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I may not have as many blog subscribers as Darren Rowse or Brian Clark, but I’ve managed to capture your attention for at least a moment and I’m curious who you are.

James, Catherine, and Barbara are perfect examples of online acquaintances I’ve made through the use of blogging - and I’ve learned a lot from each of them and I’d like to learn from you too.

What’s your name? Where do you come from? Do you have a blog, website, business? How did you find eVentureBiz? What do you like about my blog? Which subjects do you like most I write about?

The nice thing about blogging is you can find and talk to just about anyone anywhere in the world and learn something from their experiences.

You don’t have to speak up if you don’t want, but feel free to comment, it only takes a few moments. Tell us about you. Tell us what you think of the direction we’re taking in the web hosting industry here at eVentureBiz.

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They say you make your money in real estate when you buy. Nothing could be more true.

Making money in real estate isn’t only measured in how much money you make, it’s also measured in how much money you keep.

When buying my last bank-owned property, I managed to get all my closing costs covered plus 2 points paid toward my loan; that came out to just under $9,000 I kept in my pocket!

For more information on what closing costs are, click here.

In today’s market, getting your buyer’s closing costs paid for you shouldn’t be too much of a problem unless you’re buying a short sale. Don’t worry though, I’ll show you how to deal with those short sale closing costs, too.

Methods Of Covering Your Closing Costs

*Note: Buyer’s closing costs typically hover around 3% of the total purchase price of the property. Furthermore, many lenders won’t let the seller contribute more than 3% for you - but that’s not set in stone.

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Do you invoke fear in your employees? Or maybe you’re cool, but you got that great at paperwork, bad with people kind of manager working for you.

Today I want to talk about something most people don’t think about when it comes to their company - internal fear.

The internal workings of a company and interpersonal relationships between your managers and employees are just as important as treating your external customers like treasures.

In their quest to earn a profit, many entrepreneurs forget there is a such thing as an internal customer (internal customers are your employees). Many times these customers buy from you, but more importantly their attitudes and work ethic reflect how well your business will do.

If you own a company, it’s important to keep a watchful eye over your staff and read between the lines.

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Barbara Swafford of Blogging Without A Blog and Observation Mountain left a comment the other day on Part 2 of this series I felt required a more in-depth response than a quick comment.

She wrote the following:

One thing that I saw (as a Realtor) was when parents or a close relative would loan money to the buyers for a part of the down payment. If I remember right, any money that was loaned by others, had to be treated as a “gift”.Aren’t there also situations where the buyer agrees to pay more for the house (on paper), and then the seller agrees to pay the closing costs (and maybe the down payment?) out of the excess “proceeds”?

I’ve also heard of new carpet and/or new paint “allowances”. Does that “credit” get used as part of the closing costs or…, how is that handled? Or…….is that going to be covered in your next lesson?

The important thing to remember is every bank is slightly different.

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In today’s slow real estate market, Realtors and sellers are trying anything to capture buyer’s attention. A quick flip through your real estate for sale section in the local newspaper and you’ll find no shortage of ads that read “0 down.”

These attention-grabber ads are usually meaningless and only used to capture a lead . . . you.

Try calling on one of these ads and inquire about the 0 down option. Without a doubt the answer you’ll get from the listing agent is the 0 down option is based on a certain credit score and lender approvals.

What a waste of your time. I could of told you that and I don’t even know you.

Today I’m going to show you a few real methods of buying a house with little or no cash out of your pocket investors use every day.

Some of these your Realtor will say, “no way” and lenders will not accept.

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I really tried. I did, really.

I tried to fit this topic all into one post. But as soon as I stared down that blank digital canvas I said, no way.

I live in one of the riskiest markets around in the US these days, Las Vegas, Nevada. Foreclosure rate is high and job growth has slowed.

People are afraid to buy a house here because they are afraid they will lose money and in no time at all be upside down on their house. They feel buying a house right now is too risky. And the uninformed ones are right, it is too risky - for them.

Informed investors, on the other hand, know there are investing techniques for every kind of market; slow, medium, hot - it doesn’t matter to them. They understand that good house buying techniques go beyond simply getting a low price.

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Hello blog readers and thank you for your subscription. As a thank you for either subscribing to or reading my blog, I’d like to extend an offer only to you.

Until May 15th those who visit my blog and would like to get themselves online, I’m offering
you a discount on our web hosting services and for no fee, I will personally install a WordPress blog on your account for you.

Here’s a snapshot of our Web Development page that shows our normal cost of 1 year web hosting and blog installation with setup:

It costs more than that to fill my car up with gas.

The offer above includes 1 year web hosting using our Business Plan which normally runs $83.40/year (monthly broken down to $6.95/month). That equals about a 45% discount for hosting alone.

The Business Plan comes with such features as:

• Free Online Website Builder
• Free Included Scripts to create forums, shopping carts, image galleries and more

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