Maria Gudelis

One of the basic “Real Estate 101″ things to know is supply and demand cycles. This is taught and mostly forgotten in realtors’ pre-licensing courses: The Principles of Value. If anyone can really understand the main principle of value in real estate: YOU must know SUPPLY AND DEMAND, then you will make money.

Some experts say that 98% of real estate agents don’t understand or grasp basic supply and demand cycles. The 2% that do will be all stars in their field. In addition, as a real estate investor, you will then know what type of real estate investing to do based on supply and demand in your area. Click more to read on… Read the rest of this entry »

You read this right, yes…a Stripper Pole! What does that got to do with real estate? Well, as a real estate investor I make my calls to for sale by owners and motivated sellers and the other day I called one of the ads in the newspaper, property is surrounded by foreclosed properties in a nice area of town and this property is a potential deal.

I made plans to meet the motivated seller at the home and while touring the interior of the home and entering the master bedroom…voila…a stripper pole installed on a nice stage in the master bedroom!

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On to lesson II of what I learned from the enlightened wealth institute.

2. The Power of YOUR Mindset – When it comes to being an entrepreneur, it can be very daunting to face your F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real) and I vividly remember Karen Nelson Bell sitting down with me on a personal one-to-one discussion in 2003 where she laid it out plain and simple that you MUST visualize your future as today and even write a letter to Robert Allen or your loved ones as if it was three years out and here is the exercise:

• Write the letter in your positive, “I’ve achieved all my dreams possible”, state of mind and invoke ALL five senses in your letter. For example, describe the smooth grip of your leather steering wheel on your red convertible corvette as the wind brushes your hair and the sun caresses your skin as you roar down the pacific coast highway toward your 5,000 square foot home overlooking Laguna Beach”

More than five years ago I took my first real estate investing course, the enlightened wealth institute workshop and after those 3 intense days…my first thought was “Why the heck don’t they teach this stuff in high school, college, or for goodness sakes…even MBA courses!”. Read the rest of this entry »