The best defense against bogus internet jobs – common sense!

Sometimes common sense seems to be an uncommon quality, especially when it comes to job offers found on the internet. It should come as a shocking surprise to absolutely no one that the FTC has decided there are too many con artists targeting the unemployed with bogus jobs and work-at-home scams these days.
You can’t believe [...]

The #1 piece of advice for growing wealthy is…

Forget the stock market exists!
Follow our logic.
Conventional wisdom says invest in the stock market (TRUE).
The vast majority of people in the United States are not wealthy (TRUE).
The only conclusion we can reach from these statements is that investing in the stock market is a bad idea. Do so at the risk of dying poor, or [...]

Twitter’s darkest secrets

You don’t have to surf far on the good old world wide web to find marketers screaming about how Twitter is the greatest tool since sliced bread for driving traffic to your website. To paraphrase Billy Joel, they may be wrong but they may be right – the jury is still out. If you find [...]

Have you found your real estate mentor yet?

If you’ve never given much thought to the idea of finding a mentor, maybe it’s time you should. Appealing though the temptation may be be to blunder your way forward alone, making mistake after mistake that has already been made by thousands before you, losing money to bad deal after bad deal that could have [...]

Light at the end of the housing crisis tunnel?

The light at the end of tunnel is NOT a freight train coming our way – that beast has already been and gone, at least according to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who thinks the residential real estate slump will be over by the end of next year. He predicts that’s how long it will take [...]

Cheap and easy home-based businesses

Granted, the phrase “cheap and easy” isn’t necessarily one you want customers to associate with your home-based business but we made you look, didn’t we? Creating an honest to goodness quality work from home company is probably never going to be easy but it doesn’t have to break the bank either. Following are four of [...]

Chilean earthquake interrupts copper supply

Chile experienced an 8.8 magnitude earthquake last week. While stories of destruction, mayhem, heroism, and looting dominate the news, there’s an investment subtext lurking beneath the hysterical surface: an interruption in the worldwide supply of copper.
If you’ve been reading the Creating Wealth blog for any length of time, you know we’re in a state of [...]

Naming a new business

Don’t let the daunting task of coming up with a name for your fledging business endeavor ruin your day. Is a name important? Of course it is but you don’t have to wander through life in a haze, crippled by indecision, unable to take the next step forward with your home-based business idea until you [...]

Deal Evaluator – dirt cheap real estate advice

It’s nothing fancy. Nothing complex. Just unmatched value. The Deal Evaluator is a new service from Platinum Properties Investor Network that allows you to get a quick, experienced second opinion on any real estate deal you are considering. Why would you want our input?
We’ve completed thousands of real estate investment transactions worth millions of dollars. [...]

No risk advertising with Hydra

We’ve mentioned it before. You can’t rely on walk-in traffic to promote your home-based business. At some point you’re going to have to get out there and drive traffic to a website or phone number. In the old days (yesterday) Google ruled the online advertising world. Their Pay Per Click (PPC) business model set the [...]

The Master’s Weekend is on the horizon

The Master’s Weekend is almost here. You didn’t forget, did you? This two day powerhouse real estate investing education only happens twice a year and the dates of March 6-7, 2010 are coming up quickly. Register before March 1 and save 40% off the full rate.
But this year the deal is even sweeter. Due to [...]

Home-based jobs for the disabled

For those with a physical or mental disability that makes holding down a traditional job in the working world difficult or impossible, there are certainly work-at-home options. One such mode of employment would be offering transcription services, provided you have good English and grammar skills and can type in the 75 wpm range.
There is a [...]

Create your own branded empire

Still searching for a brilliant idea for your home-based business? Are you a little bit creative or able to come up with pithy slogans begging to be plastered on a t-shirt, coffee mug, or poster? If so, you’re in luck. Technology has now caught up with you. Companies like CafePress and Zazzle cater to the [...]

Real estate…patience, patience, patience

Jason brought up an interesting point on episode #155 of The Creating Wealth Show. The phrase “location, location, location” has traditionally been the mantra in assessing the value of a property. Perhaps they should say “patience, patience, patience” instead. Eventually, every market will be a good value again. The trick is to realize that all [...]

Become a stay-at-home customer service agent

It’s true. In yet another permutation of the home gig, you no longer have to leave the house to be a customer service agent for a major company. Want to work for J. Crew, Walgreen’s, 1-800-FLOWERS? You can. There is a growing demand for people who answer inbound customer calls from these companies and others.
It [...]

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