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Did you know that every month, within 5 miles of your home, there’s a $15,000 net-profit deal waiting to be had? The hard part is finding it, and then knowing how to creatively structure it into a big-profit deal. There won’t be a large sign in the yard that reads: Stop Here – $15,000 Deal Inside! A common mistake made by many would-be real estate investors is to run a We Buy Houses ad, then sit back and wait for the phone to ring. A truth: The phone rarely rings! Because of this, most new investors go out of business long before they find their first deal!

To succeed at real estate investing, you must get face-to-face with sellers on a regular basis. The fastest, cheapest and most effective way to accomplish this all-important task is to simply knock on sellers’ doors and ask why they’re selling.

In addition to door-knocking, you must continually learn creative deal structuring techniques from experienced real estate investors. The best creative deal structurer I know is Pete Fortunato. With nearly 50 years of deal-making experience under his belt, he’s the master! By the way, Pete and I are doing a Saturday Workshop in Atlanta later this month, but first,
to learn how to make impossible deals possible, do what we do: hang out with been-there-and-done-that investors. They know stuff! You will find these been-there-done-that experienced investors at your local REIA functions. We have several of them coming up in September! REIA on the Lake on September 7th, later that day, the Chattanooga REIA Monthly Main Event, and Saturday, September 9th, our Doorknocking Tour! In addition, we will tell you about more events coming up for Chattanooga REIA in September.

On Thursday, September 7th at 6:30PM at the Hilton Garden Inn located at 2343 Shallowford Village Drive, Chattanooga, TN, I will show you How to Make the Impossible Deals Possible and show you the easiest, fastest way to get in front of sellers. Members and guests can join us for dinner at the Garden Grill in hotel at 5:30 PM.

Before the evening is over, you WILL KNOW:

• What is the fastest, cheapest and most effective way to get face-to-face with motivated sellers? (It will get you to the seller’s kitchen table 80% of the time!)
• How to turn YES’S into huge cash
• What is the most you should ever offer for a three-bedroom, two-bath house in a nice neighborhood? (Why the answer is $1,000,000!
• Why is your offer never about the dang house?
• Why should T-bars always be part of your offers?
• What are the easiest ways to get owner financing?
• What are the fool-proof ways to negotiate win-win deals?
• What are the best ways to learn about creative deal structuring?
• What is Pete’s Benefits House?
• Why are curiosity and imagination the bedrock of successful deal making?
• What does it really take to succeed at real estate investing?
• And That's Not All...

As you can see this will be a knowledge packed evening full of excitement and education. RSVP for Any or ALL these events if you want to Supercharge your Real Estate Investing!

Join us on Thursday, September 7th to discover the golden nuggets and special "AHA!" moments that will certainly be uncovered. We will have networking, learning, Haves & Wants, and of course, A GREAT Time! RSVP NOW!!

Chattanooga REIA Members & Guests, Please RSVP on Meetup.com

PLEASE NOTE: Membership with Chattanooga REIA has changed. If you are a Gold or Silver (Affiliate) member, you may enter the event at No Charge. Basic Membership no longer exists, but you are still on Chattanooga REIA's email list. If you would like to become a Gold or Silver member, with all of it's benefits, Please go to http://chattanoogareia.com and save on event fees.

*Please Note: Main Meeting agenda is subject to change.

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Meet at McDonald’s at 5440 TN Hwy 153,
Chattanooga, TN at 8AM for Breakfast and Briefing. Registration & Sign-in at 8:30AM

Do you want to SEE and EXPERIENCE the fastest, cheapest, most effective way to get face-to-face with motivated sellers?

If so, then please join me, Bill Cook, for a day full of door knocking with real sellers on Saturday, September 9th from 8:30AM – 4PM. We’ll meet at McDonald’s located at 5440 TN Hwy 153 in Chattanooga, TN near Northgate Mall at 8AM if you want to have breakfast with us at your own expense. Registration and sign-in begins at 8:30AM. The event starts at 9AM. We will then spend the day out talking to sellers and constructing win-win deals at their kitchen tables.

What’s the fastest, cheapest, most effective way to get face-to-face with motivated sellers? When you see a For Sale sign in a seller’s yard, get out of your car and knock on the seller’s door. It’s as simple as that!

On Saturday, September 9th, Bill Cook will take a select group of real estate investors from Chattanooga into local neighborhoods and show them:

• What to say to a seller!
• Where to stand after knocking on a homeowner’s door!
• How to get 8 out of 10 sellers to invite you in!
• How to make a written offer right there on the spot!

This isn’t classroom theory stuff. It’s a 100% real-world experience!

Most real estate investing teachers can talk-the-talk, but how many have you watched walk-the-walk? This will be a one-of-a-kind event. No other investing teacher does what Bill does!

Bill and his wife Kim built their real estate investing business square on the back of knocking on sellers’ doors. They’ve been doing this for more than 20 years!

The 12 Most Important Things You’ll SEE Door-knocking with Bill on September 9th:

• Which homes should you go to?

• How and where should you stand when at the seller’s door?

• What should you carry with you?

• What do you say when the seller answers the door?

• What do you do if no one is home?

• Why will 8 out of 10 sellers invite you in?

• What are the best types of neighborhoods to work?

• What do you do after the seller invites you in?

• How do you get to the seller’s kitchen table and why it’s THE place to be?

• What are the MOST important questions to ask a seller?

• How do you construct a win-win offer?

• What do you do if the house is vacant or bank owned?

Will you learn something new? You bet! Will you see things you’ve never seen before? Positively! Will you be able to take what you’ve learned and put it to use the next day? Absolutely!

Bill and Kim have tons of experience at creatively constructing and funding win-win deals. Their investing portfolio is made up of single-family rental homes, mobile homes, a small mobile home park, plus notes and options.

Contact us now if you want to go out and watch Bill talk to homeowners and sellers, learn how he gets 8 out of 10 sellers to invite him in, and how he makes written offers right there on the spot!

We promise that you’ll see things you’ve never seen before – or will ever see again!

Here’s a ratio for you: If I talk to 10 sellers at the door, 8 will invite me in – EIGHT! Are you getting this kind of result from your bandit signs or website? A question for you: To be a successful real estate investor, do you need to meet with more sellers or less sellers?

While real estate investing is simple, it’s anything but easy. To be successful, the MOST important thing you must do is get face-to-face with sellers on a regular basis. Nothing takes the place of this. NOTHING! It’s the alpha and omega of real estate investing!

Your next question is probably: “Bill, what qualifies you to teach folks how to door knock and meet with sellers?” Beginning in 1978, I put myself through college selling Electrolux vacuums door-to-door. In 1995, I switched from Electrolux and became a full-time real estate investor. No one else in the country has this amount of experience at homeowners’ doors.

You are either serious about real estate investing or you’re not. If working 40 hours a week for the man isn’t your idea of financial freedom, if you’re a round peg who is being forced to fit in into a square hole, then come spend the day with me. It will be time well spent. And at the end of the day, if you feel that it wasn’t, I’ll gladly refund your hard-earned money with no questions asked.

I'm Looking forward to having you join me. Remember, I LOVE questions! RSVP NOW! I will see you there!

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No Charge to Attend for Members or Guests
Who Attend Online via GoToWebinar.com!

Please be sure to join us at the Beginning Investors Group Online on Wednesday, August 23rd at 7:00PM ET Our special guest will be Dwan Bent-Twyford, America’s Most Sought-After Real Estate Investor, who started as a broke, single mom that had been fired from Denny’s. She now heads up “The Investors Edge University”. A company that specializes in training new and seasoned investors in a wide range of real estate investing techniques through live workshops, weekly webinars, a member site, and seminars.

Dwan, having flipped over 2,000 deals herself, she is more than qualified to share her vast knowledge of real estate investing with America.

Dwan is affectionately known as the “Queen of Short Sales” and is considered to be the Nation’s #1 Expert on Short Sales & Foreclosures. She has written three best sellers, “Short Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing”, “How to Sell a House When It’s Worth Less Than the Mortgage” and “SuccessOnomics” which she wrote with Steve Forbes. This month at this BIGO event, Dwan will share her “Make $30,000 in 30 Days with the Trifecta of Success” system. She will walk you through several step-by-step insider secrets and share how some of her students have made in excess of $50,000 on a single transaction.

What You Will Learn from this Session:

• How one student closed a deal in under two weeks for a tidy $20,000 profit
• How to make hundreds of thousands of dollars THIS year
• How another student made over $50,000 in under 30 days
• How to find foreclosures
• How to secure the deals with no money, experience, or real estate license
• How to close deals
• How to find deals with equity
• How to build equity if there is none
• How to close your deals fast and clean
• And Much, Much More!

Make plans to attend Dwan’s presentation on Wed. August 23rd at 7PM ET– to discover the golden nuggets she plans to share. She will be joining us from Denver, Colorado to speak to our group. It is an honor and a privilege for us to have a speaker of Dwan’s caliber so please register today, let’s give her a great event full of tons of energy and make her feel welcome.

TO ATTEND ONLINE: 7:00PM Start Time. To attend the Beginning Investors Group Online via your PC, smart phone or tablet, Register Here for the Meeting on GoToWebinar.com and you will be emailed login instructions for the event.

Once you get your Webinar Confirmation Email, you can login on about 5-10 minutes prior to the 7PM start time to reserve a spot using your PC, Mac, Tablet or Smart Phone. You can download the GoToWebinar App here on iTunes App Store or the Google Play Store.

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Please join us on Wednesday, August 23rd at NOON for the Chattanooga REIA Onsite Renovation Group hosted by Michael Hicks, to learn all about finding, funding, fixing, and flipping houses for big profits. This month’s meeting will be held at one of Michael Hicks’s renovation projects located at 14 Gwen Dr in Ringgold, GA.

This month, Mike will walk you through his step by step process of evaluating a property. This is an opportunity for those wanting to know about rehabbing or fixing up a property. Michael Hicks who has been doing local rehabs for the past 15 years will show both inexperienced and seasoned rehabbers alike the ins and outs of an individual rehab in its various stages. Newbies and Experienced Investors are invited to come out, ask questions, get those questions answered, take notes and learn in a new way to save you from costly mistakes.

Click Here For Site Map to 14 Gwen Dr, Ringgold, GA and join us for info that you can’t afford to miss.

Chattanooga REIA Members & Guests, Please RSVP on Meetup.com

The Chattanooga REIA Onsite Renovation Group is an educational and networking group that focuses on the acquisition, renovation and retail resale (fix and flip) of single family residential homes. The purpose of the group is to allow both new and experienced rehabbers and investors to meet, network and share knowledge and experience with “hands on” access to real property.

The Onsite Renovation Group meets on the 4th Wednesday each month at NOON ET at an active renovation site, build site or rental property which will vary from month to month. At this time, there is no charge to attend.

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I've been there! All investors have. You have someone who may want to sell their house. You biggest problem right then is the HOW? What kind of an offer are you going to make that makes the seller, the buyer (you) and perhaps the end user very happy? Wait! You have little if any money. What do you do then? What kind of offer should you make? What should I do you may ask? There are many different avenues you may take on this situation. Let's keep it simple. You must learn to crawl before you walk, and then walk to run.

If you have found yourself in this situation, you need to join us at the Beginning Investors Group on Wednesday, August 16th at 6PM at Wally's Restaurant located at 6521 Ringgold Rd in East Ridge, TN. Our special guest, Joey English will show you some easy to use deal structures you can use as soon as you leave this event and get that First Deal you need!

Let Joey tell you what is in store for you on August 16th:

If you want to study a little before BIG so you may ask Joey questions, There are 3 Deal Structures he will be showing:

• Subject 2
• Master Leases
• "Lonnie" Deals

Chattanooga REIA Members & Guests, Please RSVP on Meetup.com

Have you been a “real estate investor” for several months or even years without doing your first deal? What is holding you back? Fear? Lack of money? Credit Problems? Lack of Focus? Are you afraid you will screw it all up?

Why make such a big deal about your first deal? Well, it’s the hardest deal you will do, but once you get through it, your belief in yourself and real estate investing will rise dramatically. You will be on your way to becoming a true real estate investor.

BIG will have experienced local and regional investors speaking and leading interactive exercises on relevant topics on a beginners level. We also have mentors attending that can take you by the hand and can walk you through that first deal. So please join us on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Arrive around 5:30PM so you can get some delicious food at Wally's in East Ridge.

The Chattanooga REIA Beginning Investors Group (BIG) hosted by Alan McDonald, is an educational and networking special interest group for new investors who are just getting started in real estate investing as well as “new again” real estate investors who’ve taken a few years off and are looking to get back in the game. BIG is hosted by Alan McDonald, who will be bringing in local and regional real estate experts to teach new investors how to survive and thrive in our ever changing economy and real estate market. The entire purpose of this group is to help new investors get their first deal and help new again investors get their next deal!

The Beginning Investors Group meets on the 3rd Wednesdays of each month from 6:00 PM to 8:15 PM at Wally's Restaurant located at 6521 Ringgold Rd, East Ridge, TN just off of I-75 at Exit 1. BIG is FREE for Chattanooga REIA Members. Guests and Not-Yet-Members will eventually pay a fee, but for now, there is no charge for anyone that attends. This is a “dinner” group and we kindly request that you buy dinner and/or drinks since Wally's allows us to meet there. There will be lots of learning and lots of networking. Bring your deals and your haves, wants and needs to the meeting for discussion.

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The August 2017 Edition of The Profit Newsletter is now available for download. There are 54 pages this month full of upcoming meetings, workshops, educational articles and other valuable information for your real estate investing pleasure and success. Download it and check it out!

The Profit is Atlanta REIA's digital, interactive newsletter for serious real estate investors (which is available to Chattanooga REIA Members & Guests) delivered as an Adobe PDF file to read on your PC, Mac, Smart Phone, iPad or other mobile ready devices. Many of the articles and ads in The Profit contain many hyperlinks you can click to get more information online! The high res version of The Profit is "print ready" for those who want to print the newsletter on their home or business printer.

Be sure to Subscribe to The Profit by Email or Subscribe to The Profit by Text so you don't miss a single issue.

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When I began my career as a real estate investor in 1985, I stumbled across a tremendous opportunity that most people still don’t know about to this day. Yet it has given my family and me a lifestyle we never dared dream we’d have.

I’m talking about investing in vacant, distressed, abandoned properties – a highly lucrative, yet little-known, segment of the market.

Vacant/Abandoned properties are just that – vacant. No one lives or works there anymore. Weeds may be collecting and taxes may be accruing, but in many cases the owner has already divorced himself emotionally from the property. And that means you could get an excellent under-market deal.  Read More >>

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So what other lists can we use to locate highly motivated sellers? One of my favorite lists is people who are behind on taxes. You can get this list by getting a list of tax certificates available for sale in your county. In most counties this list comes out right before the tax certificate sale takes place. You would then mail them a neutral type of letter saying you are interested in buying properties in their neighborhood or subdivision.

When mailing these letters initially, I suggest that you do not refer to the seller’s specific problem. All you will accomplish is to alienate them so that they will not want to work with you. I personally do a mailing every year to folks whose tax bills have not been paid and I have purchased many properties this way. A lot of these folks are people who have a problem they need to solve, they just don’t know how until they are contacted by you. A lot of these people have inherited properties they neither want nor need and appreciate your offer to purchase it, especially if they have just received another big tax bill to pay. This is an extremely good lead source for really great deals.  Read More >>

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Building wealth is a bit like dieting, in that everyone has different advice for you. “Cut up the credit cards,” personal finance gurus say, “and don’t buy that morning latte every morning.” Others say that stocks are the one true—and only—way to achieve prosperity. But is there any truth to these ideas, or is an option like a Real Estate IRA just as valid as any other path to wealth?

To figure it out, we’ll have to cut straight through the clutter. Let’s debunk three misconceptions about retirement investment in real estate right off the bat.

Misconception #1: The Real Estate IRA is Unpredictable

True: real estate is an investment that comes with risk. But if you know of any investments that don’t involve risk, please, tell the world—because we’d like to hear it.  Read More >>

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If you’ve been reading my articles then you know that I like to write about philosophy and self-help topics more than the topic of investing and there is a reason for this. Even though I love to talk deals, in my experience I have found no matter what you are investing in, the act of investing is just another piece of the puzzle in the grand scheme.

We spend our days investing in lots of things. Many times, we spend so much time focusing on what we should be doing, how we should be acting and who we should be associating with that we get wrapped up in almost a mindless pattern fixated on material acquisitions.

Again, I go back to the idea that there is no sanctuary that you will arrive at. You won’t wake up and just be a different person that has a bunch of money and lives all the desires that you want. Even if you became a millionaire overnight in stocks, you still had to work for that change.  Read More >>

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Make Sure You Always Keep ALL Avenues of Communications Open If You Want to Keep Your Name Good In the Real Estate Business.

What an interesting thing to say.  Making sure you always stay in communication with everyone you have any type of financial obligations with. This is a subject that has caused much unneeded anxiety and stress that is totally not necessary if both people involved in every financial situation continually have open communications regardless of the status of the transaction they are involved in.

Over the years having been both a private Lender and a Landlord it has been my experience when life and unforeseen situations arise and the tenant or the borrower find themselves with a shortage of money to pay the obligations they originally agreed to pay, communications often stop. Somehow the tenant or borrower finds the money to pay for personal items such as their cell phone bill, their cable television bill, their car payment and eating out periodically or going out on the town.  Read More >>

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Mayor Kasim Reed is a short-sighted politician.  Thank goodness for term limits.

Mayor Kasim Reed says he is concerned about affordable housing. In a recent AJC article, Mayor Reed used terms like “predatory purchasing”. I believe this slanderous name calling only causes separation and stirs up animosity between the sellers and investor buyers. I am upset about this article where Mayor Reed said that investors are using predatory purchases to acquire houses and force the property values to go up, so there is no longer affordable housing in Atlanta.

If the city of Atlanta is going to point fingers they need to look at the predatory purchase of the surrounding land, which now houses the Falcons Stadium. My understanding is the city of Atlanta did threaten eminent domain in order to get that stadium in place. I did like the powers to be forcing that move though. Even if it will displace 30 properties of affordable housing. I think the Atlanta Mayor must have been referring to the investors that buy single family houses as predatory purchasers, not the commercial buyers. But that is another article.  Read More >>

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You work hard to make sure your QuickBooks data is accurate. Make sure it’s safe, too.

Your QuickBooks company file contains some of the most sensitive information on your computer. You may have customers’ credit card numbers and employees’ Social Security numbers. An intruder who captured all that data could create tremendous problems for you and a lot of other people.

That’s probably the worst-case scenario. But other situations could also spell disaster for your business, which  involve losing your company data through fraud, hacking, or simple technical failures.

We can’t overstate the vital importance of protecting your QuickBooks company file, especially your customer and payroll information. Whether someone steals it or it’s inaccessible for another reason, it’s gone. Keeping your business going after such a loss would be very difficult – maybe even impossible.

Here’s what we suggest to prevent that.  Read More >>

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How do seasoned real estate investors creatively fund their deals without going to a bank?  To show you one way, let’s look at a deal that Kim and I recently got funded using a private-money lender.

This deal began when Kim and I were high bidders at the December 3, 2013 property tax auction in Cartersville, Georgia.  We bought the tax deed on 50 Akin Drive for $2,800.  The purchase money came from our checking account and was used to pay up the property’s back taxes for tax years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.  By the way, despite what the TV infomercial claims about buying tax deeds, as the high bidders, we only owned the tax deed, not the property! 

Over the next twelve months, either the property owners (who had abandoned the property) or their mortgage company had the right to buy back the property’s tax deed for our $2,800 purchase price, plus pay us a fee of 20% interest. Read More >>

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Land Trusts are one of the most confusing and often misunderstood aspects of real estate investing.

In this article, we’re going to discuss a few basic, essential things you should know about Land Trusts if you’re buying & selling houses, are concerned with privacy, and/or want to enhance your estate planning.

I'm often asked about these wonderful 'things' called Land Trusts, and the techniques & benefits that are associated with them.  As a land trust expert, it's an AMAZING feeling to have the knowledge & confidence to be able to use them correctly. Would you like to have that awesome feeling? Great! Keep reading...

There are SO many benefits you get by taking title to property in a Land Trust. Let's look at a few of the benefits associated with these entities and WHY it's vitally important for you to be familiar with them, shall we? 

Some Benefits of Owning Property in a Land Trust:

• Will SAVE you MONEY
• Will SAVE you Time and Aggravation
• Privacy & Anonymity
• Asset Protection
• Avoids Probate
• Will MAKE You Money (Profit)
• Can Help You Save Money on Closing Costs
• Will Highly Reduce the Possibility of a Lawsuit
• Helps Keep Creditors and Predators Away
• Will Help You Sleep at Night (Peace of Mind)
• Lender can't call the loan due on sale
  (When someone puts their own property into a trust)
• And Many, Many More!

When To Use a Land Trust:

 Whenever you buy a house - whether it's for an investment or to live in, you'll want to buy it in a LAND TRUST. Why? Because of all the benefits listed above (in addition to all the other benefits I don’t have room to list here)!

Honestly, there's not a single reason I can think of on why you wouldn't want to buy in a trust.  Well, actually, there is - when you're getting an institutional loan (from a bank) to buy or refinance a property, they'll usually want you to close on it in your own name, because you have to personally sign for the note (that's one of the big ways the banks 'get' you).

But since you're not going to be going to the bank to get a loan, you don't have to worry about that, right?

The Main Entities You'll Need In Order To Form A Trust:

1. The Grantor: The person/entity putting the property in trust (Usually the seller)
2. The Grantee: The person/entity receiving the custody of the trust (Usually the Trustee)
3. The Beneficiary: The person/entity who will have the BENEFIT of owning the Trust (Usually YOU or one of your entities)

You'll also need to pick a NAME for your Trust. This could be anything you want it to be. One popular naming strategy is to name the trust after the address of the property, and that's fine.  What you DON'T want to do is name it anything with your name in it, because one of your goals of owning a property in trust is anonymity!

The Trustee and the Beneficiary CANNOT be the same entity, or the trust is invalid.

In Order To Create a Trust, You'll Need:

1. A DEED. This could either be a Warranty Deed to Trustee or a regular Deed (Warranty, General, or Special), just as long as that Deed names the TRUST, the TRUSTEE, and the date the trust was formed. The Legal Description also needs to be a part of it.
2. A Trust Declaration. This is the document that sets the framework and names the parties, conditions, and powers of the various people/entities of the trust. Think of it as a set of instructions. It also stipulates who the beneficiary/ies is/are, what percentage of ownership he/she/they has/have, what the powers of the Trustee are, etc.
   NOTE: This is a PRIVATE Document that is NOT recorded!
3. An Affidavit of Trust. This is a powerful piece of work, because it lets you show people that a trust exists, what the Trustee's powers are, and the basic/main information that the outside world needs to know - WITHOUT revealing any of the 'juicy details' of WHO owns the trust, etc!! I like to think of this like a receipt for something. This CAN be recorded with the deed.

Did You Know...?

Putting real estate into a trust converts it to Personal Property? Therefore, if you want to SELL (or Assign) your beneficial rights in a trust, you can do so without anyone in the outside world knowing about it?! All you'd need to do is create and execute a simple 'Assignment of Beneficial Interest' form and have it Notarized!  Let that sink in.

Naturally, there's a bit more to it than that. And there's still a lot to learn about all the wonderful details of how to properly form and use a land trust in your real estate investing business.

We've only scratched the surface here, so I encourage you to continue learning all you can about Land Trusts and how to leverage them for your maximum benefit.

I hope you've found this report/article to be informative.

Thanks for reading!

Until Next Time,

Tony Pearl

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You have seen the infomercial… it goes like this…

• Start with wholesaling
• Make some money
• Start Rehabbing
• Make Bigger Checks
• Retire

There are a few variations on this theme, so allow me to share a different spin that I and a few colleagues of mine have explored.  It looks more like this…

• Start with wholesaling
• Make some money
• Start Rehabbing
• Make Bigger Checks… sometimes but not always
• Quit working so hard and go back to doing some wholesaling.

So this is not exactly what we are doing since we are also doing new construction but remove the new builds from the equation and it is pretty close.  So what’s the deal?  Read More >>

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Today after leaving a meeting I was approached by an investor that asked where I found my leads. I answered by giving him a few examples of where I received my most recent listings. By seeing the look on his face, I could tell that he didn't like my response. I think he believed I was holding out and not wanting to share or there was something special I was doing which was/is not the case.

Like this gentleman and probably like many of you, I once too believed there was a magic bullet/formula to successfully finding a lead in real estate or anything. After speaking with many "experts" I found out that there is no such thing as a magic bullet. In fact, the only thing that really separated a bad or good investor from a great one was/is consistency. The better question is, what should I do on a consistent basis to make me successful in real estate investing or anything else? Once you know what to do consistently, and you actually do it, you will be successful.  Read More >>

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Atlanta continues to be one of the hottest real estate markets to rebound since the recession continuing through First Quarter 2017.  But, before we analyze the numbers, sellers must realize the following:

1. Price and condition account for 80% of buyer interest and acceptance for any property therefore what needs to be done should be done to present your house in the best possible way.
2. Nobody can dictate at what price your house will sell. The market will determine the price that buyers are willing to pay. When you price your house too low, the market will raise the price due to multiple offers over the price.
3. Rather than using emotion, guesswork or assertions to arrive at your listing price, a good agent helps the Seller understand the real Atlanta market data, showing what actually happened to other sellers in the current market, as it reveals the most likely outcomes of pricing strategies for you. Using overall metro market statistics provides good agents with a large enough data set of real outcomes to feel comfortable that they will be likely to happen in future transactions, allowing us to take advantage of this knowledge to price your property to achieve your goals.

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 “Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.” ~ Mary Browne

There is none other than August that are doing Bluetooth locks to the caliber of quality like we've never experienced before. August Lock System is something that is worth it. It works best with a Schlage deadbolt or other high-end deadbolt lock. It faces the interior door, so it doesn’t add a level of security that is significant. It is a convenience for the homeowner if perhaps they aren't home and someone needs to attend to plants and pets.

The startup takes two steps to connect to a smartphone with the app pre-installed. The app does require a phone number and email. The subscription based security monitoring is worth it since the free subscription for the app is only as good as the deadbolt it is on.  Read More >>

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When we are always confident that real estate comps are solid, we feel comfortable stepping out into any real estate deal. Using REIA Comps will give you a feeling of confidence and complete sense of control of the value for any deal you are doing.  Because things can be so busy these days, it is important to take the steps to make money on any project you pursue.  Learning to work with the highs and lows of any real estate market means longevity for you.

Most realtors do a good job but in a sellers’ market you can probably sell the property yourself.  Remember, nothing beats a failure but a try. If it doesn't sell then you can always call the pros in later. The internet has been a blessing to the average person.  There are multitudes of websites which could be used to market a property. Thousands of people visit those sites looking for a new home.  Even inexpensive ads on the internet are beneficial when trying to get a property in the sold column.   Read More >>

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