by Bill Cook | Jul 20, 2013 | Articles
Have you ever made a TOTAL fool of yourself – when you were least expecting to? Read on, and learn how I stepped square in the middle of it in 2013! One of my lifelong friends in Marietta, Georgia – Mary Ann Doering – invited Kim and me over to a small dinner party...
by Bill Cook | Mar 13, 2010 | Articles
Ahhh, lease-signing day – such a hap-hap-happy day! The landlord is ecstatic because he has finally found a tenant who will take good care of the property and always pay the rent on time. Meanwhile, the tenant is joyous because he has finally found a landlord who is...
by Bill Cook | Dec 6, 2009 | Articles
Today’s real estate market is turned on its ear. Nothing is like it was three years ago. In 2006, I had to knock on A LOT of sellers’ doors to find someone wanting to sell their house under the terms and conditions I needed in order to make the deal work. Today,...
by Bill Cook | Oct 18, 2009 | Articles
On Friday, October 9, 2009, Jack Miller, the Dean of real estate investing gurus, went to Heaven to join his wife. I’m guessing he already has a bunch of angels gathered around him asking how to best structure solid, win-win real estate investing deals! Of all the...
by Bill Cook | Sep 13, 2009 | Articles
For the first twelve years Kim and I invested in real estate, it was all about equity. Every time we did a deal, our net worth increased by about $25,000. Boy, did we ever think we were something! Then, in July of 2006, the real estate bubble popped with a loud,...
