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Hard Money Profits Make hard money loans and you get a high rate of return on your cash. You have to do it properly to be safe, of course. You also need a lot of money to invest to do this.What are "hard money" loans? They are short-term loans (usually 24 months or less) made to real estate investors... Similar Editorial : by John Marshall. | Source : Real Estate Brokers License
Create Shared Water Frontage By creating shared water frontage you can dramatically increase the value of property. This can get complicated, but then that's why you won't have much competition.What do people buy when they can't afford a house on the lake or ocean front? They buy a home near the water with sh... Similar Editorial : by Andrew J. Morris. | Source : Minnesota Real Estate License
Systematic Poetry Techniques The Myth Of CreativityCreativity is somewhat of a myth. It isn't that it doesn't exist, but people's ideas about it are mis-informed. Many believe that to be creative is to come up with something completely new. There isn't an artist or inventor out there who has done this.Somebody had to write the first four-line verse or haiku poem, right? Now is everyone that uses these forms an uncreative copy...... Similar Editorial : by Gary R. Hess. | Source : Poetry Online
New Types Of Poetry There are many different types of poetry. I counted 50 on a quick search of the internet. You may have heard of Haiku and Limericks. There are the more obscure types too, like Terzanelle and Sestina. Learning different types of poetry though, isn't nearly as much fun as inventing your own, so here are some ideas about that.Types Of Poetry - Playing With StanzasWhat is a stanza? A division of a...... Similar Editorial : by Gary R. Hess. | Source : Poetry Online
Poetry Is For Writers What is poetry? The meaning is apparently difficult enough that my dictionary uses circular defining. "The art or work of a poet" is the first entry. The other two definitions don't clarify this much. I might define it as "The use of words in a primarily artistic (as opposed to informational) form."However you define poetry, a given poem often can't be enjoyed universally. This is because unlike...... Similar Editorial : by Terry J. Coyier. | Source : Poetry Online
How To Write Poetry If you want to know how to write poetry, the first thing you have to do is write some. It doesn't matter how it turns out. Your own mistakes will become your teachers. Your own writing will motivate you to greater creativity. Now, once you start the process, how do you improve it? Here are three tips.1. Use nouns and verbs more than adjectives. Which is stronger: "She was as beautiful as a flower....... Similar Editorial : by Terry J. Coyier. | Source : Poetry Online
Treasure Hunting Treasure hunting begins at home. People regularly find famous old books and valuable antiques in their attics, so get up there and look. One couple tore open their walls while remodeling, and found them insulated with thousands of old and valuable movie posters, put there by a theater owner in the thirties. The couple sold $200,000 worth of posters, the last I heard.There are many more ways to go...... Similar Editorial : by David Cowley. | Source : Hunting Tips
Treasure Hunting In Unlikely Ways We never thought about it as treasure hunting, but as kids we searched the bushes and alleys for empty bottles that were returnable for a deposit. Looking back on it, I realize that this is the essence of treasure hunting. We were never sure what we would find, but always hopeful that peaking into the next bush would reveal our "treasure." We were excited by our finds, of course, and eager to cash...... Similar Editorial : by Steven Gillman. | Source : Hunting Tips
Secrets Of Treasure Hunters It is true that treasure hunters know a few things the rest of us don't usually know. They are familiar with common hiding places where people put their valuables and money, for example. They know the usual locations for buried treasure. More generally, they know that we humans like to hide things far more often than most suspect, and that many of us die without ever revealing to a soul what we...... Similar Editorial : by Sandin Phillipson. | Source : Hunting Tips
Bass Fishing Without A Pole Bass fishing usually requires a fishing pole, but there are other ways, and that is what this story is about. A warning though: The techniques described here are almost certainly illegal wherever you go fishing. They were fun when we were kids though...Bass Fishing From A RaftWilsey Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known for its good smallmouth bass fishing. The swimming isn't that bad either,...... Similar Editorial : by Daniel Eggertsen. | Source : Fish For Bass
How To Have A Better Life Is it easy to create a better life? I don't know. Maybe even thinking about how difficult or easy it is means one isn't ready to commit to making it happen. Easy is such a vague word anyhow. What I can say from personal experience, is that it is possible to dramatically improve ones life in almost any area.Yes, big changes are difficult, but there are many easy steps in the process. Changing one's...... Similar Editorial : by Edward B. Toupin, Ph.D.. | Source : Postive Attitude
Probabilitism - Playing The Odds In Life Probabilitism? I just invented the word to describe an ideology of living life according to the odds, or more specifically, making decisions according to them. Life, after all, is all about making decisions, and we need some guide for making better ones.The most common explicit guide to decision making is morality. However, this only eliminates some choices, leaving us with a sub-set of acceptable...... Source : Balance Life
Why To-Do Lists Dont Work More than once I've found myself adding something I've already done to my daily list. I get to check it off then, you see. I get "credit" for all the things I've done. Whatever satisfaction this may give, it's also an indication I'm confusing effectiveness with just being busy. Do To-Do Lists Help?Of course it helps to write down meetings and events and necessary tasks. The problem is we sometimes...... Source : Inspirational Teacher Quotes
Self Identity: Who Are You? Self-identity? Who are you really? We identify with many things, but this is just a process in our minds. In fact, this identification causes us to suffer. Your favorite basketball team loses, and you suffer as though YOU lost. Your car is damaged and it feels like YOU are hurt. Somebody attacks who they think you are, and it is as though they could actually reach inside and poke at your true self...... Similar Editorial : by Gordon Marsden. | Source : Daily Inspirations
Music For Self Improvement Would you like to pop in a CD and have a better quality of life, and even self improvement? There are three ways you can use music to accomplish this.Music For MotivationPut on energetic music, and even doing housework seems less like work. Using music to motivate yourself or change your mood is an area where you can trust your experience and experimentation. When you find the music that energizes...... Similar Editorial : by Nicholas Alphonso. | Source : Daily Inspirations
Invent A New Product Just start with existing products or services and apply the existing principles and attributes in a new context. Its one of the simplest ways to invent new products or services... Similar Editorial : How To Survive A Plane Crash by Steve Gillman.