manage finances

How NOT to invest in foreclosures

by Jay Castillo on October 17, 2009 · 30 comments

in Due Diligence, Foreclosure Buying, Lessons learned, Real Estate Investing

Update dated June 2, 2011 – After much thought, I have decided to leave Trace Trajano‘s local coaching program and my role as one of the local coaches. I would also like to inform everyone that I am not part of Trace’s other programs. For those who don’t know, I was once a student of [...]

Manage your finances by becoming your own Chief Financial Officer

by Jay Castillo on August 10, 2009 · 26 comments

in Financial literacy, Managing Finances

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 [...]

Manage your finances to get ready for your first real estate deal!

by Jay Castillo on August 3, 2009 · 38 comments

in Financial literacy, Managing Finances, Real Estate Investing

This is Part 1 of a series on Managing Finances. After reading, don’t forget to read Part 2 and Part 3! One of the biggest stumbling blocks for beginning real estate investors is that you realize that you have little or no money to invest. The big question is “Where do I get the money for investment?” [...]