Thanks to REI... Living the Dream in Central America

[Jackie Lange]

Between 1980 and 1982 my whole life changed. That's when my son and daughter were born. I made the decision to quit my long distance operator job so I could stay home to raise my children. Luckily, I had a husband that was very supportive of my decision.

But, as the years went by, I realized that my whole life and livelihood for me and my children were completely dependent on my husband. With national statistics proving that 50% of all marriages end in divorce I knew that I needed to do something to create income of my own...just in case.

After being out of the workforce for 12 years, my employment prospects looked bleak. So I knew I would have to find a way to be my own boss if I wanted to make the kind of money I would need to support me and my children.

I looked in to all kinds of work at home opportunities. The only one I found that would create the kind of income that I wanted to make was real estate. Instead of working 40 hours a week, I could make the same kind of income working just a few hours a week with real state.

Real estate investing offered flexible hours and an unlimited income potential. After reading a few books in the library and studying a few courses, I started my quest to make money with real estate investing. From that point it only took me 3 weeks to cash my first check for $8,000.

I was totally hooked.

In Dallas Texas I did 40 wholesale deals my first year, then moved on to rehabs, subject to deals, buying with seller financing, lease options, highest bidder sales and my favorite ... package deals ( where I'd buy 20-50-100 houses at a time).

Create Your Own Economy

Now, I’ve been successfully buying, selling, leasing and investing in real estate for more than 18 YEARS and have created a "not so small" fortune from real estate. I've bought anything from a $400 mobile home to a $20 million dollar mansion to an 18,000 acre ranch and everything in between! I did this all with no college education (heck, I did good to make it through high school) so don't worry, you don't need a PHD or years of training to make the kind of money many doctors dream about!

It does not matter what's happening with the economy. There are always opportunities to make money with real estate and people will always need a house to live in. What's happening on Wall Street or with the government does not affect me. I've created my own economy and financial security. You can too!!

When I first got started I created a simple web site (www.SellYourHousein7Days) to help generate leads and for credibility. I thought sellers would take me more seriously if I had a web site on my business card.

A New Industry Is Born

Little did I know that the little web site would create a whole new business opportunity. The site was generating leads from all over the world. I was spending way too much time trying to find investors who could work the leads so I decided I needed to come up with a way to automatically distribute the leads and turn it in to a profit center too.

In 2000, I created the very first national house buying organization - The Extreme Success Group. Each member has a license for an exclusive use of 14 lead generating web sites, marketing materials, television commercials, answering service and more. Now I have Extreme Success Group offices WORLDWIDE. I've helped members of my team achieve tremendous success quickly !

That was the same year I met Jack Miller. The most brilliant investor I ever knew. But if you didn't attend his seminars, you could not learn from him. It took 3 years, but I finally talked him in to letting me put his information online. Now I bought out all his family and have an exclusive on all his information.

I've also been a student of marketing, especially internet marketing, throughout my real estate investing career.

You can know 100 ways to buy a house, but if you can't get any leads, you'll never have the chance to use the techniques.

Looking back, I can't imagine where I would be in I had not discovered how to make money with real estate. It is the quickest and easiest way to make a lot of money fast.

I love to travel and moved to Central America (Panama) where I'm still involved in real estate investing...but don't work as hard. The economy is booming here and there is much opportunity plus it's SO MUCH easier to do business in Panama than the USA.

Totally by accident, I also started a tour company in Panama to assist people who are considering relocating here.

Even if you don't make a full time business out of it, just a few deals a year can keep you completely out of debt. Real estate can provide monthly cash flow, wealth accumulation, and tax savings noT available with any other type of business.