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  • Cash Opens Doors

                Cash opens doors which are not available to investors which depend on securing a loan to purchase a property. This for several reasons is a true statement, but a word to the wise they say is sufficient. Be careful the door your open does not lead to ruin. Linding institutions are not in business…

  • Making Your Offer as Strong as Possible

    The saying, “Cash is king.” Has stood the test of time, yet many real estate investors do not comprehend why. As an investor you may think that your cash makes you king. But the person who has the ability to walk away has control. In order to understand why cash is king you have to…

  • The Strategy of ROI Method

                The ROI method offers a helpful strategy for producing wealth. Wealth is not riches, in spite of what the dictionary says, because riches cause you to continue to do to accumulate. Wealth on the other hand is money you’ll receive even if you don’t do a thing. I am not saying that to accumulate…

  • Integrity

     Integrity is a word that we don’t hear very often. Perhaps those who say it most are trying to cover the fact that they have forfeited theirs. Yet the fact remains that to be a successful real estate investor, you must have integrity. The poet John Donne said, “No man is an island,” which also holds true in real estate investing.…

  • Using Math to Overcome the Fear of Acting

                  One troubling reason preventing someone from accumulating wealth through real estate investing is the fear of making mistakes. This fear causes potential investors to remain by-sitters, watching others as they succeed and fail. Not all real estate investors find the path to wealth. It is also true that not all real estate investors lose…

  • Helpful Hints # 3

    This hint might have you go back and look at some of my previous blogs, for I have written on the various methods used to appraise properties in the past. Because of this fact I’ll not gives example of how they work these methods; however, I will tell you which method you may wish to…

  • Helpful Hint # 2

    The After Rehabilitating Value (ARV) is something each investor needs to calculate before purchasing any property. This calculation is important because when you use it with the 1 percent hint you know what you’ll be renting the property for. However, this calculation should also help you in determining what the maximum is that you could…

  • 1 Percent Hint for Hunting Houses

                There is nothing new to be learned to adapt to the ROI method. It is simply changing the way you go through the steps and applying a few helpful hints each property shows us so that we do not waste time on properties which don’t have positive cash flow potential. As we grow more…

  • Decisions Which Need Answering in the ROI Method

    The RIO system requires that one purchases a property below market value or that they see a hidden potential which others miss. The most popular method for achieving this time after time is to purchase a distressed property. Some believe that in order to become successful in real estate investing you’ll need to become an…

  • The Velocity of the ROI Method

    The term velocity is how many times can you use the same source of capital to work for you. The quicker you can send out your capital and have it return along with your profit the faster you will begin to build wealth. Wealth is different than riches. Wealth is self-sustainable income whereas riches depend…