Filed under Financial literacy, Real estate investing by Jay on August 30, 2010 at 6:00 am
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It depends! Obviously not all foreclosed properties are good deals.
It’s common sense that not all properties are good investments, foreclosed or otherwise, you don’t need to be a real estate investing guru to know this. However, based on the number of times I’ve either heard people ask or get asked this very same question, I [...]
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Filed under Real estate investing by Jay on June 10, 2010 at 12:02 pm
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Welcome to the third part of this series on the 3 types of income one can get through real estate investing. This was supposed to be the third and last part which is about passive income, but it has turned out to be a huge article in itself (more than 4000 words) , which is [...]
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Filed under Real estate investing by Jay on May 24, 2010 at 1:09 pm
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This is part one of a 3-part series on the types of income one can get through in real estate investing. Rather than write another 3000+ word nosebleed article, I’ll break it down into three parts which should be more manageable and easier to digest.
Through this series, I hope to help beginning real estate investors by sharing my thoughts and ideas for each type of income, based mostly in actual experiences. You continue reading after the jump…
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Filed under Real Estate Seminar, Seminar by Jay on February 13, 2010 at 12:45 am
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Are you broke, with no rich friends…
and no banks will lend you money?
You… yes, even you can invest in real estate!
I am very excited to announce that my dear friend and real estate coach, Trace Trajano is coming to Manila and will give the first ever Think Rich Quick Seminar on March 27, 2010. If you [...]
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Filed under Real estate investing, Site Updates by Jay on November 20, 2009 at 9:07 am
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My wife who has become so obsessed with finding a new house we can call our home shares updates on what we are thinking of doing with our old house that was devastated by Ondoy, what things to consider, our target locations, finding not just a house but also a sound real estate investment by [...]
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Filed under Lessons learned, Real estate investing by Jay on November 16, 2009 at 4:28 am
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I first played Rich Dad’s Cashflow 101 game way back in 2007, after I found Think Rich Pinoy Seminar attendees who organized their own cashflow 101 game sessions. I was hooked ever since. I play cashflow 101 whenever I get a chance to do so as part of “sharpening the saw”. I believe that the [...]
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Filed under Lessons learned, Real estate investing by Jay on October 15, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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This is the second part in my series on the reflections of a real estate investor(that would be me!) after Typhoon Ondoy’s wrath. If you missed the first part, you may want to read it before reading this. You can find part one here – Reflections of a Real Estate Investor: Ondoy’s aftermath
Next I try [...]
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Filed under Mindsetting, Real estate investing by Jay on October 13, 2009 at 5:54 pm
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I remember a lot of comments from readers and also from people I meet in person who tell me that they are just looking for a place to live and are not really looking for a real estate investment. My default answer is “Why not treat your first home as an investment?”
In reality, once you [...]
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Filed under Lessons learned, Mindsetting by Jay on August 16, 2009 at 3:05 pm
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“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney, as quoted in the movie “Meet the Robinsons“
I have often spoken of the time when I was unable to get a foreclosed [...]
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Filed under Financial literacy, Managing Finances by Jay on August 10, 2009 at 1:47 am
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This is Part 2 of a series on Managing Finances. If you have not read the first part, head on over to Part 1. You can also go to Part 3 later!
In part 1 of this series about managing finances to get ready for real estate investing, I mentioned that the learnings that I got from the “How To Become Truly [...]
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