Small Steps and Tax Liens….

Last year one of my tax liens redeemed that I had held since 2002. I made over $3,700 in profit on that lien on only a little more than $4,000. And I had put that money in over the course of 7 years and then did nothing for 3 more years. During that time the money I had invested kept earning interest. My initial investment was only around $450 and I kept adding to that each year for the first 7 years paying the subsequent taxes (in this case it was a utility lien so I was paying the subsequent utility payments). And then I decided to force redemption by sending pre-foreclosure letters to the owners and lien-holders of the property. The mortgage holder then paid off the lien, and I practically doubled my money in – investing a little each year.

My point is, if you have a little money to invest, start small and start now, later it will pay off!

Here’s a motivational message from my friend Arnfried of Be Motivated Today that talks about the importance of taking those small steps towards your goal:

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Conference Schedule And Speakers

Meet the speakers for our Tax Lien Investing conference at Shawnee Inn on April 14!

Prepare For What’s Ahead By Investing In Profitable Tax Liens

The entire morning of the conference will be a tax lien investing workshop and I will be the only speaker for the morning sessions. I’ll be giving a workshop on the 5 steps to buying profitable tax liens. And showing you how to automate your tax lien investing. But I have some great speakers lined up for you in the afternoon. Continue reading

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Q & A: Why Would Someone Wait to Redeem Their Property?

Here is a question I received from one of my subscribers recently about deed redemption in Texas.

Q: Why would an owner who can’t pay the taxes on a property pay the sales price plus interest on a property to redeem it after a sale?  i.e. If an owner owes $6,000 in taxes and the property goes to a sheriff’s sale with the winning bid being $30,000. Why would they then pay $30,000 + 25% interest ($37,00) to redeem the property if they wouldn’t/couldn’t pay the $6,000 to keep it from going on sale in the first place?

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Monday Motivation: It’s Never Too Late!

I just got back from Savannah Georgia yesterday where I competed in the  2012 National Masters Weightlifting Championships. It was my first time back to national competition in 2 years. And although I wasn’t able to break the Masters National records that I set 2 years ago, I did improve on my lifts and my total for this year and I did win my weight class. This picture below is one of me receiving my medal.

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“Protect Your Retirement” Webinar Replay

We recently had an eye-opening webinar with attorney Tim Berry on protecting your retirement. Tim gave us such important information on protecting the money in your self-directed IRA that I thought I should make it available to everyone. We all consider the money in our IRA accounts to be safe from creditors and safe from the IRS, but that isn’t always the case. You’ll want to watch this webinar and make sure that your retirement account is protected!

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