Did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream come true? In spite of some people’s ignorance, I say Yes! J.Lamar Ferren here and I want to share something very personal with you that I never shared with anyone until last year. I’m always about keeping it real and not sugar coating anything.  First off, I never truly understood racism and I probably never will truly understand what caus...

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution? I hope your committed to following through on it. Why? Well, statistics show that many people tend to fade off of their new year’s resolution within the first 3 months of the new year, never reaching their goals. It’s gotten so bad that you’ll find many “experts” and “authorities” advising people not to even set a New Year’s resolution. ...

When researching real estate information online, it can get a bit confusing when you run into somewhat “contradicting” information. This can cause a new investor to get overwhelmed and essentially they’ll hesitate and become…STUCK! I just read two interesting blog posts the other week. One said to Stop Marketing Now because of the holidays, while the other offered Holiday ...

There are 2 ways that you can embed videos on your twitter page. Meaning that your followers can come to your twitter page and watch your video(s) while staying on that twitter page. You can use it to show them yor properties (video tours) and/or share valuable content on Real Estate Investing. The 2 sites you need to use in order to do this are BubbleTweet.com and VidTweeter.com The set up is ...

As you may or may not know, I am a guest blogger on BiggerPockets.com. It’s one of the largest social networking sites for real estate professionals in the world. Check out my lastest blog post about Trick or Treat Marketing:       I’m going to discuss an “Offline Marketing trick” that has the potential to generate you some leads that could turn into deals and I’...

When you close a deal and make a profit, are you able to make even more money after wards . . . from the same deal? First off, I want to make it clear that this is not about increasing the rent or increasing the value of your property – or anything like that. Doing things like that can increase your income, but what I want to talk about actually deals with marketing. When you close on a deal, y...

Ok, so this is just a quick video post I wanted to share with you from the a guy named Michael Jake out of Colorado who is known as “The Local Mentor”. In this video he reveals what is in my opinion, the best part of any wholesale real estate investing transaction. This is the part that everyone strives for and how many times you complete this step will separate you from the rest. ...