Business

Are Foreign Investors on Your Buyers List

As I arrived to the LAX –Los Angeles Airport, I was notified that some prince (most likely from Saudi Arabia) had has fleet of planes parked as apparently he was in Los Angeles doing some sort of business. I guess his planes don’t travel alone. It was quite a show. Which reminded me how foreigners

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Probate Real Estate

LAUSD Teachers Are On Strike But…

Did you know the Los Angeles Unified School District has been on strike since Monday, January 14, 2019? That’s 30,000 teachers! Teachers basically need a higher pay. There are also government employees not receiving pay due to the government shut downs. Early on I decided not to depend on anybody else to provide my paycheck

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Probate Investing, Probate Niche, Probate Nugget, Probate Questions Answered, Probate Real Estate

Another Question Answered: Contacting Attorneys

I love getting your questions and I share them in hopes that it might move you along in your journey in probate. So here’s a question I got last week. I have been doing Probate investing in Ohio for the last 18 months. I have a question regarding having success with attorneys. I do my

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Business, Real Estate Investing

Revealed: The Picture on My Wall

After last weeks video, I had a student reach out and ask me what I had on my background wall as he could only see the last word in the bottom of the picture frame that said “failure“… so I thought I’d let you all in on what I have here. I have this picture

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Probate, Probate Nugget, Probate Questions Answered, Probate Real Estate, Real Estate Investing

Students Question Answered: How to Contact Attorneys in Probate

Below is a question I received from one of my students earlier this week and my response to her. I felt it could of benefit to others so I’m sharing it here. Hi Ernie, I am getting ready to reach out to some probate attorneys here in my major city. I am a bit stuck

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Real Estate Investing

IRS Won’t Issue Your Tax Refund

Have you heard the news that the IRS will not be issuing tax refunds? Yup, the country’s collector is among the federal agencies affected by the government shut down, now in its third week. And they are not the only ones. I actually have friends that are government employees who themselves are without a paycheck

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Probate Business, Probate Niche

Will Apple Stock Crash?

Who wins in a fight, Apple or Alexa ?  Lately Apple has been getting a lot of bad press. Just about everybody is talking about how it’s the beginning of the end for Apple. I for one have stock tied to Apple that has experienced a significant loss. Now I am not an expert in

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Real Estate Investing

Narconomics, How to Run a Drug Cartel

Last night my 12-year-old son and I went to a neighborhood Council meeting.  He is a Boy Scout and is working on a Merit badge (Citizenship in the Community) and was in need of sitting in on an official Government involved meeting. Now, I have been attending neighborhood Council meetings, town hall meetings, and am

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Probate

What Did the Bird Say When He Flew Over the House…

Cheap cheap cheap, Absolutely corny, I know, but this is my attempt at a joke and we all know that the best discountsare found in probate properties. (and that is no joke!) I was at the Pasadena Rose Parade and there was a bird on a house on one of the floats (not an actual bird

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Goal Setting

Expansion Plan for 2019

Today is the first day of the week and the last day of the year. It’s an end to disappointments, unfulfilled plans, and hardships that you may have experienced in 2018. After today, any wins particularly in business are also behind us. We can’t rest because of a past win. We must continue to grow

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Probate, Probate Business, Probate Investing, Probate Real Estate, Real Estate Investing

How to Entice a Buyer to Your Property without a Reduction in Price

We are here at the very end of December and the herd of buyers for our properties are not out in full force. However, as a seller we should never let that discourage us. Instead what we want to do is think how can we make our property so attractive to a potential buyer that

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