On Friday, we lost two more banks due to them being financially unstable.
The FDIC walked in and closed them down at the end of the business day Friday. It marked the 21st and 22nd banks to close this year.
Last year, we had a total of 140 banks close.
Are you a real estate investor or are you trying to figure out a way to get into real estate in these troubling times?
Despite what some people may be saying in the media, you can still make money in real estate. In fact, when times are their toughest is actually when you can do even better in any type of investment strategy. The reason for that is because all of the fearful investors that do not know any better are still running for the hills to take cover.
One of the greatest things you can do right now is to learn about short sales. In fact, if you want to get into real estate, you simply MUST know about short sales because you will run into potential short sale deals every day in bad economic times.
I would like to help you learn more about short sales.
If you are interested in learning what a short sale is and how you can profit from them while helping the troubled homeowner, put your name and e-mail address below. I will send you a few e-mails with more information to really get you up to speed on short sale investing or pre-foreclosure investing in real estate.
I have been fooling around with doing videos for my real estate business for about 8 months now. The main reason I started doing this was because I heard the search engines LOVE videos. If you tag them correctly, they will produce a good bit of traffic for your business.
If you want them done for you, click the link below.
Then, I started embedding them into my real estate website where I advertise my houses. The response from my customers was great. Even though they were not of high quality, there is just something about seeing a video of a place that gets customers more interested. I guess we are just a very visual world. If a picture is worth a thousand words, I think video must be worth a million.
I’ll tell you what, it is pretty cool to get a video all ironed out and get it uploaded to YouTube or my website and then start watching the hits to the video.
However, all along I have thought to myself, this looks rather amateurish.
Well, even though it is amateur, it doesn’t matter as far as the search engines go. The search engines love video and I highly encourage you to look into creating your own videos. It’s fun and a great experience.
The first thing you need to do is make sure you write out a short story board of what you are going to talk about on the video.
If you don’t want to be pictured on the video, you can also create a video out of powerpoint presentation using a product like Camtasia or CamStudio to record what you are doing. Then, you can add audio in to the video, either music or you can do your own voiceover.
Make sure you have very good lighting. You will get the best results if you have natural light. Shooting a video outside produces very high quality picture, but the sound can be an issue if you have too much wind.
I use a “Flip” video camera. They are perfect in my opinion, but there are some others out there that are very good as well. I picked up an older model flip for about $60 at Wal-Mart one day.
I recommend keeping the video to about 30-60 seconds, just like a commercial would be on TV.
Then, make sure that you post your website link or your phone number inside the video so that anyone watching can get more information. This also helps keep people from stealing your video and using it for their own website promotion.
Well, earlier this week, I found out about a company that is doing videos for other companies to make them look very professional.
I use “Windows Movie Maker” on my Vista system to add the special affects, fade-in, fade-out, scrolling banners, etc.
Here is a video that I did on my own in about 30 minutes. It’s not perfect, but I used it to help promote a webinar a few weeks ago.
After I did it, I thought, hmmm, it would be nice if there was an affordable way to get a customized video made for me by someone that REALLY knows what they are doing. You know, someone that is doing this professionally.
Well, guess what, I found them by accident this week.
Go check them out and see the difference between my “Amateur hour” video and what they can do. It is extremely affordable and I think you will really like this if you are thinking about using video to promote your business.
I was talking with a friend of mine last night about this company and he couldn’t believe it. So, I figured, maybe everyone in my list would be interested in this too. Plus, if you are like me, you probably don’t have the time to sit down and figure out how to do videos like the professionals do. If you are a professional video producer, you don’t need this. Are you?
I sure as heck don’t have the time or manpower to make videos for all of you. This company does though, so I decided to do the next best thing. I teamed up with them and I’m going to help them fill up there slots for this video production.
Be aware, that IS a link that is tracked back to me. So, if you decide to purchase their videos, they will send me a commission check. I think they have a great thing going, but do your own investigation and you be the judge.
Leave your feedback below on what you think.
Also, if you have questions about doing your own videos, let me know. I will try to answer as many as I can.
Seriously, why is Obama picking just 5 states to help out with the foreclosure crisis to the tune of an additional $1.5 billion???
I do not understand this logic at all.
We already have programs in place to help with affordable housing.
The banks already have loan modification/workout groups and loss mitigation departments.
The banks will already do a short sale which, many times is a better solution for the homeowner than a loan modification. (This is not legal advice either, but the options are there).
The administration and the government as a whole need to focus 100% of their attention on how they can spur the private sector to expand and create more jobs.
The clues are right there in the article folks.
(Hint, it’s not going to happen if you increase taxes)
It is all about jobs, JOBS JOBS!!!!!
We can’t spend our way out of this by throwing money at more government programs and handouts!
The private sector can get the economy going again if they have access to funding.
Right now, they can’t get the funding they need so they are not hiring.
Thus, no one is producing anything and since 10% of the country is not working (Actually much higher if you take into account the number of people that are not looking for work right now), no one is buying anything.
Look at the housing sector. The only reason that housing has had an increase in anything is because of the tax credit for home buyers. Without that incentive (A tax reduction incentive) the housing numbers would be abysmal.
How is dumping more money to save someone’s underwater mortgage going to help the private sector?
The only people that will help in the long run are the government workers (Which we keep getting more and more of) and the BANKS!!!
The big banks all made money last year right?
What did the banks do to actually help the economy though? Nothing.
They did not lend any money out.
We the people forcibly loaned the banks money and they turned around and horded it and bought smaller banks to get more access to your money.
The government needs to help small businesses get more funding and then step back and get their hands off the economy. Don’t increase taxes, don’t overhaul our insurance programs which will increase taxes and greatly expand government. They just need to back off. Spending tax payer money just so you can say we are doing SOMETHING is just plain stupid. Obviously, the stimulus program has not helped. Over the last year, what has happened? Has the economy gotten better? Unemployment numbers haven’t.
One thing the government is doing that I support is they do have some programs to help investors supply affordable housing and to rehabilitate commercial properties. Why do I support this? Because it puts construction crews to work and it creates safe, affordable housing. This helps spur the private sector.
If you want to join me for a webinar on some of the available Government Funding Options for Real Estate Investors, enter your name and e-mail address below.
I’ll be holding an encore call on Tuesday night, Feb. 23 at 9:00 PM EST.
Well, due to the snow storms last week in the DC area, I was unable to do my live call with my special guest on Hedge Funds and Commercial lending opportunities.
Because of the trouble, my guest has setup a special replay webinar that we can all view for a limited time. (He is pulling it to be put into his mentorship program soon).
I have a special 15 page report available for you as well. It will be sent via e-mail as soon as you verify your e-mail address.
This call is over an hour and half long and covers a ton of info on what you can do to start finding funding for commercial property owners or for your own commercial deals.
So PLEASE register now as we’ve had tons and
tons of people who want to be in on this and he may force me to pull it down any day now because my guest is planning to take this call and put it into his paid mentorship program.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
* How to enter the secretive realm of the
hedge funds, to connect them with money making
opportunities right in your neighborhood right now
* How to benefit from the commercial real estate
crash, without investing a dime in buying or selling
properties
* How to find deals with almost no work, so you
simply introduce someone to a private equity
fund or hedge fund and get a guaranteed
commission that can be enormous
* How to find a lender as opposed to yet another broker.
The difference? You’ll have access to the direct
decision-makers on the loans you want funded. And
they’ll have access to private equity and hedge fund
investors because everyone is participating in the
loans, not brokering them to someone else
* How to submit a deal so that there is no further work
required on your part
* A simple “back of the envelope” way to know
that a deal is likely to fly, and when it’s not.
* What makes a good deal or a bad deal?
* How to go to networking meetings and find deals
right and left
* How to connect applicants with lenders with a simple
two page form guaranteeing you will get paid, so that
is ALL you have to do, you’re done, and someone else
makes you money while you move on or pursue your
hobbies and spend time with family.
* How to make the big money in “commercial
loan modifications” and “workouts”
Remember, you will be sent to the replay page immediately after verifying your e-mail address and you will NOT walk away disappointed.
Enter your name and e-mail address right below to register for the call.
After you register above, you will get an e-mail to confirm your registration.
Open the e-mail and click the confirm link to be sent to the replay page.
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UPDATE: Since we couldn’t do the webinar last Thursday due to the weather, see my next post regarding what is now available.
This latest post explains how to get the special report on funding commercial real estate deals with hedge funds, both for your own deals and for finding funding for other investors.
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Thursday Feb 11th at 9pm eastern time. You MUST register
and I’d do it RIGHT NOW:
Check out this video from Marcus and Millichap president Harry Green where he weighs in on the state of commercial real estate.
Back to our webinar info:
Here’s what you’ll learn:
UPDATE: **************************
Sign up now and get access to the replay webinar.
You will be automatically sent the information to get to the replay, plus the special report will be sent to you.
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* How to enter the secretive realm of the
hedge funds, to connect them with money making
opportunities right in your neighborhood right now
* How to benefit from the commercial real estate
crash, without investing a dime in buying or selling
properties
* How to find deals with almost no work, so you
simply introduce someone to a private equity
fund or hedge fund and get a guaranteed
commission that can be enormous
* How to find a lender as opposed to yet another broker.
The difference? You’ll have access to the direct
decision-makers on the loans you want funded. And
they’ll have access to private equity and hedge fund
investors because everyone is participating in the
loans, not brokering them to someone else
* How to submit a deal so that there is no further work
required on your part
* A simple “back of the envelope” way to know
that a deal is likely to fly, and when it’s not.
* What makes a good deal or a bad deal
* How to go to networking meetings and find deals
right and left
* How to connect applicants with lenders with a simple
two page form guaranteeing you will get paid, so that
is ALL you have to do, you’re done, and someone else
makes you money while you move on or pursue your hobbies
and spend time with family.
* How to make the big money in “commercial
loan modifications” and “workouts”
Register for the webinar here:
BTW. This training webinar alone is easily worth thousands to a
person who is willing to take the action steps and there MAY not
be ANY replay:
Full Disclosure: While Richard and I are covering a ton of great
stuff on the call, he can’t possibly teach you everything you
need to know in a 1-2 hour webinar.
There is an offer at the end to get further training and support
from Richard and his team. If you decide to purchase his program,
my company will be compensated and you’ll be helping me feed the
children (The Moreland Children, 4 with a 5th one on the way .
Get this though, if you decide to purchase the program, I’m going
to include a very special bonus to help you with your online
marketing as well. You’ll be able to apply this bonus to ANY
type of business you are doing online.
Remember though, there is no obligation to purchase anything
and the webinar alone is going to be worth some serious money.
In a few weeks I will be holding a webinar with a friend of mine that I’ve
been following for several years. I started checking him out when he
came out with a loan modification program for residential borrowers.
Well, I started exchanging e-mails with him about 6-8 months ago and I
found out a few months back that he was getting into commercial loan modification.
So, I let him know that I would like to get together and do a webinar for
everyone on my property buyers list because I know several of you want
to get into commercial real estate or already are. Plus, several of you are
in a tight situation with one of your commercial properties or know
someone who is in need of some help.
If that is you, check out some of the info below that we will be covering
on the webinar. Actually, I was able to get Richard to setup a replay webinar for my guests that want to get started in this right away. I’m still planning a live call with Richard, but you can get access right away.
I’m telling you, Richard delivers a TON of great info on his calls.
Get signed up for the webinar right here:
I want you to walk away from one of my webinars knowing that
you learned something that you can put to use right away.
So, sign-up right now, the webinar is going to be packed full
of actionable items that you can use in your real estate
business right away. You will be forwarded to the replay page immediately after verifying your e-mail address.
So PLEASE register as we’ve had tons and
tons of people who want to be in on this and he may force me to pull it down any day now because my guest is planning to take this call and put it into his paid mentorship program.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
* How to enter the secretive realm of the
hedge funds, to connect them with money making
opportunities right in your neighborhood right now
* How to benefit from the commercial real estate
crash, without investing a dime in buying or selling
properties
* How to find deals with almost no work, so you
simply introduce someone to a private equity
fund or hedge fund and get a guaranteed
commission that can be enormous
* How to find a lender as opposed to yet another broker.
The difference? You’ll have access to the direct
decision-makers on the loans you want funded. And
they’ll have access to private equity and hedge fund
investors because everyone is participating in the
loans, not brokering them to someone else
* How to submit a deal so that there is no further work
required on your part
* A simple “back of the envelope” way to know
that a deal is likely to fly, and when it’s not.
* What makes a good deal or a bad deal?
* How to go to networking meetings and find deals
right and left
* How to connect applicants with lenders with a simple
two page form guaranteeing you will get paid, so that
is ALL you have to do, you’re done, and someone else
makes you money while you move on or pursue your
hobbies and spend time with family.
* How to make the big money in “commercial
loan modifications” and “workouts”
Remember, you will be sent to the replay page immediately after verifying your e-mail address and you will NOT walk away disappointed.
Enter your name and e-mail address right below to register for the call.
After you register above, you will get an e-mail to confirm your registration.
Open the e-mail and click the confirm link to be sent to the replay page.
This company does though, so I decided to do the next best thing. I teamed up with them and I’m going to help them fill up there slots for this video production.