What You Need to Succeed in Low-Cost Real Estate

The biggest challenge for real estate BWBs (Beginning Wealth Builders) is the down payment needed for their first property. So if a BWB starts with a low-cost property (say $50,000–not $5-million), it’s much easier to borrow the down payment. For instance, if you need 10% down, that’s $5,000 for the $50,000 property, but $500,000 for

Are You Cut out to be an Entrepreneur?

by J.F. (Jim) Straw, author of Mustard Seeds, Shovels, & Mountains Believe it or don’t, I just flunked another test for “entrepreneurial” traits! From my test score, it appears I am probably better adapted to washing dishes than running a business. Then again, according to the governing laws of aerodynamics, bumble bees can’t fly either. Let me