http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Alan+Cowgill Real Estate Alan Cowgill Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=164853&ca=Real+Estate This topic is near and dear to my heart. When I started my Real Estate career, I heard about the necessity of finding private lenders. In fact, I even found two. But then I stopped. For four years I PROCRASTINATED. I didn't get it!!! For four years I continued to go to banks and jump through their h... Finances Alan Cowgill Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=110699&ca=Finances This very possibly could be the most important article I have ever written for some of you. What do you do when you have cash flow issues? This can cripple your business whether your are an experienced RE investor or if your a beginner. In early 2002, I had hit the wall. A $10,000 a month negative c... Finances Alan Cowgill Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=120844&ca=Finances While speaking all over the nation, meeting thousands of real estate investors the past couple of years and getting asked these same SEC questions, I realized that there is a lot of confusion concerning SEC regulations Vs private lending. The confusion seems to arise because of the following: 1)Each... Real Estate Alan Cowgill Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=81117&ca=Real+Estate Let me ask you a chicken or the egg question... "What would you do first? a) find a great real estate deal or b) find private money to fund the deal Do you "Find a deal and then go find the money because it gives you the incentive to make it happen?" I answered just the opposite because having priva...