The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system that works in any weather conditions, anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day. There are no subscription fees or setup charges to use GPS. The receiver can determine the user's position and record [...]
One of the considerations when buying and selling mortgage notes is knowing the current value of the home. After all, the property is the collateral and knowing its true value will greatly affect how much an investor will pay for a note. Historically this [...]
Most people have come to mistakenly view cash (including cash to an existing loan and/or cash to a new loan), rather than benefits, as the driving force behind real estate transactions. So when cash is tight, transactions don't get done, and benefits for buyers [...]
Real estate investing is a simple matter of trading benefits between principal parties. But most people who buy and sell real estate are never able to relate to this concept. Strangely enough, many real estate investors have failed to fully understand this concept as [...]
Seller carryback financing offers real estate investors installment sale tax deferral, interest deductions, and flexible portfolio-building tools. Here is how it works.
For real estate agents, business brokers, and mobile home dealers and brokers, seller-carryback financing can make the difference between a "sold" or an "expired" listing. This is particularly so in certain economic cycles, like the one we are entering NOW! A majority of listings [...]
Learning new ways of conducting business - and providing your clients with the most up to date marketing concepts and problem solving techniques - will play a huge role for the Real Estate Professional in the 21st century. That role includes re-educating themselves based [...]
These days, just plain hard work and working long hours are likely not enough to be a successful professional in the real estate arena. Competition and changing market conditions make it imperative that you have skill-sets that allow you to stand out, in order [...]
The Socio-cultural myth continues to be with us even today. If you don't punch the clock at 8:00 and leave at 5:00, have benefits and a retirement plan, you are not a success. Those of us who have chosen to leave the "real job" [...]
What is marketing? If you've attended my workshops or surfed the web, you may have come across the increasingly popular 4A definition of marketing I coined a few years ago: "Marketing is a four step process that begins with analyzing and defining a qualified [...]
