How to telecommute without losing your mind
We’ve mentioned it before – telecommuting is great but it’s still a job. Employers aren’t in the habit of paying money for nothing. You must stay productive. Here are some tips about how to telecommute effectively from home.
1. Create an actual workspace: You need a space devoted to work....
Top REAL options for working from home
We've all seen the ads – millionaires are being made every day stuffing envelopes from home. Please don't waste your time on such nonsense. If you have a college degree, there are legitimate opportunities to work from home and make good money doing it. From Yahoo HotJobs, here five great home-based...
CW 150 - Dr. Denis Waitley on The Psychology of Winning and The Seeds of Greatness
Jason interviews his early mentor Dr. Denis Waitley on "The Psychology of Winning." Listen in at: http://www.jasonhartman.com/radioshows/. At age 17, Jason discovered Waitley and it was a life altering event leading to his early and sustained success. Waitley is one of America's most respected...
CW 149 - Frank McKinney: Upscale Real Estate Developer & Marketing Daredevil on Success In Tough Times
Jason talks with real estate "artist" and 5-time international best-selling author, philanthropist, risk-taker and visionary, Frank McKinney, who sees opportunities and creates markets where none existed before. Listen at: http://www.jasonhartman.com/radioshows/. McKinney's first job earned him $180...
Crash course in direct mail marketing - part 2
Yesterday, we touched on five critical factors to pay attention to in direct mail marketing. For those of you who missed it, you may pick yourself up off the floor now and return to your seat. Yes, we said direct MAIL marketing. Not email. There is a quite lucrative world of profiteering that exists...
CW 148 - Real World Financing For Real Investors: Overcoming Obstacles
Jason talks with Sara, Eric and Jim about the nitty-gritty details of non-owner occupied financing with conventional loans, construction and low-down rehab financing. In a challenging lending environment you need all the help you can get, you need the real story, you need the facts rather than the...
Crash course in direct mail marketing
You read it right. We’re talking about direct marketing the old fashioned way, using a stamp and envelope rather than sending out emails. Don’t laugh. It’s still a serious tool for connecting with prospects, especially in this day and age when 99% of all email we get is pure crap, offering to enlarge...
Are you disciplined enough to be an entrepreneur?
Most people seem to think that working from home is the best thing in the world. Well, it is but that doesn’t mean it’s easy, especially if you made the transition from a traditional office environment. It takes three things – discipline, more discipline, and yet even more of that discipline stuff....
Flipping websites for fun and profit - maybe
Call them day traders, scalpers, or hit-and-run investors. The investment world is ripe with strategies promoting short term ownership. Buy it. Hold it until a momentary glitch bumps the price upwards. Repeat. In real estate it’s called flipping. You buy a house on sale in need of renovation, do the...
Are unfilled vacancies a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Landlords should expect it to take even longer to fill vacant properties during an economy as weak as today’s – right? Not so fast. You should never expect that it will take longer to find a renter at one time than another. Some property owners target a 72 hour window to fill their vacancies no matter...