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Kansas City # 3 of Top 10 markets to invest in 2012!

On April 19th, Mark Pantak will be speaking at KCIG about why NOW IS THE TIME to Invest in Kansas City, and why he has shifted his focus from Texas to KC to invest in the next 90 days of 2012, and why you should too! Realtor.com’s latest top 10 investment markets report shows metros [...]

A Simple Tip For Finding Deals

Here is a tip for finding good deals that I don’t think a lot of investors are using. It is going after properties that are For Rent. Many landlords desperately want to sell and are burned out. I know because a lot of burned out landlords call me and sometimes I buy their properties.      [...]

Taking Control-Changing your Life!

“Your life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have anything you want.”  Brian Tracy. All of us want to be successful in life.  No matter what profession we have chosen to do, none of us would even remotely suggest that our [...]

Getting Started in Real Estate

 Join a group – learn all you can for one year, then make a decision on what you want to do Don’t be in a hurry.  If it’s a good deal today it will be a good deal tomorrow Do not force the puzzle pieces together Never invest in an area that you are not [...]

Mentorship and Real Estate Investing

What is Mentorship? Wikipedia defines it as follows: Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person.  Keep an open mind with this, the key is knowledge and experience within their subject of expertise. How does this apply to Real [...]

The Master Mind Principle

One thing Napoleon Hill talks about in Think and Grow Rich is the Master Mind.  He goes on to say that this is a powerful tool to help you achieve your goals. The concept goes like this…a master mind consist of 2 or more people who work in perfect harmony to achieve the same goal [...]

What is Success to you?

When you think about success what comes to your mind? I think for most of us it’s the all mighty dollar. When we think of successful people we have a tendency to think of the big house that they live in, or the nice car that they drive or the successful business that they own [...]

KCIG Members can now save up to 7% at Lowe’s

Through our partnership with Community Buying Group, all KCIG members can participate in the Community Buying Group discount program for Landlords and Real Estate Investors to SAVE MONEY on materials and services at Lowe’s, Sherwin WIlliams, AAA Screening, Rent Fast and more.  In addition to improved customer service and pricing from the CBG Supplier Network, [...]

Now is the Time

Building relationships builds business.

I am a big proponent of personal development. The more you invest in yourself, the more prepared you become to deal with curve balls that get thrown at you. Gaining specialized knowledge not only prepares you and gives you tools to recognize and create opportunity and insight to solve your problems, but also to provide [...]