If you are a real estate investor, or if you want to get started in real estate investing, having a steady source of mortgage money is absolutely essential to your real estate investing business. In fact, having a good source of mortgage money will give you such an advantage in the post-credit...

01/03/2009

6 Steps to Develop Your Own Private Lending Program for Real Estate Investors - Part 2 of 2

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4) Follow-up and Presenting Deals: Once your marketing has generated some leads it is time to present deals. You may want to meet with the potential lender in one-on-one meeting and lay out why your deal makes sense and how the investor is well protected and what return they earn. You also may wa...

01/03/2009

Real Estate Investing 2009 and Beyond - FREE Teleseminar

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Hi there! This is Mike Lautensack with Real Estate Wealth Today.com and I am sure you are aware that the world's financial markets are in freefall, mortgage markets are frozen and real estate prices are down 20% to 50% across the country. Not a pretty picture right! Well there are real signs the...

01/03/2009

Whats next?

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What is next is purely up to us. With a new year fast approaching- it is a good time to plan for what lies ahead. What ever that maybe it is entirely up to us how we use it. We can choose to hide in fear of the possible outcomes, or we can embrace the opportunities as they present themselves. Eve...

01/03/2009

Wordless Wednesday

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This picture was taken in Allyn, Washington, and is a view of Case Inlet, also known as North Bay. Allyn is a unique little town where everyone knows your name.Most of the residents live on the hill above the bay in the golf course and lake community of LakeLand Village. A friendly smile and a wa...

01/03/2009

Having it Out with Boxing Day!

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Quite a few countries celebrate Boxing Day on December 26th every year. It is not as common in the United States, and few really know what it is. Some believe it represents the day that we return unwanted gifts to the store. Or the day that we pack up all of the wrapping paper, decorations, and ...

01/03/2009

Silent Sunday

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This is one of the friendly locals in Mason County.I know in most places it is rare to see wildlife this close, but we are used to it here. Most of the deer will eat right out of your garden,or for that matter right out of your hand. Many of the little communities here ask that you do not feed t...

01/03/2009

Mason County, Washington State- Market Sales Data Report

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It's a Monday and the Last week of 2008. May the New Year bring Forth a Robust Economy and a Rebounding Real Estate Market. Since joining and posting to AR I have explored, written and commented on a host of Topics. However, I am still a Real Estate Professional and a Managing Broker and must con...

01/03/2009

First time Buyer + Rookie Agent = Success

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My 23 year old nephew, Mark, just purchased his FIRST HOME. How Cool is that? What is really Cool, is that his Realtor is a remarkable new Agent recently licensed to our Belfair Windermere Office. Realtor, Josh Murphy, just graduated from North Mason High School... in 2008! Is that not really C...

01/03/2009

Sleepless in Florida

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Being a fairly new agent in the business, struggles to succeed can be stressful and overwhelming. I am happy to have started a career that I can grow with. As I sit here wide awake late at night my thoughts of failing are keeping me sleepless. The pressures of proving yourself can be difficult in...

01/03/2009