WARNING! If you really want to buy a house in 2010, you may not have much time left! With the 2007-2009 recession fading into history, buyers are returning to the real estate…
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Top 5 Benefits of Hard Money Loans
Hard money loans refer to financing provided by non-institutional lenders. There are many hard money lenders that offer fast financing at attractive interest rates. As a borrower, you’ll need to do a…
Lessons from the 2017 Hurricane Season: Do You Have Flood Insurance?
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season took less than a month to become one of the worst in recorded history. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southeast Texas on August 25 as a Category…
Car Wash Marketing and Customer Retention: Back to Basics
Creating marketing and promotions that work is a huge challenge for car wash owners and operators. The fundamental problem that many car washes run into is that they will never generate the…
How to become a successful real estate investor
Many people dream of becoming a real estate investor, but not everyone has what it takes. If you dream of becoming an investor, here are several important questions to consider, long before…
The Sales Theory of Relativity: ABC = Always Closing!
Albert Einstein’s famous “Theory of Relativity” (e=mc2) is as familiar to many millions of people as a popular modern commercial limerick for a soft drink or a jingle for a chocolate bar….
Real Estate Mortgage – Seven Important Questions
When looking for a real estate mortgage, many questions arise. Advice from friends and family is often confusing and misleading. There are a lot of rumors and old wives’ tales about real…
Benefits of a car organizer
It seems that more and more, people practically live in their cars. Between long commutes, commutes to and from soccer, and running errands, people spend a good portion of their waking hours…
Owning rental properties: positives and negatives
Many people look at those who own and / or operate investment / rental properties and wonder, wouldn’t it be great to do it themselves? While some individuals and properties make a…
Real Estate and AMT: Rental or Investment Property
The Alternative Minimum Tax is a very important consideration for taxpayers who own real estate because almost all the tax rules that apply to real estate are different for the AMT than…