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Fuel Your Investing Business with a Strong Power Team *NEW*
In this first of a two-part series, Jordan Taylor takes a look at why you need a Power Team and how to build one.

Women & Money: the Case for Financial Literacy *NEW*
The facts are frightening: Women earn approximately 80 percent of what men earn*

Identity Theft Insurance *NEW*
Identity theft crimes include credit card fraud, various types of consumer fraud, employment fraud, tax fraud, medical fraud, and more.

Sales & Negotiation Skills
One of the biggest parts of selling is listening and comprehending, and then using what you have learned to construct the deal.

No Money? Poor Credit
Investing in real estate creates excitement & fear emotions. People get excited about the potential opportunities and benefits, but they're afraid at the same time.

Insuring Your RE Investment
Investing in real estate creates excitement & fear emotions. People get excited about the potential opportunities and benefits, but they're afraid at the same time.

Mission 1: Credit Saving!
Investing in real estate creates excitement & fear emotions. People get excited about the potential opportunities and benefits, but they're afraid at the same time.

What Are You Afraif Of?
Investing in real estate creates excitement & fear emotions. People get excited about the potential opportunities and benefits, but they're afraid at the same time.

Understand the Right of Redemption
The rate of foreclosures and the potential profits they offer to investors mean that they are likely to remain a popular real estate strategy.

Marketing Your Wholesale Business
No matter what business you're in, marketing is an essential element for success.

Preconstruction Investing
Learn what investing in a property before the construction begins is all about.

Tips from the Teleconference
Our speakers discussed wholesale buying and rehabbing for profit.

Big Book for Landlords and Property Managers
In this book, learn how take complicated tenant issues and makes them easy to understand.

Trading Basics
If you find yourself intrigued by the stock market, you may want to use it as way to diversify your real estate profits or perhaps to generate some cash to invest in real estate.

Managing Your Workflow
It never seems to stop: Customers, colleagues, family, and friends are all demanding a share of your time and attention, and you just can't get everything done.

The Power of Nice - Book Review
Most of us can remember our mothers saying, "Be nice." But then we grew up hearing things like, "Nice guys finish last." So which is it?

Get Online
Make the information superhighway a key part of your wealth-building plan.

EFTs Popular, Trendy, Hot
Exchange traded funds, commonly referred to as ETFs, were introduced in the early 1990s and have been gaining popularity ever since. What's the appeal?

Protect Yourself
Be aware by taking some simple precautions when showing homes or apartments.

Interview with Russ
Russ Whitney's has updated his bestselling classic guide to financial independence and wealth. Buiding Wealth completely revised and updated.

Get a Coach in Your Corner
If world-class athletes have coaches, why shouldn't world-class investors? Recognizing what coaching can do for you gives you an edge over someone who tries to go it alone.

Real Estate Bubble
Doom-and-gloom pundits are gleefully predicting a collapse of the American real estate market; other experts say that's impossible. Real estate author and attorney William Bronchick says, "The 'bubble theory' is full of hot air."

Opportunities for Foreclosures
Dreams are getting ready to turn into nightmares for homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) who are soon going to be dealing with higher monthly payments that they can't afford.

Chat Can Be Worth Millions
One of the best places to get—and give—advice and support on real estate is the Cash Flow Generator® discussion board.

American Bar
Few things are more important to a real estate investor than good credit—and that applies not only to the investor, but also to the people to whom he or she sells and rents.

Funding Your Real Estate Investments
If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there?

Identity Theft
Though everyone needs to safeguard their personal information, it is especially important that you as a real estate investor protect yourself.

Dirt is Good
Thinking about investing in real estate? Chances are, you're considering buying houses, apartment buildings, or perhaps offices or retail centers. These are all excellent investment vehicles, but don't overlook the opportunity in plain dirt—that is, undeveloped land. Real estate doesn't need to have buildings on it to be a highly profitable investment if you know the strategies of buying raw land.

The Value of A Mentor: Priceless
The concept of mentoring is a proven one and works in virtually any environment—school, professional, and social. "All successful people had mentors," says Johnson. "Russ Whitney himself will tell you he’s had many mentors over the years, and still has mentors today."

Negotiating Tips
Russ Whitney says that even through the mechanics of real estate revolve around land and buildings, your ability to deal with people is critical to your success as a real estate investor. In his bestselling book, Mllionaire Real Estate Mentor, Whitney offers this advice about negotiating real estate deals.

Jackpot of Wealth
In just a few short years, the Internet has transformed from something only a few individuals understood to an incredible information and communication tool for ordinary people. The impact of technology on the business of real estate investing has been tremendous.

Hiring First Employees
If starting a business is like giving birth, then hiring your first employee may well be compared to choosing your child’s first babysitter. It's a decision that is critical to the overall health, well-being and future of your company—and it can be a traumatic experience.

Buying After Foreclosure
There are three ways to invest in foreclosures: buying pre-foreclosure (stopping the foreclosure process by purchasing the property); at the foreclosure auction; or after foreclosure.

Learn at Your Convenience
You'd love to take advanced real estate or stock investing training, but you just can’t find the time to travel to a three-day comprehensive course. Now you can get that exact same training in your own home—or a hotel room, or anywhere else that's convenient for you.

Where's the Money?
Our readers told us that one of the biggest challenges is finding money to fund their first deal. So we asked Russ Whitney, internationally known and respected leader in the real estate investment and financial training field, for his advice.

Success Rx: Your Business Physical
Take the time at least once a year to look at where you've been and where you're going, what's gone right and what's gone wrong, and how close you are to your original plan—the result will be a significantly healthier operation.

Do You Know How Much You're Worth?
So you want to be a millionaire—that's a great goal, but how far do you have to go to get there and how will you know when you've made it?

A Must Do: Check Your Credit Report
Exercise, eat right, take your vitamins—and check your credit report regularly. The advice isn’t new, but it’s never been more important. Regularly checking your credit report is a key element of basic credit management.

Mortgage Life Insurance
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) is often mistaken for mortgage life insurance, however, it is a totally different product. PMI is nothing more than a promise of a private insurer to repay your lender in the event you default on your loan.

No-Qualifying Financing
Whether you've ever dealt in real estate or not, you can easily imagine the number one obstacle most sellers encounter when selling a house: Getting interested buyers who can qualify for a loan. It's not enough to have somebody interested in buying a house.

How Will You Get Out of It?
Read eight exit strategies for single family and small multi-unit residential properties.

Understanding Leverage
One of the appeals of real estate investing as a wealth building tool is leverage, in this article ready why it's important to understand exactly what leverage is and how to make it work for you

E-Mail Etiquette
Whether you consider e-mail a blessing or a curse, or perhaps a bit of both, the fact is that this communication method is here to stay. To make e-mail work for you rather than letting it work against you, consider these 22 points.

Packaging Yourself for a Loan
The key to effectively packaging yourself for a loan is to put yourself in the lender's shoes, whether you're approaching a traditional bank, a hard money lender, a private investor, or another funding source. What would you want to know before you trusted someone with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money?

Separating Fact from Fiction (Book Review)
Girouard delivers comprehensive definitions and explanations of various financial vehicles and how to use them, including stocks, mortgages, and insurance. The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation is an easy, worthwhile read for both new and experienced investors at any life stage.

A Time to Show Off
Whether you're in the market for buyers or tenants, how you show a property is a critical part of the process. Use these tips to prepare and show your units for positive results.

Understanding and Raising Your Credit Score
In this article you'll learn how you can save money on loans, credit card interest rates, and even insurance premiums.

Should You Buy Before It's Built?
It's an exciting and appealing strategy: buying tomorrow's property at today's prices.

Stay Out of Court!
Book Review. Worried about getting sued? It's a legitimate fear.

Charging Orders - Asset Protection
These potential scenarios should concern any entrepreneur or investor...

Terms You Need to Know Before Investing in the Stock Market
Before you begin exploring the opportunities in stock trading and investing, learn the basic terms.

Focus on Foreclosure (Part 1)
What makes foreclosures so appealing to many real estate investors is that it's not a one-size-fits-all strategy.

Focus on Foreclosure (Part 2)
Part 2 will show you how to buy foreclosures at the auction.

Focus on Foreclosure (Part 3)
Part 3 tells you how you might still be able to get a good deal on a foreclosed property after the auction

What Would the Experts Do
Learn how you can spend 90 minutes each month with some of the most brilliant minds in real estate investing, marketing, business, and more.

Student Housing-An Exciting New Niche
Savvy real estate investors are thinking of college as a way to make money rather than spend it because students all need a place to live.

Mobile Home Investing
Whether you call them trailers, mobile homes, or more accurately, manufactured homes, they're worth incorporating into your real estate investing plan.

Book Review - The Right Tenants
"Tenants are your most valuable asset, and choosing good ones is the most important decision landlords make."

The Buy Low, Sell High Myth
Most people think the best real estate strategy is to buy in a down cycle and sell in an up cycle. Though that is a good strategy, it's limited, because those cycles come around only every 7 to 10 years.

Investing in Tax Liens & Deeds
Tax liens and tax deeds have always been an exciting way to profit from real estate without actually purchasing property. In recent years, their popularity has increased.

Home Foreclosure Rates Soaring
This increase in foreclosures is not a surprise and is being driven in large part by the increase in creative financing packages offered by lenders in recent years.

Benefits of E-mail
Consider these tips for getting the maximum benefit while avoiding the pitfalls of e-mail, whether you're at work or home.

Finding Your Way Through the Mortgage Jungle
This article highlight a list of some of the loan products you'll want to consider when choosing a mortgage loan.

Keeping the Cash Coming In
Cash is the lifeblood of a business, whether it's a real estate investing operation or another type of company. The cash flow needs to be steady and strong for a company to survive and grow.

There's Gold in those Blog
you haven't checked out the Wealth Intelligence Academy® blog (www.educateblog.com), we invite you to do so. Here's just a sampling of what you'll find.

An Infinite ROI
One of the basic strategies used by land developers across the country is to buy a tract of land, subdivide it into smaller parcels, then sell those parcels at a higher price per acre (or square foot) than the tract originally cost.

Do Lease Options Work?
Do lease options work today? The short answer is yes, but there are some important issues you should be aware of.

Resist Urge to Splurge
It's understandable that once you start to accumulate some cash you'll want to spend it on some luxuries. Resist that urge until...

Get the Money You Want
Investing in real estate takes money. That's a reality. But it doesn't necessarily have to be a lot of money—or even your money.

Professional Ethics
In today's business world, trust is hard to earn, easy to lose and, once lost, extremely difficult if not impossible to regain.

Good Debt - Bad Debt
Excerpts from The Millionaire Real Estate Mindset by Russ Whitney. It wasn't very long ago that debt was considered a shameful thing. Prior to 1930, if you couldn't afford to pay cash for real estate, you rented.

Hello! Create a customer-friendly voice mail greeting
That announcement may be the first contact someone has with you, and if you don't sound professional, the caller may not leave a message or may not call back.

When You Should Say No to a Loan
One of the most common challenges for new—and sometimes even for experienced—real estate investors is getting deals funded.

The Potential In Paper
Investors can profit from the discount note business in two primary ways. One is to buy the notes at a discount and profit as the payments come in. The second way to profit is by facilitating the sale of notes, which is much less cash-intensive.

Ages & Stages of Money Management
To successfully reach your financial goals, a lot depends on what you do and when. In this article you'll find a few ideas young adults can consider at key stages of their life.

Can You Do Without An Escrow Account?
Mortgage Escrow Accounts ensure that homeowners' property taxes, fire and hazard insurance premiums, mortgage insurance premiums and other escrow items are paid in a timely fashion. They are a guarantee that there is always enough money.

Seeding Your RE Investment Fund
Is it possible to invest in real estate without any cash? You bet. Is it easier if you have some money for a down payment? Of course.

Mobile Home Appreciation/Depreciation
Mobile homes offer a tremendous amount of opportunity for savvy real estate investors, but if you’re familiar with the stereotypes about manufactured home appreciation (or lack thereof), you may be reluctant to add this housing type to your portfolio. Let’s dispel those myths with some solid facts.

Mobile Home Checklist
Whether you're buying, selling, or renting mobile homes, you’ll want to thoroughly inspect each unit before a sales transaction or when a tenant moves in or out.

Mobile Home Housing Facts
Manufactured homes have come a long way since the do-it-yourself "house kits" available through companies such as Sears, Roebuck and Company or the “trailer coaches” that were introduced in the 1920s to serve American travelers who wanted a ready-made place to sleep when they arrived at a campsite. Let’s take a look at some facts about manufactured housings.

Determining Cash Needs
One of the major challenges of starting a business is finding the capital to get the doors open. What is equally important—and often overlooked—is the need for sufficient cash reserves to operate the business until it begins generating revenue on its own.

Partnership Agreements
When you decide to go into business with one or more other people, the first word that comes to mind is probably partnership.

Roadblock Busters
How often have you said it? "I'd like to start my own business, but ..." and then listed one of a myriad of reasons why you just can’t take that leap. There is no getting around the fact that the path to successful entrepreneurship is exciting, challenging—and littered with roadblocks.

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