I have no excuse except that I’ve been busier than a…insert your own metaphor here. (This is when I need Pete Youngs to give me a joke to insert in my blog!)
But yes, I’ve been busy. We held our 8th Investor Bonanza Real Estate Investing Boot Camp last week. Had some great (future) billionaire real estate investors in from all over the country – Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Maryland, Alabama, Illinois, California, Florida, Kentucky, Iowa and Virginia. And we covered everything including
Of course Pete provided dozens and dozens of tips on how to save money on the cost of home renovations. (The guy can spend a full hour on caulking alone. And he makes it entertaining – that’s what’s amazing!) If you want a great education in real estate investing, while doubled over with laughter, Pete Youngs is one person you absolutely have to see. He’s written some great real estate investing books, too. Like on Green Real Estate Investing. Check them out on Amazon.com
And we had some great complementary speakers in, too. This was the first time Wendy Patton joined us at the Investor Bonanza. She taught all about using ‘lease with option to buy homes’ as a strategy for making money in this market. I have always shied away from Lease-Options because I like to borrow private money for my deals and I can’t do that when I don’t own the property (because I can’t secure my lender’s interest against the property.) But I think she’s come up with a brilliant idea on how to make money without investing your own. Absolutely brilliant. And I’m going follow up with her on it.
We’re off to National Real Estate Investors Association for the annual conference in Las Vegas. If one more person tells me ‘what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’… I mean really. It’s not like I’m going for a bachelor party or to be part of ‘The Hangover.’ Just going to find out about the latest news in real estate investing.
And I’ll be unveiling a new product there myself! So stay tuned. I’ll have more from Las Vegas later this week.
And as always, thanks for your comments.
