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Everywhere you go, you hear the same sad things: "The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer." "There just isn't enough to go around." "It takes money to make money."  This can lead you to believe that there is some mystical force out there that regular people like you and me just can't tap into. If you subscribe to this way of thinking long enough, you may be tempted to say, "Since it takes money to make money and I have no money, then what hope is there for me?" There is plenty of hope, as long as you don't listen to the wrong people. Media naysayers are definitely the wrong people.

You may have heard discouraging words from the media regarding the plummeting values and rising prices of property investments.  Like many people, you…

It's true that nearly everyone dreams of becoming fabulously wealthy at some point in their lives. Why is it then, that hardly anyone actually goes out and makes their fortune?  The difference between those who become rich and those who do not is that the rich learn how money is made, and how they can make money work for them.

Easier said than done, right? Not really. There is so much literature on the bookshelves about how to do it, anyone can learn how. And that is the key. You have to learn. You have to educate yourself. If you think that there is simply too much material out there and you wouldn't know where to start, then you can stop worrying, because you're already making yourself financially smarter. Simply by visiting this…

Maybe the rich are often successful because they've been taught not to skimp on the basics. Many people , for instance, might make the assumption that successful property investors are just extremely lucky or that they have been born with an innate talent for investing.

That just is not true.

What the wealthy do differently from other people, and, indeed, what all successful real estate investors do, is prepare. The successful real estate investor does his homework.

The ABCs of Property Investing author Ken McElroy tells an anecdote about one of his clients, who became a client of McElroy's only after making a complete and utter disaster of his investment . Ken McElroy and his company manage properties for the owners. Ideally, a property owner hires a…

Buying your first house or home in MN can seem like a complex subject, but that's only since there are so many choices to make. As an investor, you have a virtually unlimited infinite number of ways to earn money. But that means that you must have the ability to choose wisely. You must choose the extent to which you'll educate yourself regarding each aspect of property investing, whom to add to your team, where to find properties, whether or not a particular property is the right one for you—and on and on.

One decision you'll inevitably face is what to do with a piece of property after you've bought it. You may not be the type of real estate investor who wants to purchase a piece of property and hold on to it for an extended period of time. You may not…

In the BIG 80’s, in regard to dieting, periodicals would suggest that you “think thin.” They were reluctant to explain what that meant, but people knew they were supposed to do it. Adopt the psychology of the thin, whatever that was supposed to be. A logical extension of this idea would be that in order to make money, you would be able to accomplish that by adopting the psychology of the wealthy, right? Actually, this does work. Specifically, you ought to internalize the attitude of the successful property investor.

Successful property investors see the world through an opportunistic lens. They constantly have their feelers out for new moneymaking opportunities. They place themselves in the center of the flow of information. They “walk the walk” of the…

Author of the “Cash Flow Quadrant” book, Robert Kiyosaki, says his “Rich Dad” maintains that investing is not “brain surgery”. Rich Dad said it’s simply a matter of using common sense. But we all know that sound judgment isn’t, in fact, terribly common.

According to “Rich Dad”, the ”worst” investors are people who have simply not studied the process. They assume that investing is either too risky or a scam. Others skip their do-diligence and end up suffering a loss.

The best opinion anyone can have having to do with investing in real estate is simply to educate oneself. If, in your rush to “get rich”, you take action without an education, you’ll be doing yourself a tragic disservice. One of your most valuable resources is time and if you waste that,…

Many people want to be mystified. Works of art mystify them, so they congratulate the artist or the writer on his or her natural talent. Science mystifies them, and so they aren't even interested in what scientists are actually doing. Real estate investment mystifies them, so they assume it's a big odds game and that some people are either quite lucky, or that they have an inborn gift.

The fact is that success in all three disciplines is simply a matter of breaking it down into steps and following through. Anyone who reads the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series by Kiyosaki will realize that, in real estate investing, there are 5 essential steps the serious real estate investor should follow in order to achieve success. He or she should:

1.Understand the language…