Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

How this Chicago-Italian Skirts the Bandit Sign Police »

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 [...]

Candid Video: “Freedom$oft or FreedomFLOP?” »

// Software Info at: FreedomSoftIsHere.com OK, guys.  So the tsunami of emails in my inbox (heh…yours too?) makes it all too apparent that a new real estate product launch has hit and hit hard.  But pre-written sales copy and “canned” webinars aside, there’s one glaring question that needs to be answered… When you take a [...]

Landlords Are Charging How Much? (How to Find Out) »

Here’s a cool, new resource a whole bunch of folks will find useful… Want to know what landlords are asking for rents in the areas where you invest?  Maybe you’re a landlord and want to spy efficiently on your competition?  Or a virtual investor trying to quickly ascertain rents from afar? Enter PadMapper.com… Their tagline [...]

Awesomest Way to Murder Roaches (Even the Pregnant Mamas) »

Go on, admit it.  That’s just plain “I-just-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth” nasty, isn’t it? So yeah, anyone who’s ever had rental property or rehabbed a house has probably had to try and tackle this one.  And depending on who you ask, answers might range from stinky bombs to overweight exterminators to black magic and voodoo. So the other [...]

A Simple, Easy Way to Screen Tenants Online (in 90 Seconds Flat) »

So one of my best, long-time tenants moved out recently. Dang it! Her name was Neechele, and she was a rare gem indeed.  Paid her rent early every month, took great care of the house, and even fixed stuff…on her own from time to time. Seems low interest rates were just a little too enticing [...]

567 Top Real Estate Investing Websites »

Isn’t it crazy how there’s seemingly just no end to the amount of info you can find on the interwebs today? I mean, even our own tiny little corner of the real estate investing net, it’s like an ever-daunting, ever-expanding ocean of endless information. There’s so much great stuff out there — and more all [...]

The Memorandum of Agreement Explained (Free) »

Hey, guys! Yep, that’s right, it’s time for another FREE REI form and video! Yay! This one comes from my buddy and short sale sherpa Shaun — and actually I had to get special permission to use it, as it comes right out of the forms videos included in his full Short Sale Wealth Academy [...]

FREE 1 Year Job Elimination Plan »

I wanted to share a special report with you that’s well worth reading if you haven’t yet already.  It’s a real estate investor’s “1 Year Job Elimination Plan” written by my good friend Steve Cook. It’s kind of a “white paper” special report that lays out a workable plan for how you can use your [...]

Systems Guru Brings 4 Hour Work Week, E-Myth to Real Estate Investing »

Hey, you guys gotta check this out… I just wrapped up an interview Friday that, quite frankly, impacted me emotionally. It was raw, guts-level honest, totally unscripted, and focuses on some of my biggest personal weaknesses… Automation, Systemization and Outsourcing…Oh My! By now most of us have probably read Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth and/or Tim [...]

“Sold in 36 Hours” by Nate Big (An Honest Review) »

Hi, guys. You may have heard Nathan Big is releasing a new piece of education onto the real estate investing landscape. It’s called “Sold in 36 Hours” and claims to be “a systemized blueprint for how to sell a house over the course of a weekend…” … basically promising to help you sell your houses [...]