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Landflip - Selling or Buying Land Anytime Soon??
2008-05-02 22:20:00
For all of you aspiring land barons out there there’s an awesome resource that you should know about in the land selling and buying world. I actually came across this site about a year ago somehow (I don’t remember how…) and to tell you the truth didn’t really think a whole lot of it. The ...
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Property Management Software Reviews - In-Depth Unbiased Reviews
2008-04-09 00:08:00
Over the past couple months we have had a ton of questions from readers about property management software. So, we started doing unbiased written and video (yep, both!) reviews of property management software packages so you know which software is right for YOU and YOUR BUSINESS. Some investors have 1 or 2 units and a ...
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Real Estate Market Cycles Explained? for the 2008 Market
2008-04-02 23:27:00
I’ve been getting a ton of questions from readers (keep ‘em coming! I’m getting a ton… but I’ll get to them if I have to work 18 hours a day to do it!) … and one theme has been occurring a bunch recently. “How do housing cycles work and where are we right now in the ...
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Is The REI Brain a top Real Estate Investing resource? Google thinks so!
2008-03-24 20:31:00
Wow… today I went about my routine “stat reports” for The REI Brain to see where people are coming to the site from. By the way, this kind of thing should be done in ANY business including real estate investing because you should always know how people are getting a hold of you. When you ...
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I won a trip to Orlando? and how this applies to YOUR real estate success?
2008-02-21 20:05:00
Hey [[firstname]], I had to take a couple minutes out ofmy crazy day to tell you a bit of good news (for me anyway!). On Tuesday I found out that I won a paid trip to Orlando to a week long business building event put on by Rich Schefren. If you haven’t heard of Rich, he’s one of ...
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Part of Life Success? and why we invest in real estate
2008-02-14 01:17:00
Every now and then we really have an epiphany and realize what’s important to us in life. I actually have these all of the time… and just want to ask something from my readers this week. Yes, tomorrow is Valentines Day… but holidays shouldn’t be the only times we take to let our friends and ...
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Wine 101 - A break from work? and bit of fun?
2008-02-11 00:47:00
Hey all! It’s a beautiful gray sky Sunday here in Portland… what’s new. (no, that’s not me in that picture over here >>. You’ll learn who it is in a bit) Anyhow, I wanted to write a quick little post that is anything but on real estate investing. In fact, this is so far away from ...
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February 2008 Real Estate Market Statistics - Recession?
2008-02-08 21:23:00
Another month is gone… and we are now over 8% through with 2008 already (man, really makes you look at time a bit differently when you put it that way, huh?). January was a kind of eventful month for real estate. The fed made that big fat rate cut in mid January, the stock market ...
More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Market , Statistics

Here?s an REO Deal I Just Closed? and How I Did It?
2008-02-08 15:07:00
I know all of you like real life examples of real deals going on… from people just like you. Heck, I do too. It’s always great to hear how someone structured a deal and made some great money just by using their noggin and getting into action. Steph over at Flip This Wholesaler recently ...
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Roboform - Helping you be more efficient online?
2008-02-06 18:56:00
How about that Superbowl? Great game huh? I really could have gone either way… I don’t particularly love either team… and it would have been cool seeing either team win. On one hand the Patriots had the chance to go 19-0 which is amazing. On the other hand it was kinda cool to see the ...
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Rent Tracker Property Management Software - In Depth Review?
2008-01-31 19:24:00
Here we are folks… Our third review in our Rental Property Management Software Review s series. I didn’t mean to make it a series… but we’ve had so many readers email asking about different software… and a bunch of comments… that I decided to keep it going and to review any property management software that we ...
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?How Do I Find Cash Buyers??? - A readers question answered?
2008-01-30 00:22:00
Over the past 3 weeks we’ve been getting a ton of emails from our readers and newsletter subscribers (if you haven’t subscribed… fill in the box at the top of the page… IT’S FREE!). A bunch of them have been regarding our property management software reviews … and several have been on specific real ...
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Top 4 Ways the Fed Rate Cut Helps Real Estate Investors
2008-01-24 22:18:00
A ton of people are saying that the recent .75% Fed rate cut doesn’t help out real estate investors a whole lot. I beg to differ. Here are the top 4 ways that the recent Fed Rate Cut help real estate investors: 1. Your credit line rates that float with prime just got cheaper. ...
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Feds Cut Rate - Finally Bernanke tries to stay ahead of the curve?
2008-01-22 21:46:00
Hey all… Quick little post I thought anyone in the real estate industry should know. This morning the Feds Cut the Rate (interest rate that is) .75% in an attempt to rescue the hurting economy. Here’s my question… Why?is Bernanke always behind the curve?? He waits too long to raise interest rates (which partially drove the financing hysteria in 2002-2005)… What ...
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Feds Cut Rate - Finally Bernanke tries to stay ahead of the curve?
2008-01-22 21:46:00
Hey all… Quick little post I thought anyone in the real estate industry should know. This morning the Feds Cut the Rate (interest rate that is) .75% in an attempt to rescue the hurting economy. Here’s my question… Why is Bernanke always behind the curve?? He waits too long to raise interest rates (which partially drove the financing hysteria in 2002-2005)… What ...
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What is Inflation? Great video explaining inflation and exactly what it is?
2008-01-22 12:59:00
If you’re like me… you probably have a good idea of what inflation is… … but don’t completely understand it and exactly how it works.? This morning I found this awesome video that answers your question, “What is Inflation ” and it gives you an entire history of inflation and how we got where we are today. After ...
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What is Inflation? Great video explaining inflation and exactly what it is?
2008-01-22 12:59:00
If you’re like me… you probably have a good idea of what inflation is… … but don’t completely understand it and exactly how it works.  This morning I found this awesome video that answers your question, “What is Inflation ” and it gives you an entire history of inflation and how we got where we are today. After ...
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Landlord Max Property Rental Management Software Review
2008-01-21 19:19:00
Hey, I hope 2008 is going great so far!  This year should be a great year to buy up a bunch of property below market value.  That’s my goal this year! Anyhow… Last week we reviewed Quicken Rental Property Management 2.5 software for a couple readers who emailed me asking about our thoughts on rental property management ...
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Landlord Max Property Rental Management Software Review
2008-01-21 19:19:00
Hey, I hope 2008 is going great so far!?? This year should be a great year to buy up a bunch of property below market value.?? That’s my goal this year! Anyhow… Last week we reviewed Quicken Rental Property Management 2.5 software for a couple readers who emailed me asking about our thoughts on rental property management ...
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Donald Trump: ?We?re almost in a depression? now?s the time to buy real est
2008-01-18 08:23:00
Yesterday I was watching Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money“. Cramer is a crazy guy… but he knows his stuff. On the show he interviewed the Donald , who had some revealing words to say about the economy and the real estate market. Here’s the video: ==> Trump Video In short, Trump says that we are in ...
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Quicken Rental Property Manager 2.5 In-depth Review
2008-01-17 21:19:00
The other day I had a reader shoot me an email asking me to recommend a property management software for their small rental property business.? “Hey Trevor, I love the site!? Question.? My husband and I own 10 rental units and have always just kept our financial on an excel spreadsheet we created.? The spreadsheet works pretty ...
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Quicken Rental Property Manager 2.5 In-depth Review
2008-01-17 21:19:00
The other day I had a reader shoot me an email asking me to recommend a property management software for their small rental property business.  “Hey Trevor, I love the site!  Question.  My husband and I own 10 rental units and have always just kept our financial on an excel spreadsheet we created.  The spreadsheet works pretty well… but I’d like to take the next step and really get organized with the income and expenses.  I’ve been looking at Quicken Rental Property Manager 2.5; is it any good?  Let me know! Thanks, Mary M.” Hey Mary, thanks for the email!  Well… until I received your email I had never used Quicken Rental Property Manager 2.5… but had looked at it for my own business a time or two. So, for the sake of helping out you and the other readers… I went out and purchased a copy of Quicken Rental Property Manager 2.5 to give it a full in-depth review so you can see how it works… and if it’s worth it bef...
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10 REI Experts Join For a Cause? The Forsaken Children Project
2008-01-16 19:46:00
A little treat for you today. I wasn’t planning on writing a post today... but I got an email in my in-box that read something like this… (actually exactly like this) Trevor, I’ve got something truly important to share with you today. It’s about “The Forsaken Children Project ” - something I believe in, and I’d like to ask you ...
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The 4 Ways a Successful Real Estate Investor Sets Goals
2008-01-15 20:01:00
Yep… not all goals are made equal.? Goals made wrong won’t get you where you want to go.? Successful people not only set goals… but set them in a way that actually push you toward the goal, rather than making the goal just another thing that you taped to your wall (like me). I asked my buddy ...
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Estimating Property Values - This site is 1000% better than Zillow!
2008-01-14 23:24:00
I hope you had an excellent weekend!? I watched my wife’s cousins play a couple basketball games (they are in 1st and 5th grade)… man, just watching them playing really brought back great memories from when I was a kid.? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to just go out and have fun everyday? Oops… that’s what ...
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January 2008 Real Estate Market Indicators - Market Statistics
2008-01-11 14:09:00
A new year… the same ol’ story as the last quarter of 2007 for real estate in the U.S. In my opinion, the Fed will cut rates again (maybe twice more), which should help a bit with the housing sales.? However, these cuts won’t make as much as an impact as rate cuts in the past ...
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Free Eviction Form - Eviction Letter to The Tenant
2008-01-10 21:38:00
We’re always out to give away free real estate investing forms and other stuff… Over here at The REI Brain we are out to “move the FREE line”. What does that mean? Simple.  We give away a ton of very valuable real estate investing, life success, and business building stuff that real investors use everyday… … that most other ...
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Free Eviction Form - Eviction Letter to The Tenant
2008-01-10 21:38:00
We’re always out to give away free real estate investing forms and other stuff… Over here at The REI Brain we are out to “move the FREE line”. What does that mean? Simple.? We give away a ton of very valuable real estate investing, life success, and business building stuff that real investors use everyday… … that most other ...
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My First Year Of Real Estate Investing - Results
2008-01-03 12:07:00
A few weeks back I sent out an APB (all points bulletin) for anyone who can help share their real estate investing wisdom with our readers.  We actually had about 9 people respond who wanted to write… but ...
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Congruence: Every Successful Real Estate Investing Business Knows this?
2007-12-13 00:22:00
As you probably already know, from my post a few days back… I want to provide you with even more great real estate investing, business building, and life success information, resources, and tools than I already do.  My goal ...
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