| How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 5 |
| How To Raise Your Fees
There comes a time when it is inevitable that you must raise your fees in order to maintain both your... |
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| The Real Estate Bubble Fallacy |
| There has been a lot of talk lately about the "Real Estate Bubble", and a lot of folks are asking the question: "When it is goin... |
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| The Many Ways To Profit From O.P.P.'s Multiple Cash Streams |
| In a previous article we introduced you to the concept of O.P.P., or Other People's Property.
In that article we asked you w... |
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| Student Home Purchase Plan |
| Tuition costs are climbing, housing costs are climbing, it seems like all the costs for students are climbing these days. Studen... |
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| Selling Your Home In The Winter |
| In many parts of the country, selling a home during the winter months can be a challenge. Dreary, cold weather and the end-of-th... |
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| Real Estate Remains A Strong Investment |
| Opportunities to make big, quick profits in residential real estate tend to come and go in cycles. When a local market is hot, f... |
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| How to Get the Best Price for Your House |
| The best price to sell your home is always determined by how you compare against your competition, the house down the street. If... |
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| Real Estate Auction Action - Buying A Home At Auction |
| Due in part to the popularity of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s home auction program, more potent... |
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| How To Improve Your Negotiating Skills |
| Negotiation will be an important area for every homebased business owner, especially in lease purchasing. Whether you're dealing... |
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| Negotiating the Real Estate Contract |
| Negotiation is the process of communication back and forth in order to reach a joint agreement. There is no "one size fits all" ... |
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| Moving On: Powerful Tips For Selling Your Home |
| Maybe you're moving to a larger home to accommodate a growing family, relocating for a new career opportunity, or purchasing a t... |
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| More Business for Sellers, Builders |
| Many of us thought that by now the real estate market’s favor would have swung from buyers to sellers, but that does not appear ... |
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| How to Research and Purchase a Good Investment Property |
| How to Research and Purchase a Good Investment Property
How much do you really know about investment property? Accurate rese... |
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| Look Past the Bottom Line for a Property's Potential |
| It’s unfortunate that many real estate investors tend to look at the bottom line when deliberating about a property, rather than... |
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| How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 4 |
| Effect Of Bad Debts
So far, we have covered the major factors involved in setting your fee structure. We have set a realisti... |
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| How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 3 |
| Effect of Benefits
We have previously examined realistic billable hours and the effect of business expenses on your hourly r... |
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| How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 2 |
| Effect of Expenses
The last article examined how to calculate your realistic billable hours. If you remember, we arrived at ... |
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| Timing Is Everything When It Comes To Buying Homes |
| The old adage that “timing is everything” especially applies to buying a new home. And trying to be at the right house at the ri... |
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| How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 1 |
| We all know there are 52 weeks in a year and 40 working hours in a week. Therefore, we can bill 2080 hours per year, right. Wron... |
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| Disaster Decision - Do You Need Insurance? |
| The expenses involved with owning a home can be overwhelming at times - routine maintenance, repairs, seasonal preparations, imp... |
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| Real Estate Bankruptcy |
| Although real estate bankruptcy cases no longer dominate the bankruptcy courts' dockets as they did in the early nineties, but t... |
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| Don't Overpay for a House, Even in Today's Market |
| If there's one thing American investors love, it's an over-inflated market. Which is why they keep buying houses and new ones ke... |
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| How To Spot A Good Buy |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, particularly when it comes to buying a home. Features that attract one home-buyer may repe... |
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| How To Simplify Your Real Estate Buying/Selling Experience |
| Today’s real estate consumer has a lot to consider during the sale or purchase of a home. Be it waiting for the right buyer/sell... |
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| How To Determine The Price Of Your Home |
| Why is it that some homes sit on the market for a year while others sell like hot cakes? Frustrated sellers will blame a bad mar... |
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| How to Prepare Yourself for Owning a Dual Purpose Second Home |
| If you are thinking about buying a second home, you are not alone. A 1995 survey by the American Resort Development Association ... |
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| Top Ten Suggestions for Selecting a Real Estate Agent |
| In order to find a real estate broker or agent who meets your needs and makes your buying or selling experience a positive one, ... |
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| How To Get Sellers To Call And Beg You To Take Their Property! |
| I'm going to give you the *basic* steps in my $0 Down Real Estate Investing Program. I outline the program in *detail* in my 324... |
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| How to Build a Real Estate Investing Power Team |
| As you continue to read about real estate investing, you will no doubt come across the term 'power team'. What is this 'power te... |
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| How Long Your Mortgage Runs Determines How Much You Pay |
| The first thing most of us think about when the time comes to take out a mortgage on a new home is the interest rate.
That’s... |
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| How Do I Implement The Lease Purchase Plan? |
| Well, as we have discussed in previous newsletters first you have to set up goals for yourself, both long term and short term. D... |
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| How Do I Bring Consulting Into My Lease Purchase Business |
| As you are making your cold calls on property, you will run into sellers that are having a hard time selling, however, the |
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| Hassle-Free Homebuying |
| Perhaps you’d like to take advantage of today’s great real estate market in housing but feel a little intimidated by everything ... |
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| Flat Fee MLS Listings - Is this the future of real estate |
| Realtors are all a buzz about this new form of listing houses on the MLS (multiple listing service). Some feel it creates more w... |
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| Finding A Capable Agent To Meet Your Real Estate Needs |
| Whether you’re a first-time buyer, selling your current home or relocating to a different part of the country, the support of a ... |
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| Comparing The True Cost Of Obtaining A Home Loan |
| Home buyers are often confused about where to begin in their search for a home loan. The process is usually narrowed down to fin... |
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| Business Tax Loophole Leasing Assets To Your Corporation |
| While there are many equally valid reasons to incorporate, saving money on taxes is a consideration that can yield relatively im... |
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| Be a Realtor with Curb Appeal |
| Are you a realtor with curb appeal or are you more of a fixer-upper needful of updating?
How you present yourself to colleag... |
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| Best LongTerm Investment In Today's Market |
| The stock market is very unstable at this time going up and down while interest rates are so low you want to be a borrower and n... |
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| 5% Down Vs. 10% Down - A Comparison |
| It has always been an issue for home buyers to save their down payment. Many people, on advice from various people wait to save ... |
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| A Singles Game of Real Estate |
| This discussion leans toward answering questions asked most often by our youthful men and women in there early twenties. They of... |
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| Buying New Construction...How Do I Begin? |
| The prospect of shopping for a new construction residence can be quite daunting, but the rewards of owning a brand new home out-... |
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| Vacation Homes Are Becoming A Reality For More Homeowners |
| Whether it’s a lakefront cottage or a log cabin in the woods, a vacation home often seems to be a dream that only the wealthy ca... |
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| What’s Your Style? A Guide to America’s Most Common Home Styles |
| Styles of houses vary across the country. From the New England Cape Cod to the Victorians of San Francisco, the choices are almo... |
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| Understanding Real Estate Terminology |
| Purchasing a home can be a complicated and confusing process, especially for first-time buyers. Throughout the process, first-ti... |
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| What To Expect In Closing Costs On A Home Purchase |
| Many are taking advantage of this year’s low mortgage rates to purchase a home. Pent up with excitement, many families, who have... |
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| Directionals Move Properties |
| One of the most effective and frequently overlooked methods of filling or selling a property is the use of directional arrow sig... |
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| According To Sellers, Silence Isn'T Always 'Golden’ |
| When trying to sell a home, silence isn't always golden especially when you're expecting your real estate agent to call. In fact... |
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| Adjustable Rate Mortgages Offer Alternatives For Home Buyers |
| When looking for a mortgage to meet your needs, consider these key questions: Is your income expected to increase in the coming ... |
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| Attention To Details Helps Homeowners Sell Fast In A Buyers Market |
| Your boss has just given you the career opportunity of a lifetime, but the job is in another state.
Soon you discover that m... |
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| Avoiding A Bad Investment Is Easier Than You Might Think |
| The good news is that the danger of getting stuck with a lemon of a house is one of the most easily avoided dangers in the whole... |
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| A Few Easy Ways To Take The Headache Out Of Moving |
| Moving from one house to another is always a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Here are some simple tips on how ... |
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| A Real Estate Investing Primer |
| There are a great many books and web sites devoted to real estate investing out there, but most of them concentrate on one speci... |
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| A Remedial Course in Investing |
| Or, How We Discovered the Real Y2K
By Carol Clark
(ARA) - Was it really just a year ago that we were all running around ... |
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| No Business Is Safe from Environmental Disaster |
| Protect Your Assets and Future with Pollution Liability Insurance
(ARA) - Fears that the environment will suffer under the R... |
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