Erik Stark's Rant

"One who talks sweet does not have an enemy and is blessed with plentiful of wealth and good fortune."- Rig VedaSecrets of Short Selling Real EstateBy Dwan Bent-TwyfordAs a real estate investor, you're almost sure to make the most money when dealing with motivated sellers. Sometimes, they just wa...

As everyone who reads my postings knows that I am a licensed investor who works with investors in south-eastern Michigans booming market. Lately some of the people we work with have been disputing who is owed the sale of a property when we all market to the same pool of serious buyers (since ther...

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."- Woody AllenBecoming Your Own BankBy Alan CowgillSusan was the last to report. With no small sense of accomplishment, she told the room of 227 attendees that she had managed to secure $1.5 million in commitments from private lenders. ...

I handle all of the rent to own calls and properties for our company here in Michigan and I am getting a little disturbed with the way it is running. Our turnover has diminished in the past year. Sure, I could blame it on the economy but the fact of this matter is that people are still buying, fa...

How to Improve Your Credit ScoreBy Michael MastersonI never paid any attention to my credit score - except once. I was applying for a mortgage, and was forced to document - over and over again - why I didn't pay for the pet travel cage I bought that broke open in the belly of a plane and almost k...

"The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men."- Bill BeattieYour Education in Real Estate Marketing: Bubbles, Cycles, and HypeBy Dave...

"If by fire of sooty coal th' empiric alchymist Can turn, or holds it possible to turn, Metals of drossiest ore to perfect gold."- John MiltonThe Alchemy of Real Estate Finance: How Buying With All Cash Can Deliver Infinite Leverage By Justin FordWhen you buy a property "all cash," it doesn't hav...

Over my short life involved here in real estate I have been doing some homework on real estate and its big hitters in the industry at every level. Local, national and world-wide. Locally I have talked with and had meetings, lunches and extensive talks with these "gurus" just for the sake of begin...

"You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it."- Gregory NunnYour Business Vision By Michael MastersonDo you know exactly where your business will be in five years? Can you tell me its size? Its...

"You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it."- Gregory NunnYour Business Vision By Michael MastersonDo you know exactly where your business will be in five years? Can you tell me its size? Its...