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The project has been going on for 3 weeks at this point much progress has been made. You can see in the video the siding has been painted. Kitchen and bathroom are almost complete. Basement has been gutted and cleaned up. Fresh paint and dry wall touch up has been done. I would say at this point a third of the project is done and we are excited because it has come out looking really nice. Check this out. Macomb County Real Estate Market is HOT!!!!

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Strength Management LLC is gearing up to do another rehab and are excited about the opportunity. Another chance to see a home that is broken and disgusting become a jewel and a gem in the community again. Check out this video and continually check back weekly to see the updates as we gear up to knock this project out by August 1, 2010. The project should take about 30 days of hard work we are going to update on the blog every week or so. It will give you as an investor a good idea what needs to be done to a property to make it sell quickly, be the best for the consumer (buyer) and get the profit you need to get to make it a wise investment for you future. Enjoy!!! It's located at 23405 Beverly Saint Clair Shores 48082.

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There are so many ways that you can make money from selling real estate in today’s Macomb County Real Estate Market. I elaborated on a strategy earlier in the year regarding land contracts or lease with an option to buy (reference back to Strategy # 1 on blog). I wanted to go deeper into this subject for a minute to break down a couple reasons this may be worth your time in the long run. I like hearing people having good stories about real estate. So many people hear one bad story and they bash whatever it may be that they heard that one time. Is real estate risky? Sure it is very risky and takes a lot of work to make sure the risk is minimized. It’s so important to know how to minimize a risk while investing. Most Realtor,s that are going to sell a home to another investor don’t have any clue what it is to make an investments. Most Realtor's look at the retail end of the business and never the owning of investments property.
    Land Contracts right now make sense for somebody that wants a steady interest on there money over a long period of time. There is a risk and the risk lies in the occupant that will go into your property. There are a lot of people that have lost homes in the market that we live in today. This makes your decision hard at times because if you are going back and looking over people’s finances there could be some heavy marks on there credit especially regarding foreclosure. With banks they aren’t going to want to finance people with these marks. Know that there are good people that will pay you that suffered from lose of job that have found employment again that will want to buy a home. These are the people that will need financed held for more than 3 years. I was sitting in a meeting the other day and this subject was brought up and it made much sense. Yes you can hold for 2-3 years and sell the property and do it again. Another way to do this is to hold long term mortgage for that client at 30 years so that you can earn the interest long term on the money.
    The nice thing about land contracts is you are not the landlord and there is no tenant. They become owners so you are not responsible for any maintenance on the property. To me this makes sense for an investor that has some cash sitting around and they want to earn a moderate return on the interest earned on the money. Of course a relationship will need to be established with that buyers so that things run smoothly over the years. It could turn into a very profitable relationship on each end. So my thought today if you are advanced or novice investor and want a steady stream of interest earned on an investment with you having control over try a long term land contract.

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As I keep giving some strategies to the real estate investing business I want to refresh the ones that were already went over. Strategy # 1 was to hold properties on a land contract. To hold and sit while you can make a good return on your money through the interest earned on the land contract. Strategy # 2 was to wholesale or quick flip properties to other investors. This is a great strategy that can be used if you need to put money in your pocket you can make this process happen pretty quickly if you get the right deal. You may even be able to sell it to me? Let’s move on to strategy number three which might be the most rewarding.

Renovating and flipping (Rehabbing) is the strategy and I really like it because you get to see the properties get fixed up and put a family into the home that is satisfied with your product. Also you are making a difference in the community by fixing up a property that was an eye sore and vacant in the community. I got into the business to utilize this strategy. It’s my favorite because I like to make a difference in every area of life and this is just one more avenue to do it. Wholesaling is fun and you do also get the properties in the hands of somebody else that will rehab it but I love to see the properties become what they are intended to be. At the same time opposed to a land contract you can do more of them. There are bigger profit margins there as well than wholesaling of course you are taking a bigger risk as well. There are so many factors that you need to consider while rehabbing that I am not going to get into in this article but you really need to know what to expect when doing it. The most important thing is the deal you rehab, that the numbers work in the market you are working in.

            I work in the Macomb Real Estate market and really enjoy exercising this strategy. It gives you more volume to do. At the same time you need to have a lot of things in order one being a good system including contractors or the time to do the work. If you are an investor or looking to begin investing I hope that you are gather an idea of what you want to do out of some of the strategies that I have been writing about. Never lose faith and always continue striving forward to achieve the goal that is set before you.

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I take a look at the market and see that this is the best time for homebuyers to buy a home. I think through all of this mess that has been happening in this economy that some people have lost homes, but there is a generation of people that will be able to take advantage of this situation. To me as a human being I always try and learn from peoples mistakes so that I don’t make as many. There are lot of factors that I look at in this economy and how things happened. I do know that the economy took a major hit and many people lost jobs and that led to a lot of foreclosure’s. It is a lot to go through and you never want to see anybody take a hit like that. Though we can blame greed in the corporate world you always have to look at ourselves as well. It all starts within us just because people around us are doing it doesn’t make it right. America has been more than blessed as a nation in prosperity than any other. Lifestyles seem to have gotten away from people and their spending to much. People see movie stars taste and they develop that taste or their latest music artists. Whatever it may be. Spending seemed to take precedence over saving and that leads to lack. We need to get back to basics rather than adapt to the materialistic society that we live in today so that we can have comfort in our homes and spend more time with our families. Real Estate is an important decision in people’s lives and it can change the whole direction of your life regarding the choice you make while buying a home. You must know what your budget is before you go in rather than after. Know that on top of the mortgage is insurance, water, electric, up keep so on and so forth. That’s the same with kids before you have some make sure you can give them the things that they need. Count up expenses make a realistic choice when buying there are so many homes at a good price that you can buy and be able to have your life. I think the worst choice anybody can make is to put them in a grave right when they buy a house. As a realtor and investor my advice this week is sit down and count the cost realistically and know what you can do when purchasing. Count the costs of your living and the money that you have extra to save to make sure that the property that you buy is right for you. There is good debt and bad debt you can mortgage a property and plan to pay it down that would be good debt. You can start a business and of course it always takes debt to start a business that would be good debt. Bad debt would be financing furniture for one year at no interest. Why because what if something happens were you were tied up with money? If you don’t have it, don’t buy it. This year Macomb County real estate buyers not only take advantage of the market but be wise in what you do when you take advantage of it. Learn from what many are going through note the mistakes of a generation past.

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In the Macomb County Real Estate Market as well as any other market in the world. A great strategy in my eyes and that works to give a quick buck in your pocket is to wholesale. Wholesaling is a strategy that full time investors use to keep money flowing into there business. It’s an opportunity to also meet some other investors in the area. It’s really simple all you have to do is find the right deal. Make sure you find a bargain deal that will work for an investor. Locate investors in your area that are looking to buy and sell it to them. Take a little profit for you and leave them the margin they need to exercise  there strategy and you made some money in a timely manor.
There are so many different strategies that you can use and I found in this Macomb County Real Estate market that wholesaling can be very profitable if you know what you are doing. A lot of times people are afraid to take the step out on faith to see better results in your life I encourage you to look in different avenues this year to get your finances to increase. We always want to move forward and never back. This is a year of great opportunity to take a step forward and make your life change in the times we live in. I will say it over and over again but the people who take advantage of these down economy’s are the ones that end out coming on top when the economy changes.
First step be the one to effect your economy in a good manor. Change the path of your finances or if you don’t need a change increase the more.  Look at it like this when the market comes back there will be people that made that transition to help it come back. They will be the ones that took advantage of the opportunity. They will be the ones that made something work in a time of problems and will be blessed because of the ability to not let the fear that is going on in our economy to override them. Make a decisions  and get involved with real estate there may never be a time like this in your life time.

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    Private Lending is a great strategy in order to get your finances earning a high percentage fixed rate interest. I sit and wonder today how many people are earning a steady interest on there money? I know that banks take your money and make investments with that money and earn themselves a higher rate of return. My question today is if your money is in a bank then what do you think they are doing to earn higher amount on your money. 

    The system the United States has put it’s self to trust in makes me a little disappointed in our people. I love America and pray for the nation everyday but some things need to be said to see change. I get sick to my stomach when I think of peoples financial choices that they are making today. I really am trying to find a gracious way to open peoples eyes to the truth of what is going on in our banking system and how you can become what is taking advantage of you.

    I am the owner of a  real estate investment company in Macomb County MI called Strength Management LLC. First I believe that there are many people out there that are not putting there money in the right places. If this offends you then its probably you that I am talking to. It is what it is. It’s night time now on a Friday night and this morning I actually intended to right an article to post on my blog and some social networks sites such as digg about private lending. Private Lending being securing your money in a investments firm or business for a certain rate return with security through real estate. I wanted to right an article and I just couldn’t get the words out on the page I wanted. For some reason I just decided to pick up the phone and call a bank. I started asking them questions of what interest rate that I could get on my money. Then it lead into more questions and a half hour long conversation. When I got off the phone I was aggravated at what I had heard. In a sense this is what I heard “People are getting robbed”. I couldn’t believe that the best offer that they could give me was 2.38% for a 4year term! I had a lender receive $2,000 on $20,000 this year alone. In four years they would only get $1,900.  I offer and pay out 10% on every dollar that I borrow threw my company. It made me want to change how much I borrow for. I won’t because I want the company to be a win, win all across the board and allow people to prosper from the works of the business as well.

    I asked the banker where the money goes that I invest and at first he told me he couldn’t say just that it is secured by the FDIC if the bank loses the money then they will pay it back. So my mind starts working a little more and thinking well they charge 7% on a mortgage that basically only interest for the first 15 years of a 30 year term. While the whole time the investor which becomes us is making 2% on our money. We know where the money goes weather they want to tell us or not. It goes to small business’s, real estate, personal loans, and the list can go on to name a few.

    I never felt more strongly than today about the company that I have established from private lenders. I wasn’t born wealthy nor did I have tons of credit to establish a company I had a vision and a passion to make a difference and that was enough. My passion burns greater as God enlightens me more and more of the state of our economic system. So a morning article that I was going to write about private lending turned into these thoughts and revelation. What is the catch of all of this? The purpose is to enlighten the person that is not making much return on there money to step out and take position of the bank. Why do I feel strongly about Strength Management being the company to put your money? Because the system that we have created revolving around Real Estate. The product is real estate. Yes we sell property and we sell it regularly. Knowledge is there and the success is there to always keep the company growing. We are passionate about helping people secure there money the way the banks do with your money. We want people to see that you can step up and take the position of the banks and earn 10% on your money. You know what I suggest also that you go take a loan from a bank on a credit card paying 2-3% interest and leverage there money as well to increase your finances. There 2 to get your 10%. Sounds good huh!!!

    Last and closing thoughts. Real Estate is secure if you know what to invest in. From the looks of things with all these foreclosures these banks didn’t know what a good investments was since everyone is giving homes back. That scares me. I would hope it would scare you too. My objective is that there is a better solution to the problem and another option and way to go. I hope that you have realized another option from my what was going to be a morning boring article to a night cap on why you need to secure your financial future.

Ryan Froelich

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     Macomb County Real Estate is a great place to be in today. I think I already hear you say I am crazy. It is though. There is a lot of money to be made in a market that is suffering. Properties are so cheap and you can grab them up just in time for the rebound. If you take a look at hard times America has had they always recover. It’s just a matter of what?? Time!!! Yes time is the matter that we are going to be waiting on.
    Patience and wisdom are what I believe what will pay off for many investors. A strategy I really like for investors in this area if the cash allows you to do so is holding land contracts. It’s a really great solution to an economic collapse. You can set up a program with people that will allow them to own a home again and you won’t be a landlord to that property because it is there’s. My personal opinion is to provide an awesome product find a buyer that wants to buy with a larger deposit and make them happy homebuyers in a present year to come.
    As we know in the Macomb County Real Estate market it’s about being creative and buying right. Any strategy can work if you buy right and manage your business correctly. The land contract strategy I bring up because it not only helps people when they really desire to own a home again it also assumes you out of the landlord role. Creative Financing is the way to go if you can be patient in this market and wait for your return. Different strategies call for different situations.
    All I know is this that if you are being scared about a market we are in you will regret it later. Fear is a false presence in your life that you can subside by walking forward in faith. Grab a hold of your opportunity. Somebody told me this "poor is just a word for missed opportunities" no matter what market arises and what the economy brings there will always be an opportunity. The person that cease's the opportunity no matter what it may be doesn’t have to be real estate will bring them selves out of the bondage that they are in. Walk in faith and things start to change.

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    It’s a new year on top of that it’s a new decade. I can’t imagine a better time to set goals for your life than now. It’s a new day and we can start my making goals of where we want to be in the years and months to come. Faith and persistence I believe sum up the words for my year in 2009. As we journey in life I find my self closer to God and wanting to impact a society with greater ability. I find my self working on the core of my being in 2009 and it will go forward this year. As I open my eyes to see the society I am aiming to make the business and my life have a bigger impact in the community. I take the motto for my company this year as being “revitalizing the community one house at a time”. That would by my yearly goal. I take a look back at the vision that I started with and try and set in place where I would like to go this year. I am satisfied with the progress that has been made in my life thought I would love to see more happen its all on the Lords time and patience isn’t called long-suffering for no reason.
    So this year I look to impact the community in a bigger way than I did last year. To step up in other areas other than business. I look at the days we live in and it is a shame where morals have gone and how society seemed to forget the root of this world and were it was established. That would be God (Gen 1). America will put out magazines that have the year of scandals, deaths, and glorify all the stars that make it seem like they are something better than any human being. Media will blow up who the biggest music artist whether they have any morals or not and the news will focus on the next murder (influenced by today‘s music) , next crime, and next politician that commits adultery on there wife like it was the first time that they committed these acts. The sacredness of the existence of this world has fallen and people have been deceived by glorified television starts, politicians, and music artists. I don’t think people take a look at the root of the existence what goes into there mind and it clearly shows through the actions of a society we live in today. Children exposed to sex so early that it normal to sleep with one another before marriage and ultimately I don’t think marriage means anything to a society that thinks homosexuals should be allowed to be married. What a time we live in. I thank God for hope that’s what keeps me inspired to keep moving every day I wake up.
    So this year and this decade I make it a goal to stay grounded in the roots that I have grown to know in my life that is Jesus Christ being the root. Life can be a journey in a good way and bad we have a will to choose what way to go. I take a stand to do what is good and right not what is bad and evil. I choose to respect my body and stay healthy. I choose to grow as a human being into what God has intended me to be so I can say when I die I moved everyday forward into what was destined for my life. I lived to many years regretting actions that I had taken in life. The only way I could get over those regrets is first find forgiveness then to take action in the purpose and course of what my life calls me to do. So if I wake up every morning and keep moving forward in faith I call it a successful day. I plan everyday of my life to be a successful day even through the storms, trails, tribulation I will stay focused persevere and walk in faith. Blood, sweat, and tears are no joke when you see a vision and go for it. My encouragement to any one who has a vision keep moving forward. My encouragement to those that have a business this year find a way to allow your business to impact the world that much more. Make it a greater year make it a greater decade recommit yourself to Jesus Christ God Bless you and yours enjoy 2010!

Ryan Froelich

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    I have learned a lot about Real Estate Investing this year. I know I have learned from success, mistakes, and  trial and error. I figured I would end the year with a few tips that I have learned so far this year. Lately as a investor I have seen that you can make money in a market that is down as long as you buy right. I am never ashamed to make low offers on properties because if they go through then I got a deal. There are so many foreclosures in Macomb County that I have set my main focus this year on buying foreclosures and auctions. I have tried the probate market a little bit but have not managed any real success there I believe for the sole fact that we are paying such low prices that you really have to find the motivated seller to be able to get the good deal from a home owner.

    The investor tip that I have for the end of this year is finding the right people to work with. When I first got into the business I know I had not much of an idea of the market. Then the market ended up taking me on that investment. There are people in the business that know what the market is doing and it is important that you find the ones working the market that you are working in whether it is the Macomb County Real Estate market or Chicago “Know your market”. I believe that you need to find the business minded people in real estate as well and spend your time around them or on the phone with them to get an idea of what they are doing in the business (or work a deal with them). People who are working real estate as a business on the investor end are people who think about there clients long term not just for one sale. Very important to find these people they won’t be easy to find but they are out there.

    Another thing I have noticed this year being tip number two would be the importance of knowing contractors in the business. Also like the tip stated about knowing the business minded people being investors focus on finding contractors that work with investors in the area. They will be focused on the key things that you need your investments to prosper. First being quality work. This would be for rehabbing/rentals/and land contracts of course not wholesaling. Quality work will determine the ability to move the property and get it being an asset. Second price. they will understand how to get the materials that you need for the job at a good price because you need to be able to find quality product for a good price to keep the investments sound. Third the contractor will be focused on time because time is always in the essence 45 days is plenty of time for a contractor to flip a home. People who wholesale real estate contractors will be real important so you know what the home can do for the investors you sell it to. How much it will cost to fix up is important to know and being able to supply the investor with a estimate is a bonus to get that sale.

    I remember starting of in investing and they give you all of these courses and tell you make 30k in 5 days and you know what there is more to it than that. It’s possible to get a deal and make that in 5 days but there is so much more to it than that. I think the cover robs people of things. Real Estate investing is a business and it takes time to build business’s. You need to develop contacts, establish all the paper work, raise that capitol if you don’t already have it. There is a lot to do including marketing. It’s very important to get your marketing system in place as well so you can sell the properties quick. So my advice if you are in Macomb County or California is to know your market decide your niche weather it’s short sales, foreclosures, or probates choose your focus. Then get your contacts, then the most important thing have faith and come with the goal of making a difference in a community one house at a time!

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