It’s no secret that the real estate market is in a freefall and a lot of investors are playing defense.  That’s one way to play — if you want to get beat up.  Another way is to go on the offensive and decide that you’re going to succeed and that you’re willing to do whatever it takes.  Here are a few things for you to think about that can help make the challenges a little smaller and your success a little easier to come by:

1.  Run your numbers with the tenacity of an IRS auditor.  If they don’t make sense and they don’t add up — walk away from the deal.  Your cash flow analysis will tell you if the property will be in the red or in the black at the end of the month.  Your calculator will give you an answer, but it can’t guarantee your results.  It’s relying on you for accurate numbers — from rent rates to your cost for property taxes and maintenance.  Do your due diligence and get good numbers.

2.  If you’re considering investing in new locations outside your home area, making numbers work to your advantage can be a little more difficult becasue you don’t know the area.  Wouldn’t it be great if you could know all there is to know about an area before you decide to go in?  Now you can.  Here are a few sources for numbers you can rely on for a variety of purposes.  Whether you need national, regional, or local numbers, here are some resources that will help you reach your goals. 

Housing numbers http://www.realtor.org/research/research/ehspage?lid=ronav0010 

Statewide Economic numbers regardless of what state you’re in http://www.bls.gov/eag/home.htm

U.S. Economic Numbers (a goldmine) http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm

Finally, I’ve told you before abou the importance of researching new markets before you spend a penny.  Here’s a handy resource I just happened across that has the potential to tell you more about a community than you ever thought possible.  Dozens and dozens of free market segment reports that cover every conceivable aspect of analyzing a community.  I hope you love it as much as I do. http://www.housingintelligence.com/free-reports.html 

Put these numbers to work for you so you can decide on the best areas for you to consider.  Good numbers + good areas = explosive growth potential.  Put the numbers to work and ride the wave of success as your numbers grow:  The number of properties in your portfolio and the number of zeros in your bank account!

Blessings!

Charrissa Cawley  

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For millions of Americans Labor Day is nothing more than a reminder that they need government intervention to provide them with a day to celebrate the fact that they work entirely too hard for much too little, and that when the last sentence has been written on their working career, that they can look forward to retirement – and worrying about whether Social Security or their meager savings will be enough to sustain them until they die.

As a real estate investor, you’ve gone a different direction. You believe in yourself, your dreams, and the vast world of untapped potential that lies out there in the unprotected sea of real estate entrepreneurship. You reject the idea that your value is tied to what an employer is willing to pay or a labor union can negotiate on your behalf.

You want to create wealth, create opportunity, and you want to do it on your terms.

On this Labor Day I want you to rededicate yourself to the principle that real estate investing can be the vehicle that makes your financial goals reachable if you’re willing to simply step out on faith and claim them by doing a few simple things and doing them well.

Instead of a $100-$200 paid day off you can count on building a portfolio that will allow you to have as many labor days as you like. Except in your case, a labor day will be a day you choose to work in order to dramatically increase your income, instead of a government-sanctioned day of rest that forces you to thank someone else for throwing you a bone and giving you a day off to reflect upon the mediocrity that is your life.

Which future do YOU prefer?

Blessings!

Charrissa Cawley

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How do you prefer to receive your cash? Little dribs and drabs at a time, like might come in a one gallon bucket, with the potential to leave nice uniform piles all over your living room – or high volume profits that can gush through a properly placed pipeline, saturating your future with spendable cash?

If you’re anything like most people – and I’d bet you are – you’d choose the pipeline any day of the week.

Then why are you still holding a bucket?

In today’s real estate investing market, there’s no doubt you can generate real sustainable wealth for yourself. You can run ads, distribute ink pens, or throw rocks attached to your business card through people’s windows. While I don’t advocate this approach unless you relish the thought of a visit from the Boys in blue, each of these strategies will get you attention. And you can make money with all of these strategies (even the rock idea might work once in today’s market!), but to really maximize on the opportunities available now, I recommend you pitch the bucket over your shoulder and use your computer to electronically build a never ending profit pipeline.

You’ve heard people screaming from the mountaintops that the Internet is the wave of the future. The future is here, the future is now, but it won’t do you any good if you don’t know what you’re doing or how to proceed. REI Conferences has all the answers you need to build your pipeline. With the proper knowledge and tools you can learn how to lay the foundation for your pipeline and arrange for a tanker to periodically slip by and take your profits to the bank.

So what are you waiting for? There’s never been a better time than right now to get started. Point your web browser to REI Conferences and start digging the foundation to your future!

Charrissa Cawley

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Hey guys, Its been a bit! I have been swamped with the summer madness and travelling all over the place.  However, I wanted to catch up with you all and say hello and also give out a link to an article that I just read on a blog that I just loved.  Here is the link: http://www.simpleology.com/blog/2008/07/why_nice_guys_and_gals_will_ru.html  It talks about how being kind and paying it forward is really the way to go in life-lines up with my philosophies on life perfectly!  Also, just wanted to let you guys know what we are up to-we are laving for Greenville/Spartanburg, SC on August 1-4 for the next tour-that will be our last tour of the summer and after that, we are going to move to a bimonthly and then eventually a schedule where we hold tours every 3-4 months and that will be it. I still want those who meed the opportunity to learn one on one and want to be handheld through the process, but the tours will just be less frequent.  Also, for those of you who have not registered for REI Conferences Wealth Camp 2008, taking place on September 20-21, you need to do so. Seats are filling up quickly! go to www.wealthcampseries.com Cant wait to see you all there!

Charrissa

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Wow! I cannot believe its been so long since I posted on my blog! Sorry!

I hope your summer is gonig great so far!  I have been caught up in Summer madness-its been busy and we are just getting started!  Im on my way to Irvine for Wealth Camp 2008 and must say that Im really looking forward to it! Its going to be one of our best events yet! If you have not had the opportunity to attend one of our events, you dont know what you are missing! Go here to register-we still have a couples seats left:  www.wealthcampseries.com.  This event is all about training, education and getting you to that next level in your business. I strive for true education and care about your success. Im determined to change the lives of many in 2008 and this event is going to do just that! I hope to see you there! Come up and say Hi-I never forget a face and would love to meet you if I never have. Once again, here is the link. Check it out-pretty cool stuff!   www.WealthCampSeries.com

To Your Success!

Charrissa Cawley

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Hope you are having a great week! Heres an online assesment that you do to
assess how you, as an individual TAKE ACTION,
which is what we are all about here at REI Conferences.
Remember on New Years how I shared with you that one of
my resolutions this year was to help as many students
as I can bridge the gap between Learning and Doing?
Well, Check out the results of my own test that I took. 

Here is the link : http://www.kolbe.com/resultsview/index.cfm?securityToken=617C7715-136E-A755-2B0E10D6564405A7

This is an incredible tool to help you understand how
you learn and identifies your strengths.
It also helps you figure out if you are a Fact Finder,
a Follow Thru Person, Quick Start or an Implementer.
I found this information to be amazing and could not wait
to share it with you guys! We are even going to
implement this into our trainings because I beleive in
it so much.

Again , here is the link: http://www.kolbe.com/resultsview/index.cfm?securityToken=617C7715-136E-A755-2B0E10D6564405A7download my own personal assesment that I did online so that you can see how taking this simple test online can make a big difference in your bottom line results for 2008!

To Your Success!

Charrissa Cawley

www.REIconferences.com

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Hello-Hope you are having  great weekend! Just wanted to share a couple things with you, including some great free marketing resources for your business!

On Last weeks Tuesday night training call we had Heather Seitz, a real estate marketing maven!

She was incredible! This call really made me start thinking about how I am marketing my own real estate investing business and If Im marketing to my full potential! ( If you missed it, you can listen in here: www.reiconferences.com/heather.htm)

Here’s what one of our listeners, Steve Mundy, had to say”

“This was an amazing teleseminar and one every real estate investor should
have been in on to glean some priceless information from this lady – who
obviously has an excellent system in place to find sellers and buyers and to
keep her business organized.

You have definitely met your commitment to us in providing not only some
outstanding information but content along with it.  All too often  (and you
and Heather touched on it) you go to a seminar to listen to a “guru” and
they only give you a scratching of the surface and then they hook you into
buying something that is overpriced and even after buying – you are still
left with an empty feeling.

I took some very copious notes during the call and studied them for about
two hours after the call to start the thought process of how to use them in
working on my business  !  !”

Also, I wanted to share some great (and free) marketing resources with you! There are some goodies in here!  Be sure and check them out…Enjoy!

*Don’t have a website yet? You should! Go here: www.MyREIwebsites.com

*Don’t know where to find great deals or wholesale your great deals to other investors? Go here: www.PropertyAttic.com

*Are you using video to market your properties online? You should be! Here is a great and FREE video submission service: www.heyspread.com                

*Not a Video Expert? These sites can help: http://www.mutualadvantageupdates.com/video/video_editing/free-video-editing-software/

*Are you  doing postcard mailing campaigns to attract motivated sellers? I like this one: www.modernpostcard.com

*Dont have a blog yet? Go here to set up a free blog: www.Wordpress.com

*Use google Blog Search to make you and your real estate investing business famous:  http://www.womeninternetmarketers.net/forum/topic/show?id=846733%3ATopic%3A7109

 *Are you marketing your business on the Internet? You should be! Here are some freebies for you:

Open a new Yahoo Sponsored Search account and get $75 in credit.
Just type $75 Yahoo Sponsored Search into the www.Yahoo.com search
engine.

Open a new MSN AdCenter Account and get $50 in credit.  Just
type Adcenter promotional credit in the MSN.com search engine.

Open a new LookSmart account and save $150:

https://adcenter.looksmart.com/security/login
Discount Code: LOOK150

 I hope you enjoy these great resources! Don’t foget to join us on this coming Tusday nights FREE training call!

PS — Feel free to invite your friends and colleagues to this *FREE* weekly training teleseminar held every Tuesday by e-mailing them this link:

www.reiconferences.com/telecalls_pro.htm

To Your Success,

Charrissa Cawley

www.REIconferences.com

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I have always heard from the experts out there that your income follows your personal growth and this weekend I realized more than ever how true that statement really is! If you are not learning and growing, you are dying, literally! I just got back from a great weekend and training in Tampa Florida where this has never before been so clear to me!

Before leaving Tampa, the group visited the world famous “Berns Steakhouse”for dinner. This is a pic from the wine cellar at world famous Bern’s Steakhouse. They have the largest private wine collection in the world.  Its an amazing experience if you have never been!

If you ever have any doubt in your mind on whether to attend an event, sign up for a mentoring class or do something for your own financial security, I encourage you to ALWAYS remember that your income does indeed follow your personal growth. I will make several hundred thousand dollars over the next year implementing what I just learned at one event alone. Incredible!

 If you need a real estate mentor and are still “waiting” for the right time, that time has come…You need to visit this page NOW! Not later, but right now! It can change your life, literally!

To Your Success!

Charrissa Cawley

REI Conferences

www.REIconferences.com

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Ok, You guys voted and Spartanburg, SC it is!!!

The results just ended and we already have 5 seats sold for our upcoming tour. The next buyiung tour is in Spartanburg, SC on Nov 30-Dec 3. If you are not familiar with Spartanburg, you are missing out.

The I-85 Corrider there has been targeted by many experts as “a strong real estate market to keep your eyes on.” Spartanburg and Greenville are secondary markets to Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, Ga…both of which saw tremendous growth and appreciation over the last 3 years! This is an undervalued market and can be looked at for both appreciation and cash flow by any real estate investor.

Spartanburg County is an internationally recognized business and cultural center, boasting the highest per capita international investment in the country, according to the New York Times. Most widely known as the home of BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, Spartanburg has a 40-year history of attracting global firms that have diversified an economy rooted in agriculture and textiles. More than 100 international firms representing some 15 countries, including BMW, Michelin, Invista, Benteler Automotive, Fuji and Magna Intier (Intertech), have found a place in Spartanburg. Both county and state tax incentives to corporations, have spurred this growth for the RE market, in South Carolina.

This is one of our top 5 markets and this is our second trip there this year to buy real estate. This is our last tour of the year. Get in on one of the best educational opportunities available in real estate. To reserve a spot, call us now to see if you qualify to attend. This is for new and seasoned investors alike. Call us today at 760-738-9646 or send us an email to info@reiconferences.com and we will give you a call back. You can also learn more here: www.reiconferences.com/buyingtours.htm

There is a video there in case you don’t know what a buying tour is:)

Theres a reason that 7 out of 12 investors on our last tour were ALUMNI…This is an amazing experience. Stop procrastinating and take action to move you toward your financial goals!

I cannot wait to see you in South Carolina!

To your success!
Charrissa Cawley
www.REIconferences.com

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Hi there and welcome to Charrissa Cawleys new Blog!

Im stepping into the “2000’s” with my new blog.

This is a place for me to connect with you guys better

and share all of my “Latest & Greatest”!  Stay tuned and

check back often for the best wealth building and real estate

investing resources and strategies out there today!

Warm Regards,

Charrissa Cawley

www.REIconferences.com

www.PropertyAttic.com

www.MyREIwebsites.com

www.Rewexclub.com

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