REI Truism #37: Now more than ever, your competition is trying feverishly to cut you out, any way they can… The simple fact of the matter is, there are a lot of other people out there doing what you do. And while I’m as abundance-minded as the next guy, it still stinks like poopy diapers [...]

Editor’s Note: I’ve updated this post with Shaun’s answers to the questions you left in the comments on on our recent webinar.  See a little further down below… Before we get to the rules, here are three truisms about real estate investing in 2010, I’m sure you’ll agree… 1) Things ain’t like they used to [...]

If you use Bandit Signs in your real estate investing at all, then today’s tip will be a tasty treat… At one point or another we’ve all had those lovely, goldenrod, coroplast investments of ours removed or cut in half by the “sign police”, right?  (FYI “sign police = code enforcement)  And occasionally you might [...]

OK, guys. Thanks so much for your warm comments on the “Wholetale Deals and the Velocity of Money” video clip.  You’re welcome. Got requests to post more like it, so here’s another one I think you’ll enjoy.  It’s kind of a “Part 2″ to the last one where Bob started defining the difference between “Wholetale” [...]

So I recently ran across some footage from our last KISS Flipping Intensive event in Vegas.  I get requests for this kind of stuff all the time, so I thought I’d post some of it for you. Now just to be clear, this is from a handful of clips I grabbed on my Kodak Zi8 [...]

Today’s post is about the importance of being memorable. It’s a real-world lesson you should absolutely swipe and deploy. It’s also a chance for me to show off “the sexy, sexy food I eats“. And also my mad video skillz. It’s already playing. Enjoy…

Before we jump into today’s tip, I want to let the cat out of the bag that in the near future I’ll be co-hosting a unique REI training workshop with fellow wholesaler & REI blogger Alex Joungblood. I recently crossed paths with Alex and we hit it off nicely. We have similar backgrounds, both in [...]

So here’s an interesting question I stumbled upon in my Facebook inbox not too long ago. But first… PERSONAL FACEBOOK DISCLAIMER: While an avid Facebooker indeed I am, I’m also admittedly not very good at managing my FB “inbox”, which is glaringly obvious from the screenshot below. So if you want to be FB friends, [...]

So here’s a handy tip I ran across the other day — it’s from my personal Short Sale Sherpa (and also one of my best friends on the planet) Shaun McCloskey… It’s simple, sneaky stuff to help keep your vacant houses break-in free while you’re trying to rent or sell ‘em.  It may not work [...]

So, as you likely know already, it was signed into law on Nov. 6 that not only extends the $8,000 stimulus tax credit for “first-time” home buyers until next spring, but also provides a $6,500 tax credit for some current homeowners who buy another home. While a lot of folks are interested in taking advantage [...]