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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

REO Goldminer -- A Closer Look

By Steve Harwood

I have stumbled across a new product, REO Goldminer, that is a game changer for all the entrepreneurial real estate investors out there. If you have spent any time trying to find REOs you realize how challenging it can be to find quality deals or quality information. The brick wall that most investors are faced with when searching for REOs often causes them to resort to alternative marketing efforts. Have you ever had to post Bandit Signs, send out thousands of postcards or direct mail pieces or run classified ads in your local, barely read newspaper? And even worse, numerous real estate investors try calling those that are on the edge of losing their home, looking to come up with a win-win solution for everybody. It isn't usually received that way though unfortunately.

Assuming you could create a perfect real estate investing solution, you would most likely imagine a solution that brings the best deals to your computer with virtually no effort, and little cost. Even sweeter, you wouldn't have any of the wasteful marketing that has been your lone alternative up to this point. A complete investment solution like this would certainly save you time, money, and stress - the most critical things. This system now appears to have arrived in REO Goldminer.

REO Goldminer has been out in a beta version up to this point and hasn't really officially had a launch to bring it to the masses. Seemingly, in mid-May that is going to change. As I understand it, if they reach a certain number of clients they will be closing the doors until existing clients leave, which seems unlikely. Waiting for someone to leave before you get in sort of deal. The big question is what do the creators claim this REO Goldminer system will do.

Here are a couple of the major points that REO Goldminer says it provides. It allows you to search for REOs in each and every state. You can even get down to the city level. The software lets users choose what discounts they are interested in. Price can be searched by maximum and minimum. The results of REO Goldminer provide investors with list price, agent contact details, address, city, zip code, and more. REO Goldminer can give an overall value estimation to investors also. The software positions investors to make 2-25 offers/day, when you are ready. The creators have been building systems related to this service for awhile and this appears to be their crowning achievement.

Right now we are working on getting a word with the people behind REO Goldminer that we will be able to bring to you via our review blog located at REOGoldminerReview.com. Come visit us and see what additional review information we can share.

Really though, if this program provides what it says it does, then strong consideration must be given to this solution versus your existing business model. One deal means thousands and luckily most investors don't even know about this yet! - 23223

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Diversifying Your Financial Portfolio

By Rick Amorey

The science of investing and trading has a lot of things that one must understand if they plan to make it in that venture. But if there is only one advice that I could give to someone who wants to venture into this business, it's this: Don't bet it all on one horse. Diversify your portfolio, and don't settle for just one.

I understand the situation of many. As much as you want to spread out, you have to start in that one singular investment somewhere. Stocks, for example, require a certain minimum that you can invest. In most cases, that value is too high for the average American. Many beginning investors thus end up putting it all in one stock. Needless to say, this is a potentially devastating move. Even the best investor I know experienced bad purchases in his career. If you have no choice but put your money in only one investment, then make sure that the potential loss is not going to be the end of you.

As an alternative, you can instead choose to join in on a mutual fund account. Mutual fund accounts are essentially companies that collect investors? money. This collective capital is then used to make purchases that can't otherwise be afforded by an individual. Managers of these companies act as the brokers that choose the best investments within the best interest of their clients. Basically, the risk here is that if a manager screws up, then he or she will end up burning someone else's money.

If you prefer low-risk investments, you may then opt for a bond investment instead. You lend money to other entities, and they pay you back with interest over a period of time called the maturity. Bonds are a preferred investment because of the relative safety of the transaction. The safer you are with bonds, though, the longer it will take for you to make a desirable profit. You should either invest early, or increase risk via buying and selling before the maturity to get the most out of your bonds.

In the end, my advice remains the same; spread your investments, either spread out within the same type like having multile stocks, or by spreading your portfolio wider and having money on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. This way, you don't suffer as much if one of those investments blow up in your face. - 23223

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Private Money is a Must for Investors

By Steve Jacobsen

The most common excuse many people make for not investing in real estate, besides fear of taking action, is lack of proper funding. The fact is it has never been easier, or more lucrative, to invest in real estate than right now. In the past the only options available for private money loans were conventional financing through banks or high interest loans through hard money lenders. However, conventional lenders often require a large down payment of 20%, if not more, a load of paperwork, and an underwriting process that has derailed a fair number of transactions.

The other option has been hard money lenders, however the rates are usually exorbitant, which means the deals had to have a huge margin to make any sense. As we already know, lending is not nearly as accessible as it has been in the past, but the credit markets do show signs of improvement. Lenders that are willing to lend money today typically require significant equity from the borrower and outstanding credit. Moreover, it seems hard money lenders are charging exorbitant rates because they're aware that borrowers have limited options.

While the current economic downturn has created issues with investors, it also offers outstanding investment opportunities for those who recognize this. This market has opened the doors for a new breed of loans called transactional funding, which is normally used to fund short sales, and private money, which is similar to hard money. Private money loans are preferable to most investors because the terms are generous and the investor has more control over the deal.

There are a number of ways to raise private money for deals - wealthy individuals, pooled funds, brokers, etc. The erratic moves in the stock market and global capital markets has made many investors running for more secure places to put their money.

Keep in mind the perspective the private money lenders may have. Where do you believe he would prefer to place his money...in the stock market, which has been incredibly volatile, or a local property investment that would have substantial equity? No need to guess which option makes more sense. That's primarily why investors are successful in getting private money to fund their deals.

While banks will eventually open their doors and begin lending again, private money lenders offer a new breed of lending that's probably going to stay around. - 23223

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Is Day Trading For You?

By Hass67

Day trading is a great trading option for the right people in the right circumstances. Many gurus will tell you to day trade as a hobby.

One thing must be clear from the very start; day trading is not a hobby. Day trading is a job; full time or part time. You need to take it as a job if you want to try day trading.

So what it takes to be successful at day trading. Day trading is like owning a small business. You are the boss and you call the shots. Take it like this.

Successes and failures in day trading are due to you. You need to understand this. You cant blame the markets. If you are an independent personality who likes to control destiny than day trading is for you.

Day trading only requires a computer, a good internet connection and an account with a brokerage firm to start with. In day trading you need to understand how to use software to develop and refine your trading strategies. If you are comfortable in understanding and learning technology, day trading is for you.

Lets say, you have always been fascinated with the financial markets and how they move than day trading is for you. Stock or forex markets are amazing. If you enjoy watching CNBC or Bloomberg than day trading is for you.

However, if you have never opened a brokerage account never purchased stocks or never invested in mutual funds than day trading is not for you. You will require prior investing experience to succeed with day trading.

Day trading can give you loss. If you can learn trading systems, strategies and money management principles than day trading is for you.

If you are a decisive and a persistent personality in everyday life and you can afford to commit to your trading daily than day trading is for you.

Day trading is sometimes stressful. It needs a good support system in order to maintain emotional stability when markets become jittery with news events that no one can foresee beforehand. Markets are ruthless. You need to be psychologically strong to be a successful day trader. Forex trading is best for day traders. - 23223

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Do Automatic Forex Traders Really Work?

By Brian Bodine

With over 3 trillion dollars transacted on a daily basis, currency trading is one of the hot favorites in the trading market. Computers and technology have further helped traders to gain more profit from this booming industry. Automated trading systems have now made things really easy for the traders and have certainly increased the probability of successful trades.

Though these systems are highly popular, people are still skeptical about their efficiency and reliability. Do Automatic forex traders really work? Are these forex robots reliable? Here is a brief answering these questions and analyzing the benefits of these systems.

Forex robots are nothing more than computer programs which are written with the help of complex algorithm to ensure right prediction and greater profit rate. These robots work well in the forex trading and more than 80% of their trades are successful.

So if this is so easy why are people still losing in the forex market? Though these robots are automated to do everything on your behalf it still requires you to have some basic understanding of forex trading. You need to have sufficient capital and choose the correct broker in order to get the maximum benefit from these automated systems. Installing these systems into your MetaTrader platform is also important as this step acts as the key for your robot to start its job.

Once these robots are installed, they start their work and will do the trading on your behalf. Unlike trading signals which only alert you of any market fluctuations, these automatic forex traders also make profitable trades for you and maximize your outcome from forex market. - 23223

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