Olathe, Kansas Events: Things To Do For September 2007 - 08/30/07 09:32 AM
If you are looking for things to do in Olathe, Kansas for September 2007 you are going to want to put these two events on your calender. The kids will love them...and so will you. Old Settler's DaySeptember 6,7 & 8 Always held the first Thursday through Saturday after Labor Day this traditional
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Kansas City Real Estate Investing: Right In The Middle - 08/30/07 09:30 AM
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of meeting with three New York/New Jersey area real estate investors who had come to Kansas City to see what the potential of investing here. They had apparently spent the better part of the week researching tax lien houses and parts of the city, well,
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Overland Park Investment Property For Sale - 08/28/07 10:13 PM
I just wanted to let you know of a couple rental property opportunities for sale in Overland Park, Kansas; Overland Park 5 Unit Apartment Priced at $425,000100% occupied with close to no vacancies for past two years. Gross income of $41,100/yr. Overland Park Single Family Home For Sale Priced at $79,5002
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A Kansas City Investment Property With Mold - 08/27/07 10:38 PM
One of my Kansas City real estate investors owns an investment property that is turning on him. And not turning for the good. So this is a lesson post. A "what to watch out for" post, if you will. This investor bought a home that needed quite a bit of rehab. Since
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Haru's Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi In Olathe, Kansas - 08/27/07 04:54 PM
Last Friday my family and I wanted to do something fun for a Friday night. No, I didn't want CiCi's Pizza...again. And with kids the ages of 15, 12, 10 & 3 it's hard to find a movie we can all agree on. Then I had a great idea."Let's go to
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Olathe, Kansas Real Estate & News Resource - 08/25/07 09:32 AM
I want to recognize the newest internet resource for all things related to Olathe, Kansas real estate and news. This new blogsite is dedicated to all things related to Olathe and can be found at http://olathehomes.wordpress.com. The name of the site is Olathe Home Services. A new and exciting blogsite for
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When Social Networking Becomes Friendship - 08/23/07 11:28 PM
When I decided to start my original blog back in January of 2006 I really had no idea what I was getting into. I had no knowledge of social networking or SEO or, quite frankly, whether or not I would proceed past putting up the first post and pointing it to
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News Of The Weird - 08/23/07 08:38 AM
So I'm out pre-viewing properties yesterday afternoon in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City. A property I was most particularly interested in was a 2 bedroom, 1 bath and 1 car detached garage being offered at just under $60,000. That's way under market and I wanted to know why.When I get
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Worried About Plagiarism? Try Copyscape - 08/23/07 12:53 AM
I'm terribly sorry if others have brought this site's attention to you before. But I just found it. Since plagiarism and theft is a major problem throughout the blog world and can even be a problem here in active|rain, I thought I would bring it to your attention immediately. I ran
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Laurie Manny Challenge - 3 Posts I Think You Should Read - 08/20/07 04:41 PM
To understand what a person reads is to understand, in part, the soul of that same person. We've heard "garbage in - garbage out." And never before in human history has there been such an opportunity for garbage. Culling through blogs is like panning for gold. Wasted water. Wasted rock. Wasted
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Keller Williams Realty Mega Camp - 08/18/07 05:07 PM
I'm leaving tomorrow morning for MegaCamp in Austin, Texas. It's an event put on by Keller Williams Realty. As a Keller Williams agent located in the Olathe, Kansas office I thought I would go and check it out. It's supposed to help those doing a fair amount of business to do
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The 4 Benefits of Real Estate Investing In Kansas City...Or Anywhere - 08/17/07 02:38 PM
There are 4 Benefits when investing in real estate whether that's here in Kansas City, Tulsa, Austin or wherever. And I think it is important to understand these benefits before you buy an income property...not try to figure them out after you own!Real estate investing is not rocket science. It's not easy, either. There
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Further Proof Of Kansas City Real Estate Bubble Bursting!!! A Must Read! - 08/16/07 10:26 AM
See, I can tell who watches the national news and/or cable news networks. They are constantly asking me about the real estate bubble bursting and how bad is the market? Here I have actual proof of the Great Kansas City Housing Bubble Burst of 2007. From today's Kansas City Star they
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Free Kansas City Area Real Estate Investing Workshop: A Guru Free Zone! - 08/14/07 10:56 AM
An Investor's Workshop for Kansas City area real estate investing with emphasis on Buy & Hold strategies. In this workshop we will go over profitable versus not-profitable real estate when looking for good rental properties. We will go through line by line a Pro Forma statement and this spreadsheet will be
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Do You Attract Clients or REALTORS To Your Blog? Mine Is Quicksand To My Clients - 08/13/07 11:23 PM
A lot of attention has been made recently over the usefulness of real estate blogs. If you have the time and are inclined you may want to go over to Jeff Brown's article titled Real Estate Bloggers - Why Are You Blogging? What Currency Does Your Bank Accept? The sad thing
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A Seller Keeps Changing The Sign Colors: Will That Help? - 08/09/07 01:29 PM
As I drive around my great city a few houses for sale draw my attention. And not necessarily in a good way. You see, it seems that each time I see the house it has a different colored sign in the front yard. First the seller tried to sell the house with
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Real Estate Investing Is A Lot Like Sex - 08/09/07 10:32 AM
Real estate investing and sex have a whole lot more in common than you might imagine. Everybody at least wants to try it. You can read about and research it on the internet, but sooner or later you just have to try it. Nobody does it right the first time. You get
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Equity Share For Kansas City Real Estate Investing - 08/08/07 12:42 PM
We all learned from a young age the importance of sharing. But now I want to talk to you about sharing in a matter than can be profitable to you and me. I'm talking about Equity Sharing for Kansas City real estate investing purposes.This blog is blessed with readers from around
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Foreclosure Property Commissions: Lenders Feeling The Pinch - 08/07/07 11:23 AM
Funny thing yesterday. I was out showing REO/foreclosure properties to a buyer looking for a property to buy under market, fix up and then rent. We were looking in Kansas City, Kansas and there was plenty to choose from! Out of the 8 houses we saw only one house, or the lender
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Numbers + Emotion = Kansas City Investment Property - 08/06/07 08:36 AM
Numbers + Emotion = Kansas City Investment Property Anyone that reads my blog for more than a day knows that I love the numbers part of Kansas City investment property. If the numbers don't make sense you should just pass and go on to the next rental house possibility.But numbers are
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Wonder Woman, Me, My Boys & Barbecue - 08/05/07 12:36 PM
Warning: No real estate or real estate investing will be discussed here during this post. But stay tuned...Every year before school starts we have a tradition in our family. I take the boys on a "Father/Son" trip. Nothing fancy, and really no rules. We get away for a day, or two,
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Johnson County, Kansas Real Estate Investing - 08/02/07 03:10 PM
Johnson County, Kansas is the southwest corner of the Kansas City metropolitan area. And investing in Johnson County, Kansas real estate can be more expensive than elsewhere around Kansas City. But that's okay. Because the returns, year in and year out, always tend to be a cut above the rest of
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Rental Property In Kansas City - 08/01/07 09:28 PM
Rental property in the Kansas City area can come in all shapes and sizes. The great thing about this market is that rental properties can be; - Apartments.- Fourplexes.- Triplexes.- Duplexes.- Single Family Homes. Now, if you are reading this and you are a California based real estate investor (or Maryland or New
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