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What does running teach us about being a successful real estate or note investor?

I like running in the morning. Every morning I can, I get up and run to the gym before hitting the office. It has a lot of mental, in addition to physical and health benefits. It’s also taught me a lot about investing in real estate and mortgage notes.

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Mrs. Trotter was my 4th-grade teacher. She had a penchant for spelling. Every Monday morning we were greeted with a list of 20 new words to study for the week. Friday was test day. If you got in trouble in Mrs. Trotter's class, she made you write a full page out of the dictionary, to…

American homeowners are now sitting on a record $5.8B in tappable home equity. What are they doing with it? What should they do with it?

According to the data from mortgage analytics company Black Knight, American homeowners now have more positive equity than ever before. This breaks down to an average of almost $150k per home, or a little over…

I’ve personally found that one of the most critical areas in which entrepreneurs and business owners let themselves down in is celebrating their successes. Improving on this one simple metric can add far more fuel for growth and greater achievements than pure hustle and hard work alone.

The Overachiever’s Achilles Heel

It is amazing what…

By Bruce Kellogg

Introduction

It is well known among real estate investors that some of the best deals occur when the seller is persuaded to carry some, or all, of the financing. This article introduces the seller-carryback note, and provides a menu of terms that can be negotiated into the note. So far as…

REALTY411 REACHES INDUSTRY LEADERS DIRECTLY

As we were making our social media rounds today, we came across a fantastic post promoting our NEW issue.

We were delighted to discover it was posted by one of the most influential women in the real estate industry!

It made our day, thank…

Renovating an existing home or constructing a completely new home can be extremely stressful, time consuming and expensive. We wanted to help with one of those problems by creating this guide to help make your project more cost-efficient without neglecting performance. Use this asset below before you start your next construction project to make sure you are maximizing both your effort and your money.…

Buying a home for the first time can be one of the biggest — and most stressful — milestones of anyone’s life. Far too often, though, first-time homebuyers go into the process unprepared, which puts them at risk for making some serious mistakes that can haunt them for a long time to come. Avoiding these mistakes should be at the top of every first-time homebuyer’s list of priorities. The good news is that with a little preparation and foresight, many of those mistakes can be…

I just got back from a trip to the beautiful Caribbean island of Aruba. More than just a fantastic vacation in the sun, it also offered plenty of insights on how to better operate in the real estate and mortgage note business.

Finding Deals & Doing the Math

I took off with my boys for the week for a pure family…

There are many ideas floating around in this economy about what it takes to be successful.

Books by the 100's provide a prescription, a plan, or a word of advice. Most turn out to be very helpful but, I have noticed there is one thing missing from all of them. It is the one thing that is a common thread of every successful business person, company, or an…

Realty411 magazine, known as the original realty magazine for investors, is currently featured in five publications in Southern California reaching millions.

Their upcoming ROCKSTAR Investor Weekend (July 13th thru July 15th) promotions, which includes extended editorial coverage, has been seen in numerous daily and weekly publications.

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Business leader Ben Creamer received his B.A. from Saint Norbert College and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. After law school, he worked as an attorney and counseled sophisticated real estate clients with the law firm Mayer Brown LLP. Creamer’s passion is in real estate…

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be headed to privatization very soon. What can investors expect?

The White House has proposed pushing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into privatization again. It’s a big move that could have a big impact on the nation’s mortgage and real estate market, and even help bolster incoming international…

I Love It When a Plan Comes Together

The "A-Team" was a very popular show back in the early 1980's. The premise of the show was a former Special Forces group that was wrongfully imprisoned (an escaped) for a deed they didn't commit, attempted…