Creative Real Estate: Happy 2009

Happy New Year!

As we look forward to the great opportunities of 2009 in real estate I want to share with you an e-mail that was sent to me; it said …

94% of people dwell on the negative, and 6% see an opportunity in nearly everything that comes their way.

I'm looking forward to 2009. I'm convinced it will be a year of great opportunity, as it will also be a year of great change and paradigm shifts!

The best advice I can give is to "prepare for change". Keep a level head, work-out what is working and what is NOT working, mix this with an opportunity, and change accordingly. If your horse is dead, get off it and find another (I'm into riding several horses at a time). If your horse is wounded, then decide if you are going to fix it or shoot it. BUT whatever you do – DO SOMETHING - take action.

Good business is a combination of hard work, commonsense, grit determination, and gut feeling.

Talk with you soon.

James Gage

www.JGage.com

Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah

On behalf of everyone at Gage Consulting Group, we wish you and yours a Merry Christmas. May the coming weeks entering the New Year be a time of refreshening and redefined goals and business plans for a prosperous 2009.

To your ongoing success,

James Gage

www.JGage.com

PS: Don’t forget our annual 50% Holiday Sale ends tomorrow, Christmas Day!!! So before you start your holiday festivities why not stop by our web store and get a jump start on your 2009 investing : http://www.jgage.com/Real-Estate-investing-shop.htm

Creative Real Estate Investing: XM Satellite Radio

"Lease Option Marketing"

Event Info

Host:	Brian Higgins & James Gage
Type:
Network:	Global

Time and Place

Date:	Saturday, December 6, 2008
Time:	9:40 AM EST
Location:	XM Satellite Radio Channel 169

Description

Hello All:
James Gage here, with a quick note to invite you once again to join me on MYB Talk the topic will be " Lease Option Marketing" - the details are below...

See ya there.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

XM Satellite Radio Channel 169

"Mind Yo Business Radio Program. AKA MYB Talk w/ Brian Higgins"

Time : 9: 40 AM, EST

Topic : " Lease Option Marketing "

Creative Real Estate Investing: New Real Estate Cylce In Play!

Hello All:

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday and didn’t eat too much turkey – I know I did…

Many of you have asked me to let you know when I see another real estate trend/cycle developing, so your wish is my command.

What I am seeing is just starting to develop, that is, another real estate tsunami in the making – Commercial Real Estate ! I was very reluctant to call this cycle until I could confirm this with solid data, and now I have! If you’re an investor stay clear of commercial properties unless you use 1 of the 3 strategies I lay out:

1. Unless you have someone waiting in the wings to lease or buy said property- don’t touch it with a 10 foot pole!
2. You can negotiate it 35%-40% under Fair Market Value
3. You can use a Lease Option to secure the property; remember it’s the ultimate escape clause!

Now there is an exception to every rule, and commercial real estate is no exception. That being said, you will hear people and guru’s hyping up commercial real estate as the last frontier for investor’s to invest. But I believe that we will soon see massive empty commercial dwellings with tumble weeds blowing through them due to the following reasons:

• Consumers are holding on to more of their income; people are becoming savers again.
• Christmas sales will be much lower then forecasted causing retailers to close stores.
• If big retailers who use leverage to buy are feeling the pinch what does that mean for “Mom & Pop” stores.
• More people are turning to the internet, rather brick and mortar stores.
• Businesses are filing for bankruptcy at an alarming rate, and start up businesses are at a 35 year low!

This is just a brief schedule of indicators supporting my call – there are at least 50 more…

I have been accused in the past of being the type of person that looks at a glass half empty Nothing could be further from the truth, actually, I look at it half full also! I want to be a balanced investor, looking at best case and worse case scenarios, thereby allowing me to make educated and balanced decisions on my investments. That is how I have been able to survive the last 21 plus years as an investor in changing trends and cycles; now I pass on my observations to you my fellow investors.

Until next time – may all your investments be profitable.

Be well,

James Gage

www.JGage.com

PS: Don’t forget my 50% Holiday Sale on all my leveraged Investing products – sale ends December 24, 2008

http://www.jgage.com/Real-Estate-investing-shop.htm

Creative Real Estate Investing: Happy Thanksgiving

On behalf of myself and everyone at Gage Consulting Group http://www.JGage.com , we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

James Gage

Creative Real Estate Investing: The Economy & Leveraged Real Estate Investing

National Radio Debut

"The Economy & Leveraged Real Estate Investing"

Event Info

Host:	Brian Higgins & James Gage
Type:
Network:	Global

Time and Place

Date:	Saturday, November 29, 2008
Time:	9:00am - 10:00am
Location:	XM Satellite Radio Channel 169

Description

Hello All:
James Gage here, with a quick note to invite you my national radio debut on " The Economy & Leveraged Real Estate Investing" - the details are below...

See ya there.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

XM Satellite Radio Channel 169

"Mind Yo Business Radio Program. AKA MYB Talk w/ Brian Higgins"

Time : 9 AM, EST

Topic : " The Economy & Leveraged Real Estate Investing "

Real Estate: Thanksgiving & Real Estate Marketing

James Gage here with Gage Consulting Group hoping that this e-mail finds you and yours in good health, and wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving.

So what does Thanksgiving and real estate marketing have in common? If you don’t do it the right way it won’t come out with the desired results!

If you're like most real estate investors your head is probably still spinning from the state of the real estate market and economy – you’re not alone…
You may be asking yourself how the heck can you make money in business, or for that matter as a real estate investor in these troubled times. Well, here is the “Magic Bullet” answer!

Knowing how to market! Sounds like a no brainer- right? Wrong ! Marketing is like opinions, everyone has one. As many of you know I called this market melt down both in real estate and the financials some 24 months before it happened in Falls church, VA at Frazier O’Leary’s REI group.
As you also may know my approach to real estate investing is with a 3 prong attack plan: 1. know the strategy you will use to control the property 2. know how to negotiate like a seasoned pro, and 3. know how to “Fusion Market”.

With real estate investors running scared and real estate buyers at a stand still, with limited amounts of qualified buyer’s to buy or lease option your deals, it is now crucial for you to take your marketing skills to the next level!

That being said, you won't want to miss out on "Real Estate Marketing The Fusion Way!"

Before I let you go to read over exactly what these CDs contain, many individuals have called me and ask if I would put together a step-by- step CD series on "Real Estate Marketing The Fusion Way!" well your wish is my command. I have put together a 2 CD

Set on that very subject please visit the following link for more information :

http://www.jgage.com/real-estate-marketing.htm

but it doesn't stop there!

Normally priced at less then a 1 trip to your local gas station at $37.00, it is a great value if I do say so myself. But for the next 3 days (Nov 23 - Nov 26 ) I am extending to you, my newsletter subscribers the astonishing price of only $18.50!

That's a whooping 50% off my normal website store! Enter promo Code 555 on you order/check out page to receive your discount.

After Nov 26 it will return to the normal price of $37.00. You maybe asking why am I doing this? Simple, I am committed to getting this information into as many investors hands as possible, thereby getting our properties sold or under control; not only does that increases our bank accounts $$, but it will also help our economy hopefully stabilize.

So please visit the link provided for more information on this jam packed 2 CD Set :

http://www.jgage.com/real-estate-marketing.htm

Don't forget promo Code 555

To your success,

James A. Gage

www.jgage.com

With theses 2 jam packed informational CDs you will never have to worry about marketing again!

What you will learn on this powerful 2 CD series:

Create winning and effective awareness campaigns that attract qualified buyers overnight!

Learn how to ignite real estate sales and increase commissions overnight through innovative marketing techniques that James Gage — who has made a killing throughout his successful
investing career in niche markets such as lease options, short sales and probate homes — will reveal during this special 120-minute 2 CD series.

James will teach you how to become an "outside of the box real estate marketer," blending various strategies — traditional and new — to create winning campaigns in 24 hours or less. It's all about "fusion" to gain exposure — the more eyeballs you can attract to your listings and services the more money you will make.

And with repetition comes recognition, which is paramount in a market starving for buyers and agents and brokers fighting over scraps. The time to change is now ... the calls, emails and inquiries will start pouring in tomorrow.

Here's just a sample of what you will learn on the 2 CD Presentations:

• Old approach vs. new technologies

• Effective marketing on a shoestring budget

• What works in different market cycles

• How to get winning campaigns up and running in 24 hours

• Should you have a website?

• Marketing strategies & techniques your competition is not using!

And of course like all of James's products you will receive much

more.

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http://www.jgage.com/real-estate-marketing.htm