Foreclosure Investing - The Fastest Way To Get Started
Foreclosure investing is actually quite different from what they expected when people have finally taken that responsibility and go for it. This really applies to anything else in life. Remember all those late nights where you'd stay up and watch those "how to make millions in your sleep" tV spots. Or perhaps you remember all those times you went to the book store and purchased tons of real estate investment related material.
In fact you probably have a huge library and collection of real estate, investment, and how to get rich quick type books by now. Some people may get a feeling of being overwhelmed after wading through those thick books and studying all the complex terminology.
In actuality, if you are a naturally goal-oriented and self-disciplined person than you can probably achieve a full-time income in real estate within a year with the right system. So how do you choose the "right" system when everyone and his uncle says they are an expert or guru within the real estate domain?
One thing you might want to consider doing is to align yourself with a friend or relative who is already successful in real estate investment or at least in the niche of real estate that you are interested in doing. Don't be shy, definitely get in touch with them.
It may be a friend from high school or university, or perhaps even a former room mate that you knew when you were just getting started with your own life and needed someone to share the rent costs with in order to have your own place, etc. I am sure that if you ruminate for a bit, you may even surprise yourself at how much opportunity there is in your own circle.
That is actually a very good idea- the best way to get into real estate successfully is to have a advisor or at minimum someone that can really show you the ropes and provide feedback in real-time. No matter how well written the courses you're looking at is, nothing really compares to a trusted friend or adviser that can actually walk you through this process step-by-step.
Even if it isn't step by step, it's still great to be able to call someone up and ask for constructive criticism on what you are doing as well as to add some inspiration to the process. Folks this relationship is priceless. You can save hundreds of hours of time learning things on your own, and also save thousands upon thousands of dollars in costly mistakes.
Ultimately you will have to walk the path yourself in order to learn and profit from this wonderful industry. But the initial first steps will provide you with the momentum to be able to soar upwards on your own two wings.
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How Home Emergency Cover Can Assist The Needs Of The Over 60s
Imagine that it is Sunday night and you are watching your favourite television show before you go off to bed for the night. The next thing you know your hot water boiler bursts and floods your home. Who are you going to call at such a late hour on a Sunday night? With a home emergency insurance policy in place, all you need to be doing is picking up the phone and calling your insurance company.
Although it would be fair to say that a number of the benefits of a home emergency insurance policy can be found elsewhere, such as in your home buildings insurance policy, with a home buildings insurance policy there may not necessarily be a guaranteed responses time. As such, your Sunday night accident may have to wait to Monday morning to have someone come and fix it. However, with a home emergency insurance policy, the response time should be immediate, to meet the needs of your emergency.
Benefits of a home emergency insurance over include:
- 24-hour call out for a locksmith in case you lose your house keys
- repair man to come and check that you do not have a gas leak
- water repairs if you have a burst boiler, pipe, drain
- roofer, should you have any problems with your roof; such as loose, dangerous titles or a leak
- someone to come and fix your toilets if they should block
- a repairman to come and fix any window panes that may be broken
Indeed, the level of emergency service can be arranged to fit the needs of the person arranging the insurance. As such, this type of insurance is specially beneficial to the aged during the cold winter months in the UK when a number of unforeseen events can occur and when they are ill-equipped to handle the problem.
Two factors you will need to keep in mind with home emergency insurance however:
- firstly, there shouldn't be any excess payment, otherwise this negates part of the reason for having the insurance;
- second, because there is no excess payment, the insurance company will try to cap their maximum liability under the insurance (in most case to between £500 and £750). Here, you need to ensure that the cost of calling the local emergency repair man and for the materials he needs to complete the job will not significantly impact on this threshold limit.
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The Real Solution for the FTC Crackdown
The Real Solution for the FTC Crackdownby Floyd TapiaI imagine you have heard the calamityhowlers, the pessimistic viewpoints onwhat web owners should and should notput on their websites and no doubtevery scare tactic used to get you tobuy some protection. Well......you should be scared. What am Iselling? The simple idea of takingaction before you possibly find yourselfin a legal entanglement that couldliterally cost you thousands of dollarsAND unimagineable stress.You don't think it could happen to you.Well, I think it's time to do a realitycheck in your world.Thousands of frivolous lawsuits in areastoo numerous to mention are brought oncountless unsuspecting business ownersand the average person every day.The truth is, when some lunatic andtheir blood sucking attorney financiallyand emotionally circumsizes you, theygo for all your assets; both personaland business.In this article, we are going totalk about one type of lawsuit thatis getting huge amounts of attentionon the Internet which involves noneother than the FTC.Now, the FTC is really ramping up tocrack down on Internet Marketers, andactively go after those of us that don'trigidly adhere to all their rules aboutdisclosure and documentation.I've heard that they filed 45 criminaland civil law enforcement actions againstInternet Marketers, on May 15th alone.This is only the beginning.Due to this inherent rise of "websuits"as I call them, there are now variouslegal document sites showing up rightand left on the Internet that are designedand have every intentions of protecting you.One website example is AutoWebLaw. Go tohttp://protectyourself.marketingvault.netto fully understand what these expertsare recommending.But I think the underlying question hereis: "Do they really work?" In my humbleopinion, they're simply a start.But what happens when the unthinkableemerges and you're served with legalpapers that you are being sued? God, Ihope you never find out how this feels.But statistically, you have a 1 in 3chance of being in a lawsuit this year...and the year after that.My point? All of us need lawyers atsome point in our lives.But don't allow the simple idea of legaldocuments, though they'll help, to foolyou into thinking that they alone willgive you full protection against alawsuit by the FTC or the IRS...or anyone for that fact.I have worked in the legal industry foryears and I am here to tell you, 'it ain'tgonna happen.' I DO recommend thesetypes of documents so that you will befully compliant on the Internet.But it will take much more than that toultimately protect your assets from beingfrozen or at the very worst, paying hugefees to be represented for something thatyou did not do wrong or the intentionwas quite innocent.Remember, "ignorance of the law is noexcuse." So what's the answer?There are affordable ways of getting theadded peace of mind so that you will notbe penniless and in severe debt as aresult of the FTC crackdown. Whatyou may ask?"Bulletproof" lawsuit protection. Youand I and most people in the UnitedStates need this immediately.I suggest doing a search on the Internetunder such topics as 'asset protection'and 'lawsuits' to fully understand whatyou are putting at risk by not havingsuch protections in place now.But above all else, no matter what youend up doing to protect yourself now,I always advise everyone to seek legalcounsel before attempting anything ontheir own. Good sound advice.========================================Floyd Tapia has over 8 years of tireless workand research experience on the topic of totalasset protection. His news tips via The TapiaBrief, has up-to-date tips on affordable andlegal bulletproof lawsuit protection for all:http://www.lawsuit-protection.com/the_tapia_brief.html========================================[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]