Bill Vaughn's (intellibiz) Blog

  As any seasoned investor can tell you, the most difficult part of investing can be the part where you convince a seller to think creatively. Most sellers start out with a simple premise in mind - sell the property in the traditional manner. To make matters worse, most Realtors do not provide se...

Lately I have been hearing a lot of noise from misinformed people about how it was the investors who were flipping houses that caused the recent real estate bust. They cite as their "evidence" the fact that flippers increase the prices of homes dramatically, and this increase caused inflationary...

Perhaps you do not know what it is like to successfully pilot a canoe in the shark infested waters of the Atlantic during a hurricane, but if you have ever sought a qualified - I reiterate, qualified - mentor or coach to help learn real estate investing, or to help facilitate a transaction, you h...

There have been many books written on how to succeed, and most say the same old truisms we all know. But one is a little bit different - it gets closer to the core of the issue, and details 10 secrets that, for the most part have received all too little attention. Yet, they are crucial for succe...

  In the "old days", before the internet became the new media, small business was hard-pressed to compete with big competitors who could keep him down by using their marketing dollars. That all changed, for awhile, as the internet incubated micro businesses that popped up everywhere. The playing ...

Over the last few decades many sellers and businesses have taken back first and second mortgages on property they have sold. This was often necessary in order to sell the property due to high prices and interest rates. Often, these "notes" as they are called are sold to raise cash. Such notes hav...

  Here are a few more great tips for real estate investors who are interested in increasing their profits on many of their transactions:   When finding second mortgages to buy, you can often make a quick profit selling to the man who is PAYING that mortgage. EXAMPLE: a $20,000 mortgage for which ...

  As more than 236,000 students already know, "The Simple Man's Guide to Real Estate" is the most effective, yet least expensive of all the real estate investing courses available anywhere. Because the pubisher, IntelliBiz, operates as a non-profit, it can offer everything - even free coaching by...

Over the last several years there has been an onslaught of real estate infomercial gurus peddling a dream of financial security. "Gurus" like Carlton Sheets, Dave Lindahl, Ron LeGrand and Armando Montelongo. And while it is true that nothing has created more millionaires than real estate, the mat...

In spite of the recent economic stresses and the problems in the housing markets, investing in real estate continues to be a very profitable career for those who know the ins and outs of not only real estate, but investing wisely. That is because no matter what happens, people need a place to liv...