“Work for Equity”—the Hottest Strategy of 2018 by Vena Jones-Cox

The work for equity strategy I talk about here is so hot (I’ve done 6 in the past 3 months) that I’m considering putting together a live webclass on the topic that would get into the gruesome details about buyer screening, contracts, Dodd-Frank, property selection, all that stuff. My vision is that it would include...

Will You Benefit from the 20% Tax Reduction? By Guest Blogger Scott Ellsworth

The new 2018 Section 199A tax deduction that you can claim on your IRS Form 1040 is a big deal. There are many rules (all new, of course), but your odds as a business owner of benefiting from this new deduction are excellent. Rejoice if you operate your business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or...

Overwhelmed by all the things you “need” to know? Start here…

In this video, I outline WHY you're being told you need to know so darn much, and the (much simpler) truth about what you need to learn before you head out into the world to make deals.

What’s all that Procrastination Really About? By Dr. Steve Taubman

Steve Taubman’s latest book, Buddha in the Trenches, is available now at Amazon.com Many folks believe they procrastinate because they are “lazy”. As a result, they beat themselves over the head and feel bad about it. (Maybe you do too.) It’s not true though. Procrastination has nothing to do with laziness. This is just a...

The Worst Thing I Ever Did…

Confession, they say, is good for the soul. So I confess: I repeatedly made a VERY serious mistake in my real estate career—one that in some ways, I will literally never recover from. I kick myself about it all the time, because I think that even as I was doing it, I KNEW it was...