What exactly separates business owners who cash in on their ideas from those who don’t? There are two different classes of entrepreneurs: those who play at business and those who do business. Chris’s first job out of college was in …
Read MoreIt is with the greatest honor and highest level of satisfaction that o announce that I have closed out my first investment deal with HMB. You have a great team assembled their. Tony and Teri ( I call them T …
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Chris and Jason are talking about being day winners in your business. They are differentiating between tasks that are transactional and those that they see as growth and optimization “point scoring.” They believe a lot of people get caught up …
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I know it’s very tempting to purchase properties that currently has residents for a humongous discount. Usually, when you see publicly listed properties that seem to be very much under market value, there are occupants in there and you won’t be …
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For us, the whiteboard represents fundamental principles essential to business growth and success. These principles comprise the “Whiteboard Strategies,†the first being the Clean Slate Principle: The whiteboard illustrates and represents exactly what you can accomplish in business and in …
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Chris and Jason are talking about using social media in real estate and some of the hacks to make the most out of it. They spend some time discussing Facebook, since it is the number one social media platform, especially …
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Jason Balin appeared on “Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever” podcast with Joe Fairless.  He discussed choosing the right real estate investing partner and refining his business model, along with Chris Haddon, his business partner of almost 10 years. Click here to …
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Chris and Jason are discussing how vital it is to provide unexpected value to your clients. They believe that you should always go the extra mile outside the transaction, and that good customer service should be the bare minimum when …
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Idea generation is the first ingredient of savvy entrepreneurialism. Some ideas occur organically. They may pop into your head while you’re taking a shower or doing the dishes. If this doesn’t happen often for you, don’t despair. You can still …
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Hard Money Bankers funded this loan in White Marsh Maryland for a real estate investor who purchased an auction property. The investor needed short term capital to purchase and renovate the property. He plan to fully flip it within 90 …
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Chris appeared on the “Discover Your Talent Do What You Love” podcast with Don Hutcheson. Â He discusses starting HMB with Jason and shaking up the private lending field, his passion for entrepreneurship, and of course “The Whiteboard” and their (Chris …
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Chris and Jason are talking about audience critique and how to differentiate between constructive criticism and “trolls.” Once you start putting out content regularly, there will be some negative comments that come your way, however, you don’t have to pay …
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If you’re not currently purchasing properties via auctions online, you’re missing out on some good opportunities. Online auction properties became popular a few years ago. Similar to MLS, a lot of people have access to and are bidding on these …
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Chris and Jason are talking about human psychology and how it relates to business. They wonder if business would go more smoothly if conducted by robots, talk about getting stressed out and over analyzing, as opposed to not caring or …
Read MoreWe have used Hard Money Bankers for several real estate purchases. In each transaction, I found them to be competitively priced with a very high level of customer service. They understood the importance of meeting the transaction deadlines and they …
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Hard Money Bankers did a bridge loan on a new construction project for a real estate investor in Philadelphia, PA. The Borrower needed some money to complete the renovation of the project and HMB was able to fund the amounts …
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We like to call the big-fish opportunities “windfalls.†Unlike your wheelhouse, a windfall is that heavyweight business deal that flies through your doors at a moment’s notice. It’s an added bonus—a juicy profit you weren’t anticipating, but will welcome with …
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Chris and Jason are going over the results of a survey taken at our Meetup about what investors want out of a real estate group. The most important things to the people surveyed were being able to network with experienced …
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We all know what ambition entails. Yet few recognize the exceptional leverage that investing in it offers. For example, even though both of us had typical middle class upbringings, our ambitions led us to envision and realize a success beyond …
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Chris and Jason are talking about how to overcome your fear of marketing. Josh Weidman, head trainer of REI360.net, which is powered by Hard Money Bankers, recently said, “If you’re not marketing, you don’t have a business.” It’s the only …
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The key to getting the most out of your snowballs is strategic action and building your snowball now—not tomorrow or next year. Now. A snowball takes time to grow, especially during the beginning phases. It must roll down the hill …
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Hard Money Bankers funded this full renovation project for a real estate investor in Arnold, Maryland. The investor has a $80K construction budget and plans to fully renovate this property within 90 days to hit the end of summer market. …
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Chris and Jason are answering audience questions today. Some of you sent in questions, as we’ve been hoping you would, so thanks to RJ from Baltimore, David from D.C., and Ed from Buffalo. Their questions were about getting complacent when …
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