Business

That College Education Was A Waste of Money

A friend of mine has a daughter who was a straight “A” student all the way through high school. My buddy shelled out big bucks so she could attend the most prestigious high school College? It was MIT and on to Harvard after that. All paid for by daddy. Now he’s a walking zombie working

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Business

What Does the Musical Hamilton Have to do With Real Estate?

Have you seen the Broadway musical Hamilton? I went with my family a number of years ago and we all loved it. My kids even know every single song by heart! There’s a line in the musical that really struck a chord with me. He says, “I wanna build something that’s going to outlive me.”

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Business

Take the Money and Run

I like to stay on top of the news and every now and again a story catches my eye that not only makes me chuckle a little but also makes me question our societal norms. In Denmark, a museum gave Jens Haaning, a Danish artist 84 thousand dollars to create two works of art to

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Business, Probate Investing

The Psychology of Probate

The core of marketing is really just psychology. Discovering and understanding how the brain works and why people make decisions will have a profound impact on your real estate business. And this is even more true with probate. Why? Because people going through probate are dealing with all kinds of issues, problems, and emotions which

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Business, Marketing

I See Dead People

There’s a trend in real estate to automate and outsource all of the marketing. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been preaching for years to make sure you use your time efficiently. You need to focus your time on the things that you are specially equipped to do. The problem is all this automation and outsourcing has

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Business, Marketing

My Rambling Thoughts on the Facebook Outage

Last week facebook, instagram, and WhatsApp all went down for not just a few minutes, but for HOURS.Now it didn’t really affect me personally – I don’t spend much time on social media. I don’t need Mark Zuckerberg force-feeding me information all day long – I prefer to think for myself. But it did get

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Business, Probate Business

A Lesson on Wealth From a Dead Italian Civil Engineer

What is the most valuable resource you have in real estate investing? Is it your facebook ads? Is it your leads? Is it the team you’ve built from the ground up? Although all of those are important, none of those are as important as YOUR TIME. I’ve been teaching and coaching investors for a lot of

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Business

Do you Know About This Secret Stash of Houses?

Have you noticed how stores are constantly out of a ton of random items all the time? This reality really hit home the other day. My 21 year old daughter, Christina, is trying to purchase her very first car but she has had no luck because demand is super high and supply is at an

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Business, Probate Business

I’d like to share with you a conversion with my son, Ernie Jr., a couple of days ago. Ernie Jr. is a teenage boy and with that comes the desire for independence freedom and the ability to make his own decisions. I believe it’s important that I give him room to make his own decisions,

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Business

Do You Live in a Bubble?

I’m writing you from the road right now. We’re on day number 6 of our 16 day, 5400 mile road tour of America. The miles have been adding up, but so have the memories. Kathy and I left last Wednesday from L.A. with all four of our kids, Ernie Jr.’s friend Nate, and our dog

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Business, Probate Business

Why Would You Celebrate Failure?

Today I got off the phone with one of my past students who joined the Probate Fox family about 15 years ago. We had such a great conversation reminiscing about the good old days when he was still a bit wet behind the ears. Now his son is following in his footsteps and is experiencing some

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Business

A 250K Vacation…

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve probably noticed the flurry of interest in space tourism. Last week, Richard Branson went into space in his spaceship called the VSS Unity. It was the first successful flight for space tourism. He made it past the 50 mile space barriers – to 53.5 miles to be

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