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Contrarian Investing
Contrarian Investing
By Stock Advisor Group's Editorial Team
www.stockadvisorgroup.com
When the stock market starts going up, most people are, initially, scared to step aboard. It's not until stocks have gone up a long way for a long time...
How To Protect Yourself If Investing Online (Part One)
This is the first in a series of emails designed to give you
the basic knowledge you need to make significant amounts of
money investing online.
First, let's examine what HYIPs are not. They are not insured
investments. They are not...
How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 1
We all know there are 52 weeks in a year and 40 working hours in a week. Therefore, we can bill 2080 hours per year, right. Wrong. Too often this is the trap that many new service businesses fall into.
The first step in calculating your...
Investing online - Day traders and others
With the inception of the Internet, many people experienced and inexperienced in stock trading have begun signing up with online trading companies and buying and trading their own stocks. Investing online in this manner is growing in popularity,...
The Inside Scoop on Mutual Fund Rip Offs
The bear market that showed up at the end of 2000 has every brokerage house-as well as the entire mutual fund industry-scrambling to find creative ways to boost both their image and bottom line. Unfortunately, this is often at the investors'...
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3 Truths About Tax Lien Certificate Investing
Truth #1 - It is going to take some work on your part to
succeed. If you have done some research into tax lien
certificates and tax deeds you may have heard some so called
"gurus" bragging about how easy it is to make a fortune. While
it is easier and safer than many investments, it doesn't come
without some work on your part. You need to learn about the
business and you need to invest some of your time to succeed.
The good news is that with less work than most traditional
investments you can get substantially higher returns while
exposing yourself to less risk.
Truth #2 - There are hidden treasures for those that are
persistent. You've heard the stories I'm sure. An investor
buys a tax lien certificate at auction, the owner doesn't
redeem, and the investor ends up with 25 acres of land for the
low price of 68 dollars.
First let me say that these sorts of things do happen and more
often than you think. I personally know the gentlemen who bought
the previous piece of land for 68
dollars. But you can be sure
that it did not happen the first time at the auction. With some
persistence and a little bit of experience you can get better at
finding the jackpots.
Truth #3 - Most properties at auction do have real value.
There are a lot of reasons that a property can end up at
auction. The common misconception is that most of the properties
do not have any real value. True - there are properties on the
auction that seem worthless, and to many, they are - but to the
creative investor they are literal gold mines.
Think outside the box. Put your mind to work and you'll discover
that there are a lot of things you can do with the property that
no one else wants. By being creative you give yourself an
advantage over 99% of the people at the auction. Now cash in on
it!
Invest some time and money into the business and you will
discover that there are huge returns waiting.
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