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Lou Castillo
Member since 19th August 2005
Occupation: Real Estate Investing Expert & Mentor Lou has been successfully investing in real estate since the early
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10th October 2005
I just got off the phone with John, a student of mine.
My conversation with John was thought provoking and exciting and I thought you needed to hear the same powerful information I just shared with him.
But, first I have a few questions...
Do you...
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10th October 2005
If you really want to make a wealth of money in real estate you must learn to leverage a small amount of your resources to control a lot of property. One of the techniques I like to use is Subject To financing.
Although some states are attempting to pa...
Views: 264
31st August 2005
As we enter this holiday season, and this time of giving Thanks, we are reminded of the "power of appreciation". If you truly want to bring into your life everything that you desire, then start with appreciating all that you have now. Here's how it works ...
Views: 301
31st August 2005
We have become very concerned by the number of readers writing to us asking how to determine which are the wholesalers(*) that can be trusted. Why are we concerned? Because when we dig a little deeper, we realize that they are buying properties based sole...
Views: 272
31st August 2005
So many of you have been telling us that you're ready to get started investing, but "you can't find any deals! and what are the steps and secrets to finding great deals?" Some of you have even written asking us if there still ARE any deals left… OF COURSE...
Views: 392
31st August 2005
If you invest in real estate, you need cash to buy houses. Even if you have a full bank account and great credit, you'll eventually run short on funds - or short on time to obtain a loan - for the next deal. Private lending is the answer. It is a bottomle...
Views: 346
31st August 2005
We probably answer this question for someone a couple times every week. The problem is that they don't have a good formula for determining the most they can pay and still make a profit – so they're scared to make any offer. Here's what we use for single f...
Views: 431
31st August 2005
If everyone always did everything they said they'd do, we'd all be a lot richer. Unfortunately, tasks are overlooked, and the ball is often dropped. If you want to have successful closings, you must have strong "follow-up" skills to catch problems early i...
Views: 275
31st August 2005
One of our investor students told us of an interesting probate deal or "adventure" they're working on now and while it's a good story, it also illustrates lots of the ins and out of probate or estate issues and purchases.
The Seller (we'll call him Sco...
Views: 202
31st August 2005
That's an obvious question – we all do! So what is the trick? So much time and money is spent on systems updates, roofs, and structural issues, that many times there's nothing left for what really makes the sale: what your potential buyers see. And more i...
Views: 296
31st August 2005
Last night I was cleaning up my office, and going through some notes I had taken when I met with my business mentor in New York last week, and I came across a powerful quote.
This quote is actually very simple to understand, but literally blew my mind ...
Views: 265
31st August 2005
Things have been going great here at Investor Wealth Academy, and we are very excited about some major developments coming down the line for us later this summer.
More on that later.
Last Friday I was on the phone with a perspective client of ours. ...
Views: 238
31st August 2005
I am writing you from the quaint sea town of New Bern, NC where my wife and I are catching some much needed R&R.
Lately many of our students have been telling us that their biggest goal is to leave their current 9 to 5 J-O-B and start investing in real...
Views: 268
31st August 2005
Josh here from Investor Wealth Academy sitting 29 stories above the glitter of Times Square.
Lou and I are in New York this weekend on business and we were both super excited about some of the things going on in the real estate industry right now.
M...
Views: 262
19th August 2005
One of the things that distresses us about our industry is the amount of wrong or incomplete information available to investors. Some myths block what otherwise would be a great deal, while others would have you believe that a bad deal is actually great. ...
Views: 301
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