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The BEST Creative Real Estate Investing Blog on the Web! . . . and yes!! We mean that literally!

I could not believe what I had just done…

It was November 2002. We took a few days from our “busy” college studies to go to a seminar in Atlanta. A nervous excitement filled the air. We had just made a decision that would change the rest of our lives.

The summer before, myself and a couple friends had heard that real estate was lucrative. We met a guy who owned a handful of properties, and he said that it didn’t matter whether he worked or not, he was banking about $2,000 a month cash flow. This got our attention!

It so inspired us to venture deep into the unknown…Barnes & Noble. I had never been much of a reader growing up. I got through school reading cliff notes if even that. And we found ourselves checking out books in the real estate section and couldn’t believe some of the titles. We ended up buying two books. One was “How to Make Millions in Real Estate in 3 Years with No Cash” and “Making Big Money in Real Estate without Tenants, Banks, or Rehab Projects.” We had no reason to doubt their claims at the time so we dove right in.

Personally, I still remember what it felt like reading those first few pages. I thought I’d found the holy grail! This was what I was talking about. I had never really believed in the whole 9 to 5 thing but didn’t know what alternatives existed.

Five months later, my friends and I had purchased our first investment property . . .

and cut school to go to a 5-day seminar in Atlanta, and decided that we weren’t going back spring semester.

My Life Today

In the last 5 years, we have bought, leased, and sold over 100 properties. We were fortunate to find great creative real estate investing mentors when we got started in the business and wouldn’t be where we are at today without them. Being teachers at heart, we are dedicated to kick start your learning curve into overdrive. You don’t have to make all the beginner mistakes that accompany getting started.

You’ve just found the BEST creative real estate investing blog on the internet! I’m not bragging here. I know this because I’ve scoured the web.

We look forward to helping you become a successful creative real estate investor!

With Great Enthusiasm and Spirit,

Patrick Riddle, President

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Techniques, Tips, and Tools for the Creative Real Estate Investor

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Patrick Riddle: Patrick grew up in Lexington, South Carolina. Went to Clemson University for several years studying civil engineering and wound up as a real estate investor in Charleston, SC.

His real estate investing studies sparked his interest in about everything nonfiction. He has read well over 200 books in the last few years in subjects like business, marketing, management, finance, economics, psychology, sales, communication, philosophy, etc. Patrick started a book club in 2003 that meets weekly. It’s been an excellent avenue for learning and serves as his master mind group.

Favorite sports are beach volleyball, wake boarding, and snowboarding. Other hobbies are art, cooking, wine, and playing piano.

He is well on his way to becoming a blogging expert . . .  and is enjoying writing more and more by the day.

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Dusty Keefe: Dusty discovered real estate investing at the early age of 21.  He flipped his first piece of property while he was still in school and never looked back.

Since then, he has bought 100’s of real estate deals and has studied and practiced all aspects of real estate investing, including advanced negotiating techniques, lease options, subject-to’s, owner financed deals, short sales, strategic marketing, foreclosures, property management, using IRA money to invest in real estate, using land trusts, personal property trusts, & living trusts.

He is the Co-Author of the book, The Advantage of Real Estate.

Today, Dusty lives in Charleston, SC.  He’s a certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and a full time real estate coach, consultant and investor.