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Ask For Help

April 14, 2009

Saturday, December 15, 2007
You have to ask for help
I met with some clients today that I can help. Boy, if I only had the time to tell you all the stories about the clients I didn’t meet, simply because they didn’t ask for help!You may be one of these folks, or almost for certain you [...]

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It’s Hardly An EOD

April 14, 2009

Saturday, December 8, 2007
It’s hardly an EOD
I took a young couple out looking for homes today. First time we had met, and our initial introduction had been through my web site and a couple of emails.In the course of our meeting I engaged in my usual convivial chatter, finding out in small snippets where they [...]

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Equity Sharing 301

April 14, 2009

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Equity Share 301
Why is Equity Sharing such a powerful tool, and why does the light from it reach so far beyond our entrenched way of buying and selling homes? Now we’re about to reach deep into the passion I have about this subject, so please allow me to be both subjective and [...]

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Equity Share 201

April 14, 2009

Monday, July 16, 2007
Equity Share 201
Okay, so we know that Equity Sharing is a proven and very effective way of both buying and selling real estate. Instead of just having a bank and a buyer and/or seller involved in the transaction, we will introduce an “investor” into the mix. In doing so the responsibilities are [...]

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Equity Sharing 101

April 14, 2009

Friday, July 13, 2007
Equity Sharing 101
What is Equity Sharing?Simply put, it is the process of EXPANDING on what we have been lulled into accepting as the only way to finance property. Rather than purchasing a home with two involved parties, i.e. the bank and yourself, a 3rd party becomes involved. In the process of doing [...]

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See the Pyramids Along the Nile

April 14, 2009

See the Pyramids along the Nile
 
My wife and I just got back from our tenth anniversary cruise/get out of Dodge/cabin fever trip to the Mediterranean. A welcome time off of some two plus weeks, with a start in Athens, cruise and trips to Olympia, Corfu, Egypt, Santorini, Mykonos, Ephesus and Istanbul. All-in-all a splendid time [...]

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What’s In A Name?

April 14, 2009

Thursday, March 22, 2007
Why the name “Buy Half A House?”What’s in a name, you ask? Well in this case, a lot. You see, home ownership for most of us, read anyone other than an investor, is a singularly personal and oft times private affair. After all, the king, his queen and heirs have to stake [...]

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Working with the Dregs

April 14, 2009

Thursday, February 22, 2007
Working with the dregs
There’s an old Frank Sinatra song that has a wonderful line “…from the brim to the dregs. It poured sweet and clear. It was a very good year….”With great wine, tasting from the brim, or first portion, is a sweet affair. The flavors that arise aren’t an accident. They [...]

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Theme for Buy Half A House

April 14, 2009

Here’s the initial blog that I hope will set the tone for the important messages to come. Indeed these writings, from me, my colleagues and from all of you, are a reminder that participation in a new idea is fraught with danger, with unbridled enthusiasm, and with the hope that the ideas and musings of [...]

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