Monthly Archives: November 2009

Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Doing Battle with the Westland Housing Commission

The Westland Housing Commission is trying to skake out from under their responsibilities as a Section 8 agency. I am not going to let that happen.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: We're Creating the Future!

It seems like it some times. As a simple question that’s outside of “the way that we always do it” and you’re met with a blank stare. But the results are worth it if you force the issue.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Choose Customers? Damn Right!

Seth Godin is a business blog writer who generally speaks to the corporate crowd. I don’t always agree with what he writes, mostly because he has a “silicon valley” perspective that’s pretty much usless here in the auto industry, but … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Here's a News Flash . . .

Real Estate is LOCAL! What it is with these national writers? Sitting in their easy chairs in Dubuque and writing articles about other areas based on their “in depth” research using Zillow??

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Trust But Verify!

When I visited the Mt Clemens property I realized that Mr Seller was renting out a storage room as a studio, and he had included that revenue in his numbers. I then used those numbers to make my offer. Since … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Why Not Increase INCOME Instead??

Why is it that everyone always focuses on cutting expenses when they’re in a financial crisis? There are TWO parts to an income statement – expenses and REVENUE. Why not work to make the size of the pie bigger and … Continue reading

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Where Do You Find Time To….

A good friend asked me how I “found” the time to write my book and have a second one in process. I thought that was a pretty funny question.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: I'm Feeling Like Juan Valdez

An incident recently reminded me of an old coffee commercial on TV.

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Michigan Real Estate Investing TV: Newcastle Update

Went back and forth this weekend on this property. The challenge isn’t finding deals – the challenge is finding the RIGHT deals to do.

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