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You’re Invited! Brain Researchers Finally Unlock the Secret Code to “The Money Gene”
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Please join John Assaraf, spiritual entrepreneur and personal friend of Steve Rodgers, in learning how to skyrocket your sales revenue, personal income and wealth!
You will learn how to shatter your mental barriers that can keep you stuck and replacing them with new neutral pathways for massive financial success in your life! Three Empowering Days that will Transform Your Financial Life from Inside Out so YOU can Achieve Your Goals and Dreams
The Neuroscience of Financial Success
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Benefit from FIVE of the top brain scientists, along with researchers, Business & Money-Making Experts Giving You Specific Training, Sequentially Presented, and In Ever-Increasing Intensity & Focus! There are amazing breakthroughs taking place in neuroscience every day, and having access to this information is crucial to your financial success. Modern Brain Science is successfully identifying neural pathways and regions of our brains that affects every area of our lives.
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Incredible book! Help Brian Tracy reach the NYTimes Best Seller List
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As you may know, my good friends Brian Tracy and Mark Thompson recently released their new book, Now, Build a Great Business!
This week it hit #2 on Barnes and Noble and #8 overall on Amazon. PLUS they hit #1 on Amazon for Entrepreneurship, Business Management, and Management.
But they need your help…
They haven’t quite hit the mark for the New York Times Bestsellers list and time is running out. I’ve known Brian for years; he’s done tremendous things for me and helped make my life what it is today.
I’d really appreciate it if you could help him out. Think of this as a favor to me. All you need to do is go to BarnesandNoble.com and reserve your copy of this incredible book today!
If you can pick up a few copies as gifts – great! If you can tell a few friends about it – I’d be more than grateful.
Right now it’s just $14.83 – a great deal. Plus, when you add in over a $1,000 in valuable bonuses that you’ll receive (at the back of the book) you just can’t lose.
With the holidays rapidly approaching, this book makes a perfect gift for your friends, relatives, or co-workers. We’re down to the wire here as we only have a few days left to make this a reality.
With your help, Brian and Mark will be able to cross the finish line with a New York Times Bestseller.
Thanks for being an important part of history in the making.
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Is Now the Right Time to Buy? The Factors you need to Consider to Know for Sure
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We’ve all heard the saying, “timing is everything.” While timing may not be everything, it clearly plays an important role in the results of your investment decisions. Buying a home can be the single largest financial purchase in a person’s life. Therefore, as a prospective home buyer, whether it’s your first property or your fifth, here are some criteria to consider in deciding if the right time to buy for you is now.
Some key strategic figures to look at when buying a property in your area are the total number of sales in the area, home sale prices in the area and mortgage rates. It is also important to understand relevant buyer incentives, especially for first time buyers.
Looking at current market trends and understanding the direction the market is headed is the first step to understanding whether it’s the right time to buy. A professional real estate agent will be pivotal part of this step offering accurate information relative to your market. Recent Figures have shown the average home price in major metropolitan markets are starting to increase, including San Diego, which has risen 1.3 percent over the past year. This small increase in property value points to a healthier market with opportunity for further growth.
Scott Peck, Exclusive Properties Solana Beach stated, “In my professional opinion we have hit the market bottom and it has been really exciting watching buyers come out of hiding. A number of our listed properties are in escrow and a few of them have seen multiple bids. North County home prices have risen slightly and the selling price for homes listed below $800 thousand has gone up. This really is a great time to find the right property for you.”
National reports have shown that home sales have increased for the last seven months. Regionally the largest increase was seen in the west, up 16 percent. One reason home sales have increased over the past year is mortgage rates. Mortgage rates have seen record lows this year and have remained low to date. As of October 15th, fixed thirty year rates averaged 5 percent and fifteen year rates came in at 4.4 percent.
Another reason home sales have increased is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which awards first-time home buyers with a tax credit of $8,000. What many potential buyers don’t realize is that the deadline on this tax credit is November 30, 2009 leaving less than a month to purchase your property and receive those government financial incentives.
“The rise in pending home sales shows buyers are returning to the market and signing contracts, but deals are not necessarily closing because of long delays related to short sales, and issues regarding complex appraisal rules. No doubt many first time buyers are rushing to beat the deadline for the $8,000 tax credit, which expires at the end of next month (November 30, 2009),” said Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist to the National Association of Realtors.
With the deadline quickly approaching many first-time buyers are beginning to get in at the ground floor. That isn’t however a reason to rush into buying a property you may not love. It is expected that a vote will take place in the next week to extend the deadline through June 30, 2010. After two weeks of delay, the Senate Monday night cleared the way to pass a seven month extension and expansion of the tax credit for homebuyers. The first-time homebuyer tax credit, due to expire in 27 days, would be extended through June 30 of next year. However, at this point no extension is set in stone.
At this point my advice to all interested buyers, whether you’re a first time buyer or not, begin working with a real estate agent towards understanding current market trends and take advantage of the low mortgage rates and the incentives that come along with owning property. At the end of the day a professional real estate agent is there to help you understand the process of buying a home and is there to help you achieve the American Dream of home ownership.
Related Posts: Area Statistics, Buyers, Market Trends, San Diego
Think and Grow Rich Event
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It’s time to Think and Grow Rich… Again!
As many of you know, out of the great depression came an Inspirational classic called:
Think and Grow Rich that taught our nation one simple message:
What ever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve!
From this attitude, legendary empires were created.
Fast forward to today’s economic challenges, where the text reemerges with a fresh new team reminding us…
“Our greatest success will come just one step away from our greatest failure”
With honor, I would like to introduce a project that I am personally involved with:
Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet From Gold! Turning Obstacles into Opportunities.
A Book and Film By,
Sharon Lechter (co-author, Rich Dad Series, and Filmmaker Greg S.Reid)
100 years from when a young writer was gifted the task of a lifetime, the Napoleon Hill Foundation set out to recreate history by commissioning a new set of faces that sat down with modern day leaders asking them just one question:
“How did you handle the challenges that came your way?”
From the answers Three Feet from Gold was created – and I want to share it with you!
Question:
Have you ever felt like giving up? Throwing in the towel? Are things tough right now and are wondering if you are making the right decisions?
You are NOT alone!
With the help of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, and this project ~ you will learn that
This too shall pass and you may truly be three feet away from your mine of gold.
On October 24/25 in Anaheim Ca – My great friend Greg Reid invites you to join me along side Bob Proctor,T. Harv Eker, Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup Series), The CEO of Napoleon Hill- Don Green, Les Brown, Sharon Lechter, John Assaraf, Mark Sanborn, and 30 of the Greatest leaders as we celebrate the release of this exciting work.
I am honored to be invited by Greg to be an Associate Producer of the movie – you will want to be there for the Red Carpet walk as we launch the World Premier – Hollywood style!
PS…The VIP Section is awesome, and we have a few tickets left if you want to mingle with all the speakers and celebrities, be sure to order soon as those tickets are going fast! The rest of the seats are great and you should not miss this event!
(With the pass you will even get access to a ‘Special’ VIP room to meet everyone with food and drinks, etc.)
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San Diego Real Estate: Market Bottom Clarity and Knowing When to Buy
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In today’s economy the Real Estate Market can be confusing, both for buyers and sellers. It can seem like no two market trend reports are alike and there are certainly enough available figures to paint a confusing picture of where the current market lies financially. Discussing a buying time frame and strategy with a professional real estate agent can help you make sense of the market and add some clarity.
Recent real estate figures have given buyers and sellers a positive outlook for the future of both the San Diego Market as well as the National Market.
To the delight of home sellers properties are beginning to sell at a much faster rate. California had an estimated home sales increase of 20% when comparing June ‘09 to June ’08. On a local level the San Diego Real Estate Market has posted increasing home prices for the fourth consecutive month and the median price of a house has increased by nearly $15,000 just in the last month. Bank-owned properties are selling with dozens of offers and home prices in San Diego are beginning to rise again. Additionally, the city’s available inventory has begun to shrink in a majority of lower price-range communities. Though the public should remain cautious of believing that all signs currently point to an absolute “bottom”, the next few months may possibly be the ideal time to buy.
The foreclosure pipeline, the number of properties making their way through the lengthy foreclosure process, has a fairly significant number of properties expected to hit the market. Mortgage Modifications, while helpful to many, didn’t get everyone through some very difficult economic times. In fact, it is estimated that anywhere from 25%-60% of the homeowners that modified their loans only postponed foreclosure and will re-enter the foreclosure process very soon if they haven’t already. Those properties may represent the home you have always envisioned owning.
All figures are pointing to a market that is full of opportunity and well on its way to recovery. Prices are among the lowest they have been in three years and mortgage interest rates are also incredibly favorable, hovering between five and six percent. The market’s recovery may very well have begun. As soon as the community’s perception of recovery changes, the available inventory will sell much quicker and everyone who waited will wish they hadn’t.
Signs point to a market that will remain reasonably stable for the next few months. Prices will not rise at the extreme rate at which they fell; patience is valuable in that respect. Yet, I don’t expect any major increases or decreases, so if you are planning on buying soon, start your search now.
“The market bottom” won’t last forever. The figures are beginning to line up and many signs are pointing to now as the right time to achieve the American Dream of Homeownership.
Related Posts: Area Information, Buyers, Foreclosures, Market Trends, San Diego
