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SEC SETTLES WITH GOLDMAN SACHS FOR $550 MILLION MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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I was reading an article stating that the SEC will settle with Goldman Sachs for a grand total of $550 million. This must be approved by a federal judge located in Manhattan New York. However, Big Brother must protect us from the evil doers who were one of the big players in the subprime mortgage scandal. $550 million sounds like a big number when it comes to a settlement. Did you know that Goldman Sacks reported a profit of $13 billion at the end of 2009? They are on course to having another great year in 2010. I have these wise words to say to the American people "ONLY IN AMERICA."

I am sure Goldman Sachs wants to put this behind them. The Government continues to investigate the firm to see what really did happen to create the financial crisis. The Government charged the firm with fraud. Their findings show conflict of interest on their part. The SEC focused on Goldman Sachs to make an example out of them. Hey! someone has to be the bad guy here. They did make a profit of $13 billion in 2009. OK slap me on the hand in the tune of $550 million so I can move on with my life.

This whole subprime mortgage crisis has hurt many people across America. Experts state that we will be in this mess for another three or more years. We have 11 million American households under water when it comes to the value of their home. What does the future hold for us?

Gordon Gekko "GREED IS GOOD FOR AMERICA."

Here is my question "AT WHAT COST?'

HOW TO UPDATE AN ENTIRE KITCHEN IN A PHOENIX AND FLIP A HOUSE

Here is a recent photo of a kitchen of a home that we purchased at the Arizona Trustee Sale. Yes, this will be another Phoenix Fix and Flip House being prepared for resale. However, we will need to update this kitchen based upon the photo to the left. The appliances have to be fifteen years old. The counter tops are so outdated. The kitchen is one of the most important areas when doing a Phoenix and Flip House. Why? It is an area where we spend a lot of time preparing food and gathering during the holidays. It must feel friendly and functional at the same time.

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Here is an updated picture of a recent kitchen update on another Phoenix and Flip House. This ended up being a gourmet kitchen because it was located in between a Historic District. However, the seller spend the money in the right places on this project. I had an accepted contract on this home in less than two weeks being on the market. This home just closed last week. Now, the real estate investors want to do another one. The kitchen has updated cabinets, counter tops, appliances and track lighting.

Did I mention that all the work was performed by all licensed professionals in their field of expertise? The Real Estate and Beyond Team is here to assist you in taking advantage of the Phoenix Real Estate market.

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TOP 10 ITEMS TO UPDATE WHEN DOING A PHOENIX FIX AND FLIP A HOUSE  

We are in the middle of another successful Phoenix Fix and Flip House that we purchased from the Arizona Trustee Sale. More and more people are calling me wishing to learn more about buying from auction. Folks! I do this on a daily basis so I would love to teach you. Many real estate investors get into trouble because they spend way too much on the repair costs. We need to think of the end in mind. What do I repair and how do I do it? Also, I have had investors who wish to do the repairs themselves only wishing if they would have outsourced this part. Why? They want to save money. However, the house does not get on the market for another two months. Where are you saving the money?

How much is too much detail? I inform the real estate investor that we must update homes when outdated.

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TOP 10 ITEMS WHEN UPDATING A HOME WHEN DOING A PHOENIX FIX AND FLIP A HOUSE

1. Interior Paint
2. New Carpet throughout the home
3. Paint the front door
4. Paint all interior doors
5. Change air vents
6. New Kitchen with counter tops
7. New electrical outlet plats
8. Track lighting in kitchen and living room
9. Front and back landscaping
10. Remove all popcorn ceilings with new texture ceiling

We are currently working on this home that we purchased from the Arizona Trustee Sale. A Canadian real estate investor purchased this home with the assistance from the Real Estate and Beyond Team. We are doing all ten things to this home in order to update this home to appeal to a first home buyer. This home is located in an older established neighborhood desired by families. It is five minutes from the highway, parks, schools, restaurants and shopping. We believe that we will have a contract on this home in thirty days due to the recent updates on the home and the price point will be set to move the home.

We will keep you up to date on more Phoenix Fix and Flip Houses. Putting the "REAL" back into real estate.

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I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ON THIS PHOENIX FIX AND FLIP HOUSE

I received a call from my painter informing me that we have an electrical problems on the current Phoenix Fix and Flip home that we purchased from the Arizona Trustee Sale. The painter was unable to run his electrical equipment at full speed. I thanked him for the update. It is vital that I receive this information right away so we can solve the problem. I call up our trusted electrician to view the house. He will be there this morning to troubleshoot and fix the problem right away so that we have no problems during a home inspection.

Yes, we do updated the entire house when we do a Phoenix Fix and Flip house. However, we also ensure that it is mechanically, safe and secure at the same time. Many buyers appreciate us going the extra mile. I would like to stress the importance of using licensed professionals when doing a job. Why? If there are any problems, then they just come over and fix the problem right away. Who wants to chase a person down? Recently, we received a buyer request list to repair items. Well, we took care of the entire list. Half of the items we under warranty from the General Contractor. The other items were minor. Overall, this home closed this past Friday.

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The Phoenix real estate market offers a great opportunity for real estate investors from around the world to take advantage of opportunities in our beautiful city. We still have plenty of buyers looking for great homes in great neighborhoods. There are plenty of distressed homes that need real estate investors to pour capital into these homes and put them back on the market for resale. Yes, the banks are still lending money to purchase homes.

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PHOENIX FIX AND FLIP TEAM INVESTING PURCHASES ANOTHER HOME FROM ARIZONA TRUSTEE SALE

It gives me great pleasure to announce that another Phoenix Fix and Flip Team won the bid at the Arizona Trustee Sale. Is that not exciting? Yes, I brought these two people together because I thought they would be a great team. I gathered the two individuals together to allow them to work out all the details of their partnership when it comes to investing in Phoenix real estate. Well, they have their first deal under their belt in less than 90 days of being a team. I am very happy for them. Did I mention that it was a short sale before with an offer on it? They have a chance of having a buyer lined up to purchase the home. I love when a plan comes together.

We have many people that want to get into real estate investing. I hear people are spending thousands of dollars on real estate investment courses. However, they never have a real person in their local area to guide them when it comes to fixing and flipping homes. Voila, the Real Estate and Beyond Team was developed to assist real estate investors to take advantage of the Phoenix Real Estate Market. We specialize in non-ARMLS properties. We purchase directly from the Arizona Trustee Sale. I am finding that the better deals are at the Arizona Trustee Sale. Plus, there is no waiting to hear back from the back. People receive instant feedback either a person Wins and Loses the bid that day.

Is there private money available at this time? Yes, we have connected with several private money lenders located in the Phoenix real estate market. Do they lend to Canadian real estate investors? Yes, we do have a lender who lends to Canadian real estate investors. Contact Harryfor further information when it comes to private money.

We developed a very new web site dedicated to Phoenix Fix and Flip homes at www.FixAndFlipAHouse.com to be a source of information for all real estate investors. We continue to add new content on a weekly basis. Please feel free to navigate through this site to learn more about Phoenix Fix and Flips. We are here to help you through every step of the way.

HOW TO USE PRIVATE MONEY AT ARIZONA TRUSTEE SALE

I work mainly with investors who want great deals and want to invest the minimum in order to reserve their cash for more deals. So, I have been able to develop relationships with private individuals that will loan thier money out to other investors at a normal 18% short term bridge loan in order to get a better return on their money. The private lender is in first lien position on the property. It has been working out quite nicely in my business.

Here are some of the advantages of using private money when dealing with real estate investments:

• Receive a discount on the property since one is closing faster
• No credit check
• Ample funds
• Cash flow
• Obtain money for repairs
• Flexible terms
• Develop key relationships  
• Creative methods when structuring the deal
• Several exit strategies
• Higher return on one's money 18% or more
• Create a note

Does anybody esle use private money in their real estate business?

PHOENIX FIX AND FLIP PROJECT STARTS WITH POPCORN FOR BREAKFAST

We have started another Phoenix Fix and Flip House project this weekend. We purchased the home from the Arizona Trustee Sale. Our real estate investor was from Canada. He was very excited to do his first project with the Real Estate and Beyond Team. It is a beautiful 3/2 1800+ square foot house located in a nice suburban neighborhood. The first part of this house project was to REMOVE THE POPCORN CEILINGS from this house. Then, we will re-texture the entire ceiling and paint the ceiling white to give it an updated look to it.

We expect this will take three days in todal

1. DAY 1 REMOVE OLD POPCORN CEILINGS
2. DAY 2 RE-TEXTURE ENTIRE CEILING
3. DAY 3 PAINT ENTIRE CEILING WHITE

The total cost for this entire process was only $800.00. The Real Estate and Beyond Team was formed to assist real estate investors who wish to take advantage of the Phoenix real estate market. We need investors to use their capital to purchase distressed properties. Then, repair homes to be sold on the real estate market. Banks are not putting money into these homes. We need to stabilize one neighborhood at time. Meanwhile, the investor makes money in the transaction.

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I WILL START AT 8AM TO GET THE JOB DONE

OK fellow New Yorker here in Louisvile, Kentucky trying to work on a house. I posted on ideas WHERE TO START IN A DIFFERENT REAL ESTATE MARKET. So, I was all set for the landscaper to come to do the entire yard. I have about ten trees to trim, cut down three old trees, remove bushes from the front of the house, add mulch, and fertilize the entire yard. Again, I have my time schedule to make things happen on this home. What do you do when they do not show up? Hmmmm

Again, I was waiting for the landscaper to come. I was busily blogging when I noticed it was ten o'clock. So, I decided to call to inquire the status. Here was my conversation:

ME Hi! This is Harry. Are we still on for today?

LANDSCAPER Well, I plan on doing it tomorrow because it is raining today. Also, I have to pick up twenty bags of mulch. I am at the Vet with my cat at the moment. See you in the morning

What do you do? He has the best price out of three people. It would of been nice to receive a courtesy phone call to let me know what was going on ahead of time so that I can plan out my day.

Just make it happen. Is that too much to ask for?

REAL ESTATE AND BEYOND GOES BEYOND AT ARIZONA TRUSTEE SALE FOR CANADIAN REAL ESTATE INVESTOR

It was another busy day at the Arizona Trustee Sale for the Real Estate and Beyond Team when it comes to Phoenix Fix and Flip homes. My journey stared started on Thursday. I was working with a Canadian real estate investor from Calgary. They came down in a group of six about three weeks ago to Phoenix, Arizona. I gave them the entire review of Arizona Trustee Sale and introduced them to my entire Real Estate and Beyond Team. They informed me that they were dissatisfied with their other agent because the agent only showed them homes on the MLS. I specialize on non ARMLS homes. I go straight to the Arizona Trustee Sales to find real estate deals for my investors.

So, we won a bid on a beautiful 3/2 home in a great location of Phoenix, Arizona. I sent a text to the Canadian investor to inform him that we won the bid. He was very excited about the great news. Now, I handle all the arrangements to successfully perform the next day by 5PM. Oh! If you do not perform the next day by 5PM, then the investor loses the $10,000 plus the bidding fee. This is very important information. So, I call up my favorite private money lender.

ME:  Hi! This is Harry. I have a property that needs private money for the next day.

David: Hello Harry. Sounds like a great deal. Om-we might not be able to fund this deal because we have not found our mortgage broker. Call me back in the morning and we will figure something out to close by end of business on Friday.

Arizona state law-All private money lenders doing five or more private money loans must operate under a mortgage borker. It seems they want to have better control in this part of the industry to safeguard the public.

So, here I am with a property that needs to fund by end of Friday. I have a lender saying we will figure something out tomorrow. OK! I called three other private money lenders.

• 1st Lender: We have no money
• 2nd Lender: We do not lend to foreign nationals
• 3rd Lender: We are closed on Friday

It looks like I have to put all my faith into my trusted private money lender who I have a great working relationship with when doing Phoenix Fix and Flip a House.

I call the private lender Friday morning to see if we are bank on track. He said he is working on it and will have a solution by noon. Meanwhile, I have the Canadian real estate investor wire the money needed so it hits the bank account on time so we can close. The lender states that we are back on track and ready to fund the deal at 1:00PM in the afternoon. I have four hours to close this deal.

• 4:02PM The loan paper work is signed
• 4:11PM Wire hits the bank account
• 4:56PM Arrive at the location downtown Phoenix to fund the deal

I had four minutes left to fund the deal. We have earned the name

REAL ESTATE AND BEYOND because WE CLOSE DEALS.

PHOENIX FIX AND FLIP PROJECT UNDER WAY FROM ARIZONA TRUSTEE SALE PURCHASED BY A CANADIAN INVESTOR

We found another great Phoenix Fix and Flip home from the Arizona Trustee Sale in a great location of the city. This home was totally vacant. A Canadian real estate investor was very happy to hear about his new conquest in the Phoenix real estate market. This will be his second Phoenix Fix and Flip project. This will be his first one with me. The Real Estate and Beyond Team was formed to assist real estate investors to take advantage of the entire Phoenix real estate market.

Please visit our fix and flip web site www.FixAndFlipAHouse.com

Canadian real estate investors are the number one when it comes to purchasing investment real estate in Maricopa County. Please Contact Harry to obtain further information to get started today.