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Purchasing a Real Estate Investing Guru Program? Read This First!

July 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Purchasing a Real Estate Investing Guru Program?  Read This First!There are a lot of fantastic reasons to start investing in real estate: financial freedom, family security, supplemental income, fulfilling the entrepreneurial spirit, escaping the nine to five and more. However, it is often the salesmanship of a smooth talking “guru” that convinces someone to take action. They often promise access to a “secret” real estate investing strategy that will unlock a small fortune with very … [Read more...]

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Real Estate Guru Courses: Are They Worth It?

May 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Real Estate Guru Courses: Are They Worth It?Does this sound familiar? You’re new to real estate and want to get ‘in-the-game’. You open up Google, type in a few real estate words that peak your interest, and click ‘Search’. BOOOOOM!!! You are flooded with blog posts, message board posts, websites, YouTube videos, and last but not least, guru courses. This can truly an overwhelming feeling, but also an awesome opportunity to “earn” some money. Please, allow me to explain.The theme … [Read more...]

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Is Real Estate Investing Easy

April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

 Is Real Estate Investing Easy The SWAT team was on the scene and after three hours neither had made a move. It was the perfect time for me to reflect on my decision to become a TV news cameraman.  Is this what it’s going to be like for the next 30 years I wondered?  Will I be camped out like this in front of yellow crime scene tape and drenched in sweat with a farmer’s tan until retirement?I decided right then and there that if I was going to continue working this hard I needed to get … [Read more...]

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Carefully Evaluate Your Real Estate Education Options

April 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Carefully Evaluate Your Real Estate Education OptionsLet me make this brief and straight to the point. Real estate investors . . . your time is your most precious asset. You CAN invest in real estate without money but you cannot invest if you do not have time to find, evaluate and consummate deals.Now, we all know that quite the little cottage market has popped up with people pedaling real estate “education”. Yes, education is important — absolutely critical. However, I’ve noticed that … [Read more...]

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How to Find a Real Estate Investing Mentor

February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

How to Find a Real Estate Investing MentorOver the past 10 years I’ve had several mentors and I still have one to this day. I plan on having a mentor until the day I die, because I’m pretty sure there is always going to be someone on the planet who is smarter than me.Just like everyone else, I’ve had good mentors and bad mentors, but my bad mentors were at the very beginning of my real estate career when I didn’t know what to look for, and I didn’t know how to tell if they were all … [Read more...]

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Even Note Investing Has Guru Traps

February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Even Note Investing Has Guru TrapsOur education in any business is infinite, and my passion in note investing has given me the opportunity to meet with some amazing people in the note business and I actively look for new information to perfect my craft. Currently I receive daily newsletters and publications on the concept of note investing, some of which make me very nervous.As the “new” frontier of hands off, passive real estate investing there are more and more companies and gurus popping … [Read more...]

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