By Vena Jones-Cox
Back when I first joined my REIA, there was an experienced investor named Ralph who always wore these buttons that said YAFTAX. After perhaps 6 months, I finally worked up the courage to ask him what that meant, and he said, “sound it out”. After a few tries, I got it: You have…
By Vena Jones-Cox
You and I both know that you aren’t gonna be reading and digesting a long business article at this time of year, so we’ll keep it light this week. Don’t ask me why, but I have, over the years, accumulated an enormous amount of real estate poetry. The muse usually strikes me…
By Vena Jones-Cox
When I was 2 or 3 years old, my mother took me on trips to the library almost every week. While she checked out the latest mystery novels, I always went to the same shelf in the children’s section and pulled down the same worn, tea-colored book called “I Can’t, Said the Ant.”…
By Vena jones-Cox
Let’s face it: making deals complicates our lives. When we first become involved in real estate, buying a property can be very anxiety-provoking: I mean, really, even though we’ve done all our due diligence and run the numbers 15 different ways and talked to our favorite mentor about it and it STILL…
by Vena Jones-Cox
If you don’t think that real estate investing is a relationship business, you haven’t been paying attention. It’s your connections with other investors that bring you the local knowledge, the referrals to the right professionals, the money, the partnerships, and the deals that let you prosper now, and for years to come. …