Jill & I have just signed another contract today & are closing on Friday. That is one of the nice things about Florida, cash deals close super quick!.
This property was listed on MLS originally for 54,900; it's owned by a landlord tired of tenants, we offered 25K; they then dropped to 49,900; then to 44,900; then to 38,900 ... we still rejected, so they came back with 32K & said it was their final counter. We went back at 27,500 & settled at 28,500. The Power of Negotiating!
Best of all, you can move a tenant right in with no work.
And to think I was going to Tampa tomorrow to check out buying a tanning salon.
Gary/Jill

One of the 1st things I was taught in REI was "Only YOU can change YOUR situation in life". I was told to write this down and post it places You had to SEE it EVERYDAY.(bathroom mirror,car dashboard,TV,etc)

At the end of each day, ask yourself "what did I do today to get closer to my goal?"

It's true. You WILL need to learn REI and take ACTION as Dean teaches,but, it IS all up to YOU.

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

Set your Goals and Make a Plan to achieve them and just keep following the plan- step by step-...you WILL get there.

Set 30/60/90day goals and then 6/12/18 month Goals.

Where do you want to be in in 1yr,3yrs or 5yrs?

NO one learns at the same pace,so you have to keep pushing forward and keep going.

Follow step by step-NO shortcuts!

This is a topic that I have not seen too many times on the site so I hope this information is beneficial to many of you.
In 2002, I was 22 years old and driving over to visit a friend when I ran across a very old Beat up house on a beautiful piece of land. I drove down the driveway to ask the landowner for permission to hunt. After speaking with the older fella, I found out he would be moving soon and wanted $31,000 for the home and 14 acres. I had $10,000 saved up in the bank from living with my parents so I told my dad that I wanted to buy the property mainly to hunt.

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http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20000221_goals.htm

We closed on a no season refinanced deal today. It took longer than what I hoped it would take but the deal is closed now.

As many of you know we bought a house in Indiana for 15k back in October. We had new carpet put in new doors and windows, new furnace, and bathroom remodeled plus paint though out the house and some electrical work done. All the work done for about 20k. We had the house appraised for 61k in December. The repair work took a little longer but it was done right.

Now we have a check coming to us for 45k minus the bank fees for the loan. UP DATE as of 02/12/11 the check is in our account.

I would like to thank Dean and Matt Larson for telling us about small town banks that will do a no season loan. We learned about this by watching the 2010 Edge DVDs.

Here is an article written about my success in real estate that was published in the local newspaper.

http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=528625

Anyone can have success in real estate, you just to give it everything you've got!

Treat real estate like a business and you will get business results!

Get it done!!!