Just because you’re reading this article, I know you likely have dreams and aspirations that motivate your financial game plan. Maybe you just want a long break (a mini-retirement or permanent retirement) from the grind that has become your life. Maybe you want to switch careers to something more fun and fulfilling (even if the [Continue Reading]
What is Your Crossover Point
My 5-Part Plan to Sell a House Quickly
Background: The Nastiest House We’ve Ever Seen Earlier this year my business partner and I found ourselves with a VERY ugly house. Actually, ugly is an understatement. Our normal clean-out crew wouldn’t touch this house. It was NASTY. The smell of roaches, feces, and dog urine all mixed together with the piles of trash and [Continue Reading]
What’s the Purpose of Your Business?
I am an unabashed capitalist. Over the last 200+ years a worldwide movement towards capitalism has decreased poverty, increased economic and political freedoms for billions of individuals, and brought many amazing societal advances like flight, automobiles, electricity, light bulbs, antibiotics, personal computers, iPhones, and the internet. And most relevant to you and me as small [Continue Reading]
5 To-Do Lists That Keep Me Sane
If you’ve read my Newsletter for long, you know that I get a lot of my personal productivity system from David Allen’s great book, Getting Things Done. Of all the key takeaways from the book, none has been bigger than a simple reorganization of my to-do lists. I’m sure you’ve used to-do lists before. Isn’t [Continue Reading]
4 Big Real Estate Mistakes to Avoid
My 10 years in the real estate business have been action-packed but relatively short from a long-term perspective. Time and wisdom teach us how to avoid the biggest mistakes. That’s why I love to absorb wisdom and stories from those who’ve been around longer than I have. One of my favorite old-school real estate teachers [Continue Reading]
Why Authenticity Influences Best
“All choices are ultimately personal choices and … the most powerful form of influence is always personal … You don’t have to amputate part of your soul to be influential. In fact, your soul tells the most moving story of all. Go tell your story, the world needs it.” Annette Simmons, The Story Factor I [Continue Reading]
Don’t Finance Real Estate Before You Know This Number (Video)
This is a post with a free training video from my upcoming new class, “The Creative Financing Course.” The course will teach you how to buy as many properties as you want without stepping into a bank. If you’re interested, be sure to mark your calendars. I’m going to teach the class live in part [Continue Reading]
How to Build Systems That Make More Profits and Free Up Your Time
My style of business deliberately keeps things small, on the micro-level. I work out of my house, and I run my business with a laptop and mobile phone (more on my philosophy: Why I Keep My Business Small and Simple). But we micro-businesses face a weakness that bigger businesses usually do much better. We (the [Continue Reading]
Why Most Small Businesses Fail
(Hint … It’s a Myth)
“Of the thousands of business people I have had the opportunity to know and work with over the past two decades, few were real entrepreneurs … If the entrepreneur survived at all, it was only as a myth that grew out of a misunderstanding about who goes into business and why … That myth, that [Continue Reading]
Why Single Family Houses Are Your Best Investments
“After 32 years of investing, I still buy houses instead of apartments or shopping centers. Why? [Single Family] Houses make me more money with less work than any other investment. John Schaub, Building Wealth One House at a Time John Schaub (JohnSchaub.com) is one of my favorite real estate teachers. When asked, I recommend [Continue Reading]