INVESTORS

Anyone with a little drive, knowledge and capital can begin to benefit from owning investment property.  If you make strategic business decisions you can have money work for you rather than having to work for money.  Leveraging your money and assets will allow you to increase your income and strengthen your retirement portfolio.

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Real Estate Investment Articles

Asset Protection - (19)
Answers to All Those Questions You Forgot to Ask About Land Trusts
Are All Your Assets at Risk?
Bulletproof Your Wealth with Family Limited Partnerships and LLC's
Choice of Entity 101
Corporations and LLC’s: Charging Orders and the Differences in Protection
Don’t Make These Mistakes With Your LLC or Corporation
Get That Property Out of Your Name!
How to Choose the Proper Entity for Your Business
Liability Company (LLC): 5 Things to Consider!
Life Estate
Limited Liability Companies (LLCs): Avoiding Disasters, Mistakes and Confusion!
Personal Property Trusts
Protecting Your Assets
The Limited Liability Company...The Time is Now
The New Limited Liability Company
The Role of Insurance in Asset Protection Planning
Top Ten Ways to Get Sued - Guaranteed!
Using Trusts for Personal & Business Privacy
Where to Incorporate: The Answer May Surprise You!
Closing - (12)
A True, and Humorous, Real Estate Investing Tale
Closing Escrow When You Are Out of Town
Finding Hidden Costs on Your Closing Statement
Follow Up - the Key to Successful Closing
How Do I Prepare for Closing?
How to Ensure a Fast Easy Closing with Your Hard Money Lender
How to Save Up to 90% on Title Insurance
Simultaneous Closings
Tax Prorations At Closing Time
The Property Recording System
When Is Escrow Considered Open?
Who Controls The Closing Date For Escrow - The Buyer Or The Seller
Fair Housing - (12)
Advertising and Fair Housing - Forget About Freedom of Speech
Communicating with People with Disabilities
Do I Have to Lease to This Jerk?
Fair Housing Q&A
Good News for Apartment Owners from the Supreme Court
Mental Illness and Fair Housing Laws - They Don't Mix Easily
Occupancy Standards - Time to Review Your Policy
Prepare to Defend
Reasonable Accomodation for Caregivers
Reasonable Modification and Accomodation
Responding to the Fair Housing Complaint
Wheeling and Dealing Within the Confines of the Fair Housing Act
Flipping Properties, Wholesaling - (41)
Are There Good Deals in a Hot Market?
5 Ways to Collect Cash When Buying No Money Down
Bubble, Schmubble - Flipping Works in Any Market
Building the Ultimate Wholesale Buyer's List
Can I Start With No Money or Credit? Is Flipping Legal?
Can I Wholesale in a Small Town?
Do You Need a License to Flip Real Estate?
Finding and Working With A Good Real Estate Agent
Flipping Houses Ethics: What's Your Name Worth
Flipping is Illegal
Flipping Properties for Cash Profit
Flipping Versus Holding - Which is Better?
Getting Around The Non-assignability Clause!
Getting Wholesale Buyers In The Home
Hot Market House Flipping: Can You Still Find Deals?
How Do I Overcome Paralysis of Analysis?
How Should I Adjust For Changing Markets?
How to Cash in on the Wholesale Real Estate Market
If Flipping Property Is So Easy, Why Doesn’t Everyone Do It?
Illegal Flipping and Lender Seasoning
Instant Cash Wholesaling Houses!
Investing in Hot Markets
Is Flipping Homes Illegal?
It Takes Money to Make Money and Other Big Lies
Learn How to Generate Cash First!
Make Quick Cash Profits
Nine Steps to Quick Cash: The Anatomy of a Wholesale Flip
Quick Cash Profits with Split Funding
Seven Ways to Flip a Property
Strong Buyer’s List For Quick Cash!
Take The Guess Work Out Of Your Purchases
The Absolute Fastest Way To Stuff your Pockets With Cash!
The Not-So-Handy Man's Guide to Fixing and Flipping Properties
The Only Contingency You Will Ever Need
The Wonderful World of Wholesaling
What Do You Mean I Can’t Wholesale an REO?
What To Do When You Can’t Find a Buyer for Your Wholesale Deal
Wholesale Deals Are Relative To Your Area!
Wholesale Houses and QUIT Your Corporate Job
Wholesaling
Wholesaling Dilemma - Getting Your Buyer Into the House!
Foreclosures, Short Sales - (30)
10 Frequently Asked Short Sale Questions
7 Big Reasons To Invest In Pre-Foreclosures
A Review of the National Consumer Law Center
Bank Said No to Short Sale, Now What?
Building and Developing Your Buyers List
Buy A House - Get Thrown in Jail?
Buying at the Foreclosure Auction
Explaining Foreclosure Options to the Homeowner
Foreclosures Can Be A Good Thing Too
Frequently Asked Short Sale Questions
How to Influence the BPO
How to Negotiate a Successful Short Sale
Let's Get Started - Your First Phone Call From The Homeowner
Loss Mitigation: Friend or Foe
Making a Short Sale Counteroffer
Making Big $$$ In Pre-Foreclosure Using Direct Mail
Real Estate Agents: How to Get Short Sale Listings (Part 1)
Real Estate Owned (REO) Foreclosures and VA/HUD Properties
Scripting Common Objections from Foreclosure Sellers
Short Sale Exit Strategies: Exit Before You Enter
Short Sale Secrets
Should the Government Bail Out People in Foreclosure?
So, You Wanna Buy Pre-Foreclosures?
The Basics of “Short Sales”
The Hidden Secrets of a Real Estate Technician
The Rising Foreclosure Rate
The Ultimate Short Sale Technique!
What Is All The Fuss About Short Sales?
What You Need To Know About Short Payoff Sales
Why Banks Do Short Sales
Getting Started - (50)
60 Days To Your First Bargain Purchase
A Game Plan For Success Investing In Real Estate
Advice For New Investors
Are Real Estate Seminars Worth the Money?
Are You a Newbie at a Real Estate Club?
Are You Clear On What is a Good Deal
Assembling Your Buyer's Briefcase
Bad News Is Good News
Basics of the Real Estate Contract
Building a Pipeline to Wealth: The Cashflow Quadrant
Choosing Success
Creating A Mindset For Success In Real Estate Investing
Entrepreneurial Confidence
Essential Contract Clauses
Five Keys to Building Wealth
Get Up and Start Running
Getting Started
Getting Started as a Real Estate Entrepreneur
Getting Started in Real Estate Investing
Getting Started Right in Real Estate Investing
Growing Your Home Business
How Anyone Can Make $50,000 Per Deal In A High Priced Market
How Successful Can I Be?
How to Cherry Pick Great Deals from Your Desk
How to Create a Simple Real Estate Business Plan
How to Get Started Buying Homes With No Down Payment
How to Get Your First Deal Done
How to Make Creative Investing Work For You
How To Use The Internet To Perform Due Diligence On Real Property
Identify & Expand Your Comfort Zone
Lessons Learned During My Rookie Year
More Is Less
One-Minute Guide To Achieving Anything
Overcoming The “No Money” Pre-Offer Jitters
Real Estate Investment 101 - Building Face-to-Face Rapport With Your Seller
Real Estate Spark Plugs
Should I Go or Should I Stay?
Should I Quit My Day Job?
Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Investing in Real Estate
Starting your Real Estate Investing Career the Right Way
The Power Within
The Three Levels of Real Estate Investors
The Wrong Way to Invest in Real Estate
To Be Rich, Simply Stop Doing What Poor Folks Do
What Are You Really Afraid Of?
What I Wished I Knew When I Got Started Investing
What's Your Reason For Being In Real Estate?
Why Most Real Estate Investors Fail
Why You Should Use A Buyer's Agent
Your Plan of Action
Home Improvements - (1)
Your Own Home Improvement Outline
Home Inspections - (2)
How To Conduct A Thorough Pre-Buy Property Inspection
Property Disclosures: The Right To Know
Income Taxes - (10)
Daddy's Little Tax Deduction
Dealing with the Dealer Issue
Federal Income Tax 101
For Tax Purposes, What Is The Best Time To Buy My House?
Is the Only Way to Save on Your Taxes to Sleep With an IRS Agent?
Let Uncle Sam Pay for Your Family and Fasinations
Making Your Money Work For You at Tax Time
Mr. CPA, Can I Deduct a Pizza?
Reduce Taxes By Investing In Real Estate
You Dealing?
Landlording - (26)
Collecting Money Owed by a Tenant
Common Sense Mortgage Tips
Creating Long Term Income
Fair Housing Threat
Fixer Houses High Profits, Low Risk
Forms, Laws, and Hats Made Simple
How to Automate Your Collections
How to Deal with Prosective Tenants
How to Find Your Local Section 8 Public Housing Authority (PHA)
How to Get Your Renters to Think Like Home Buyers
How to Get Your Tenants to Stay For at Least Three Years
How To Reduce Your Risks And Limit Your Personal Liability As A Landlord
Inexpensive Repairs with
Landlording Skills Worth Big Bucks
Learn the Landlord-Tenant Rules!
Looking Inside Your Tenant's Mind
Market Conditions
Removing the Bad Apple Faster and Legally
Safety First!
Set Specific Cash Flow Objectives
Tenants Are Not Your Customers
The Latest in Lead Paint
The Three to Five Year Holding Plan
What Every Landlord Should Know About Discrimination
What to Do if a Tenant Abandons the Property
Why You Should Consider Buying Small Mismanaged Rental Properties
Motivated Sellers - (27)
10 Mistakes to Avoid When Analyzing a Deal
3 Divorce Strategies for Maximum Profits
7 Great Ways to Get Sellers to Call You
Beware Of Potential Scams
Forbearing For Motivated Sellers
Get All Fired Up For Motivated Sellers!
How to Build Long Term Security
How to Find and Close Your Next Deal in 72 Hours or Less
How to Find MLS Deals
How to Find Motivated Sellers
How to Find Motivated Sellers Now
How to Find the Motivated Sellers (Part 1)
How to Find the Motivated Sellers (Part 2)
How to Get Motivated Sellers to Call You
If I Could, Would You?
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: 15 Questions to ID a Motivated Seller Fast
Making Money With Out Of State Owners
Mold Your Way To Motivated Sellers
Motivated Sellers Before The Tax Sale
Multiple Streams of Motivated Sellers
One Tried and True Method To Get Motivated Sellers Calling You Today!
Prescreen the Seller!
Process Servers: Your Hottest Ticket for Finding Motivated Sellers
The Motivated Seller and the NARS Pactrust
Triple Your Real Estate Profits!
What Is A Motivated Seller?
When to Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Negotiating - (41)
Ask for More Than You Expect To Get
Ask Questions and Make Money
Basic Principles Make You a Smarter Negotiator
Be a Smarter Negotiator: Five Basic Principles
Bracketing Your Objective
Five Tips for Successful Negotiating
Good Guy vs. Bad Guy
How Time Pressure Affects the Outcome of a Negotiation
How to Get Sellers to Deed You Their House
How to Get Sellers to Say
How To Negotiate Counter Offers
How to Negotiate When the Other Person Tells You That They Don't Have the Authority to Decide
How to Stop People from Grinding on You in Negotiations
It's Time to Get the Deal in Writing
Learn to Play the Reluctant Seller When You're Negotiating
Magic Words That Make Millions
Maximize Your Efficiency! Screen Those Seller Calls!
Negotiating and Sales Skills Are Critical
Negotiating Like a Pro
Negotiating: Selling the Seller…
Never Lower the Price of a House Again!
Never Make a Concession Unless You Ask for Something in Return
Nibble for More at the End
Real Estate Negotiation - When It All Falls Apart
Setting the Climate for a Non-Confrontational Negotiation
The Importance of Gathering Information
The Key to Success
The Two Most Powerful Words In Any Negotiation
The Value of a Service Goes Down Quickly
To be a Better Bargainer, Bracket Your Objective
To Be a More Powerful Negotiator Never Say Yes to the First Offer
To Get a Better Deal, Learn How to Use the Vise Gambit
To Win in Negotiations, Learn How to Taper Concessions
Two Unique Opportunities For Great Deals
Unethical Negotiating Gambits and How to Protect Yourself Against Them
Want to Get More at the Bargaining Table?
What to Do When It's Time to Get It in Writing
When Negotiations Stall, Position the Other Side for Easy Acceptance
When You're Negotiating, Money Isn't As Important as You Think
Why it's a Mistake to Offer to Split the Difference
Writing Offers That Get Accepted
Rehabbing - (26)
10 Questions To Ask A Remodeling Contractor
11 Secrets To Choosing A Remodeling Contractor
8 Biggest Rehabbing Mistakes (Part 1)
8 Biggest Rehabbing Mistakes (Part 2)
A Good Contractor
Complete Home Rehab in 10 Days
Creating Wealth Rehabbing Property
Do You Want To Sell Your Rehab Fast?
Fixer-Uppers: A Smarter Way to Invest in Real Estate
Get a Home Warranty When You Buy Residential Property
Giving Old Kitchens and Bathrooms an Inexpensive Facelift
Hiring a Contractor
How Much Does a Renovation Cost, Anyway?
How To Prevent Yourself From Getting
How to Rehab Homes for Resale
Money In Mold
Prehabbing for Big Cash in Hot Markets
Proper Handling of Contractors
Rehab Scheduling Part I
Rehab Scheduling Part II
Rehabbing a House From Start to Finish
The Gut Rehab
The Professional Investors Plan
What Is A Bargain Worth
What is a Fixer Upper?
Why You Shouldn't Do All The Renovation Work Yourself
Selling Property - (11)
10 Inexpensive Ways to Spruce Up Your Rental or Rehab Property
10 Tips for Adding Curb Appeal
12 Ways to Lose a Sale
Directionals Move Properties
How To Fix Up Properties For Maximum Curb Appeal And Resale Value
How to Sell or Occupy Your Empty Houses Fast (Part 1)
How to Sell or Occupy Your Empty Houses Fast (Part 2)
How to Sell Your Properties Using Lease Options
Never Reduce Your Sales Price! Increase Your Content!
Selling Houses Fast
Selling Houses Fast (Part 2)
Tax Liens, Tax Sales - (7)
Tax Foreclosure Sales in Texas - Updates To Texas Law!
Tax Lien Investing: Everything You Wanted To Know About Tax Lien Purchases
Tax Liens and Tax Deeds - Some Basics for Your Success
Tax Sales, Tax Certificates, Tax Deeds: Due Diligence Matters!