The reason that they are smiling is that they are all getting a piece of the pie, and you are the pie!

Part of this was because I†trusted†him enough to follow through with the contract, which would end next year, but the other half was that I didn’t expect this to happen underneath my own ears.

When talking with realtors about staging my empty rental, none approved much staging, a few said no to all staging, a few thought a few pieces would be good, while others disagreed, saying that a few pieces would do more harm than good.

There's less competition on the garbage properties, and the banks seem to be more eager to get these pieces of crap off of their books.

Let me first give you this tiny piece of advice for Beginners that I give to everyone here at BiggerPockets who ever asks for Beginner's Advice:Set up your SIGNATURE - FIRST!

No two prospects are the same therefore you'll want to mix up your marketing pieces; yellow letter, zip letter, and text postcard and track your results.Let me know if you need any more help.

Still wet behind the ears" Mike in Minnesota :)

If I can write a piece of software that eliminates some office function (e.g., loan underwriting) or a robot that does a job formerly performed by a person, I can make a lot of money.  

Luckily for me I stumbled across this delicious little piece of terror called the Dodd-Frank Act, and dabbled in the areas that relate to owner-financing.

First piece of advice is listen to ALL the podcasts and attend Brandon's webinars.