(from Leading an Inspired Life)
If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent. What’s important in leadership is refining [...]
Yearly Archives: 2009
The Great Leadership Challenge
November 1, 2009 – 5:31 pm
Landlords Should Consider Settling Tenant Debt
November 1, 2009 – 5:28 pm
Some of my most uncomfortable moments have come when talking to landlords about considering settlement offers. Often, the landlord is so emotional about the debt he or she is owed that settling is not an option.
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After 12 years of reviewing tenant debt accounts, I can tell you with certainty that landlords who seriously consider settlement [...]
Investing in Real Estate Why Soft Markets are GREAT Markets
November 1, 2009 – 5:26 pm
Investing in real estate has changed in many markets in our country. If you are like me, you live in a real estate market that has gone soft. There are still some areas in the country where homes are appreciating nicely, but nothing like it was just a year or two ago. There were a lot of self-proclaimed [...]
Is the FDIC Killing Short Sales?
November 1, 2009 – 5:24 pm
Foreclosure expert Alexis McGee of ForeclosureS.com recently blogged about this story from a client and had to make sure you read it. She is blogging daily, so you need to be reading! With up-to-the minute, invaluable timely news information right at your fingertips. Alexis writes what is really happening in the housing and foreclosure markets, [...]
Common Investor Mistakes
November 1, 2009 – 5:22 pm
You can’t expect to reduce your risk of getting sued to zero, but you can take steps to reduce your risk as much as possible. In any situation where your money is at risk, ask yourself, “Is there a better way?” Know the legal and financial risks of the situations in which you place yourself, [...]
How to Avoid the IRS Hit List
November 1, 2009 – 5:20 pm
The tax proposals from both the federal side and all the states are still coming fast and furious. Right now, the most significant changes could very well be coming from your home state, or any state in which you have customers or clients. In fact, if you ever give talks or seminars – look out! [...]
Now The Real Work Starts
November 1, 2009 – 5:17 pm
As my family celebrates our oldest child’s 15th birthday on October 9th a fitting analogy to foreclosure investing pops to mind. If we all keep this fundamental truth close to our hearts we will stand a much better chance of enjoying flourishing businesses in this exciting and dynamic field.
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During my wife’s first pregnancy all of our [...]
Five Successful Foreclosure Negotiating Principles
November 1, 2009 – 5:10 pm
As a real estate investor and reformed realtor since 1986, I have found the “key ingredient” to a successful deal is how you conduct yourself during the negotiations. It is the make or break part of this business that you as an investor must master quickly if you want to complete even one discounted foreclosure [...]
Home Inspections Are Key Part of Real Estate Deal
November 1, 2009 – 12:18 pm
With their wet shoes, dirty jeans and sweat dripping down their faces, home inspectors can be called the grunts of the real estate industry.
Home inspectors climb on roofs and squeeze into attics as part of a process that lets buyers and sellers know which repairs are needed on a house for sale. Inspectors help determine [...]
12 Ways to Have a Great Relationship with Your Mentor
October 1, 2009 – 5:49 pm
Your ability to choose your mentors, in written form, on audio and video, and live at seminars, or even better, in person, can be the most important thing you do with your life. Here’s some advice on how to build better and more successful mentor-mentee relationships.
Number One: Set clear goals for yourself in every [...]
