1/22/12: Transcending Financing – Doing Deals in a Changing Climate
Today’s successful real estate investors don’t waste time waiting for “the good old days” of easy conventional money to return to the marketplace.
For some, it’s déjà vu all over again because this isn’t the first time fast and furious financing has faded from the funding landscape.
For others, it’s their first foray into the fabulous world of creative deal making.
For us, it’s time to take a trip to visit one of the most creative deal makers we know!
Behind the microphones for this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ radio show:
- Your good old host, Robert Helms
- Your old dazed co-host, Russell Gray
- Special guest, the one and only Wayne Palmer
When you’ve been a real estate developer, note broker, investor, gold mint owner, author, teacher; and are active in creative real estate exchange networks, PLUS you were around (and survived) the Savings & Loan crisis of the late ’80s, you have a broad and unique range of experiences from which to form opinions. But where can you find such a person?
Salt Lake City! So off we went to sit down face to face with the amazing Wayne Palmer.
We’ve gotten to know Wayne on our last two Summits, where he’s enlightened the audience with his teaching on both notes and equity exchanging. In this interview, we are interested in what he sees for 2012 – both challenges and opportunities.
To no surprise, Wayne describes the U.S. mortgage system as “broken” -therefore creating liquidity issues for homeowner, investors and even equity exchangers. However, this “problem” has an off-setting opportunity: private money.
With central banks pumping liquidity into the system, all that cash is looking for a home. An astute real estate investor has a great opportunity to help cash rich investors find assets that provide better yields than savings institutions, and better long term growth potential than the stock market.
Wayne explains that the decrease in property values has made it a real challenge to find quality notes to trade, but the corresponding opportunity is the bargains available in the short sale market. Are you seeing a theme? Challenges always bring opportunities!
One of our big takeaways from this interview is that when you think currency and institutions are a prerequisite to commerce, you’re crippled when currencies and banks fail. The problem is that you have no control over if or when these events happen. Many people are very concerned about both as we move forward into 2012.
However, when you know how to conduct business outside of currencies and institutions, you’re more insulated from fluctuations in both – and in a great position to grab bargains in a chaotic and confused market.
So if you haven’t already brushed up on your creative deal making skills, this interview reminds us that now is the time to do so. Wayne says these market conditions are more conducive to deal making than any in recent memory. As we’re often reminded, the wort of times often result in the best of times.
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You’re Invited to Robert Kiyosaki’s Boardroom!
Join The Real Estate Guys™ on August 11th as we listen in live to a boardroom conversation between Robert Kiyosaki and several of his Rich Dad Advisors®. Click here to register now!
Robert Kiyosaki and his Rich Dad Advisors® will be talking about how investors can capitalize on all the turmoil in today’s economic environment. Gold is at all time highs. Interest rates are at historic lows. The US is teetering on the brink of default as the debt ceiling debate rages on. Wouldn’t you like to know what several successful real world investors are thinking? We do!
Robert Kiyosaki is one of our favorite financial gurus. We know he’s sometimes controversial, but we don’t get the criticisms. He preaches the importance of education, surrounding yourself with qualified professionals, and understanding that most of the world’s financial marketing and “education” programs are designed to steer uninformed consumers into the waiting arms of brokerage houses, bankers and tax collectors. Kiyosaki says financial education is essential to your economic well being. What’s controversial about that?
Besides, whether you agree with him or not, the fact remains that he’s the best selling financial author in the history of the planet. That alone makes him worth listening to, since millions of people around the world are influenced by him.
As for us, we like Robert and his advisors a lot. We’re very fortunate to get backstage with the Kiyosakis and many of their advisors. If you’re a regular listener to The Real Estate Guys™ radio show or podcast, then you know we’ve had Rich Dad Advisors Ken McElroy and Wayne Palmer as faculty on our last two Summits. And not only are Ken and Wayne coming back for 2012, but Robert and Kim Kiyosaki will also be on board the Summit for the entire week!
We’ve gotten great personal and professional advice from Robert and the Rich Dad Advisors that has made a positive difference in our lives. We’re big fans. We think the world will be much better off as every day working people make it a priority to expand their financial education. It’s why we do the radio show, run our mentoring clubs, promote Rich Dad and others who believe in education, and run around collecting interviews and expert opinions from as many people as we can. Ideas, information, strategies and perspectives from lots of sources are a great way to form your own well-crafted opinions.
We encourage you to join us and listen in to Robert, Kim and the Rich Advisors on August 11th as they talk about the pressing economic issues of today and where the opportunities are. The event isn’t free, but it sure isn’t expensive! It’s a very small investment in your education which has the potential to pay huge dividends. Afterwards, drop us a note on our Feedback page and let us know what you thought.
4/17/11: Live from our 9th Annual Investor Summit at Sea!
For the ninth straight year, The Real Estate Guys™ and an energized group of committed real estate investors boarded a cruise ship for a week of powerful education, networking and fun. And as is our tradition, while on board we recorded a radio show with a live studio audience.
We call this annual event our Investor Summit at Sea™ because Summit means “the highest point of attainment or aspiration: the summit of one’s ambition; the highest state or degree”.
More than education, the Summit is about relationships, enthusiasm, focus and family. Because of the unique environment created on a cruise ship, faculty and students often bring their families. It’s proven to be a great opportunity to unite families around their pursuit of financial independence and prosperity.
Reflecting on their Summit experience from the Mad Hatter’s Lounge on the Carnival Miracle:
- Your host, Robert Helms
- Co-host, Russell Gray
- The Godfather of Real Estate, Bob Helms
- Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Real Estate Advisors, Ken McElroy and Wayne Palmer
- International Real Estate Developer, Beth Clifford
- Attorney, Mauricio Rauld
- Real estate investor, developer and author, David Campbell
- Financial strategist, Patrick Donohoe
After one week of focused education, networking and outrageous fun, each faculty member share their most important takeaways. Over two-thirds of the 2011 attendees, including the complete faculty and their families immediately signed up to come back in 2012 to celebrate our 10th annual Investor Summit at Sea™. It’s hard to describe the Summit experience, as several surveys described the event as “life changing”, “incredible”, “awesome” and “over the top”.
How can a simple real estate investment conference have such a powerful impact? Tune in as our prestigious faculty tries to distrill their experience into a one hour radio show – and consider the power of just one great idea, relationship or commitment.
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Did You MISS THE BOAT?
Our 9th Annual Investor Summit at Sea™ sailed away on April 4, 2011. If you weren’t on it, you missed a lot more than the boat!
For the second straight year, Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Real Estate Advisors Ken McElroy and Wayne Palmer join The Real Estate Guys™ and our other fabulous faculty members for four full days of classes, seminars and workshops. Plus we have three amazing days visiting beautiful Caribbean ports of call, including our traditional real estate field trip shore excursion.
But enough rubbing your nose in a missed opportunity, because we’ve already got our 2012 10th annual Investor Summit at Sea™ in the works. And to celebrate our 10th year, we’re planning something BIG. We can’t give you the details now because we’ll be announcing it to our Summit alumni first. But you can be next in line by getting on our 2012 Investor Summit at Sea™ Advance Notice list by completing the form below.
We’d love to share more, but it’s time to get on the ship!
Secrets of Successful Syndication
Tired of waiting for someone else to create a job for you or give you a raise? Take control of your own future by discovering how to make big money doing big deals through real estate syndication.
Syndication is simply putting together a group of investors and use the combined resources to take advantage of more and bigger opportunities for everyone’s benefit. And when you’ve fully deployed your own cash and credit, syndication is a great way to keep going.
Now is one of the greatest times we’ve seen to become a real estate syndicator. Distressed properties and notes are abundant. Assets can be purchased for pennies on the dollar. Best of all, you’re not preying upon the unfortunate. You’re helping clean up a big mess and playing a vital role in revitalizing the economy.
With all the liquidity being pumped into the economy, there’s still time to take advantage of low interest rates. Longer term, many economists expect inflation – which means rising asset values (equity!), rising rents and rising interest rates. But inflation hasn’t hit real estate yet, so there’s a window of opportunity to snap up deals.
We could go on and on about why the next 2-3 years look to be among the best ever to be a buyer. But that’s not the point of this article and we’ve discussed it many times on the broadcast.
The real point is that syndication is a great opportunity for sharp, hardworking people to become real estate entrepreneurs. In his new book, The Sleeping Giant, best selling author and Robert Kiyosaki Rich Dad Advisor Ken McElroy says a new American Dream is upon us: the age of the entrepreneur. Gone are the days of working four decades for the same company and retiring on a comfortable pension. And the last time we looked, Social Security isn’t looking very secure. So you need a good paying job now AND a way to build up wealth over the the long term.
If you’re unemployed, under-employed or concerned about the future of your job or company, then you might want to give serious consideration to starting your own business. And while there are many different businesses to choose from, in most all cases you’ll need to organize capital to get started. For the average Joe, that means using up his life’s savings, home equity and all his available credit card lines – literally betting the farm on the success of the business. That’s one way to go.
On the other hand, wouldn’t it be better if you were or raise some private investor money where neither you nor any of your investors are ruined if things don’t go as planned? Shared risk and shared reward. That’s all a syndication is.
Of course, that begs the question: what kind of a business?
Obviously, we like real estate – and for many reasons. First, it’s everywhere and not overly complicated – at least compared to starting a bio-tech firm or a software company. That makes it possible for you to get up to speed and run the business effectively pretty quickly. But it’s also a business that your investors should be able to understand and get excited about without needing Ph.D.’s.
Most people can see there are bargains galore in real estate right now, but because the dollars are big they can’t take advantage of them…by themselves. They don’t have enough money, time, knowledge or connections. That’s why so many people buy mutual funds instead of picking their own stocks. They are effectively hiring a fund manager to do the hard work of investing.
When you organize a real estate syndication, your investors are essentially hiring you to buy, manage and sell the investments – just like a mutual fund manager. Except instead of investing in stocks, you’re investing in real estate or notes. Now before you freak out, remember that you’ve probably already bought or sold a property, rented a property, gotten a loan or otherwise been involved in some real estate transactions. So you already have some experience. And if you’re a real estate agent, loan officer, appraiser, contractor or someone who deals with the business of real estate on a daily basis, you’re way ahead of the curve. Remember, most mutual fund managers don’t have to know how to run the companies they invest in, they just have to know how to recognize good business models and managers.
Of course, in the spirit of full disclosure, if syndication were THAT easy, then everyone would be doing it, right? True. However, we bet there are many very capable people out there who would be very successful syndicators, but it never occurred to them they could do it. And like any manager, it’s a huge responsibility to be in charge of other people’s assets. Yet, many people do a fine job for their employers every day, but just don’t think of it as asset management. Yet if you’re a manager of any kind, you’re responsible for someone else’s assets - their money, their customers, their reputation, their property, their information – on a daily basis. If you do a good job there, the odds are good you will be successful in real estate – which is quite possibly a lot less complicated than your current day job.
Still, it’s important to be properly trained. And the task of organizing an investment syndication is not one to be taken up lightly. There are laws to follow and lots of details to be aware of. Again, if it was brain dead easy, than everyone would be doing it.
So where can you go to learn the secrets of successful syndication? You can and should read books, take classes, and get around people who are doing it. Much of which you can figure out on your own if you have the time and motivation. But if the gap between where you are and where you want to be looks to big to jump on your own, we have something for you!
We’ve imposed upon our outstanding Investor Summit at Sea™ Faculty, which includes Ken McElroy and fellow Rich Dad Advisor Wayne Palmer (a very successful syndicator in his own right), plus international real estate developer Beth Clifford and attorney Mauricio Rauld, to conduct an all day training called The Secrets of Successful Syndication Seminar on April 3rd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (you’ve been looking for a great reason to visit beautiful South Florida, right?).
Discover what it takes to organize and operate a real estate syndication business, where you can go from zero to a full time income (even part time!) in six months or less.
For more information and to enroll on-line, click here now.
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1/16/11: The Age of the Entrepreneur – Creating a Future and Not a Job with Ken McElroy
One of our favorite quotes comes from hockey legend Wayne Gretzky: “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
Of course, a statement like that carries even more weight because the person saying it is highly qualified to have an opinion worth listening to.
So when we think about wanting to be great real estate investors, we like to listen to people who are highly qualified to tell us where they think “the opportunity puck” is going to be. We’re very fortunate to have access to just such a person.
Do YOU want to hear what he has to say? We thought so!
Skating across the icy landscape of a jobless economic recovery discussing where the opportunity puck is going to be:
- The Center of Attention, Host Robert Helms
- Your On the Right Wing Co-Host, Russell Gray
- Special Guest, Robert Kiyosaki Rich Dad Real Estate Advisor, Ken McElroy,
In case you don’t know, Ken is a self-made millionaire real estate entrepreneur. He started out as a property manager, began investing, and then expanded by syndicating big deals. While the rest of the world was crying about the how “bad” the real estate market was over the last two years, Ken was out acquiring over $300 million of properties – mostly apartment buildings.
In addition to being a successful businessman and prolific investor, Ken is the Real Estate Advisor to Robert Kiyosaki, the author of mega-best seller Rich Dad Poor Dad. Ken is also a best selling author himself. His latest book, The Sleeping Giant, was just recently released.
But what we’ve learned about Ken is that in addition to all of the above (and being a super nice guy!), he is a very strategic thinker. As a big time apartment investor, he pays close attention to the jobs market. He spends a lot of time thinking about where and why jobs are being created (or not) because the need and ability to pay for housing is directly tied to jobs.
So during a phone call to discuss our upcoming Summit at Sea™ (shameless plug) where Ken will join fellow Rich Dad Advisor Wayne Palmer as special guest faculty, Ken said he thinks he knows where the jobs puck is going. Well, THAT certainly piqued our interest, so we invited him to share his ideas with our radio audience, which is the basis for this episode.
Then, the conversation transitioned into a discussion of what someone should be doing TODAY to be ready for what’s coming tomorrow. That led to a decision to do a special conference call with both Ken and Wayne, which we called our 2011 Conference Call to Action: Designing Your BEST YEAR EVER – Developing 20/20 Hindsight in 2011. We actually recorded and released the conference call first because we didn’t want to wait for the next radio show broadcast to get the information out.
So rather than steal any of the thunder from what Ken says in this episode, just listen in and you can hear from Ken directly. Meanwhile, we had such a great response to the conference call, we set it up a recording you can play on demand. If you’re interested in hearing it (if it’s still available by the time you read this), click here to access the blog post about the call. If you miss it and want to hear what Ken and Wayne have to say about how to succeed in real estate over the next 10 years, you’ll just have to spend the week with them on the 9th Annual Summit at Sea™ (yet another shameless plug!).
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Your 2011 Conference Call to Action
Your Future is Calling!
“Designing Your BEST YEAR EVER – Developing 20/20 Hindsight in 2011″
Featuring Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Advisors Ken McElroy and Wayne Palmer
It’s a brand new year and a brand new decade! To kick it off, we decided to get together with two of the most successful real estate entrepreneurs we know and ask them to share their best success tips in an exclusive conference call we want to share with you.
Let’s face it. Being successful isn’t easy or else everyone would do it. If you’ve ever suffered a setback, you know it can be hard to keep pushing forward with energy and optimism. And if you don’t have credible, supportive people helping to lift your spirits, getting up or getting going can feel nearly impossible!
After several years of good success, we’ve certainly had our fair share (or more!) of setbacks these last few years. Maybe that’s where you’re at too. But whether you’re recovering from a setback, just getting started in your pursuit of success, or are already successful want to get better, it’s always good to get tips from successful people.
So rather than clog this blog with gobs of text, we invite you to call in and listen for yourself. It’s free and easy!
To get the time, date and call in info now, simply fill out the form below and Walter in our mail room will immediately send you the details!
1/9/11: Gold, Currency, Real Estate and the New Economy – Determining Real Value
Remember the last “new” economy when analysts told us that dot com companies didn’t need to earn profits to be a good investment? Oops. After much pain, stock investors went back to the old school where profits matter.
A closer examination reveals that a flood of new money (to pre-empt the Y2K “threat”) helped fuel stock speculation. Then, the money got shut off and everything crashed.
To solve the stock market problem, though they’ll never admit it, our money scientists lowered interest rates, effectively throwing currency at the problem. The result? The stock market stayed flat for 10 years and real estate took off. Oops again.
Now that real estate took a dump, what are the money scientists doing? Yep. Adding liquidity to the system. Perhaps you’ve heard of “quantitative easing”? Now commodities are taking off.
But not all liquid is good. Gasoline is a liquid, but you don’t use it to put out a fire. Seawater is a liquid, but you don’t use it to quench your thirst. Do you feel like another “oops” might be coming?
The “new” economy we’re talking about in this episode isn’t really new. It’s simply a return to the old school. So even though the money scientists are devaluing the dollar (which is the unavoidable result of excessive quantitative easing), good old common sense is keeping it from circulating. People don’t want to spend more than they can afford. Businesses don’t want to hire more people than they need. Banks don’t want to lend to people who aren’t qualified to borrow.
Of course, this frustrates the money scientists who are trying to get things “moving” again. So their answer appears to be more easing. Hmmmm…. how’s that worked out in the past?
Here’s the point: when the value of the dollar is dropping, how do you know what anything is really worth? And if you can’t judge value, then how can you bargain for a good deal?
To mine for the answers to these perplexing questions, we struck a claim to some studio time and sent out a lifeline to a man uniquely qualified to help us. He is a long time real estate and note investor, he operates one of the largest independent gold mints in the USA, and he’s a member of a small society of deal makers who have mastered the art of doing deals without dollars.
The voices of reason on today’s episode:
- Host and Chief Prospector of Wisdom, Robert Helms
- Co-Host and Nugget Cleaner, Russell Gray
- Special Guest, Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad’s Creative Financing Advisor, Wayne Palmer
Americans tend to denominate value in dollars. And after substantial quantitative easing by the Fed, the dollar has dropped while commodities like gold and oil have gone way up – at least when denominated in dollars.
But if an ounce of gold will buy the same amount of stuff as it did 20 years ago, then the only thing that changed is what the dollars will buy. And when the value of the dollar is warped, so then is our sense of real value.
Wayne says the number one skill for successful bargaining, in real estate or anything else, is knowing how to discern true value apart from dollars.
Listen in as Wayne, Robert and Russ talk though this fascinating and timely issue and discover why you may want to do business without dollars.
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The 9th Annual Investor Summit at Sea™ Announced
The Real Estate Guys™ 9th Annual Investor Summit at Sea™
April 3-12, 2011
It’s going to take a MIRACLE to top our 2010 Summit. So that’s just what we ordered up! BUT…we’re ALMOST SOLD OUT! So, if you want to join The Real Estate Guys and Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Real Estate Advisors Ken McElroy and Wayne Palmer, SIGN UP TODAY!
The 2011 Investor Summit at Sea™ will be aboard the fabulous Carnival Miracle! And we’re sure the 2011 Summit will be our BEST EVER.
Check out our AMAZING WORLD CLASS FACULTY:
- Real estate entrepreneur, best selling author and Rich Dad Advisor® KEN MCELROY
- Creative real estate mastermind, author and Rich Dad Advisor® WAYNE PALMER
- International real estate developer and economist BETH CLIFFORD
- International entity strategist, attorney MAURICIO RAULD
- Real estate broker, 50+ year investing veteran, the “Godfather of Real Estate” BOB HELMS
- Your hosts, The Real Estate Guys™, ROBERT HELMS and RUSSELL GRAY
Our 2010 students attend classes onboard while we sail to the next port.
Our 2010 students attend classes onboard while we sail to the next port.
NEW! Expanded schedule includes 30+ hours of seminars and workshops at sea. This is the MOST classroom time in our history!
Plus: Investor and Advisor Roundtable discussions and an optional educational shore excursion. And you won’t want to miss our famous Summit beach party!
Wayne Palmer (seated 2nd from left) and Ken McElroy (far right) talk real estate with two investors while sailing the Caribbean. There's room for YOU to join the conversation in 2011!
Imagine the value of just ONE GOOD IDEA or STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP!
At our last Summit we had serious investors from five different countries, plus an all star faculty! Where else can you go to have the opportunity to spend 9 days and nights with a group like this? Don’t miss the boat!!!
- Our 2011 Investor Summit at Sea™ Itinerary
- Pricing and Registration
- Top 10 Reasons to Sail the Caribbean with The Real Estate Guys™
- Frequently Asked Questions
SPACE IS LIMITED due to on-board meeting room size constraints. And once we’re sold out, we can’t expand. So, act now to reserve your spot on The Real Estate Guys™ 9th Annual Investor Summit at Sea™! You’ll be glad you did.
5/9/10: Shifting Gears – True Confessions of a Reborn Real Estate Investor
A bend in the road is not the end of the road – unless you fail to make the turn! Your ability to adjust to a rapidly changing landscape can be the difference between staying on the road to riches or flying off a cliff.
For many investors, the last three years have been a total wreck. For others, it’s been a challenging off-road excursion. For some, it’s been a real test of their abilities to operate their investment vehicle under the most extreme conditions. In any case, there are great lessons to be learned from everyone’s experiences.
So we decided to catch up with one investor who’s gone from rags to riches to rags and is coming back bigger and better than ever!
At track side for this episode:
- Ace Driver and Show Host, Robert Helms
- Crew Chief and Co-Host, Russell Gray
- The Godfather of Real Estate, Bob Helms
- Special Guest, the Comeback Kid, David Campbell
From Donald Trump to Walter Sanford to Robert Kiyosaki to Wayne Palmer, we never get tired of hearing the riches to rags to riches stories. Successful people are successful – even when they’re failing – because they know how to manage their fears, analyze their failures, get the lessons and take effective action to come back bigger and better than before.
David shares his humble beginning as a high school band teacher with big dreams but small means. He then talks about his road to riches and the challenges he faced when his California Dream was taken down by the meltdown.
The faster you’re going, the quicker you need to react to changes in the landscape. David takes us through his thought process as he shifted his investment philosophy, strategy and tactics. Today, he invests very differently than when he started and is enjoying great success.
David reveals the markets, property types and investment objectives he is pursuing today. Plus, he shares one specific technique he used to acquire property – even though he didn’t have much cash or credit to work with. This is one of our favorite shows! We think you’ll like it too.
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