To those raised on the notion that Wall Street stock offerings are the end-all to creating wealth, it might seem odd that we suggest borrowing as your primary wealth management strategy. Keep in mind we’re talking about a specific kind of borrowing, defined as a fixed-rate, long-term mortgage tied to a piece of income producing property. Older generations are likely to tell you that borrowing is the way to certain financial ruin, but they were raised under a different economic reality, one in which inflation was negligible and many companies paid healthy dividends.

When we say there’s only one real estate strategy that works, we mean REALLY works, and offers the best chance to significantly increase your wealth within the span of a few short years. Notice we didn’t promise a few short weeks. Every property investor must internalize the reality that this not a get rich quick approach. Get rich quick only works if you have something to sell to a bunch of suckers, and that’s not you, right?

A critical and sometimes under-discussed characteristic of what makes a place prime to invest in property is entertainment opportunities. The truth is humans tend to get bored easily. We like to live where there are plenty of distractions (in a good way) and entertainment choices. It just so happens that one of the hottest Platinum Properties Investor Network markets right now is Phoenix, Arizona. People have been flocking to this desert oasis for decades and one reason is there’s a lot to do.

a href=”http://www.aipis.org/wp-content/uploads/1377375044_e7da980c63_m.jpg”>Real estate professionals pride themselves on being great sellers, and some of them are, but that doesn’t mean that there is no room for improvement, does it? Too many of us slip into the trap of allowing our sales training to become boring and ineffective, or worse, not spend any time training at all. You know how there are some things in life that you lose if you don’t use? A great sales technique is one of them. Here are some suggestions we’d like to make that should kick your income property sales up a notch.

Raise your hand if you think inflation will soon go away and never be heard from again. Not many hands going up out there that we can see except from stock brokers and ostriches. Both like to bury their heads in the sand. Inflation is a fact of life and always will be. The Federal Reserve said as much when they told us they like to see an annual inflation rate of 3 to 4 percent, which means they WANT the currency to be constant devaluing process.

We think it’s a GREAT idea for real estate and mortgage professionals to talk to their clients about the profit possibilities associated with investing in income properties in different areas of the country. As you know, this is the way to diversify your real estate portfolio, since rarely, if ever, does the entire country go through a property crash at the same time.

Jason Hartman interviews real estate trainer guru, Craig Proctor about his Quantum Leap System and how to create balance, yet still accelerate income as a real estate agent. Listen in at:  http://AIPIS.org/category/educational-podcast/ for more insights to a more fulfilling and rewarding career as a real estate agent. Craig Proctor is the most sought after real [...]