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It’s quiz time! (Don’t worry — this is a FUN quiz. And what you discover could actually help you make more money.)
Here’s the deal.
I’m always telling students to KEEP your eyes OPEN because potential note deals are EVERYWHERE!
Because once you start ACTIVELY SEARCHING for cash flow notes, you’ll be amazed at how often [...]

For the past few weeks, I’ve been showing you ways to find potential note leads on the internet… FOR FREE!
And today, I’m revealing yet ANOTHER quick, easy and FREE way to find potential note leads and maybe even note deals on the ‘net.
Today we’re focusing on Ebay — the massive online auction website launched way [...]

Last week in this posting I showed you a step-by-step plan for using Google Alerts to find seller financing information and even possible note deals on the internet.
I got tons of positive feedback about the strategy. There are 181 comments and counting… plus many of you reported finding note leads with this strategy.
But I’ll [...]

Google is a massive company. They’re #102 of the list of Fortune 500 companies. In 2009, the company earned $23 billion dollars in revenue.
And believe it or not… now you can get Google to do some of your note research for YOU!
Here’s how:
Google offers a free tool called “Google Alerts.”
Google Alerts is simply [...]

This week, CNN reports that existing home sales soared last month.
Good news, right?
Does this mean the real estate recession is over and prices will finally start to rise again?
I don’t think so.
On Wall Street, we had a saying to describe this phenomenon:
“Dead cat bounce.”
When a stock falls quickly from a high price [...]

Last week, I was chatting with one of my top coaches here at Dalbey Education and he told me a handful of students are making a very simple mistake that absolutely kills deals and ruins the chances of grabbing a finder’s fee.
So I told him I’d create a blog post about this topic to help [...]

If you want to find note deals without leaving home… and without even picking up the phone… then read every word of this blog post.
Because I’m going to show you a devastatingly simple (but amazingly effective) way to find a source of future note deals both in your area AND all over the country.
When I [...]

I’ve been saying it for years:
When the economy dips… seller-financing shoots up.
If you’re a Dalbey Education student, you already know seller-financing is nothing fancy. It’s when a home-seller agrees to accept payments directly from the home buyer. The home buyer makes monthly payments to the home seller and no banks are involved.
Every time [...]

Here’s a devastatingly simple (it’s commonsense really) method to achieving success in any area of your life.
It’s actually the most OBVIOUS thing to do… but most people miss the obvious because they’re searching for exotic solutions.
So here we go, the most obvious path to success in any area of your life:
Find someone who’s already achieved [...]

So I was reading over the comments from my last blog post and a student named John brought up a really great point and made a request:
Here’s John’s comment from my last post:
I want you to notice a couple things here:
First, John became one of the most successful people at his company NOT by [...]