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- No Tenants, No Termites, No Toilets, No Trash – The Best of Lease Options By : Judson Voss
Leasing property with the option to buy can be one of the best exit strategies you can have if you plan to turn over properties within 3-10 years of holding them. And, by only being the “bank” for the property you can ensure that you don’t have to deal with the dreaded 4 T’s of real estate property management. - Hard Money vs. Private Money in Real Estate Investment By : Judson Voss
Real estate investment requires money. The money you use can come from various sources and can include traditional banks and lenders, hard money, and private money. - Goal Setting for the Real Estate Investor Newbie By : Judson Voss
Real estate investing is similar to any other business in that you need to have a good solid business plan and set some realistic short-term and long-term goals for your business to have a fair chance at success. - Estimate the Costs for Painting Your Investment Real Estate Properties By : Judson Voss
One of the easiest and generally cheapest ways to update any property is with a fresh coat of paint. Thankfully, where painting is concerned, you can very easily calculate how much paint will be required for any painting job – interior or exterior - Apartment Buildings – The Money Making Machine for Real Estate Investors By : Judson Voss
One of the most overlooked real estate investments by new real estate investors are apartment buildings. Investing in an apartment building can bring a money making machine into your portfolio. - Work Smarter Not Harder -- Ten Tips to Help You By : Victoria K. Munro
Working hard probably won’t yield the results you want! We all have a limited amount of time and energy, and by working smart rather than hard we will achieve more and have time and energy to spare. - Why People Give Referrals By : Victoria K. Munro
New studies demonstrate the benefits of referral marketing. In his book The New Art and Science of Referral Marketing, Scott Degraffenreid explains how the science of social network analysis has been used to help companies effectively utilize referral marketing. - What is Success Anyway? By : Victoria K. Munro
Business writers and marketers use the word ‘success’ frequently, often flippantly. Much is written about achieving success and succeeding in business, but little about defining what success truly means or exactly what it will look like. It’s easy to confuse success with wealth, fame or achievement, and to get caught up in the daily demands of running our businesses and our lives with only a vague, undefined idea of what success really means to us. - Unleash the Power of a Purposeful Mission Statement By : Victoria K. Munro
Your company’s ultimate success will be determined by how well you define and live by your mission statement. Creating an effective mission statement for your business isn’t an easy task, but it is well worth the effort as it can become the guiding principle that will shape your company’s destiny. - Twelve Stress-Busting Tips for Small Business Owners By : Victoria K. Munro
Owning and running a business can be stressful -- after all, the buck stops with you. If you’ve come from the corporate world of regular paychecks and support systems to help you get your job done, the challenges of entrepreneurship can be doubly stressful. - Ten Tips to Keep You Focused in a World of Distractions By : Victoria K. Munro
Our ability to concentrate and focus is like a muscle that is strengthened through exercise. Jumping from one task to the next is less productive. In their book TechnoStress: Coping with Technology @Work @Home @Play, co-authors Drs. Rosen and Weil note that “Multitasking diminishes your productivity and makes you work harder just to feel like you are barely keeping up with all your work.” - Ten Tips to Help You Say “No” By : Victoria K. Munro
As a business owner, you may receive constant requests for your time from clients, vendors, colleagues and employees, as well as from family and friends. If you’re not careful, that precious time you need to focus on growing your business and taking care of yourself can be eaten away, leaving you stressed and behind schedule. - Ten Easy Pointers to Help You Put an End to Procrastination By : Victoria K. Munro
If you find yourself putting off difficult projects that you don’t enjoy, and if these unfinished tasks tend to move forward on your calendar from one day to the next, then procrastination could be costing you money and increasing your stress! There is a solution! - Taking Time Away Can Be Good for Business By : Victoria K. Munro
Small business owners are very good at a lot of things, but taking time off isn’t one of them. Americans in general put in longer hours than workers in any other industrialized nation, but for many entrepreneurs there’s no such thing as a 40-hour work week, and taking a vacation can seem like a far-fetched fantasy. - Take Control of Your Day with a Meaningful “To-Do” List By : Victoria K. Munro
As entrepreneurs, we face many demands on our time and attention -- some we can control; others are beyond our control. It’s easy to react quickly to crises and pressing demands of others without stopping to fully assess the situation. Writing a simple daily plan can put you in charge and enable you to be proactive instead of reactive. Much in life we can’t control, but we can take charge of how we spend our time and what we give our attention to. - Take Charge of Your Environment: Make Your Workspace Work for You By : Victoria K. Munro
How efficient is your workspace? You’ll be much more productive working in a pleasant, comfortable and convenient environment. As the New Year gets under way, it may be time to think about an office makeover. - Systems: the Price, the Payback and a Plan to Get You There By : Victoria K. Munro
As a business grows, it’s exciting. It’s tempting to work longer and harder to keep up with demand, but this will limit growth and lead to burnout. Having proven systems in place and following them allows for healthy growth, lessens stress and makes life easier for you, your employees and your clients. - Systems -- Your Ticket to Freedom! By : Victoria K. Munro
Small business owners are famous for working hard to build their dream, but without effective systems in place, these dreams often turn into nightmares. Life becomes an endless, overwhelming to-do list -- daily running ever faster on the proverbial gerbil wheel to catch up and keep up. They’re headed for burnout, yet taking time off can be tough. - Six Easy Steps to Create Your Operations Manual By : Victoria K. Munro
A well-written, consistently followed operations manual will help you beat the odds and join the 20 percent of small business start-ups that are still around after five years. - Seven Simple Steps to Set New Year Goals You Will Achieve By : Victoria K. Munro
It’s a New Year -- a new beginning, time to think about new directions, dreams and aspirations, and to set and achieve goals. The following Seven Simple Steps will get you started, keep you going and help you get where you want to be. - Set Your Course with a Company Vision Statement By : Victoria K. Munro
You’d never dream of setting out on a trip without a specific destination in mind, yet many of us start businesses without a clear idea of where we’re headed, or what we want our company to look like in the future. If you want your business to succeed, it’s important to define exactly what success will look like for you and for your company. - Set Clear Boundaries to Keep You on Track By : Victoria K. Munro
Clear boundaries define how you expect to be treated by others. Many problems can be avoided when you lay down clear-cut boundaries. Setting, and more importantly, enforcing these will streamline your business. However, this isn’t always easy, and women especially often find it a challenge. - Review and Learn from Your Past Successes and Challenges By : Victoria K. Munro
Entrepreneurs, especially those who are passionate about what they do, often live life on a fast track -- after all, there’s a lot to do and much of it is up to you. It can be tough to take time out, step back, and reflect on, analyze and learn from recent events. - Restore Your Entrepreneurial Passion: Seven Tips By : Victoria K. Munro
Passion is a powerful emotion. It ignites energy, enthusiasm and creativity, and brings meaningful purpose to life. The passion that motivated you to take a risk and start your business is also the fuel that keeps it moving ahead. It’s important to keep it alive and not allow it to fade as you focus on the mundane but necessary daily tasks of running your business. - Passion and Profit -- Can We Have Both? By : Victoria K. Munro
We’re inspired by stories of wildly successful entrepreneurs who turned a hobby -- or a passion -- into a thriving business and realized their dreams. It’s encouraging to read about those who started with little and seemed unlikely candidates for business success but, driven by passion, worked absurdly long hours and surmounted enormous difficulties to beat the odds and make it big.
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