The 7 Keys to Creative Real Estate Success

By A.D. Kessler 

KEY #1: FIRE IN THE BELLY

The extent of most people’s burning desire is to have accomplished their dream. Like the one who wants to have written a best selling book, however it has always been too much trouble to sit down and actually write it.   

10 Tips for Surviving and Prospering in a Down Market

By John Schaub 

Part 1
In pilot training you learn not to panic when something goes wrong. If the plane is still flying, most of the time you can salvage the situation and make a safe landing, if you don’t panic.

The Boom Has Ended

By Bruce Norris
 

“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” Harry Truman. Real estate  cycles are as old as the dirt our houses sit on. For those of you who believed that real estate was impervious to a downturn due to “things were different this time”, welcome to the party!

Real Estate Roundtable #310:

How to Avoid 7 Deadly Real Estate Traps

with Scott Britton 

Negative Cash Flow Busters

By Steve Dexter 

Maximum negative cash flows are in store for those who did not closely check the numbers that the seller’s agent told them. The worst I heard was one investor who had a whopping $40,000 dollars a month negative cash flow although most investors stop their out of state property buying binge after they hit $4,000 to $5,000 a month negative  cash flow although  most investors stop their out of state property buying binge after they hit $4,000 to $5,000 a month negative cash flow.

How Sharing Revolving Debt Can Save Investors Thousands  

By Alan Rosenthal 

The two largest components in a FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation, the score brokers use) credit score are Past Delinquencies (35%) and the Revolving Debt Ratio (30%). Last month, we learned how delinquencies can significantly lower a credit score and to what degree. Moving on to the revolving debt ratio, we will discover how we can use credit cards to share debt and boost our scores.