By Steven VanCauwenbergh Building wealth is all about the ROI (Return on Investment). Making your money work for you instead of just stock-piling it and hoping it will be enough to retire you.  As with any type of investing there is risk involved in being a real estate guru. But it has been my experience...

By Vena jones-Cox An interesting thing happens when people become successful real estate investors:  like any true convert, they start to want to proselytize. And one of the primary characteristics of any good missionary is the desire to emphasize the good and de-emphasize the downsides of one’s religion. Have you ever noticed that most successful...

By Jim Adeylotte Sometimes I would love to go back in time, just to get a chance to do a few things differently than what I actually did…or didn’t do - of course, hindsight is 20/20 right? That hindsight, and all the things I did BEFORE I discovered lease/options that I wish I'd just skipped,...

By David Randolph A short sale in real estate happens when a homeowner sells their property for less than the amount owed on the mortgage. The lender, or mortgage holder, agrees to accept a reduced payoff amount instead of foreclosing on the property. Short sales often occur when homeowners are struggling financially and can no longer afford their mortgage payments, but they want to avoid the more damaging impact of foreclosure.

By Vena Jones-Cox Long, navel-gazing post/manifesto ahead: Anyone who's started a business will tell you that you HAVE to have a really big "Why"--bigger than 'the money' or the desire to not work for someone else--if you're going to get through all the hard work and disappointments and market cycles and fear. For some people,...