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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The smell of pine and cinnamon, cookies baking in the oven, lights twinkling inside and outside your home, and…  And then an enormous electric bill – Ouch! The holidays in America are known for being a little over the top, and excessive energy consumption from lights, decorations […]

Before the internet, buying a home involved long hours of flipping through MLS books and driving prospects around neighborhoods; something many agents just didn’t have time to do during the busy holiday season. Now that buyers are able to search, filter, and scan through potential listings without leaving their couch; home buying during the holidays […]

Over the last couple of years, rehabbing TV shows have become increasingly popular. In these shows, people fix or introduce new features to their homes while adding substantial market value to the house in the process. If you own a home, you can make many of these types of fixes or additions to increase the […]

For our customers, your pie is enroute!  Each year, CaneStar Homes delivers a fresh apple pie during the Thanksgiving Holiday week to our customers as a small expression of our appreciation. We are indeed thankful to have you as our customers! As it the case, each year, the pie is one that our co-owner, Lee, has […]

Greetings to my fellow veterans! I served 25 years in the Air Force. The co-owner of CaneStar Homes (my wife) served 15 years in the Army. Since separating from the Air Force, I haven’t really left!  I continue to visit our wounded Airmen  at Walter Reed Bethesda Medical Center and I support our Air Force Airmen […]

Greetings!   I just completed two FortuneBuilders Boot Camps – The Wholesaling Immersion and Marketing Immersion Boot Camps – Very impressive.  Got a chance to meet the man himself – Than Merrill – Awesome.  Than is a tremendously great asset and mentor for all of us who are in the FortuneBuilders family. Than actually conducted one whole day of training […]

What are the best real estate lead generation options today? Where and how can real estate agents, investors and other related industry professionals generate more leads for buying, selling and renting properties? What are some of the little known benefits, and pitfalls of common real estate lead generation channels today? Here are 12 ways for real estate […]

The real estate industry caters to independent strategies. For every investor, there is another way to go about conducting business. Some may prefer to utilize the convenience of technology while others want to maintain personal relationships. However, for one reason or another, there remains a void between these two independent strategies. Smart investors will figure […]

“Investment is most intelligent when most business like” – Warren Buffett If investing is better when conducted most business like, does it mean that more real estate investors ought to be investing in a more businesslike fashion? Should every real estate investor be investing as a business? What does that really mean? What does it look […]

Many people are still wondering whether or not real estate is one of the best investment strategies for long-term wealth building. Is investing in homes still a smart investment for the average individual? Is a home still the best investment of a lifetime for most Americans? If so, why are some pessimists still questioning the rebound […]