Yes you can buy a home with bad credit. But should you? That is the question you should answer before you ask the other questions about the best ways to go about it. As I write this (spring 2007), the payments are coming in late on one out of eight sub...

You need to do your due diligence when investing in real estate. What is due diligence? Here is a simple definition: "The investigation and verification of the details of a particular investment." You can start this process before making an offer, but i...

What is subliminal persuasion? It is influencing people with more than just words. It is the power of what lies behind or beneath the language. It is influencing people at a level below their conscious recognition. People often don't realize they are bein...

Due diligence is a crucial part of real estate investing. A seller may claim that all units in his building are rented, but your physical inspection could reveal an empty one. A look at the books could show that his reported income included the one-time s...

The subliminal persuasion technique of "mirroring and matching" is easy to understand. It is simply a way to make a person feel more comfortable and trusting of you. We all feel more comfortable with some people than others, and there are reasons for this...

An example of buried treasure? As a young man I buried 100 ounces of silver under my parents house. There was a crawl space that could be accessed from the basement. I pulled the plastic back that covered the dirt, and roughly five feet out from the west ...

What new sales techniques are coming out of the science of behavioral economics? Mostly better explanations and applications of old techniques. Though the science it is relatively new, many of its findings have been known intuitively by good salesmen and ...

"Credit card wealth secrets," the ad read. I assumed it was yet another over-hyped unworkable scheme. It probably was, but it made me remember the times in my life when I have used credit cards to make money. As Robert Kyosaki says, there's "good debt"...

Investing in real estate should be a pleasurable and profitable activity. Listen carefully to investors, though, and you hear not just success stories, but sad tales of stress and losing money. Here are some tips for keeping your real estate stories happy...

Due diligence? You hear the term, but what does it really mean? Here's a simple definition: "Investigation and verification of the details of a particular investment." In real estate investment, you can start this process before you make an offer, but you...

Are there really ethical ways to make money fast? Yes, but they are primarily short term solutions. They'll help you raise some cash quickly, but don't think these are get-rich-quick plans. With that in mind, here are a few ways to make money fast. ...

How do you find a house? Let's assume that you have already chosen the town in which you will be buying a home. Should you go online and start looking? Should you call a real estate agent first? Look in the papers? You will probably do all of the abov...

Selling land or small lots? Would you like to get more for your property and sell it faster? Then there are three important things you should do. My very first piece of real estate was two-and-a-half acres adjoining some state land in northern Michigan...

What if you were able to buy a decent two bedroom home for about $30,000, fix it up a little and put it on the market for $80,000? Do you think you could make some money that way? This is the story of a man who lost it all that way, followed by a few less...

Why are so many people buying mobile homes? Affordability is the primary reason. Buying a mobile for a first home, a retirement home, or even as a rental property investment - they all can make perfect sense. They do have their own particular problems tho...