There’s a part of the American psyche dictates that for any event or phenomenon a specific cause has to be identified – and all the better if that cause can be pinned on particular actor. Accountability is a good thing, but unfortunately it often segues into a “who’s to blame?” attitude.

Case in point: as the sub-prime market melts down, housing prices drop and inventory levels creep towards historic highs much of the mainstream media coverage has been devoted to figuring out who is behind all of this. The banks? Builders? The Fed?

Real estate investors (and in some cases, speculators) get an unflattering light shone upon them in this environment; witness today’s Money.com article with the musically alliterative title Flippers Fuel Foreclosures  which claims that investors are “…driving defaults in four of the states with the fastest rising default rates in the nation…” The article sites statistics from Nevada, Arizona, California and Florida.

Continue reading Foreclosure Fiasco :: who’s to blame?

I’m not an electronic gadget guy (I didn’t run out and get an iPhone) but I am a fan of well made mechanical things. I’ll probably be the last guy shooting film while the world around me goes digital; I love my Leica rangefinder - the feel of those hand-assembled German gears pulling the film though the camera’s perfectly engineered sprockets.

But things like this are expensive, so they’re an occasional indulgence. When I glance down at my wrist I see my daily watch: the venerable Casio W-201. Date, time, alarm, stopwatch, water resistant to 50 meters. Accurate to fifteen seconds per month, and the battery lasts ten years without changing.

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The more I’ve been travelling & investing, the need for quick money has been evident more than just once…In case you have this need too…you may find this interesting…

There are many uses for cash advances and most of them entail financial burdens that have urgent need.

The ability to stretch payments makes the payday loan a versatile financial tool, yet one to use only responsibly and in a dire time of need, especially when you think about the loan fees and interest rates.

However, the payday loan can be used in otherwise non-emergency roles, for instance, in the purchase of a new home. There are many unforeseen expenses when buying a home and the availability of a payday loan can really help out in a pinch.

Continue reading Real Estate Investing & Loans?

The more I’ve been travelling & investing, the need for quick money has been evident more than just once…In case you have this need too…you may find this interesting…

There are many uses for cash advances and most of them entail financial burdens that have urgent need.

The ability to stretch payments makes the payday loan a versatile financial tool, yet one to use only responsibly and in a dire time of need, especially when you think about the loan fees and interest rates.

However, the payday loan can be used in otherwise non-emergency roles, for instance, in the purchase of a new home. There are many unforeseen expenses when buying a home and the availability of a payday loan can really help out in a pinch.

Continue reading Real Estate Investing & Loans?

I’d written here before about how there has never been a national correction in the history of the U.S. real estate market. Well what we’re facing now is not exactly a national correction, but it is a notable occurrence nonetheless: we’re about to mark the first year-on-year decline in national median home prices since federal housing agencies started collecting statistics on pricing.

The reason that this doesn’t represent a national correction is the fact that even though the national median is down, there are still some regional markets that are flat or rising. Investors know this and we’re watching our local markets.

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Where and how to find preforeclosure propertiesHow to easily buy and sell preforeclosure propertiesLearn to negotiate with banks to get the best dealsHow to maximize your profit on EVERY deal

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Have you integrated Squidoo into your marketing plans yet?

By now, it’s hard to imagine that you haven’t, but you may fall into these situations:

1. you tried it out, couldn’t figure it out and gave up.

2) you heard about it but never got around to it.

3) you tried it out, figured it out but thought that it’s not worth your time.

Well, I’d say…give it another look, but make sure you are doing it the right way.

You see, I’ve been using Squidoo for a few months now and besides the fact that it’s actually pretty fun to use, it’s also a very powerful article marketing tool and you could even say it is the ultimate “Build VRE Marketing Method” resource:

Continue reading Squidoo Secrets Member Becomes Squidoo Commerce Lens Winner! - Introducing Squidoo Secrets

Today we’re going to be covering how to rewrite your articles effectively (as well as how keywords are starting to be looked at in the search engines), but before we go into that, I want to share with you a case study from the boys over at PLR Pro from one of their clients.

Here it is…

Case Study: Chris Marshall

Now, on with the rewriting and the keywords (sorry this is quite a long one today!)

One of the biggest problems that people have when they get their articles, is that they don’t know how to rewrite their articles.

Unfortunately most people overcomplicate the issue, for some reason it seems to hard for whatever reason, or you might even get what is called ‘writers block’… basically means that you can sit there for hours and hours and not write a single thing.

Continue reading How To Rewrite Your Articles In The Fastest Way Possible - PLR mini course part 6

Ok, so we’ve covered what PLR is, the top ways to use PLR, how to rewrite PLR and build blogs with PLR, and how you should be looking at your online business.

Today we’re taking it one step further…

There are two schools of thought online (and really in anything that is viewed as ‘making money’), and that is “put all your eggs in one basket” or, “diversify, diversify, diversify”.

Now, neither is necessarily right or wrong, but I prefer to follow the latter strategy.

So how do you achieve multiple streams of income with PLR?

Continue reading Building multiple streams of income with your PLR articles & content sites - PLR mini course part 5

Hope you thoroughly read the last post, there was quite a lot of good info in it!

Blogs are brilliant, they really are, the challenge is that they have been used, abused, and are sitting like a ripped up rag doll on the side of the road… and that’s exactly how Google looks at them… unless you’re smart.

You can do this with www.blogger.com because let’s face it, it’s free, but my preference is with Word Press.

Anyway, the point is, blogs are good, they’re easy, useful, and if done right, can get a good whack of traffic for your adsense or affiliate sites.

Continue reading How to use PLR content in blogs - PLR mini course part 2