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“No question, your recommendations have been very helpful on our $2 million rehab.  It's quite comforting and reassuring to know you are on our team to provide expert advice on our apartment reposition.”

Greg Hettrick, Sr. VP
Bank of America

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“Craig Haskell is one of the most extraordinary speakers and trainers in the world today! Craig's value investing techniques are transformational and he creates amazing results every time he speaks!”

Vincent Medina, President
Foothills Apartment Association

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“I arrived scared at the “reality” of my situation. I leave really scared at the reality of how much I don't know / need to know. Your workshop is like throwing a “life-line” to a drowning upstart.

David Reilly
Property Investor

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Lotus Property Services

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"Craig Haskell's expertise in energizing under performing properties is masterful.  He provided outstanding insight, strategies, and advice on the turnaround of two apartment communities in our portfolio requiring $3 million in renovations."

John Ridgeway
Lincoln Property Company 

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"As I look back over the recent years, it's simply awesome the level of expertise I have gained from your coaching.
 
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Craig, with your help and direction, I have become known as an apartment turnaround expert within my local industry. By using your systems and techniques, I have been able to successfully turnaround a number of troubled apartment properties. 
 
I really enjoy what I'm doing and I am able to pass this valuable approach on to others so, Thank you."

Thomas Christensen
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"Thanks to Craig's unique methods, I was able to maintain 100% occupancy and eventually sell my property making 5 times my initial investment.  Looking back, I can't imagine trying to operate a property without using Craig's street smart techniques."

Robert Summer
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"Craig always challenged me to abandon the obvious and look for the edge. Now he's publishing his approach to the inside game of real estate with a play book! He's made it easy!"

Jane Bowling

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"I first worked with Craig as a client 5 years ago. His strong experience as a operator and manager was an easy sell to institutional investors. His integrity during the credit crisis will not be forgotten. His forward thinking and ability to solve challenging situations is critical to the successes we have realized."

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Stirling Realty Advisors



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PREMIUM INTERVIEW: Tapping Self-Directed IRA Money to Fund Your Deals Featuring Kaaren Hall, uDirect IRA ServicesPREMIUM INTERVIEW: Tapping Self-Directed IRA Money to Fund Your Deals Featuring Kaaren Hall, uDirect IRA Services
With over $17 trillion of retirement money in savings and only 3% of that in self-directed IRA accounts, real estate investors and syndicators have a huge opportunity to tap into this rich capital source to get deals done. To provide education on this little used capital source for real estate investors, we are speaking with Kaaren Hall, President of uDirect IRA Services, . . . more >>

UPCOMING WEBCAST INTERVIEW: Lessons Learned - How Carlos Vaz Built His Real Estate Syndication Business to Almost 4,500 units and $100 Million in 3 YearsUPCOMING WEBCAST INTERVIEW: Lessons Learned - How Carlos Vaz Built His Real Estate Syndication Business to Almost 4,500 units and $100 Million in 3 Years
We are excited to bring you another interview with Carlos Vaz, Founder of the Conti Organization. If you recall, we interviewed Carlos on how to build a real estate investment company buying distressed multifamily properties. This interview with Carlos was one of our most popular interviews. If you haven't consumed this interview, I encourage you to do so. . . . more >>

UPCOMING WEBCAST INTERVIEW: 11 Essential Issues When Forming and Operating a Real Estate Syndication, Featuring Gene TrowbridgeUPCOMING WEBCAST INTERVIEW: 11 Essential Issues When Forming and Operating a Real Estate Syndication, Featuring Gene Trowbridge
If you are a real estate investor, professional or executive and want to start syndicating real estate investments, you are in for a special treat. We are speaking with Gene Trowbridge, a leading syndication attorney and educator on 11 Essential Issues When Forming and Operating a Real Estate Syndication. . . . more >>

4-Step Process to Building Your Pool of Investors4-Step Process to Building Your Pool of Investors
Craig Haskell
The biggest mistakes new real estate syndicators make is not having a ready pool of investors to approach before looking for a deal to buy. Are you making this mistake? I can't tell you how many times new syndicators chase properties all over the place, like chasing rabbits. . . . more >>

Solving the Biggest Problem for Distressed Mobile Home CommunitiesSolving the Biggest Problem for Distressed Mobile Home Communities
Mike Conlon
Last month I detailed the reasons why I like mobile home communities (MHC's) versus apartments. The key points of distinction - less maintenance, lower turnover, and higher barriers to entry (i.e. less competition) lead to much higher cash flows for mobile home communities than apartment complexes. However, I also laid out a big drawback for many MHC investors - dealing with a lot of empty spaces. . . . more >>

The Value Hound Doctrine
Craig Haskell
The Value Hound Doctrine I'm often asked, "What is a Value Hound?" Well, a Value Hound is a specific type of real estate entrepreneur, investor, executive or professional who operates on a narrowly defined set of principles and belief system - value investing principles. The Value Hound Academy lives by a doctrine that embodies real estate value investing. . . . more >>
Shortfall in Your IRA?
Kaaren Hall
Shortfall in Your IRA? So you have a self-directed IRA and you've invested in real estate, or you're thinking about buying real estate with your IRA. You know your IRA needs to pay its share of the expenses. You're plagued by one nagging question, "What do I do if my IRA runs out of money?" . . . more >>
Jobs Act - Changing The Way Private Equity Is Raised For Real Estate Equity And Debt
Gene Trowbridge
Jobs Act - Changing The Way Private Equity Is Raised For Real Estate Equity And Debt On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS Act), which amends the Securities Act of 1933 and is designed to facilitate capital formation for small businesses. This article highlights Titles II, III and IV; three important areas of the JOBS Act, and our opinion as to how these changes will impact real estate syndicators in their private money raising efforts. . . . more >>
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: How to Capitalize on Government Tax Credit Programs Featuring Michael Zukerman, Whitestone Realty Capital
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: How to Capitalize on Government Tax Credit Programs Featuring Michael Zukerman, Whitestone Realty Capital To encourage development, revitalize cities and provide affordable housing, the federal and state governments have created tax credit programs to incentivize investors. These programs are some of the most successful programs used by government agencies to create jobs and rebuild America. . . . more >>
5 Big Reasons for Bad and Ineffective Property Management
Craig Haskell
5 Big Reasons for Bad and Ineffective Property Management Real estate investors find many ways to get themselves into financial difficulty, but hiring bad and ineffective property management ranks as the number one mistake real estate owners make that drives their properties into trouble. . . . more >>
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: How to Quickly Assess a Deal in 1-Minute Using This Free Spreadsheet
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: How to Quickly Assess a Deal in 1-Minute Using This Free Spreadsheet How many times have been looking through a pile of deals and just wanted a quick, down and dirty analysis to see if a deal made sense to dig deeper? If you're like most, your time is valuable. You'd like to find a way to quickly wade through the dogs so that you can spend more time on the good deals. Well, we found a solution for you so that you can quickly assess a deal within 1-minute. . . . more >>
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: Understanding Commercial Loan Modifications Featuring Marty Beck, Commercial Financial Resources
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: Understanding Commercial Loan Modifications Featuring Marty Beck, Commercial Financial Resources As the capital markets continue the deleveraging process through foreclosures and loan workouts, and with an estimated $1.4 trillion of balloon notes coming due next year, learning how to workout a troubled loan has become essential. . . . more >>
Are you offending brokers and sellers with your purchase offers?
Craig Haskell
Are you offending brokers and sellers with your purchase offers? Don't be bashful when submitting offers to buy underperforming assets. Read this fun story by Chad Carpenter of REVEN Capital from an interview I did with him, How to Buy and Sell Opportunistic and Value Add Deals for High Returns. . . . more >>
VALUE HOUND OF THE MONTH: Bill Shopoff on Redeveloping Tired Buildings for Big Profits
VALUE HOUND OF THE MONTH: Bill Shopoff on Redeveloping Tired Buildings for Big Profits Bill, the last four to five years, the economy and the real estate market have just been blasted. In fact, developers have pretty much been taken out of the woodshed because it's tough for them to go out and build. But there are some developers, like yourself, that have taken the lemons and made lemonade by redeveloping some of these failed buildings and turned them into new assets. Can you talk to us about some of the adaptive reuse opportunities that are available in today's market and some of the things you're working on? . . . more >>
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: Redeveloping Tired Buildings for Big Profits Featuring Bill Shopoff
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: Redeveloping Tired Buildings for Big Profits Featuring Bill Shopoff It's been tough for real estate developers in this economy. But, some developers have taken lemons and made lemonade by redeveloping tired, old buildings into new assets with a different use. To give you some insight on how to redevelop commercial properties, we are speaking with Bill Shopoff, CEO of The Shopoff Companies, headquartered in Irvine, California. For over 25-years, Bill has been actively engaged in buying, repositioning, and redeveloping real estate. . . . more >>
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: 50-year Legend Sam Freshman on The Principles of Real Estate Syndication
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: 50-year Legend Sam Freshman on The Principles of Real Estate Syndication With the real estate market recovering from historically low prices, many real estate investors are looking to raise money from investors so that they can capitalize on today's great buying opportunity. . . . more >>
SPECIAL REPORT: How to Create your Own IRA Real Estate Bank
Craig Haskell
SPECIAL REPORT: How to Create your Own IRA Real Estate Bank After seeing so much wealth disappear in the stock market over the last few years, many people are looking at real estate as an investment alternative to diversify their portfolios. A little unknown option for investing in real estate is to invest using one's Individual Retirement Account aka IRA. This report will reveal the secrets you must know about to grow and keep your IRA retirement money secure using real estate investments. . . . more >>
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: How This Syndicator is Buying, Renovating and Selling Mid-Sized Value Add Multifamily Properties for a Profit Featuring Patrick Wakeman
PREMIUM INTERVIEW: How This Syndicator is Buying, Renovating and Selling Mid-Sized Value Add Multifamily Properties for a Profit Featuring Patrick Wakeman There are many real estate brokers and service providers looking to get in the game of buying and syndicating value add properties, but can't seem to pull the trigger. . . . more >>
Do You Really Understand What You're Looking For?
Craig Haskell
Do You Really Understand What You're Looking For? When you're searching for a new acquisition, do you really understand the type of deal you're looking for? Can you explain your acquisition criteria in two quick sentences? Do you have a clear investment strategy? Too many times real estate investors are searching for properties to buy without a clearly defined investment strategy. They are searching everywhere, for everything and usually find nothing. . . . more >>
The Lenders Wish List of Borrower Concessions on a Loan Modification
Craig Haskell
The Lenders Wish List of Borrower Concessions on a Loan Modification To give you an advantage when working out a loan modification with a lender, I am going to share the lenders wish list of borrower concessions they seek. Understanding what a lender wants in a loan modification will help you better prepare and have more success working out a loan modification. . . . more >>
9 Vital Questions to Ask When Buying a Workout Deal
Craig Haskell
9 Vital Questions to Ask When Buying a Workout Deal With the real estate industry going through a serious deleveraging process, there are many troubled properties and loans that have workout opportunities for investors to profit. However, there are a lot of potholes along the way that could lead to unexpected surprises. Make sure you protect your downside by finding answers to these 9 vital questions when buying a workout deal. . . . more >>
5 Rules to Learning From Your Mistakes
Craig Haskell
5 Rules to Learning From Your Mistakes Are you afraid of making mistakes? Is the thought of making a mistake holding you back from reaching for the stars? If you're like some people, you are afraid to make mistakes. You want to steal second base but you don't want to take you foot off first base. . . . more >>
Real Estate: A Bifurcated Market
Mitch Siegler
Real Estate: A Bifurcated Market One of the most overused real estate expressions of 2011 was "A Tale of Two Cities." It's been a veritable feeding frenzy for trophy properties - the best apartments, office buildings and hotels in gateway cities like New York, Washington and San Francisco - with a flood of low-cost capital chasing the same handful of opportunities. Meanwhile, opportunities abound in distressed real estate assets. . . . more >>
VALUE HOUND OF THE MONTH Steve Jaffe: How This Family Real Estate Investment Company is Turning Distressed Assets into Dynamic Profits
VALUE HOUND OF THE MONTH Steve Jaffe: How This Family Real Estate Investment Company is Turning Distressed Assets into Dynamic Profits Our Value Hound this month is Steve Jaffe, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of BH Properties, an active family real estate investment company taking advantage of today's low-priced real estate. BH Properties has been on the playing field, buying multiple properties in 2011, including six commercial properties and two distressed notes in Arizona. . . . more >>
Trouble Ahead for Commercial Mortgage Refinancing on 2007 Deals, Per S&P
Mitch Siegler
Trouble Ahead for Commercial Mortgage Refinancing on 2007 Deals, Per S&P More than half of commercial mortgages securitized as bonds in 2007 and maturing in 2012 may fail to refinance as maturing loans peak and skittish lenders refuse to refinance them, according to a December S&P report. . . . more >>
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