Book Review – Mission: Success!

Og Mandino is a narrator. His stories and books are about overcoming self-doubt and gaining self-confidence and self-esteem. We are often faced with the same dilemma as his characters (including himself). We have to meet those challenges head-on. Like his other books, like “The World’s Greatest Salesman” or “A Better Way to Live,” he shows us scrolls or books we […]

Historic ruling for Starbucks in China IPR case

Intellectual property protection in China has long been high on the list of concerns for innovative foreign companies looking to do business there. The little legal framework that existed around intellectual property rights (IPR) has been difficult and slow to enforce. However, there are signs that the situation may be improving for companies using trademarks, logos and brands in the […]

5 tips on how to find cash buyers online

If you are just entering the lucrative world of wholesale, the Internet is a tool you need to become an expert at. Most buyers and investors go online to find deals. There are so many websites, listing pages, and classifieds sites that it’s hard to know which one is the best. It’s always changing and will never be the same, […]

Investment in Apartment Buildings – Find Motivated Sellers

As the creator of the “Buy Your First Apartment Building” e-course, I have many potential students and beginning investors who ask me: “How do I find motivated apartment building sellers?” There are many ways that investors use to find motivated sellers, however, what I see happening many times with beginners is that they start looking for properties to buy before […]

The power of self-directed IRAs

The Self-Directed IRA allows investors to purchase (i.e., buy and hold/repair and flip) property with tax-free dollars within a traditional IRA and collect rent or flip earnings, tax-free, until realized. distributions at retirement. The Roth IRA allows earnings and rentals to remain tax-free for life. Once Roth IRA distributions are made at retirement, only earnings after distributions are taxed. The […]

Traditional Insurance Agency Marketing Vs Insurance Agency Web 2.0 Marketing

Are the days of traditional insurance agency marketing simply an anachronistic holdover from a bygone era of traditional marketing? Before answering this important but detailed question, let’s first define what we would consider traditional insurance agency marketing programs today. Let’s start with 20 well-known marketing initiatives, or maybe I could better refer to them as insurance agency marketing activities, that […]