I was sitting at my desk this morning drinking my 4th cup of coffee, I had just hung up with my 80 year Mom in Florida and as usual the conversation culminated with the same dreaded question “When you coming down to visit son? It’s been three years now.”
I was thinking how pitiful I was had it really been three years since Pop died and when was my last real vacation? I was in the regular work force once upon a time I got paid every Friday got three weeks vacation a year, had about 70 sick days saved up, even had full medical and Dental insurance had me just a stellar retirement package too. Fact of the matter if I had stayed in the work force I’d be retired by now living off that great benefit package. Feeling just a tad low and miserable I asked myself how did I get like this. My reflection took me back twelve years ago I was 42 years old and had been in the work force since I was a teenager.
I remember I was sick and tired of working for the Boss-man and I had this really cool idea to start my own company I was always day dreaming about how my life would be if I could just drop the shackles of being a worker bee. But the reality factor always kicked in I could never leave the protective embrace of the work-force breast that nurtured me through economic woes and paid my mortgage, the children’s doctor bills and even allowed a meager little nest egg for their educations. Ah! The work-force she is a savage mistress maybe even a bit of a dominatrix. Enter my lovely wife who is a true believer in the entrepreneurial spirit she sat me down and told me; “Honey if you don’t try this idea of yours you’ll never know if it would succeed or not, besides I don’t want no cranky empty feeling old man for a husband in another thirty years OK”
Long story short when some guys have their mid-life crisis they buy a vintage Corvette and a toupee, me I quit my job and became a 42 year old entrepreneur and for the first five years I worked 18 hours a day instead of 8 and the next five years was closer to 12 hours a day. I hardly had time for anything but I had the support of my wife and family. You may ask was it an easy transition? No…Hell no looking back I went through periods of absolute numb boredom to high states of pure panic. Well did you get rich? No! But we are very comfortable. Plus my work load gets less and less as I delegate out as many chores as I can and I treat my employees better that I was treated and I think they are happy.
Some entrepreneurs cope with the stress by drinking copious amount of scotch or enduring painful hours at the gym. I have done both at different periods in my new career, being an entrepreneur is not for everyone it’s a lifestyle almost like a religion you have to believe in your dream and most importantly yourself. I have also learned and seen with a few of my friends that entrepreneurial ship can be an evil mistress as well just like the work-force you must know and trust yourself I wish you good luck. Me well I gotta call the airlines and book a flight to sunny Florida, I wonder if Mom will make me that special cheesecake like when I was a kid.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Online Investing Has Its Day in Court
The United States of America Department of Justice, Antitrust Division has taken on the National Association of Realtors.
The action taken by the Department of Justice will benefit all investors because it keeps the National Association of Realtors from adopting any policy that “…restrains competition from brokers who use the internet.” Virtual Office Websites (VOW) and online investing has steadily become a threat to brick and mortar brokers who conduct business by traditional means.
The internet has become an invaluable resource to real estate investors. The National Association of Realtors tried to implement the VOW policy that would hinder internet activity for real estate brokers and thus, crush the convenient mode of relaying pertinent information.
What can the internet do for a real estate investor? While there are plenty of things to be cautious about, real estate investing is actually enhanced by online activity.
- Search Deals by Geographical Location
- Find Investors to Partner With
- Ease of Use
- Investing On Your Own Time
For motivated home sellers, motivated property buyers, agents, brokers, investors and anyone else in the real estate game, real estate activity online benefits everyone if they are willing to assimilate brick and mortar strategies for flipping houses with online resources.
Listings by Geographical Location
Scenario: A hardworking bank manager is invited to a meeting with the regional manager and higher level executives who are pleased to inform our unsuspecting manager about the promotion that awaits several states over. Our newly promoted regional manager has a month to get his affairs in order and offload non-performing property that sits on the banks books.
Solution: Listing these properties online targeting motivated investors looking to find real estate deals in any location across the nation.
Traditionally, you would have to call ahead to several agents, and spend a few days putting the listing agreement together, then setting a marketing budget and waiting for people to phone the seller’s representative back, then set an appointment for a walk through with the seller’s agent. Then, the investor would need to spend a few days looking at homes….eventually hoping to find one that’s right in a rather short amount of time, then close on it.
Unfortunately, the problem was complicated by the agents who held these listings because they often made an appointment was necessary to get that information.
This was a slow, and often painful process for both the investor and the motivated seller.
Online listings surpass all that extra activity and allow real estate investors to browse the potential deals available before contacting the seller and setting up appointments.
A few pictures of each home, a market analysis, and understanding the seller’s price are all anyone needs to quickly calculate their equitable profit and make an informed decision whether or not to place a contract on the.
Plus, it’s happening now more than ever that investors are purchasing investment properties sight unseen.
While real estate deals such as this may seem risky to novice investors, they are perfectly suited for the experienced investor who has a solid power team in place to handle the deal for them once they’ve approved of the data that’s been presented.
Find Investors to Partner With
The internet has been one great resource responsible for creating plenty of millionaires. Even if you don’t make a million over night, you can still carve out a very good income for yourself by finding investors online willing to partner with others on deals and exchange information.
Easy Access
A Virtual Office Website allows a motivated buyer to look at property listings before hopping in their car or on a plane to the other side of the country. This kind of web access keeps potential investors from wasting valuable time and money to find and/or flip real estate deals suitable for their investment needs.
Investing On Your Time
Most people have to work all day and then run chores in the evening. While shopping for real estate can be fun, after a while driving the neighborhoods wears on you. Looking through listings online is more convenient.
You don’t have to set up appointments and try to make them. You don’t have to sit in front of a Realtor on commission who tries to sweet talk you into the deal. You have ultimate freedom online and can invest on your own time.
Whenever you feel like looking for real estate, just log on and it’s there.
The National Association of Realtors might want to keep real estate practices from changing with new innovations, but the Department of Justice has found that certain policies put into place by the NAR inhibit competitive practices.
Online investing can be beneficial for the motivated seller, the motivated buyer and everyone else involved. A motivated buyer can view listings across the country that motivated sellers have listed. They can simply visit an online resource that matches investors and investment properties together, and start browsing.
Plus, they can do it on their own time whenever it’s convenient for them.
Brad Wozny is the founder of the investor and investment property match service called http://www.INSTANTRealEstateSolutions.com
Learn more about flipping real estate for profit and investing online by starting your 7 Day FREE Trial now at http://www.INSTANTRealEstateSolutions.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=R_Brad_Wozny
The action taken by the Department of Justice will benefit all investors because it keeps the National Association of Realtors from adopting any policy that “…restrains competition from brokers who use the internet.” Virtual Office Websites (VOW) and online investing has steadily become a threat to brick and mortar brokers who conduct business by traditional means.
The internet has become an invaluable resource to real estate investors. The National Association of Realtors tried to implement the VOW policy that would hinder internet activity for real estate brokers and thus, crush the convenient mode of relaying pertinent information.
What can the internet do for a real estate investor? While there are plenty of things to be cautious about, real estate investing is actually enhanced by online activity.
- Search Deals by Geographical Location
- Find Investors to Partner With
- Ease of Use
- Investing On Your Own Time
For motivated home sellers, motivated property buyers, agents, brokers, investors and anyone else in the real estate game, real estate activity online benefits everyone if they are willing to assimilate brick and mortar strategies for flipping houses with online resources.
Listings by Geographical Location
Scenario: A hardworking bank manager is invited to a meeting with the regional manager and higher level executives who are pleased to inform our unsuspecting manager about the promotion that awaits several states over. Our newly promoted regional manager has a month to get his affairs in order and offload non-performing property that sits on the banks books.
Solution: Listing these properties online targeting motivated investors looking to find real estate deals in any location across the nation.
Traditionally, you would have to call ahead to several agents, and spend a few days putting the listing agreement together, then setting a marketing budget and waiting for people to phone the seller’s representative back, then set an appointment for a walk through with the seller’s agent. Then, the investor would need to spend a few days looking at homes….eventually hoping to find one that’s right in a rather short amount of time, then close on it.
Unfortunately, the problem was complicated by the agents who held these listings because they often made an appointment was necessary to get that information.
This was a slow, and often painful process for both the investor and the motivated seller.
Online listings surpass all that extra activity and allow real estate investors to browse the potential deals available before contacting the seller and setting up appointments.
A few pictures of each home, a market analysis, and understanding the seller’s price are all anyone needs to quickly calculate their equitable profit and make an informed decision whether or not to place a contract on the.
Plus, it’s happening now more than ever that investors are purchasing investment properties sight unseen.
While real estate deals such as this may seem risky to novice investors, they are perfectly suited for the experienced investor who has a solid power team in place to handle the deal for them once they’ve approved of the data that’s been presented.
Find Investors to Partner With
The internet has been one great resource responsible for creating plenty of millionaires. Even if you don’t make a million over night, you can still carve out a very good income for yourself by finding investors online willing to partner with others on deals and exchange information.
Easy Access
A Virtual Office Website allows a motivated buyer to look at property listings before hopping in their car or on a plane to the other side of the country. This kind of web access keeps potential investors from wasting valuable time and money to find and/or flip real estate deals suitable for their investment needs.
Investing On Your Time
Most people have to work all day and then run chores in the evening. While shopping for real estate can be fun, after a while driving the neighborhoods wears on you. Looking through listings online is more convenient.
You don’t have to set up appointments and try to make them. You don’t have to sit in front of a Realtor on commission who tries to sweet talk you into the deal. You have ultimate freedom online and can invest on your own time.
Whenever you feel like looking for real estate, just log on and it’s there.
The National Association of Realtors might want to keep real estate practices from changing with new innovations, but the Department of Justice has found that certain policies put into place by the NAR inhibit competitive practices.
Online investing can be beneficial for the motivated seller, the motivated buyer and everyone else involved. A motivated buyer can view listings across the country that motivated sellers have listed. They can simply visit an online resource that matches investors and investment properties together, and start browsing.
Plus, they can do it on their own time whenever it’s convenient for them.
Brad Wozny is the founder of the investor and investment property match service called http://www.INSTANTRealEstateSolutions.com
Learn more about flipping real estate for profit and investing online by starting your 7 Day FREE Trial now at http://www.INSTANTRealEstateSolutions.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=R_Brad_Wozny
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