I just published a new article over on BiggerPockets called “All Real Estate Investors NEED to Have This Document… Do You?“. In the article I describe how to differentiate a cheap property from a good deal. I also got to take a few shots at the great Josh Dorkin, which is always fun. This post …
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I just published a new blog over at BiggerPockets regarding using free tools from Google to systematize your business. I explain some of the free tools from Google and show an example of using these tools to implement a common process flow for a real estate investor. If you have a business, invest in real estate …
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“Anyone can buy a house, but only a select few can create and grow a business.” -Tom Sylvester If you are interested in real estate investing, this blog was written specifically for you. I have seen far too many people spend far too much money getting trained on real estate investing (I did – see …
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My wife was always big on “todo lists”. She had lots of them and swore by them. So when I first arrived at the point when I could no longer track everything that I needed to do in my head, I started using post it notes for my todo lists. It was not long …
Edit: There is an updated version of this article and spreadsheet over on our Serial Startups website. There is a common saying among real estate investors, “Review 100 deals, make offers on 10, purchase 1.” When I first began investing in real estate, I could not see how this could possibly be true. Who really …
First off, I apologize to all of my college professors. I have spent 7+ years taking college classes at 3 different colleges and I have enjoyed every minute of it. In fact, I plan to take more classes in the future and wish I could constantly take classes. Unfortunate I am currently short on both …
I am a very busy person (as I am sure most people are). As a result, I am constantly looking for ways to reduce the time I spend on things I need to do so that I can spend more time on things that I want to do (such as family time with my wife …
On many projects, the question I many times hear is “how much time have you spent?” Time tracking systems are often created to track time spent. This seems logical and often times people do not think twice about it, but it is one of the leading factors contributing to late projects. Let’s look at an …
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Warning: Even though this book has a great message regarding change, please do not try to explain it to your friends. They will look at you funny and probably lose faith in anything that you say in the future. Instead, just let them borrow your copy and spend 30 minutes to read it for themselves. …
One of the challenges that I have faced in both my professional and entrepreneurial career is that I am young and therefore others perceive that I lack the experience that others who are older than myself have. I recently read “The Power of Starting Something Stupid” by Richie Norton (full review to come soon) and …