Two Free Courses (Go USA)

[Dan Auito]

So! Are we having fun yet? To be honest crew, I see real estate heading further south as in more dips and discounts to come. This isn’t a double dip recession; it is a continuously progressing recession! The stimulus did nothing but increase the deficit while further deflating the dollar in order to avoid the inevitable. Free markets must be allowed to correct themselves.


Unfortunately the too big to fail corporate raiders have henchmen doling out treasury funds so the Traders/Traitors on Wall Street can continue getting their annual 350k year end bonuses. O.K. I’m done with my rant in the stocks arena. UGH!


Back to real estate: Hey people it runs in cycles! Yes there is money to be made in Short Sales, Foreclosures and Wholesaling but the big paydays of yesteryears are much fewer and further between. I applaud you for adapting to the new game if in fact you have.

I personally have done two deals this summer netting 25k and 20k, both these deals sold for around $160,000 each in their heyday. We picked one up for 50k and the other at 60k, sold #1 for 70k and #2 for 85k both homes sold to end users who knew these were great deals with margins left on the table. (No rehab was required by me or them)


Lesson: Don’t be greedy! Try to buy at .33 cents of the 2006 dollar value of the asset or less to ensure you and your buyer will profit. Both of these properties sold within 1 week because the end buyers could see that we were leaving 15% true equity or more on the table for them. (These were move-in ready with no repairs needed.)


Quick update on what I’ve been up to: After creating the 1500pg, 92 author Real Estate Heavy Weight manual, I went to work in doing the same type of research to find out and report back to you on what is working across the boards in business today.

FREE GIFT Alert Gang: I’m going to give you the Heavy Weight Manual for free. I have not done this yet; it is still selling, because it helps people make sense of what IS working in real estate today.

In order to get the $97 manual free, I ask that you contribute whatever links, insights, suggestions or ideas you may have regarding helping people in business to find the best resources and most cutting edge advice, tools, information and support that they can.

Post your links etc... In this forum thread and I’ll send you both books once I finish this one on business:

In the upcoming book, these types of links (below) will be listed as indexed resources in the rear of the new book.
This book was strictly a link database to good real estate providers:
http://magicbullets.com/gifts/A%20link%20directory%20for%20you!-1-s.pdf


Book 2 the companion to the Real Estate Heavy Weight Manual goes into everything that is working in BUSINESS today and I’ll also give you a copy of this book as well when it is finished as further incentive to help me by sending me only your best links to great business boosting resources of all kinds.


Our country needs good information gang, I’m willing to do the work in gathering, formatting and getting these books out there, you will get them free by helping in whatever way that you can. Your post IS your proof of purchase! I’ll know who gets them by coming back to this thread to see who answered up.

Contribute your resource links to this thread! http://magicbullets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12549

Thank you so much for doing what you can to ensure The USA remains great!

P.S. Don’t bury your head in the sand, lend a hand!:SM128:

[brian-gibbons]

Hi Dan:

On http://www.youtube.com/user/REISkills, there are over 100 viceos for free on options, lease option flips, and running your business.

Enjoy MB Gang!

Brian Gibbons, Coach in Lease Option Flips

[Dan Auito]

Always willing to help Brian, thanks for answering up. Just to be clear, I'm really hunting business specific links. People, places and products that link to the best information available to business people to help them in all things business.

No doubt you can show them the real estate biz brother!

[Bob Schecter]

As always Dan, you are one step ahead of the curve, no matter which way the curve is heading.

Might I suggest the members check out http://www.realdata.com/. The owner, Frank, offers up some great educational pieces, and he knows from whence he speaks.

[Dan Auito]

Frank is actually a member here Bob! LOL A total class act indeed! Thanks for reminding me about him, I'll touch base direct! Thank you as always Bob, you're not far off the edge of the curve yourself!

Frank Galinelli: http://magicbullets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1004

[kregan]

Generous as always Dan. Here's a link to self-publishing resources I like. Can be of help in any business situation.

www.self-pub.net/

[kregan]

Chris I must say that first link of yours has the best zoom in of those kinds of sites that I've ever seen. As a site designer/techie I'm going to have to look further into that one to see how they are implementing that. I will look at the others when I have more time this evening. It seems to have accurate info in an area I purposefully picked that some of the others are lacking in. Great addition to this thread!

[Dan Auito]

Thank you both for opening up some dialog here guys. Always interesting to see another skill set show up here Kregan. Post a few links to websites you've built. Would like to see if you yourself can be recommended in this work. Thank you as well CJ!

[rosch99]

Hi Dan,
Thanks for doing this. Here's a great place to advertise your deals: http://www.dodeals.com/manage/add_wholesale.php. It's free! Here's another site that provides free basic service with enhancements for a small charge: http://www.postlets.com/info/help.php.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Rob

[zzdach]

Dan,
here's the best one for small business. Although it's widely known, it's not used enough.

http://www.score.org/small_biz_power_links.html

[jd45390]

For the past number of years, I have been using a product from a company by the name of Zoho.

Their website - www.zoho.com (http://www.zoho.com/) - offer 20 applications. The product I use is called Zoho Projects.

Zoho Projects is a web based project management, collaboration and issue tracking software that allows teams to collaborate and get things done (this really works!). Planning and Tracking helps you keep your project on schedule (accountability). Collaboration helps improve the communication within the team and keep everyone on the same page (you can share documents, spreadsheets, etc.). And the new Bug Tracking module helps your team iron out the very last details.

It will also allow for time tracking and billing. All of this is FREE for one project.

Here's a link to a feature overview. - http://www.zoho.com/projects/index.html

I highly recommend this product... and you should check out their other FREE products, as well.

= John =

[phoenix360]

Hi Dan,

Here are some resource links that have helped me out.

Find a Lawyer by State and Specialty
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
www.Martindale.com/locator

GKIC/Marketing-Many swipe files for any business plus superb training!
www.dankennedy.com

Daniil Kleyman/Rental Valuator- Excellent REI tools and plus some training
www.bit.ly/RealEstateAnalysis


Randy
"The Obsessed Real Estate Wholesaler"
~You Just Never Know~
www.bayareabargainrealestate.com

[Dan Auito]

Ahhhh! Things are picking up. Keep'em coming folks, we're just getting started. Let the good links fly and we'll sort them out together here to ensure we can agree on the final list of recommendations by our contributors in this thread!

[SPIVALAW]

Www.avvo.com

[kenmat]

Here's a good source if you need things done for your business on the cheap side, like setting up a blog for you, writing articles, voice overs, making a video for business, etc. All for $5 a pop! Here it is, http://www.fiverr.com/

Enjoy!

knminvestments@gmail.com

[copywriter]

Hey Dan. Thanks for creating this win/win!

Here are 3 great resources with free (and paid) info on increasing conversions of website visitors into customers - and marketing, in general...

http://www.MarketingExperiments.com
http://www.MarketingSherpa.com
http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com

Now go profit from it.

Mike Buck

Ace Copywriter

www.MikeBuck.com

[Dan Auito]

I'm starting to feel the love, question is? Can you! Keep it coming people, we really have only just begun, I'm so looking forward to locking down this last important piece of the puzzle with everyones help.

two more:

www.ted.com Free Business Talks

www.warriorforum.com Business Warriors of the 1st degree.

http://gate8.com/biz-lnks.htm This is a business links hub

[kzenman]

Great info Dan, Can't wait for the new release.

Here are 2.

Brand new! Official Real Estate news for Google News
REJournalOnline
http://rejournalonline.com

and
A great place to buy/sell wholesale deals (over 14k Nationwide Residential,Commercial,Multi-Family and Land)
http://www.investorsclassifieds.com
Free registration required to post properties.


Live The Dream!

[kzenman]

I'm starting to feel the love, question is? Can you! Keep it coming people, we really have only just begun, I'm so looking forward to locking down this last important piece of the puzzle with everyones help.

two more:

www.ted.com Free Business Talks

www.warriorforum.com Business Warriors of the 1st degree.

I love warriorforum!

Any time I look at a new IM product that the first place I go to check out what others are saying. I've also found some good IM products (WSO Warrior Special Offers) for pennies compared to what it would sell on CB(clickbank).

[Dan Auito]

Zenman, would you like to be the newly elected chairperson for the eventual update of a real estate links book update? With all the real estate links we're starting to generate, I think we could leverage this effort.
http://magicbullets.com/gifts/A%20li...20you!-1-s.pdf

Thanks for posting!

[rmmiddlet]

I am glad I found this site!

A FREE REI resource I have found that is full of links to REI-related sites is The Real Estate Black Book by Peter Kolat and is available at:
<http://www.realestateblackbook.com/rebb/?rebb=3926>

Thanks for all the GREAT information!

Roger M.

[Dan Auito]

I agree Roger, and support Pete as well, he is also a member of our family here: 2nd post: http://magicbullets.com/forum/showthread.php?p=60864#post60864

[kzenman]

Zenman, would you like to be the newly elected chairperson for the eventual update of a real estate links book update? With all the real estate links we're starting to generate, I think we could leverage this effort.
http://magicbullets.com/gifts/A%20li...20you!-1-s.pdf

Thanks for posting!

What would that position involve?

[dyoo]

http://crepig.ning.com/forum

It's a great forum for networking with other commercial investors.

[Dan Auito]

Zenman, basically it is a pretty grueling task in that the person in charge of updating needs to look at what exists already in the current book of links created earlier and then test those existing links while adding the newest resources found in this thread to create an updated edition.

[G-man422]

Dan,

Thank you so much for your generous offer. Here is my contribution. It's a site I use to frequent a couple of years back. This thread reminded me of it, so I will share it.
http://www.wannanetwork.com/

[Dan Auito]

Tony is also a member here. Another person I agree with supporting Gabe!

[dacrowe]

Dan,

You did it again. Your resources continue to selflessly give to the community. I am honored to do the same for you and your community again. My offshore experience in real estate was used by over a half a dozen readers (that I know of) and I hope that my business resources will do the same or better.

I have a suite of author products/services that I would like to offer you and your community. The first one has a time limit and unfortunately will be converted into a full priced product in a month or two. For NOW, I have over $2,000 worth of training, ebooks and consulting for people who understand the power of being a published author.

Visit http://www.3hrauthor.com and learn how becoming a published author REGARDLESS of your profession, can catapult anyone's career and brand like it has done for hundreds of business owners.

It doesn't matter if you have the skills, time or belief that you can or should be published...our resources will give you the courage, strategy and tactics to explode your brand and transfer your "outbound" marketing to "inbound" sales!

http://www.3hrauthor.com

Thanks!

Doug Crowe
www.dougcrowe.com

[Dan Auito]

Doug, you know you are an integral part of this project. E mail me so we can move your position along. Doug is working closely with me on this project folks.

[MJTONY]

Dan here is one I recently found helpful, they do transactional funding all across the country
Duane Ortega
www.BestTransactionFunding. com

[Dan Auito]

At this point we have what appears to be the beginnings of a few initial resources:

Recognized Experts in Business
www.paulzanepilzer.com/articles.htm Articles
www.neilfiore.com/articles.shtml Articles
www.paulschoemaker.com/?page_id=35 Videos (Decision making)
www.tonyjeary.com/index.php?page=our_value&sub=6 Tony’s Tools
www.pbresults.com/sales-articles Cherry’s Articles on sales
www.mgtsystems.com/archive/main_article.jsp Creating your infrastructure
www.afterburner.com/expert-articles.htm Management
www.influenceatwork.com/INFLUENCEATWORK-InTheMedia.html Influence
www.asksamdeep.com/ask-archives/ Sam answers all the questions.
www.tompeters.com Management Hero, see blogs on left!

Educational Resources
www.ted.com/ Free Business Talks
www.ecorner.stanford.edu/ Stanford's Video resources
www.gate8.com/biz-lnks.htm Business links hub
www.executivelibrary.com/ Executive online library:
www.score.org/small_biz_power_links.html Government Hub
www.self-pub.net/ A Book is your best business card
www.nobullets.wordpress.com Learning to Present is a must

Social Media
www.sethgodin.typepad.com Seth Godin’s Blog
www.gladwell.com/archive.html Malcolm Gladwell’s Blog
www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog...ular-retweets/ Tim Ferris’s Blog
www.smallbiztrends.com/2009/01/th...tter-list.html Top Twitter Biz Peeps
www.warriorforum.com Business Warriors of the 1st degree.
www.MarketingExperiments.com Respected portal
www.MarketingSherpa.com Respected Portal
www.dankennedy.com Marketing 101
www.technorati.com/business/ Locate best Blogs
www.fastcompany.com Tech magazine

Service Providers
www.talkline99.com Free Conference Calling Service
www.DimDim.com Free Web Conferencing Service
www.zoho.com/projects/index.html Project management tools
www.mikebuck.com Copywriting assistance
www.fiverr.com Getting things done cheap!

Social Networking Platforms:
www.Facebook.com 500 million strong social network
www.Twitter.com Micro-Blogging
www.LinkedIn.com Business Networking
www.meetup.com Facilitates onsite meetings
www.ning.com Create your own community (free)

Crowd-Sourcing has its advantages, see the attachment below.

[lrning]

www.mozenda.com powerful data extraction software tool
or
pay somebody on www.odesk.com to extract data for you (outsource)

[Dan Auito]

Thank you!

[phoenix360]

I felt compelled to come back and add some more links as I feel this topic is of too much importance to not include more beneficial links.

Businesses and Non Profits
http://www.usa.gov/Business/Business_Gateway.shtml

Small Business Loans and Grants
http://www.business.gov/financing/

Start Up Businesses and Business Types
http://business.gov/start/index.html

Online Resources and State Assistance Programs
http://business.gov/start/assistance.html

Programs and Services to Help Start, Grow and Succeed
http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/manage/index.html

A Great Entrepreneur Networking Site for Business Professionals. Provides awesome podcast on self improvement, mindset and a variety of other subjects that the entrepreneur faces.
www.WealthAndAchievement.com


"The Obsessed Real Estate Wholesaler"
~You Just Never Know~

[Dan Auito]

Those are fantastic Phoenix! Come on gang, post those links.

[Dan Auito]

Again, I am looking for more business specific websites but I can't let our real estate crowd down, so here are a few more good links for our real estate players:

Finding good agents

Here are a few options.
www.realtor.com/findreal/WhichPages.asp?

www.realestate.yahoo.com/Realtors

www.homegain.com

www.realestateabc.com/realtorsearch/

Hard money
www.Dohardmoney.com
States: AZ, CO, GA, MD, NV, NC, OR, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV



Transactional funding & Proof of funds
www.Moneyforaday.com
Up to $100,000 – $2,000 flat fee
100,001 – $250,000 – 2.0%
$250,001 – $500,000 – 2.5%
$500,001 – $1,000,000 – 3.0%


Video hosting
www.Vimeo.com
This free site allows you to upload MUCH bigger video files than
YouTube. You can put these videos on your site.

Section 8 www.GoSection8.com
Rent your homes to section 8 tenants.



Document sharing & Calendar
www.Google.com/docs Share calendars and documents with your partners/employees. All files stored online so you can access them from any CPU. This will really help organize your business.

County Records
www.NetrOnline.com Real estate public records and research info portal for property info, deeds & mortgage copies, tax records, parcel maps, assessment records, and public records nationwide.


Project Organizing
www.37Signals.com Do have have 100 projects going on at the same time like I do? If so, this site will REALLY help organize you.

Organizing your business
www.ReQall.com Did you just have an important conversation with a motivated seller? Set up this service (for free) and have your conversation sent to your e-mail and/or put on you Outlook or Google calendar.

Screen capture
www.JingProject.com Need to show someone something you are doing on your CPU? This free program allows you to click one button and record your voice and your CPU screen.


Posting to Craig's list

www.VFlyer.com Craig's list has proven to be an effective marketplace to promote your properties. This site makes your postings look amazing.


Posting to Craig's list
www.Postlets.com Very useful for creating flyers, MLS listings sheets which post to several websites automatically generate buyer activity.

Comps
Sites to help you determine value:
www.Zillow.com
www.Cyberhomes.com -
www.Trulia.com

Market Rent
www.RentOMeter.com
www.Zilpy.com These sites allow you to plug in an address and find out what the rent should be.

Classified sites

Land & Commercial Properties
www.Loopnet.com
www.CityFeet.com
www.Land&farm.com

Free conference calls
www.FreeConferenceCall.com Your teleconference line is available 24/7. Up to 96 callers on the line at a time.


Picture resizing
www.PicResize.com Quickly and easily crop and resize your images at no cost

Send large files
www.SendThisFile.com Many e-mail accounts will not allow you to send large files. Use this site to easily upload and send VERY large files


See it first
www.MashedWorld.com Look at properties using a a dual map combining Google Maps, Street View and Virtual earth into one control.


Convert Videos
www.Zamzar.com Convert Youtube videos to any format. Edit vidoes by changing the format.

P.S. Don't forget to get your free real estate investors website here:
Connected Investors: https://heavyweight.connectedinvestors.com/?invitation=HEAVYWEIGHT