Author Archives: Drew Sygit

Using Social Media for Real Estate Investing

By Drew Sygit | Published: July 19, 2010
Social media is the big buzz word these days, the place to be or be out of business if you believe the hype. Reminds me of the internet craze of the second half of the ’90′s. So called experts were predicting then that brick & mortar stores would be put out of business by Amazon.com, [...]
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How To Pick a Real Estate Guru Course

By Drew Sygit | Published: July 15, 2010
We all want the shortcuts to being rich. Beginning real estate investors are no different.  Problem is, many unscrupulous “gurus” know this and peddle their wares to unsuspecting investors. I remember looking over a course a speaker sent our team as a promotional item.  It was a pretty think book of information, but most of it was [...]
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Is the Tax Credit the End of Flipping?

By Drew Sygit | Published: May 6, 2010
The tax credit is done and the real estate market is out of incentives for buyers. Flippers will soon get stuck with houses they can’t sell just like at the crest of the housing market in 2006-2007. If you believe that you’ve been listening to too many doomsayers that have probably never taken a chance [...]
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The City of Detroit’s Future Landscape

By Drew Sygit | Published: April 11, 2010
There’s a lot of talk about the reshaping of the city of Detroit.  Mayor Bing has mentioned several times the city needs to be shrunk and so have many other community leaders and experts. Urban farms are all the buzz and starting to take shape.  There’s some serious talk going on about copying Flint, Michigan’s [...]
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How to Build a Wholesale List

By Drew Sygit | Published: March 19, 2010
Ever wonder how people wholesale properties without really ever owning them? Or selling properties before they close on them? Wouldn’t it be great to have a list of hundreds or thousands of prospects looking for exactly what you have to sell? The “secret” is to develop a list of buyers interested in what you have [...]
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