The AntiGuru on June 22nd, 2009

I am on a quest. I want to add the blogs and other websites you read on a regular basis to this blog. It will be in a blogroll in the right hand column.
You can submit them either through a comment below or the contact me page above. The link will be added as long [...]

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The AntiGuru on June 22nd, 2009

Over the years, I’ve read a lot of guru materials. At the predecessor of the Field Guide for Real Estate Investors we used to do extensive evaluations of guru materials. A member would purchase a book, ebook, home study course, etc and send it to us to be examined and evaluated. That experience taught me [...]

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The AntiGuru on June 15th, 2009

I got up this morning a little earlier than usual, fired up the MacBook Pro to check email (and because I’m a parent, the weather at the summer camp my son is attending this week.)
Anyway, I open my email and receive this…
I want to thank you, the last segment episode 5 of your podcast is [...]

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The AntiGuru on June 12th, 2009

Yesterday, I received a phone call asking if I would be interested in speaking at a conference.
“Maybe,” was my reply.
“Great! We want to tie into the anti guru thing you’ve got going there because [removed] isn’t your typical guru. I’m sure once you meet them you will agree they are the real deal and …”
“Do [...]

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The AntiGuru on May 14th, 2009

The call for consumers to just ignore the realities of the current economy and spend are being made by marginal economists and incompetent politicians alike. The call to get credit flowing is loud and shrill. The hearings the nation witnessed last week punctuated the fact the politicians simply think the problem is the lenders just [...]

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The AntiGuru on May 11th, 2009

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There are generally two ways to generate profits from your real estate investing. Your holdings either generate cash now, this and every month, or you expect them to generate cash at some point in the future. Future profits can come from appreciation, but unless it if forced appreciation, you are really just breaking even over [...]

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The AntiGuru on April 22nd, 2009

At one of our properties in NC we started an experiment at the start of April. All leases include language passing along fees and taxes imposed by local authorities. Things like required annual inspection fees, taxes and even the cost of the business license can be prorated to the tenants with our new lease language. [...]

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The AntiGuru on April 21st, 2009

In an earlier post, I wrote about a testimonial Chris received from a Field Guide for Real Estate Investors member about his Private Money materials on the Field Guide. I mentioned REITactics is releasing his materials in a new eBook titled, The Smart Investor’s Guide to Raising and Using Private Money. This is the first [...]

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The AntiGuru on April 16th, 2009

As the publisher and owner of REITactics I am almost hyper sensitive about honesty, integrity, transparency and accountability. I always like to under-promise and over-deliver with everything we do. That is true whether we are talking about training, like the Apprenticeship Program, printed and eBooks, the Field Guide for Real Estate Investors, my own investing [...]

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