How to Make an Owner Financing Offer to a Burned Out Landlord Part 1
Wednesday, July 06
How to Make an Owner Financing Offer to a Burned Out Landlord Part 1This has to be one of my favorite techniques for buying property with no money in the deal. Finding burned out landlords is the hard part, and it is not all that hard. You can find them in a number of ways. You can call the “...
Tips on finding a good mentor, or how to avoid being ripped off
Tuesday, July 05
Tips on finding a good mentor.Let’s start off with this confession. I have mentored hundreds of people, although it is not even part of my core business. At one time I was a mentor for a major national guru and it cost $10,000 to speak with me for 30 minutes per week for 6 months. I could have...
The Art of Decision Making – fighting off analysis paralysis.
Monday, July 04
The Art of Decision Making – fighting off analysis paralysis.Time and time again, I run into students who simply can’t make a decision. At my weekly mentor sessions I have a table full of engineers, IT professionals, and the occasional lawyer, who, by training, are programmed to overanalyze every...
Don't Believe the Hype - The Age of the Fake Guru
Sunday, July 03
Don’t Believe the Hype - the age of the fake guru.Let me preface this post with a little about me. I run my local REIA club, and I get a lot of questions about this guru and that guru. I know many of these people personally. I was recently having dinner with one of the best known real estate g...
Selling on owner financing (good vs evil)
Thursday, March 10
I was at a charity event last night. In Pittsburgh we even use real estate education to raise money for good causes. My friend Joe was on the stage speaking about owner financing and the evils that he sees in that technique. I was aghast. This is exactly 180 degrees from my view of the same ...
Finding Leads At a Home Show.
Tuesday, January 26
I love marketing for deals and I am pretty darn good at it. This past weekend I tried a new method of finding motivated sellers. I set up a booth at a trade show. I did this sort of accidentally. I was at the Pittsburgh Renovation Expo to promote my company that does kitchen and bath refinishin...