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4 Year Rev N You Newsletter Celebration

Best Real Estate articles of 2009: based on unique page views

Best Real Estate Articles of 2008: based on unique page views

Articles from the Last 60 Days:

• How to Deal with Tenants: Taming Tenant Turmoil
  As a landlord you have to figure out how to deal with tenants - whether they are angry, concerned or constantly complaining.  Inspired by the book by Dale Carnegie called How to Win Friends and Influence People Julie Broad of Rev N You shares some great tips for taming tenant turmoil.

• Find, Screen and Select Joint Venture Partners:
  Finding, screening and selecting joint venture partners is an important piece of successful real estate investing. Eventually almost all real estate investors find themselves in a position where they need a partner - whether it's for money, expertise or other resources. In this article Dave Peniuk of Rev N You discusses how to find, screen and selevt joint venture partners for your real estate deals.

• You Are What You Think You Are: Becoming a Successful Real Estate Investor
  As a real estate investor - you are what you think you are. If you think you're successful then that is what will happen. But if you think you don't have money to do deals - guess what?
  
• Rent to Own Negotiation Tips:
  Make your rent to own negotiation a little easier by understanding the impact that choices, anchors and frames you put on your discussion with tenant buyers have. In this article inspired by Barry Schwartz's book 'Paradox of Choice' Julie Broad explains three lessons they learned recently in working with their tenant buyers.  
• Make Your Vacation a Tax Write Off
  You can deduct expenses for taking a business trip. There is no reason the trip shouldn't coincide with your next vacation. With proper planning, you can get your business to pay for your trip and make your vacation a tax write off! In this article Bill Walston explains just how you can do that. 
   

General Investing Stories and Tips

Top 4 of 2010 (as at September 1st, 2010):

1. Making Money in Real Estate is as Easy as 1-2-3
2. Buying Rental Property from Motivated Sellers
3. The Missing Ingredient for Real Estate Investors
4. Housing Boom Housing Slump Housing Recovery

View all general real estate investing stories and tips articles.

Evaluating a Real Estate Investment

Top 4 of 2010 (as at September 1st, 2010):

1. How to Evaluate a Rental Property in 60 Seconds
2. Rental Property Location Research Checklist
3. Rental Property Portfolio A-B-C's
4. The Real Estate Investing Course You Should Not Take

View all articles on evaluating real estate investments.

Property Managers, Real Estate Agents, and Tenants

Top 4 of 2010 (as at September 1st, 2010):

1. Five Steps to Rent Out Your Property
2. Dealing with Tenants: How to Tame Tenant Turmoil
3. Tenants, Toilets and Other Rental Property Repairs
4. 8 Ways to Know if You Should Hire a Property Manager

View all articles on property managers, real estate agents and tenants.

Financing Your Real Estate Investments:

Top 4 of 2010 (as at September 1st, 2010):

1. Your Private Money Questions Answered
2. Is Private Money the Right Solution for Your Deals?
3. Vendor Take Back Mortgages
4. How to Get Money for Real Estate Investing

View all articles on financing your real estate investments.

Book Reviews:

Paradox of Choice: Choices, Anchors and Frames and other things to avoid in Rent to Own Negotiations

What's Your Genius: Left Turns for Success, Right Turns for Long Lasting Pain

South of 49: Buying the US for Canadians by Philip McKernan

The Housing Bubble by Kieran Trass

Get Off Your But by Sean Stephenson

What Claude Hopkins Taught Me About Real Estate Investing

The Peebles Path to Real Estate Wealth

Rich Dad Poor Dad Revisited

The Dip by Seth Godin

7 Habits of Highly Effective Real Estate Investors

Emerging Real Estate Markets

Automatic Wealth

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Location Location Location

Especially for Canadians: Tax Writes Offs from Real Estate

Tax Write Offs from Real Estate - Part 2

Tax Write Offs from Real Estate- Part 1

Other Tax Tips for Real Estate Investors

Tax Avantages of Real Estate by Tim Clay