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“Test results are back and the prognosis doesn’t look good…”

My wife’s Doctor was a nervous wreck after she reviewed her file. We have all taken tests from the Doctors office and stressed over the outcome of the results; usually everything checks out okay, what do you do when they don’t? Surprisingly her Doctor was stunned and frankly a nervous wreck while she was going over the test results with my wife, all the while my wife took the news ever so calmly. The Doctor was so stunned that she had to repeat that fact of my wifes calmness several times during the visit.

You can see the comedy in the statement above, the parallel of the Doctor being the wreck, while my beloved stays calm during the whole office visit. Yet as soon as my wife got home to tell me the disturbing news she started to unravel at the seams.

The Doctor’s reaction was rather unsettling for my gal. So this really got me thinking about the long term consequences of being financially unstable and the long term residual effects on your mind, your body and your spirit. We all know that eating the right foods seems more costly when you look at the up front costs. Have you ever considered what the back end long term costs on your wallet, not to mention your body and spirit. Living healthy is just as key to creating wealth and financial security in your life as managing your body.

Think about the state of our current health care system, the rising costs of medical coverage, insurance and medical treatment. Our state governed programs are maxed out with patients and stretched for funding at all levels. It’s not designed to handle the mass group of uninsured citizens of our great nation. The Doctors are taxed to the max with patients and many have no patience for people who neglect or defiantly treat their body with abuse.

Back to my topic neglect is abuse and I am sure that you have received a nudge or two from your primary care physician, possibly your dentist has mentioned a thing or two about your hygiene? Regardless avoiding the infection, symptom(s), infections whatever you are dealing with only leads to greater problems and increased risk of terminal illness.

Yes I said terminal illness, or you have the option to face the issue at hand and make a conscientious decision to address them at all costs no matter what lengths you have to go for. Otherwise you have made the choice to take on a life sentence of undesirable circumstances. The word is out on the street and you know exactly what you must do.

It’s entirely up to you on how to make a change, fortunately for you, your biggest challenge in front of you doesn’t have to depend upon just you alone. A simple team has been assembled for you, to provide you with support, advice, guidance and goal achievement. Making the transition doesn’t have to be difficult or painful.

Tackling any type of obstacle always starts with the end in mind, your outcome has to be clearly visualized and accepted before you will ever reach it. I know this now more than ever. Have you ever felt like a much needed change just wasn’t happening for you? Well ask yourself did you clearly see the end result, did you give the appropriate attention to the planning and organization of your required activities? Did you measure the results you were getting? How did they compare to your original projections, what could have been improved on?

I bring this up to you only because the news my wife’s Doctor gave her was shocking, now Teri has to make the same decision about her own condition that you have to make to take control, own her life with clarity, focus and vision. Funny thing was that the motivation factor wasn’t he news about test results it was the treatment. As soon as her Doctor said you have to take injections for life Teri looked up and firmly stated “what other options do I have?”

The fear of having to physically take insulin injections to control her diabetes was alarming, so her Doctor gave her a time line to make dramatic improvements or the only alternative was her injection recommendation. So in the end what does all of this have to say about you and your current circumstances?

Simply put you need to get involved in your financial affairs, it’s a proven fact that proper medical attention and monitoring are critical to your overall wellness factor, lack of money and reserves can become a problem if you don’t have the means to take care of your self. Your future retirement money not safe either. You didn’t just save money to pay for medical bills and Doctor visits. So in light of this profound idea and shift in thinking thanks to a good friend I recently connected with I have decided to make this exam painless to you and your pocketbook. Over the next two weeks I am setting up your diagnostic exam center fully equipped with the latest state of the art equipment.

Recent legislation has passed that will eliminate many of the unscrupulous characters currently posing as so called experts for financial hardships, loan modification consultants, credit repair services, debt settlement companies and all of the other take your money and provide you with no measurable results.

The office is open even during the construction phase I will have a general admission and registration page up by Saturday at the latest. Those of you who are seriously buried in debt, experiencing late payments, facing impending foreclosure or bankruptcy; those of you who have fallen victim to the crisis at hand with sudden job loss, diminishing pensions and retirement accounts there are solutions for you.

Solutions that can and will provide you with clearly outlined, manageable plans that are backed with legal advice and protection designed to give you the patient/client the ultimate experience in customer satisfaction. As the separate departments come on line you will be updated. Most people go through life with rose colored lenses on, ignoring the warning signs until it’s too late.

I know my wife doesn’t want to deal with the possible outcome of ignoring her situation, I also know you don’t want to deal with your health, your financial management, or your wealth creation choices without proper advice and input. Running down the road not looking for indications of measurement in improvement in your circumstances is like driving down the road with blinders on. You’re eventually going to crash.

Why not research, review and monitor your symptoms now and act on advice from trusted professionals to guide you in your healing process. You don’t need to do this alone.

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Maximizing your real estate investments aren’t as daunting of a task as you may think. You may have heard that creating wealth in real estate is the best way to go for enormous gains and returns on investments. However many would be investors have not figured out the simplicity in investing properly.

They find a deal on a house for sale write an offer and get it accepted. Now that the acceptance has been receive all logical thought processes seem to have gone by the way side. This is the time when your thought processes need to be at their highest and most alert.

Here is where people get into trouble they go ahead with deals without proper guidance, with no input from a mentor or coach of any kind. They go about there business, close the transaction and before they know it they have negative cash flow, tons of unexpected costs from repairs and upgrades and no recourse for the transaction.

Buying real estate isn’t rocket science by any means, your basically looking at the soundness of the structure, the rental income potential if this is an investment, costs of repairs associated with the purchase transaction (paint, carpet, plumbing, electrical, roof, sheet rock, foundation and landscaping too name a few).

Also the financing involved will play a huge factor in the overall closing costs associated with the transaction and the amount of down payment will influence two factors; one being the cash flow that can be attained from the investment, secondly the return on your investment dollars will be determined by how much down payment is put on the real estate to be purchased or acquired.

Here is where your maximizing potential is influenced the most, yet all of the other factors indicated in this article also play a huge part. Your financing interest rate will have a huge reflection on your payment and there for it will also affect your cash flow potential.

Also your vacancy rate and time can play a huge part if your investing in single family residences, duplexes even apartment buildings can have a vacancy rate that is high depending on the outside influential circumstances (poor management, poor upkeep of grounds and facility, over prices rental rates, etc.).

Now before we get ahead of ourselves we need to also consider the most important part of the transaction and that’s the purchase price. If you pay too high of a price you’ll never make enough money on the appreciation side of the transaction to make it a worth while transaction.

You need to pick up property that can at a minimum cash flow at a break even point that included part to all of the taxes and insurance on the subject property. In our current economic status bargains are every where yet there are still many thorny properties out there.

These properties are not for the faint of heart, you can find great deals on them but they require more time, patience and skills to make the repairs necessary. These properties are usually dilapidated, virtually wrecked and usually have termite or foundation issues.

So you can see there are many factors to consider when making investment decisions, you must be shrewd, calculate risk, have a strong willed constitution and be willing to put forth some effort and elbow grease and the deals will flow.

Never do a deal that your gut instincts aren’t comfortable with you should always trust your judgment and intuition. Make your real estate transactions smooth and simple by using a professional real estate agent to cut your learning curve.

Even professional investors use real estate agent to find tenants, sell property or even find bargains through their network of professional real estate agents, contacts and fellow investors. Also real estate agents have listings that may not be on the MLS or listing services for others to see.

When you have an agent who gives you first right of refusal on properties your deal finding skills just added another arrow to your quiver of sources. Network and find the local real estate agents you wish to work with be fair and loyal and establish your professional reputation.

Maximize your searching, maximize your profits, maximize your freedom all by learning to maximize your real estate investments.

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