Posts Tagged ‘Real Estate Investing’

Dress For Success and Generate More Leads

What’s the biggest challenge facing the new investor? If you’re new there’s probably a list as long as your arm and choosing just one can prove difficult. Is it establishing credibility? Finding leads? Letting people know what you do or want to do? What does an investor look like? A policeman has a uniform, a hat and a gun; a doctor has a white coat. Lots of people can be recognized by the uniform they wear; but what about the investor?

When I first began attending REIA meetings, (that’s Real Estate Investor Association for the uninitiated), I was always impressed by the folks with shirts that had their business logo embroidered on them. They looked more professional, seemed more confident, more knowledgeable, more… well you know…prepared. Why was that? I think it was because they looked the part

Seller Financing and Your Rights – H.R.4173 Revisited

On July 21, 2010, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H.R 4173 was signed into law by President Barrack Obama. The final version of H.R. 4173 includes some improvements over the initial version challenged by the Real Estate Investment community. Rather than limiting seller financing to a single transaction every 36 months, the version signed into law allows for up to three seller-financed transactions in a twelve-month period.

Two Separate Bills Passed S 3217 to Become HR 4173

I urge every American property owner, real estate investor and tax-payer to contact your Congressmen and Senators to seek amendment of the seller-financing portion of this 1000+ page legislation. Main Street is not Wall Street and individuals aren’t the cause of the financial collapse and shouldn’t be held hostage because of corporate malfeasance.

Protect property rights and the right to negotiate and sell your own property without government interference. For more information see our earlier post http://creativerealestateinvestingguide.com/2010/04/26/protect-your-property-rights-now