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REWORK- An Introduction

April 17, 2011 Business
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We need to change the way we think about doing business in Real Estate. I’ve met dozens of real estate agents and investors who make great money and appear to be very successful. There’s a lot of the same people who work 60 hour weeks, never see their (now ex-) spouses or children and are [...]

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RE/WORK- Rewriting How I Do Business

March 24, 2011 Books
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I became licensed as a REALTOR® at the end of November. I got some systems set up in December and wrote handwritten cards to over a hundred of my friends and associates, then took the second half of December and first half of January off for the birth of my son. Since getting going it took [...]

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Your House Is NOT A Damn ATM (and 5 Other Things We Agree On)

November 10, 2010 Investing
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Inspired by this weeks’s entertainment, I got thinking about the commonalities of real estate, economics and investment blogs, whatever their slant. I think there’s a lot we can agree on. Your house is not a damn ATM If you put a HELOC (home equity line of credit) on your home, be damn careful what you [...]

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Six Shockingly Simple Tips to Prevent Rental Fraud

August 25, 2010 Property Management
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There’s a scam that comes around every few years. You put an ad up for one of your units. Someone copies it, drops the price and ends up suckering someone out of a damage deposit or a month’s rent and running away. It’s the oldest trick in the book – sell something you don’t own. [...]

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The Three Rules of Renos and Repairs

August 7, 2010 Business
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You can have it cheap, good or on time. If you’re good, you can maybe have two out of three. You cannot have all three. Cheap and Good – This will take a long time and you’ll likely end up doing most of the work yourself (assuming you’ve got some skills or like learning) Cheap [...]

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27 Easy Ways To Improve Your Real Estate Business

April 4, 2010 Real Estate
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Call some FSBO‘s. Go look at properties for sale. Call your mortgage broker about new financing. Check the renewal dates on your mortgages. Call a friend who could be a JV partner just to catch up. Don’t talk about real estate (yet). Sit down with your Realtor and define exactly what types of properties you want. [...]

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7 Ways to CTL+ALT+DEL Your Real Estate Investing

March 17, 2010 Real Estate
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Your computer, your life and your business all need a restart every so often. Unload everything, wind down, unplug, go have a cup of coffee, and then fire things back up one at a time. I just came back from one of REIN’s ACRE weekends, which is really Real Estate Investing 101 and 102. For [...]

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