time and time again, to just search our hearts and find our passions, then we will discover our ...

Want to know the “Secrets” to Wealth?

Listen closely, what I’m about to tell you will change your life.

Are you listening?

Here is the number one secret to becoming wealthy ….

… there is no secret.

Did I have you hooked? Were you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what the secret was? That what most sales-oriented programs and seminars will have you believe. That they have the secret to wealth, or the secret shortcut to ...

Being a real estate investor, isn’t without it’s challenges. As I was reminded of last night.

So, it’s 11:30pm, and I get a call from the Police that one of the properties has been broken into, and they need me to come to secure the property and give a statement.

Arrrggghhhh …. there goes the night. So I drive 30 minutes to ...