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A number of my students grew up with parents who had rental properties. And they have told me that, in their early years, they had to help dad (or mom) with small maintenance and repair jobs like cutting the grass, cleaning, or fixing a leaky faucet---when they would rather have been out with friends playing baseball, or at the movies, or doing just about anything else.

However, I have never

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I have been getting a lot of feedback that the information on my website is contributing to your success as real estate investors---which is really exciting!

Many emails have included questions about specifics of deals that you are doing. That's great; however, although every effort is made to answer your queries as soon as possible, I encourage you to also post your questions on the

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I recently came across a headline that stated that the FHA (Federal Housing Authority) was waiving its 90-day waiting period for resales financed by FHA loans for one full year. Enacted in 2003, this 90-day "seasoning" period was introduced to prevent predatory lending practices and fraudulent flips ("overnight" flips, with dramatically higher sales prices).

However, in the current market,

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I was having an interesting discussion about the real estate market with a friend of mine yesterday when he asked me, "Carleton, who's making money in this market?"

"Well," I replied, "investors. The ones who own rental property--landlords."

As I thought about our conversation later that evening, I realized it's the investors who make the money because they know their markets and are able to

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In all aspects of your life, it's important to be open to new possibilities. In order to move to the next level-whether in your personal life or your career-it's essential to move beyond your preconceived notions and to consider new ideas and new solutions to old problems.

For the investor, that could translate into any number of new ways to make money in real estate.
With any

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