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Private Lending - The Key To Freedom And Real Profit In Real Estate Investing
By Alan Cowgill
Most people don’t realize it, but obtaining money for real estate deals has nothing to do with saving money for a down payment, going to a bank, filling out an application, and waiting to be approved.
In fact, if you’re going about things this way, as I did for many years, you’re wasting time and losing money.
For me, discovering how to use private lenders in my real estate business has been truly life altering. The amount of money I make and the kind of work I do each day is incredible to me. And not only is it possible, it’s really very simple. If I can do it, anyone can.
For seventeen years I languished in a full-time corporate position. I wasn’t happy and I was barely making ends meet. I was thousands of dollars in debt and it was only getting worse. It wasn’t the life I wanted. I felt that my life was just ticking away. When I sat down and really faced things, I knew in the end I could actually retire poor.
Something had to be done.
Real estate investing came to me in the form of an infomercial at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday. The course piqued my interest, but the cost was $159. Money was so tight, I didn’t have $159, but I did have a credit card and the company offered a 30-day money back guarantee. I held that credit card in my hand and considered the future I wanted. Then I picked up the phone and ordered the course. It was the first step toward a brand new life and eventual wealth beyond what I could have imagined.
But that was only the beginning. After a few years I took a second step that propelled my business and my life to a whole new level. In 2001, when I quit my corporate job and took the plunge full-time into the world of real estate, I was immediately faced with a very big problem. It turns out that this problem was the best thing that could have happened to me. You see, without full-time employment, traditional lenders weren’t exactly eager to loan me funds. And without consistently available money to fuel my real estate transactions, I had no business at all. I tried everything:
• Banks
• Line of credit
• Hard money lenders
• Partners
• Credit cards
If only I had known that all of these methods, even if they
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had been eager to give me a loan, were complete wastes of my time! Finally, about five years ago I learned a lesson I’ll never forget. I came across a foreclosure on a $150,000 property that was going for only $70,000. I’d hit the jackpot! It was almost too good to be true. Of course I jumped at the chance to get in on this incredible deal. But I didn’t have the available funds. It’s every real estate dealer’s nightmare. I scrambled to the bank, to my partner. I tried to extend lines of credit. But all of this took time, and time is exactly what you don’t have with a lucrative short sale like this. As you can guess, I didn’t get the sale. By the time I had secured funds, the property was sold to someone who had the cash ready and could close within days. In this one deal I lost a potential $60,000. I swore then and there that this would never happen to me again. And it never did, because then I discovered private lending. A whole new world opened to me and my investing has never been the same. Private lenders literally provide you with your own private bank to fund your real estate deals. Imagine: limitless funds that are constantly and immediately available. Today, I have more available capital than I do property in which to invest it. It’s simply a store of money waiting for me to make use of it. And anyone can have this – that’s what’s so amazing. It’s like a dream come true for any serious investor. It sounds a little overwhelming, doesn’t it? Let’s slow down. I’ll explain the specifics of private lending, and you’ll see for yourself how this incredible system works. Who are private lenders? First of all, private lenders are everyday people. Some are retired, some work, some have substantial investment capital, and others have only a little. They may want to make the most of the savings they’ve spent their lives building, or perhaps they suddenly came into money through an inheritance or property sale. Regardless of their background, all private lenders are looking for a safe, high-yield opportunity for their funds. I give my lenders a guaranteed 10-15% return on their investment. There’s nothing like it anywhere. The incredible thing is that most people don’t know about this opportunity. They let their hard-earned money sit in CD’s or IRA’s. Some even risk the volatile stock market. The win-win reality of private lending is unparalleled. Really, you get immediate, limitless funds to invest in real estate opportunities at a moment’s notice. Your lenders get an incredible 15% simple interest on their money. They are secured by both a mortgage and hazard insurance on the home. There is safety in their investment because the total investment is never more than 70% of the appraised value of the property. If for some reason you would fail to repay the loan, they have the value of the property to reclaim their funds. Not a bad deal for your lenders, or you. Alan Cowgill is a national speaker, author, and real estate entrepreneur. Alan had bought or sold over 200 investment properties. His step-by-step system "Private Lending Made Easy" teaches Real Estate investors and mortgage brokers how to find private lenders. Contact Alan at 937-390-0816 or 866-831-3540. For a FREE audio CD go to www.PrivateLendingMadeEasy.com
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Lego store to open at Mayfair
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/denver/LegosSizedBlogCar*100.jpg?v=1'>The first Milwaukee-area Lego store is coming to Mayfair in Wauwatosa, the mall said Tuesday in a news release.
The 2,200-square-foot store is starting construction this week and is expected to open in May, the release said. It will be on the second level between Starbucks and Gymboree, formerly the Television Frenzies store.
Lego stores feature more than 4 million Legos in the store at any given time, the release said. The store will have a ?Pick-A-Brick Wall,? offering the option to choose specific Lego bricks and elements in a variety of colors and shapes in bulk...<div class="feedflare">
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Workwear retailer Duluth Trading Co., based in Belleville in Dane and Green counties, has promoted Stephanie Pugliese to president and chief merchandise officer, effective immediately.
Duluth Trading said Tuesday that Pugliese most recently served as senior vice president of product development and marketing, spearheading the evolution and expansion of Duluth Trading?s women?s line. She also was instrumental in the growth of the company as a whole, overseeing the opening of Duluth Trading's flagship store in Mt...<div class="feedflare">
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<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/MarriottDemolitionFeb2012-1*100.jpg?v=0'>The interior demolition of buildings for a new downtown Milwaukee Marriott spilled over into the street on Tuesday as crews used a backhoe to tear down a building on North Milwaukee Street.
Developer Jackson Street Management LLC is demolishing some buildings on North Milwaukee and West Wisconsin Avenue to clear a site for a 200-room Marriott that is to open in mid to late 2013. Interior asbestos abatement and demo work began in January. Construction crews Tuesday tore down a three-story brick building facing Milwaukee Street...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>UPAF names Gutekunst as development director
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/UPAFPennyGutekunstHeadShot11-5-08*100.jpg?v=1'>The United Performing Arts Fund said Tuesday that it has hired Penny Gutekunst, a development officer for Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, as its chief development officer.
Gutekunst has served as senior director of development for campaign operations at Children's for the last 10 years. Her previous development roles included a previous stint at UPAF as well as the United Way of Greater Milwaukee.
As chief development officer for UPAF, she oversees, coordinates and implements the annual UPAF campaign by developing and leading fundraising strategies and activities, working closely with the president and board...<div class="feedflare">
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CSC names Mike Lawrie CEO
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/washington/quick_news/Headshot_Large*100.jpg?v=1'>Falls Church-based CSC has named Mike Lawrie, president and CEO. Lawrie was at the helm of British software firm Misys for five years after working for IBM for more than 25 years.
Lawrie succeeds Michael Laphen, who is retiring as CEO and chairman. The CSC board of directors also announced that Rodney Chase, a current director on the company's board, has been named non-executive chairman of the board of directors.
CSC Press Release
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Last week, we teased some of Jonathan Aberman?s report examining six years of acquisitions in the Greater Washington region and Silicon Valley. But there?s a lot more to this study than the nugget we included.
Aberman, managing director of McLean-based Amplifier Ventures and president of FouderCorps, crunched data from thousands of technology-related M&A deals in the two regions since 2006. He emerged with some interesting, and somewhat surprising, conclusions.
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</div>Bethesda's Opnet reports record revenue
Bethesda-based software maker Opnet Technologies Inc. reports higher earnings and record revenue for its latest quarter.
The company, whose software is used for managing networks and improving their performance, had fiscal third-quarter 2012 revenue of $46 million, up 15.9 percent from $39.7 million in revenue a year earlier.
Net income was $5.3 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with $4.3 million, or 19 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
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