While we’re not silly enough to make the claim that absolutely every real estate professional should make creating a corporation his or first order of business, here’s a word (or more accurately, a sentence) to the wise. Create a corporation! While there can be...
Hail Wall Street! The Modern American Mafia…
“Wall Street is the modern version of organized crime.” ~ Jason Hartman It turns out that the above quote from income property expert and AIPIS founder, Jason Hartman, was right on the money. Jason’s been saying it for years and, with the court case United States of...
Taxes and Inflation Scare Investors
Part of your job as a real estate professional is to calm the rational (and irrational) fears of clients. Buying an investment property is a big expense for almost anyone and you can’t be too harsh on them for needing a bit of handholding and education. Even if they...
What Maslow Can Teach Us About Real Estate Investing?
Without getting too psychological, let’s take a quick refresher course in what is known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Described in a 1943 paper written by Abraham Maslow and titled “A Theory of Human Motivation,” this hierarchy can be invaluable information for real...
Barter Kings Teach Us About Negotiation
Real estate professionals, if you haven’t watched the A&E show Barter Kings, it might be worth your while to drop in for an episode or two. The premise is simple. Two guys start out with a nearly worthless item and, through a series of trades with anyone they can...
Mortgage Fraud Rises in Housing Industry
If there’s one constant with human nature, it’s that predators will rise to prey on the weakest and most vulnerable. This describes perfectly the present increase in mortgage fraud, which comes at a time when the housing market finds itself still shaken by the...
Choosing the Right Time to Sell Your Investment Property
To sell or not to sell? This is one of the age-old questions of investment real estate, and finding the right time to sell your property can be an agonizing decision. After all, choosing when to sell an investment property can be just as important to your success in...
Building Relationships, Building Success
We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s not about what you know, but who you know.” In today’s economy, networking has never been a more essential part of the business model and is, in many ways, the most important component when it comes to closing deals. Real estate is no...
You Don’t Need Banks to Invest in Real Estate
While banks continue to be a real estate investor’s prime source of OPM (Other Peoples’ Money), don’t forget that there are other options. Why wouldn’t you want to use a bank? One reason we can think of off the top of our head is the present state of down payments. It...
10 Things Every Investor Should Know
As AIPS founder, Jason Hartman, made the transition from real estate agent to real estate educator (more than a few years ago), he realized that people tend to do better remembering ideas when they’re numbered and presented in short, snappy sound bites. About the same...