Quote by Henry Ford

"The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence."

The Reluctant Investor - By Donnald M. Weill

I hesitate to make a list
Of all the countless deals I've missed;
Bonanzas that were in my grip -
I watched them through my fingers slip;

The windfalls which I Should have bought
were lost because I over-thought;
I thought of this, I thought of that,
I could have sworn I smelled a rat,

And while I thought things over twice,
Another grabbed them at the price,
It seemed I always hesitate,
Then make my mind up much too late,

Avery cautious man am I
And that is why I never buy.
When tracts rose high on
Sixth and Third,The prices asked I felt absurd;

Whole block-fronts bleak and black with soot-
Were priced at thirty bucks a foot!
I wouldn't even make a bid,
But others did -- yes, others did!

When Tucson was cheap desert land,
I could have had a hip of sand;
When Phoenix was the place to buy,
I thought the climate much too dry!"

Invest in Dallas-That's the spot!"
My sixth sense warned me I should not,
A very prudent man am I
And that is why I never buy.

A corner here, then acres there,
Compounding values year by year,
I chose to think and as I thought,
They bought the deals I should have bought.

The Golden chances I had then
Are lost and will not come again,
Today I can not be enticed
For everything's so overpriced.

The deals of yesteryear are dead;
The market's soft -- so's my head!
Last night I had a fearful dream,
I know I wakened with a scream;

Some Indians approached my bed --
For trinkets on the barrelhead,
(In dollar bills worth twenty-four,
And nothing less and nothing more),

They'd sell Manhattan Isle to me,
The most I'd go was twenty-three.
The redman scowled: "Not on a bet!"
And sold to Peter Minuit.

At times a teardrop drowns my eye
For deals I had, but did not buy;
And now life's saddest words
I pen"If only I'd invested then!"


The above pown was reprented from the book "The Reluctant Investor and Other Light Verse, which can be purchased through the author, c/o Hemsley-Noyels Company, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, NY 10005

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Quote by Jim Rohn

“Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”

”Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.”

Real Estate Investor Training “The Royal Flush” of Investing in Real Estate

By Dennis Henson

There are many options for investing your money. Here are some examples:
Stocks
Bonds
Bank Certificates
Mutual Funds
Other Over the Counter Investments

Real Estate

Department store tycoon Marshall Field once said "Real Estate is not only the best and quickest way to make you wealthy, for the average person it is truly the only way.“

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Quote by Dennis Henson

"Take massive action!"

Quote By Marcus Aurelius

"Your life is what your thoughts make it"

Real Estate Investing—6 Ways to Buy Property--No Money Down

By: Dennis Henson

Is it possible to buy property for no money down? Of course--there are many ways to totally finance the purchase of real estate. It just takes some imagination and some O.P.K. (Other Peoples Knowledge). Here are six ways to buy property using very little or none of your own money…

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Quote by Will Rogers

"Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there."

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Real Estate Investing—Success Habits

By: Dennis Henson

Becoming a successful real estate investor is the result of learning and performing a group of skills the right way—over and over again. If you uncover, develop and practice these skills, then make them habits, those habits will not only lead you to success, you will literally find it difficult to fail.

By forming good habits you are planting the seeds of your success. Og Mandino stated it this way in his book, “The Greatest Salesman in the World”.

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Quote by Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee

“Create courageous thoughts and fearful thoughts will be crowded out of your life.”

Bear Bryant's Poem

One of the greatest and winningest college coaches of our time, Paul "Bear" Bryant, kept this poem in his pocket and read it every day.

It holds a great message regardless our lot in life.


This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it or use it for good.

What I do today is important as I am
exchanging a day of my life for it.

When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever.
Leaving something in its place I have traded for it.

I want it to be a gain, not loss--good, not evil.
Success, not failure,

in order that I shall not forget the price I paid for it.

Author Unknown

Money Money Money Money

By: Dennis Henson

In order to become a successful real estate investor there are several major skills that must be mastered. One of these skills is acquiring the money to fund your real estate investments. This skill should be learned, developed, practiced, and perfected.

The best way to learn a skill is by actually doing the skill. You learn to find money by contacting people who have money and asking them what you will need to do in order to use some of their money and the more you practice the easier the skill becomes.

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Quote by Earl Nightingale

"You become what you think about."

Quote by George Allen, American Football Coach

"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve."

It's all in a State of Mind

Author Unknown

If you think you are beaten, you are:
If you think you dare not, you won't

If you like to win, but don't think you can
It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world you'll find

Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in a state of mind.

For many a game is lost,
Ere even a play is run,

And many a coward fails
Ere even his work begun.

Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you'll fall behind;

Think that you can and you will;
It's all in a state of mind.

If you think you are out-classed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise;

You've got to be sure of yourself
BeforeYou can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,

But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can.

Real Estate Investing—Using Notes to Purchase Property

By: Dennis Henson

Did you know that by creating a real estate note you may purchase some fantastic deals without using any of your own money?

Writing notes is like creating money out of thin air. Governments do it all the time. If you look at a U.S. Dollar you will see that it is simply a note from the Uncle Sam stating that he owes you one dollar.

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Quote by King Solomon

"In all labor and strong effort there is profit but talk leads only to poverty."

The Key to Real Estate Investing Wealth

By Steve Majors

"98% of the millionaires in this country made it through Real Estate Investing", words that inspire millions to get involved in real estate investing, yet lack that special 'secret ingredient'... The one thing that explains HOW to make those millions in real estate investing... So, just what is it that the millionaires of real estate investing know that you don't?

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Quote by Brian Tracy

"Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears."

Quote by Albert Einstein

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions"

Real Estate Investing—10 Secrets Every Investor Should Know

By: Dennis Henson

Business success is the result of what you know. In every industry there are key elements—secrets—that if known will help to insure success but if not known will certainly lead to failure. Real Estate investing is no different. Success begins with knowledge. What are some of the critical lessons that every real estate investor should know? Here are ten of them for starters…

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Quote fromThe Movie Gladiator

"Imagine where you want to be and it will be so."

Real Estate Investor Training--Short Sales

By: Dennis Henson

Because of the current economic conditions in the housing market there is a great deal of investor interest in the technique of purchasing investment property with Short Sales. So--what is a Short Sale? A Real Estate Short Sale happens when a seller’s bank allows a property to be sold for, and accepts a payment of, less than the amount owed to that bank.

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Quote by Dennis Henson

“All the money you will ever need is available to you.”

Affirmation

By Dennis Henson

In his book "Think and Grow Rich" Napoleon Hill emphasizes that in order to become successful in any endeavor, it is important to develop a deep and unshakable faith in your ability to succeed. But how do you develop that kind of faith?

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Quote by Vince Lombardi

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing.
You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right
once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning
is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

Real Estate Investing—Multiple Streams of Real Estate Income

By: Dennis Henson

There are many great benefits from investing in real estate. Not the least of which is the opportunity to develop a number of streams of income from your real estate business. Having money coming to you from many different sources will not only give stability to your real estate business but is also a great way to generate cash flow which is the life blood of your business.

Other than, the normal income from sales of homes and monthly rental income, there are many other streams of income that can be generated by owning and managing properties. Here is a list of just a few possibilities for income from real estate.

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Quote by Brian Tracy

"It is estimated that someone, somewhere in this country, becomes a millionaire every four minutes. Your goal should be to become one of them."

A Psalm of Life by Longfellow

By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums,
are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,--act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

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Quote by Dennis Henson

"If you don't have enough time - You haven't spend enough time planning."

Quotes by Vince Lombardi

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." Vince Lombardi

Quote by Jim Rohn

“Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.”

Quote by Norman Vincent Peal

"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds."

How to Get Started Investing in Real Estate

By Dennis Henson

Investing in stocks, bonds, bank certificates or other over the counter investments is easy. Just go to a bank or stock brokerage house, and give them your money and you’re done. Real estate investing on the other hand is a little more complicated--but you will find that the returns on your real estate investments will be substantially higher than the institutional investments.

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Quote by Dennis Henson

"It's not what you know--it's who you know and what you know."

Victory

by Herbert Kauffman

You are the man who used to boast
that you'd achieve the uttermost, some day.

You merely wished to show,
to demonstrate how much you know
and prove the distance you can go.

Another year we've just passed through.
What new ideas came to you?
How many big things did you do?

Time left twelve fresh months in your care.
How many of them did you share
with opportunity and dare?
Again where you so often missed?

We do not find you on the list of makers good.
Explain the fact!
Ah No, 'Twas not the chance you lacked!
As usual - you failed to act!

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Real Estate Investing--Time Management

by Dennis J. Henson

Time is important!!
Whether you are the world’s richest person or broke and out of work--time is your most valuable asset. By eating right, exercising and driving carefully, you might increase your time on earth by a few years, but only a few. So in order to achieve the things you want to achieve in life, it is important that you manage the time you have wisely.

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Chinese Proverb

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Opportunity

Twenty nine years ago the US Olympic Hockey Team, a group of college kids, came from behind to defeat the Russian team (the best hockey team in the world at the time). This was one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports. Even now I get chills when I think of it. No one at the time believed those kids had a chance to win that game. Well almost no one--their coach told them that they could win and they must have believed him because they played that game as though they were the better team. They had an opportunity to make history and that is just what they did.

Life presents us all with many great opportunities and what we do with our opportunities determines what happens in our lives. Please take a minute to read and digest the words to this great old poem and let it's wisdom permeate your life.

Opportunity
By Walter Malone (1866-1915)

They do me wrong who say I come no more.
When once I knock and fail to find you in;
For every day I stand outside your door,
And bid you wake, and rise to fight and win.

Wail not for precious chances passed away,
Weep not for golden ages on the wane!
Each night I burn the records of the day-
At sunrise every soul is born again!

Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped,
To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb;
My judgements seal the dead past with its dead,
But never bind a moment yet to come.

Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep;
I lend my arm to all who say "I Can!"
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep,
But yet might rise and be again a man.

Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast?
Dost reel from righteous Retribution's blow?
Then turn from blotted archives of the past,
And find the future's pages white as snow.

Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell;
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be forgiven;
Each morning gives thee wings to flee from hell,
Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven.

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Real Estate Investor Training--Getting Started Questions

By: Dennis Henson

Because Real Estate investing has the reputation of being a great way to acquire wealth—there is a lot of interest in learning how to become an investor. Real estate is a great way to start on the road to wealth but there are many questions that need to be answered before you make your first offer.

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Quote by Carlton Sheets

"It's not money that makes money, it's education."

A Formula for Success by Thomas J. Watson

Here is a great quote from Tomas J. Watson who built the IBM, Corporation, into the world's largest manufacturer of data-processing equipment.

Would you like me to give you a formula for success?
It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success.
But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure

- or you can learn from it.

So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can.
Because, remember that's where you'll find success.

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Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything”

Real Estate "Signs of Attraction"

By Dennis Henson

Signs should be a major part of any real estate investor’s marketing campaign. Used correctly, signs will pay for themselves many times over and they are invaluable for getting the word out and bringing in interested buyers and renters

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Quote by James Allen: Author, As a Man Thinketh.

"Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results."

If

In this popular 1909 poem, Rudyard Kipling, depicts a very wise parent explaining to their son the traits of a successful person through illustrations.

Withstanding the test of time the lessons of this poem are just as relevant today as they were one hundred years ago...


If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about,
don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And-which is more-you'll be a Man, my son!

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Real Estate Investor Training - The Credit Game

By: Dennis Henson

Do you know the five factors that determine your score in the Credit Game?

When playing any game if you don’t know the rules you are destined to lose and losing this game can be very costly.

As a young boy I was persuaded to put in a nickel and join in a card game. After my first move one of the other players yelled RENEGE and took my nickel. I was shocked! I lost my money because I did not know the rules of the game and I was mad because I let those guys take advantage of me. Back then a nickel was a lot of money to me and losing that money made a big impression. But that taught me a valuable lesson and that was to be sure that I knew the rules before I entered into any other games--especially if they involved money.

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Quote by Russ Whitney

"Obstacles are the scary things you see when you take your eyes off your goals."

It Couldn't Be Done

By Edgar A. Guest ( 1881 - 1959)

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you
It cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.

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Seeking Riches is futile-seek wisdom-wisdom leads to riches by Dennis Henson

Real Estate Investing—Finding Good Deals

By Dennis Henson

In order to become a successful real estate investor there are several major skills that must be mastered. One of these skills is Mining or finding good deals. This skill should be learned, developed, practiced and perfected.

The best way to learn a skill is by actually doing it. Anyone can find a property to purchase. There are thousands of them in the MLS, newspapers, at auctions and For Sale By Owners. But to become a successful investor you must develop the skill of not just finding a property to purchase but finding a “golden nugget” or a really good deal.

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Quote by Napoleon Hill

"Action is the real measure of intelligence."

It's all in a State of Mind

In 1957, Earl Nightingale recorded his classic record "The Strangest Secret". In that recording, Nightingale concluded that life's "strangest secret" is that “we become what we think about ”.

He emphasises that your subconscious doesn't judge or even question what you tell it; it merely accepts your thoughts as the truth. Think thoughts of defeat or failure and you're bound to feel discouraged. Continuous thoughts of worry, anxiety and fear are unhealthy and often manifest in the body as stress, panic attacks, depression and even illness.

Nightingale’s message reveals the incredible power of positive self-talk, belief and expectation. What you vividly imagine and hold in your subconscious mind begins to shape your reality. Your belief system not only defines your reality, but also your character and ultimately determines what happens to you.

Here is a wonderful poem that supports Nightingale's point.

If you think you are beaten, you are:
If you think you dare not, you won't
If you like to win, but don't think you can
It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world you'll find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in a state of mind.

For many a game is lost,
Ere even a play is run,
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work begun.

Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you'll fall behind;
Think that you CAN and you WILL;
It's all in a state of mind.

If you think you are out-classed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise;
You've got to be sure of yourself
before you can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can.

Author Unknown

Avoiding Pitfalls on the Road to Real Estate Riches

by Bill Barnett

Simple Stuff Every Investor Needs to Know and Do

• Don't rely on the tax-appraised value of the property. The only true way to establish the market value of a property is through the use of comparable sales.


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Real Estate Investing—8 Big Mistakes Real Estate Investors Should Avoid

By Dennis Henson

There are more new investors getting into the real estate market today than ever before. Most are unaware of the pitfalls that await them at every turn. But by learning to avoid the killer mistakes, your real estate investing business can become a very profitable endeavor.

"You don't tug on Superman's cape!" *

Here are eight really big mistakes that real estate investors should avoid.

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Quote by Jim Rohn

"Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom.”

Don't Quit

Author unknown

When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill
When funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit

Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out
So don’t give up though the pace seems slow –
You may succeed with another blow

Success is failure turned inside out–
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit

Quote by Dennis Henson

"Become the tortoise and the hare!"

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Real Estate Investor Training—Choosing a Coach and Mentor

By: Dennis Henson

Have you noticed that the sports teams and individuals that have the best winning records are the ones with the best coaches? If a professional team does not have a winning record who do they replace first? Of course it’s the Coach! Real estate investing is a business where just one mistake can cost you many thousands of dollars and for that reason alone the most important member of your investment team is your coach and mentor.

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Quote by Dennis Henson

"It is what you are doing that counts not what you are going to do."

Winners Vs. Losers

When I was a young business man back in the mid seventies, part of my job was to call on high school sports programs. While waiting to see a coach in one of the more successful North Georgia high schools—I noticed a poem posted on the wall and it so impressed me that I copied it and kept it for future reference.

What great truths this great poem holds—not just for sports but for all aspects of our lives.

The Winner is always a part of the answer;
The Loser is always a part of the problem.

The Winner always has a program;
The Loser always has an excuse.

The Winner says, "Let me do it for you;
"The Loser says, "That's not my job."

The Winner sees an answer for every problem;
The Loser sees a problem in every answer.

The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it's possible;
"The Loser says, "It may be possible but it's too difficult."

Author Unknown

Real Estate Investing—12 Reasons to Use an 800 Number

By: Dennis Henson

There are many ways to market single family homes and I have more than forty of these ways in my arsenal. But the most productive marketing technique by far is the use of an 800 number.

Why is using an 800 number so powerful? Here are a dozen reasons…

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Quote by BUDDHA

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

Structuring Offers

Many times a real estate investor’s success in landing a great deal is determined by the way the deal is structured. In “The Art of War” Sun Tzu strategizes that “The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.”

"Learning to properly structure your offers will not only give you the edge over your competitors but can literally make you wealthy. "

Dennis J. Henson

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47 Ways to Market Your Property

By Dennis Henson

In order to become a successful real estate investor there are certain skills that must be mastered. One of these skills is marketing. The following list is a great way to insure your marketing program is successful and make sure that your investment home does not sit empty and drain your bank account while you wait for a buyer.
Make an effort to do several of these action items each day until your investment home sales, rents, leases, or you are forced to move in.

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