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Lesson Learned: What a Failed Deal Can Teach You

January 26, 2012 by Scott Costello 8 Comments
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Investing in Real Estate is almost never easy and many times you learn your most valuable lessons by deals that have fallen apart.  The only real hope is that these lessons are not expensive ones, but many times they are.  You can have all the mentors you want or have packed your brain with as much [...]

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Lesson Learned: Order of Contracts

June 23, 2011 by Scott Costello 7 Comments
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Some lessons are learned the hard way in real estate investing.  By the hard way, I mean you lost out on a lot of money because of not knowing something important or just making a stupid mistake.  Fortunately for me, Lance and I learned a lesson the easy way and it didn’t cost us a [...]

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Lessons Learned: Bye Bye Broker

April 30, 2010 by Scott Costello 5 Comments

Last summer, after being tired of trying to find a Real Estate Agent to work with,  I decided to just get my own license.  Which I accomplished by September and then signed on with a very small broker.  For those not aware, in order to do anything as a RE Agent you have to hang [...]

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Lesson Learned: My Secret to Debt Reduction

March 31, 2010 by Scott Costello 17 Comments
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Debt to me is the ultimate four letter word and I hate it with a passion.  I always used to admire the people who could purchase a car or even a house with all cash and then be done with it.  Growing up, my parents financed every car, mortgaged their house and never thought twice [...]

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Lessons Learned: Presentation

March 19, 2010 by Scott Costello 11 Comments

Over the past several weeks I’ve been attempting to network with Realtors who have short sale listings so an investor I know can make offers on them.  I haven’t had any problems finding such Sales Agents, but I have been running into road blocks each and every time. It’s a numbers game right? From talking [...]

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