Monthly Archives: October 2009

Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: How I Do My First Walk Through

Mike Dundon attended my seminar last weekend, and on Monday I had a bunch of emails from him about properties to see. A couple looked promising. So we met at the first one this week and I decided to video … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: A Near Perfect Flipping Business Model

Saw a presentation last night that Scott Baumgart gave at Mark Ijlal’s real estate investor club. It was excellent – and his business model was worth taking note of.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Happy Anniversary!

One year ago today I had a million dollar day – I bought a million dollars worth of real estate in one day. The last 12 months have been quite an experience learning how to manage an apartment building.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: My Book Publishing Nightmare

Back in the summer I finished writing my first book. It’s on buying rental houses and IF it ever gets published the title will be “How to Buy Your FIRST Set and Forget Rental House”. The operative term though is … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Lots of Irons in the Fire This Fall

From the Mt Clemens apartment project on Friday to my Set and Forget Rental Property Bootcamp this weekend to a meeting with a new partner last night – this is the time of year when things really heat up. And … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Tenant Screening is CRITICAL!

Here’s a clip from the Set and Forget Michigan Rental Property Seminar that I gave this past weekend. Property Selection is Critical Success Factor #1 for being a successful – and happy – rental property owner. The other half of … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Pre-inspecting the Mt Clemens Property

I like to give my investor group as much information as possible on a project before we spend too much time or any money on it. I also like to make the process as little work as possible for them. … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: People Should KNOW When They're Conquered

Or should they? My take on this and the situation here.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: These Damn Keys are EVERYWHERE!

And I laughed at the other guys and their purple Chivas bags. I now know WHY they had Chivas bags. These damn keys will drive you to drink.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Seminars Suck

They do. It’s time out of my schedule. It’s time away from my family. But dammit as much as I’d like to think that I know everything, I don’t. So I continue to spend the time and money on seminars … Continue reading

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