Baltimore Real Estate Investing Blog

Seth Godin is a great marketer.  His book the Purple Cow is a fun read.  Hey who says business books have to be dry and boring.  Seth’s books certainly aren’t.  It is only 137 pages and a fast read.   But don’t let its small size fool you.  It has a powerful message. A Purple [...]

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What Is a 1099? A 1099 is an informational return required by the IRS.  Employees receive a W-2 to let them know how much income was rep0rted to the IRS.  You may also get a 1099 INT from your bank telling you how much interest you received in the prior year.  In a similar way [...]

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Do you have a mastermind group? I am fortunate to be a member of a high level mastermind group. I am continually impressed with the ideas, knowledge, and success level  the members of my mastermind group generate.  Two members of my group are putting on an exciting event later this month, The Exponential Wealth Conference. [...]

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Do you have an Apple iPod? How do you use it? I try to take a walk every day. It is modest exercise and it relaxes me. I also get some of my best ideas while walking. To help generate those ideas I listen to my iPod.  I listen to motivation, sales, real estate and [...]

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I am a big fan of Warren Buffett.  In fact I wrote about some of Warren Buffett’s quotes earlier. While reading another blog about investing, Invesmint.com, I saw the following video about Warren Buffet buying stocks. A key quote from the video is: Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have [...]

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I like this guy already. What great marketing! Do you think he gets noticed and remembered? Brilliant marketing, however he only did half the job. I love this, but he could have done even better. While I might remember the image,  I am not likely to remember the name and certainly not the number. A [...]

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I really admire Warren Buffett. Not just because of his success but because he is truly ethical and has a wonderful philosophy. He is also quite quotable. Below are five of my favorites. Mr Buffett said  these regarding the stock market yet we can apply these same lessons to real estate. “It takes 20 years to build a [...]

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Have you heard of ePerks? They are one of the many new alternatives to the traditional multiple listing services run by Realtors. There are many great new alternatives to consumers to find real estate on the Net. Some of them have much more powerful tools for free than I pay high dollars to get as [...]

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Motivational speaker Jim Rohn says “Rich people have large libraries, poor people have large TVs.” Reading is one of the best ways of improving oneself and your real estate knowledge. On the various real estate forums I go to, a common question is “What are the best real estate books?” One of my goals for [...]

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I bought this book based on a recommendation from Robert Kiyosaki in his Rich Dad’s Cash Flow Quadrant book. In it he calls The Worldly Philosophers one of the most important books he has read and calls it a must read for those who are in business or investors. The book is about the history [...]

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As real estate investors we often hear about how we need a “team”. You know, the contractors, lawyers, accountants, real estate agents etc. that we need to do this business. How do you find good team members? The best way is referrals from other successful real estate investors. This is the age old problem of [...]

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A serious post with a funny video Stagflation is a term from the 70s.  It is when we have inflation (higher prices) but do not have economic growth (higher wages). This is one of the worst possible economic scenarios. We could be headed that way now.  Without the higher wages of economic growth we can’t [...]

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Do you know what drives real estate values? (OK besides the silly speculation we saw over the last few years). It is jobs. Jobs drive population growth. Population growth fuels demand. More demand drives up prices. Pretty simple huh? Jobs also drive the demand for office and industrial space. More rooftops drives the demand for [...]

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