Everyone's heard of social media, right? Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. It seems like everyone and their stray dog has a Facebook page or is tweeting their head off, but is it right for your business? The reality is this. There's no sense in diving head first into...
7 Ways to Network Your Career Effectively
Hate it or love it, there's no denying the fact that networking your real estate career is critical. What is networking? A hundred people might define the term a hundred different ways but here's one way to look at it. Networking are the sorts of “unofficial” things...
Top 5 Self Directed IRA Questions
The topic of self directed IRA accounts seems to be shrouded in secrecy to the average investor, an unfortunate state of affairs given the incredible profit potential inherent in this method of investing. Did you even know you can open a self directed IRA? Well, you...
Did Warren Buffett REALLY Say That?
Don't know if you caught Warren Buffett's recent interview on CNBC but in it the world's most famous stock guru spoke of the investment opportunities currently available in single family residential properties. Did he just say “single family residential” properties?...
5 Surefire Signs You Should Not Buy the House
We are often surprised at how perfectly intelligent, reasonable house buyers are able to overlook screaming red flags when the pressure builds to sign on the dotted line. Seriously people. Before you ever pick up the pen, take a step back and look around. Is your gut...
The Tricky Part About Mortgage Modifications…
Though the mainstream media has mostly moved on from their daily obsession with the foreclosure housing crisis, those on the front line (such as real estate and mortgage professionals) are all too aware that the Monster that Ate the American Dream is still crunching...
Save Your Clients From These Real Estate Mistakes
Part of your job as a real estate professional is to help clients keep from stepping in a big, steaming pile of manure. You're the pro. They're the amateur. Don't keep all your hard won knowledge to yourself. Below is an incomplete list of the kinds of issues that...
Savings vs. Investing for Your Financial Future
One of the most common questions likely heard as a real estate professional comes from concerned clients trying to decide if they should focus their efforts on saving or investing. It’s a natural question but it’s your duty to let them know that they should rephrase the question – the concept of saving for the future, at least as defined by past generations, is a quaint concept with little meaning in the modern financial world.
The European Debt Crisis Affects You
What exactly is the problem with the European debt crisis and how does it affect you here in the good, old United States of America? Isn’t that just some sort of boring, Old World problem that doesn’t have anything to do with the rest of us? Not exactly. Today’s world is much too interconnected for one financial system to crash without everyone else feeling it like a punch in the solar plexus. So we have Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke joining with European Central Banks to “infuse liquidity” into the volatile situation. Big mistake.
Ignore the Housing Market and Grow Wealthy
As a real estate agent, one of the first things you should do is learn to ignore all those housing market reports that come out so frequently. This might seem like silly advice but consider this. The housing market is like the weather and if you live in Orlando, Florida, do you really care what is happening in Fargo, South Dakota? Unless your granny lives there, the answer is probably “no.” If the weatherman came on and reported that the average temperature in the United States today is 65 degrees, does that help at all? Probably not.