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Recent articles related to

Wealth

YouTube Can Bring Video Profits

By Paul Lawrence | 07/26/2007

“I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.” – Franklin P. Adams I wanted to buy a how-to video for a partner-dance called the West Coast Swing, so I went to Google and did…

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Giving Away Information

By Bob Bly | 07/25/2007

“You will be surprised at how receptive people can become when you are willing to share with them your expertise, enthusiasm, and energy.” – Mitch Thrower The other day, a VP at a local management-consulting firm called me for advice on Internet marketing. He wanted to start a line of…

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5 Secrets to Doubling Your Money Every 3 Years

By Mark Morgan Ford | 07/24/2007

“The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities.” – Michael Gerber To double your money every three years,…

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Becoming Your Own Bank

By Alan Cowgill | 07/23/2007

“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” – Woody Allen Susan was the last to report. With no small sense of accomplishment, she told the room of 227 attendees that she had managed to secure $1.5 million in commitments from private lenders. When we added the commitments…

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The Austrian Prophecy

By Andrew Gordon | 07/19/2007

“It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.” – Thomas Fuller The last thing I want to do is scare you – but it’s time to wake up and smell the souffle! I’m talking about our puffed-up economy. With one good poke, the…

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Your Education in Real Estate Marketing

By Dave Lindahl | 07/17/2007

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think – rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” – Bill Beattie Real estate, just like all…

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How to Hit a Hollywood Homerun

By Paul Lawrence | 07/12/2007

“I used to think as I looked at the Hollywood night, ‘there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.’” – Marilyn Monroe You watch a movie on television or in…

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What’s a “Good” Direct-Mail Response Rate?

By Bob Bly | 07/11/2007

“It is a fundamental rule of human life that, if the approach is good, the response is good.” – Jawaharlal Nehru At least once a week I get an e-mail from someone asking me: “What’s considered a good response rate for direct mail?” In some ways, it’s a meaningless, even…

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The Alchemy of Real Estate Finance

By Justin Ford | 07/10/2007

“If by fire of sooty coal th’ empiric alchymist Can turn, or holds it possible to turn, Metals of drossiest ore to perfect gold.” – John Milton When you buy a property “all cash,” it doesn’t have to be all your cash. In fact, none of it has to be.…

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Scarcity – the Value of Limited Supply

By Sandy Franks | 07/7/2007

“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.” – Zig Ziglar Have you ever noticed that the more inaccessible something becomes, the more people want it… no matter how inconsequential the item may be in terms of their actual needs? This type…

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Your Business Vision

By Mark Morgan Ford | 07/6/2007

“You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.” – Harold S. Geneen Do you know exactly where your business will be in five years? Can you tell me…

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Buying With Cash

By Justin Ford | 07/5/2007

“Never underestimate the value of cold cash.” – Gregory Nunn As a real estate investor, there will come a time when you will be in a position to buy properties with all cash. You may have profits from selling a long-term hold or a short-term flip. You may build up…

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