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Goal Digger, Inc. is the name of my company, and the umbrella under which The Landlord System resides.  I thought long and hard about my company name and it’s logo, what it represents, and I have a secret confession. 

It is my desire that “goal digger” becomes a household term.  I want to hear this term mentioned in prime time dramas, on CNN, and at happy hour gatherings.  Maybe one day it will become so recognized as to make it into Webster’s dictionary.  With the help of the blogosphere, this is entirely possible!

Let me explain what a goal digger is.

Goal Digger (noun) gōl’ díg’ · er: A person who knows what they want and knows they will get it. 

How do they know they will get it?  The reason they know they will get it is because they know what they want. It’s cyclical logic (see that in the logo?). The hardest part is defining what you want, but once you can clearly do that, making it happen is the easier part. Many of us don’t know what we want and that’s why we go through life not getting.

The concept of being a goal digger applies to all areas of life, but let’s see how it applies to real estate investing, for example. (more…)

I’m hosting a teleseminar tomorrow night (July 25) that is going to be really good.  It’s about a different type of real estate investing that I had never heard of before.  It’s not brand new, just new to me.

I spoke with some references at length who shared with me their experiences with the method so far.  One guy has been doing it for years with good success, and the other only started 30 days ago and has 2 deals under his belt so far.  They are investing very little of their own money and also very little time.  The one guy I talked to works up to 92 hours a week at 3 different jobs yet is managing to build up a nice passive income stream on the side.  He gave me details of exactly how much time he invested in each deal, down to the number of minutes spent doing each activity that was required.  He spent between 4 and 20 hours per deal, front to back.

I don’t want to say too much and steal my guest’s thunder tomorrow night, but I will say that the method provides passive income, a steady cash flow stream that grows annually, and is different than rental properties, lease options, selling notes, or subject-tos.  I will have the inventor of the method himself on the line and he will compare and contrast and explain it fully.  He has even offered to open it up to live Q & A afterwards.

The call is at 6:15 pm Pacific/9:15 pm Eastern, Tuesday July 25.  For the dial-in details and a handout to download, visit this site.

You never know, this could be the real estate investing niche you’ve been looking for!

Last night we had a great 80/20 Training Call on “Passive Income in Real Estate.” 

If you missed it, you may listen to it from your computer right now.

Topics covered on the call include:

- What is ‘passive’ income?
- How does the IRS view passive income?
- How do you create a passive income stream in real estate?
- 3 approaches to property management
- Hidden benefits of passive income
- *BONUS* I shared some cash flow tips that will create over $60,000 in equity in one year, even if you own just a 4-plex!

What is an 80/20 Training Call, you ask?

If you’re like me, you’re tired of all the teleseminars that are nothing but hype.  You think you’re dialing in to learn something and instead you get a 60 minute sales pitch.  My calls are different.  I’ve instructed all of my guest speakers that at least 80% of the call must be pure content and education that can be used right now to make a difference in your business and your life, and no more than 20% (12 minutes) can be spent presenting an opportunity for further education of action of some sort.  Don’t get me wrong - I definitely hope you take action after these calls.  Action is what gets results, and sometimes action is in the form of lerning.  I just don’t want to waste your time on a sales pitch when I’d rather you learn something instead.

If you’d like to be invited to these calls by email, visit this site and sign up.

I’m very pleased to announce our next 80/20 Training Call!

When:
Monday, July 17, at 6:15 pm Pacific/9:15 pm Eastern

What: 
The topic for this call will be ***Passive Income in Real Estate*** presented by me!  Topics we’ll cover include:

- What is “passive” income?
- How does the IRS view passive income?
- How do you create a passive income stream in real estate?
- 3 approaches to property management
- Hidden benefits of passive income
- *BONUS* I’ll share some cash flow tips that will create over $60,000 in equity in one year, even if you own just a 4-plex!

How: 
To join this call, please mark the date of July 17th on your calendar and go to:

http://www.landlordsystem.com/cmd.php?ad=249256

to print out a copy of the dial-in number. 

So what does “80/20″ mean???

If you’re like me, you’re tired of all the teleseminars that are nothing but hype.  You think you’re dialing in to learn something and instead you get a 60 minute sales pitch.  My calls are different.  I’ve instructed all of my guest speakers that at least 80% of the call must be pure content and education that can be used right now to make a difference, and no more than 20% (12 minutes) can be spent presenting an opportunity for further education or action of some sort.  Don’t get me wrong - I definitely hope you take action after these calls.  Action is what gets results, and sometimes action is in the form of learning.  I just don’t want to waste your time on a sales pitch when I’d rather you learn something instead.

Talk to you LIVE on Monday!

I’m very pleased to announce our next 80/20 Training Call! 

When:
Monday, July 10, at 5:30 pm Pacific/8:30 pm Eastern

What: 
The topic for this call will be ***How To Create Your Own Personal Landlord System*** presented by me!  You’ll learn how to apply systems to your real estate investing business, what types of systems are appropriate, why you would want to do this, and how to do it.  The objective is to increase your passive income.  There are a lot of real estate investors who have created “earned income” and they are working very hard for every dollar.  Real estate has become a second job.  We want passive income, which comes in without you having to work.  Just like we use OPM (other people’s money), we want to use OPT (other people’s time).  When you have TIME, you can think, get creative, find deals, optimize the cash flow at the ones you already own, etc.  When we’re short on time, we make hasty decisions, we’re less attentive, and unfortunately we sacrifice precious cash flow.

How: 
To join this call, please mark the date of July 10th on your calendar and go to:

http://www.landlordsystem.com/cmd.php?ad=247851

to print out a copy of the dial-in number. 

So what does “80/20″ mean???

If you’re like me, you’re tired of all the teleseminars that are nothing but hype.  You think you’re dialing in to learn something and instead you get a 60 minute sales pitch.  My calls are different.  I’ve instructed all of my guest speakers that at least 80% of the call must be pure content and education that can be used right now to make a difference, and no more than 20% (12 minutes) can be spent presenting an opportunity for further education or action of some sort.  Don’t get me wrong - I definitely hope you take action after these calls.  Action is what gets results, and sometimes action is in the form of learning.  I just don’t want to waste your time on a sales pitch when I’d rather you learn something instead.

For the phone number to dial on Monday, visit:

http://www.landlordsystem.com/cmd.php?ad=247851

If you’d like to receive invitations to calls like this by email, you can sign up at www.landlordsystem.com

Talk to you LIVE on Monday!

If you missed our 80/20 Training Call the other night with Brad and Mary Wozny, you’re in luck!  The call was recorded and the replay line is ready for you.  If you’d like to receive notices of these calls and invitations to participate live, sign up at www.landlordsystem.com

Brad and Mary Wozny are a mother-son investing team that live in Canada, don’t use their own cash or credit, don’t leave their desks to look for deals, and managed to earn $1 mil in real estate profits during the first 93 days they were working together!

If you’re worried about the real estate bubble, or slowing markets in your area, their message is for you.  Their investing techniques take all of the risk away from the investor.  Your credit and money are not at risk.  The absolute worst case scenario with their approach is that you end up walking away from a deal disappointed that it didn’t work out.  There’s no financial loss whatsoever!

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We recently released a new website that will serve as a valuable resource for all real estate investors - www.AnesiaRecommends.com !

The site includes articles, book recommendations, and reviews of home study courses, bootcamps, and a whole host of other products and services that will benefit investors.  The site changes constantly as I add and delete based on my experiences.  If you know of a product or service you think other investors would be interested in, please post it in a comment here and I’ll take a look.

I have some cool additions to the site planned, so please bookmark it or put it in your favorites so you can easily check back for the latest and greatest!

Welcome to our new blog!

Today is the official launch of The Landlord Blog.  Here I’ll be writing all about real estate investing strategies, property management techniques, and the news and events of Goal Digger, Inc.  Goal Digger is the home of The Landlord System, which is an educational resource for buy and hold real estate investors. 

I created this company to help other real estate investors learn from my experiences and from each other.  Many new investors are overwhelmed with all of the different approaches and angles to investing.  Many are struggling to get out of their day jobs and have precious little time and energy to devote to investing.  There is a lot to learn indeed, and I’ll be the first to say it’s not easy to do it “on the side” while life’s mandates dominate.

This is one reason why I’m such a big fan of buy and hold rental properties.  You can successfully do this on the side while working at a full time job.  It does not need to consume your life.  In fact, I have many rental properties and I spend about 2 hours a month managing them.  I have managers and systems that do most of the work for me.

Be sure to revisit this blog often for tips and tricks you can use to grow your real estate portfolio.  Also, subscribe to my site http://www.landlordsystem.com to learn all about how to create the necessary systems to completely automate the management of your properties.  You’ll learn painlessly through email as I send you gems that I’ve discovered over the years.

To Your Freedom,

Anesia Springborn