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Why is it so important to be able to spot a great real estate deal?  What are the negative consequences of missing one?  Allow me to share this illustration from personal experience: Direct mail to homeowners facing foreclosure has always ...

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Here is a “strange but true” story from my business that I thought might brighten your weekend a bit. Once upon a time, I “got the deed” (took legal ownership, subject to the existing mortgage) to a house in pre-foreclosure. ...

Here is a “strange but true” story from my business that I thought might brighten your weekend a bit. Once upon a time, I “got the deed” (took legal ownership, subject to the existing mortgage) to a house in pre-foreclosure. ...

Legendary sports figures like John Wooden, Michael Jordan, Troy Aikman and Joe Montana were all positive thinkers.  But they were also relentlessly realistic. Instead of simply thinking positive and hoping things worked out, these sports stars also took steps to ...

Most of us have seen Charlotte in recent times referred to as a very strong “seller’s market.”  But what does this mean to you as a real estate investor?  For the answer, we have to look first to simple economics. ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part  column on pitfalls to avoid in real estate investing. Home inspections One of my mentors when I got started had worked at or owned construction companies for over 30 years. Warren ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part  column on pitfalls to avoid in real estate investing. Buying houses isn’t “cool” Ok. Maybe it is cool. There are few absolutes in life. However, what I’m referring to is the ...

Why is it that so many of us with the entrepreneurial mindset tend to learn best through the medium of pain? Was Mark Twain indeed correct when he said: “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something ...

Many of us have vague notions (mostly secondhand, or worse, so dislocated from the source that we cannot begin to gauge their authenticity) of the best time of year to buy or sell a home (two sides of the same ...

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