Upside of a Down Market -- Cleaning REO/Foreclosed Houses

It's not ALL doom and gloom out there! Here's how to make lemonade from the vast quantities of lemons out there!

From Bust to Broom: Foreclosure cleanups bustling - Yahoo! Finance

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Get More Clients Than You Can Handle!

OK, I have to share this one...

Recently, on one of the forums I frequent, I saw a post about this ebook. While I don't often buy books sight unseen, I thought this one was just too cheap and the potential too vast to pass up.

While the title, Offline Goldmine, is kinda cheesy, it is packed with good information about building a business. The author is very matter of fact, very practical, and very down to earth. Here's a snippet:

Here's your first big secret to consulting. You must resolve yourself to the understanding that your main function is to actually help people. Sure, the money is great but it won't last long unless you adapt the "I'm here to help" rule.

To me, that is as golden as rules get.

But David Preston, the author, doesn't stop there. He offers page after page of very cogent advice. I highly recommend this book.

I should add, this being a blog about real estate and all, that while the book focuses on applying online marketing knowledge to an offline consulting practice, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY IT APPLIES TO REAL ESTATE INVESTING!

I wouldn't be surprised if you, as a reader of this blog, know more about marketing online than fully 99% of the people in the real estate world -- including realtors, mortgage lenders, and especially contractors and your every day part-time real estate investors!

Talk about a WIDE OPEN MARKET!

Get it here -- Offline Goldmine

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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Hey, John, Here's Why!

A friend of mine asked the other day, "Why in the WORLD! would I want to use something like Twitter!?"

Well, John, these 8 Reasons To Get on Twitter Today probably don't apply to YOU, but for the mere mortals among us still trying to make our FIRST million in real estate, here's a good summary:

8 Essential Reasons Why You Should Join Twitter for Marketing Your Real Estate Business


For example,

 "Most likely everyone you want to get connected with already is on Twitter. Whether you want to get better connected with your customers, business

partners or network and make new connections, Twitter is the place to do it."

Check it out!

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This Could Be Interesting

Just stumbled across this and thought it might be interesting to follow. A real estate investing "guru" is going to post step-by-step how he will find a motivated seller and buy himself a piece of property:

"I’ve decided for the New Year I want to move. And, I’m going to detail step-by-step everything I do to purchase my new place. So for those of you who still haven’t done a deal, ...I’m going to show you how easy it is."

Follow along with me here:

The Most In-Depth Case Study Ever!


Toodles!

Cass

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