CROWDFUNDING IS THE NEWEST WAY TO RAISE MONEY for business, real estate, art, film, new products and more. Crowdfunding lets you get money: in bite-sized pieces from tens, hundreds, or thousands of people at once DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS, crowdfunding may be used for business or real estate. EQUITY CROWDFUNDING IS A […]
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REAL ESTATE IS A GREAT HOME BUSINESS. Some of my real estate entrepreneurs are so close to their business that they live on the property that gives them their income! Could you ask for any closer ties? (These wealth builders live in one of the apartments of their multifamily income buildings.) Choose How You Want […]
Read more »PERSON-TO-PERSON (P2P OR PEER-TO-PEER) LENDING is an alternative form of lending that happens directly between individuals (“peers”) without going through a bank or other traditional financial institution. P2P loans have several advantages. Although P2P loans needn’t involve a middleman (that’s why they’re called “person-to-person”), loan brokers and consultants can earn commissions helping borrowers obtain such […]
Read more »THERE’S ANEW WAY TO FIND MONEY for business and real estate from the Small Business Administration (SBA). It’s called LINC, short for “Leveraging Information and Networks to Access Capital (LINC)” tool. HERE’S WHAT SBA SAYS ABOUT THE LINC TOOL: LINC is a simple way for you to connect with prospective SBA lenders based on your […]
Read more »YOU CAN MAKE GOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME using a LEASE OPTION on rental properties you own. Here’s how you might do it. Rent the property to a tenant at the going rent in the area with an option to your renter to buy the property at a stated price in a given time period. Thus, […]
Read more »SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS (SBDCS) provide assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs. SBDCs help wealth builders realize the dream of business ownership and help existing businesses remain competitive in today’s marketplace. Below you can download a free list of all SBDCs in the United States, updated for 2015. THERE ARE MORE THAN 700 SBDCs […]
Read more »IWS customers setting up a business often contact us for names of merchant account providers, so we compiled a list of some of the most popular ones, for those who need them. TODAY IT’S CRITICAL TO HAVE A MERCHANT ACCOUNT that enables you to accept credit card payments. Most people like to pay by credit […]
Read more »THE HUD HOME STORE at www.hudhomestore.com is the listing site for HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) real estate owned (REO) single-family properties. AN REO PROPERTY IS REAL ESTATE OWNED BY A LENDER, usually a bank (or in this case, HUD), after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure auction. Most of these properties […]
Read more »Five categories of single- and multifamily housing lenders (see descriptions below): AFFORDABLE LENDERS SMALL LOAN LENDERS MANUFACTURED HOUSING LENDERS SENIORS HOUSING LENDERS DUS (DELEGATED UNDERWRITING AND SERVICING) LENDERS THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, known as Freddie Mac or FreddieMac, is a public government-sponsored company that works with mortgage lenders to help people get lower […]
Read more »Live links and summaries: More than 60 active LinkedIn Real Estate Groups you can join to learn and earn more in all aspects of real estate today LinkedIn (linked.com) calls itself “the world’s largest professional network.” Three hundred million have joined, and millions of them are buying, selling, investing, or otherwise dealing in, real estate. Why […]
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