Archive for April, 2008

My Latest Deal - Can I Find One Like This For You?

Here’s the latest deal that I’m working on. It’s pretty incredible, and it’s an indicator of just how UNBELIEVABLE the opportunities are today in the Metro Detroit suburbs.
The property:

3 bedroom, 1.5 bath ranch in Harper Woods
New roof
New furnace
New replacement windows
Newer ac and hot water heater
Central Air
2 car garage
Sun porch off the back of the house
Full [...]

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The Door Got Kicked in and There’s Blood on the Carpet - Why Again?

I spent some time on Saturday with some real estate friends and colleagues, and we were all talking about how boring our businesses were.
The business itself was exciting and interesting to each of us. And to a person it’s been a gratifying experience. But it never seems that anything really interesting happens, or at least [...]

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The White Hat Commercial Broker

Just about a year ago I read a book by Robert Ringer called “Winning Through Intimidation”. It was a spectacular book with a spectacular – and completely not-politically-correct – title.
The interesting thing about it was that it really wasn’t about intimidation at all. No, it’s central thesis is that in any business deal the smart [...]

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The One-Trick-Pony Apartment “Guru”

As I mentioned in my prior post, this being a newbie again is an interesting feeling. And with my brilliant powers of deduction I figured out that it’s because you don’t know what you don’t know when you first start something new. I mean, I’ve been in the same professional field for nearly 20 years, [...]

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Do, or Do Not – There is No Try

My oldest paid me a very nice compliment yesterday.
Like probably most grade school kids with cable, ours have been glued to the television at 8pm last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as one of the cable channels has been playing the Star Wars movies in order. It reminds me of [...]

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