Perhaps you find yourself in this position or one similar: your bills are spiraling out of control; mortgage payment late with foreclosure looming. Car note is late. Insurance premium due. You find yourself playing catch up on your bills every month. Your financial woes are compounded by the fact that you cannot adequately provide for your children with some of the simple comforts of everyday life. This frustrates you. To make things worse, your relationship with your spouse is contemptuous at best. And finally, to add insult to injury, you’re working at a dead end job with no hope for advancement. The fact of the matter is that the number of days in the month outnumbers the number of dollars in your pocket book. You’ve got to do something quick. Erase the pain. Stop the bleeding. You think to yourself, “Boy, how can I get out of this mess?” You are not alone in this scenario. I’ve been there and so has many other people around the world. This is global.Starting a home based business can be the solution to your money problems. You’ve thought about it for some time and have come to the conclusion that you are going to give it a try. Will you make it is your biggest concern. Well, the truth of the matter is, with the right home based business, you can make it. However, this decision comes with some major concerns that must be addressed. The last thing you need right now is another problem. While the earning potential of a home based business is endless, you must be able to answer all of these questions:Where do I start? How do I find the right business? How much money do I want to make and how fast? Is there an initial investment? Are there marketing costs? Is there a one stop shop that can do all of the above?The solution, however, can be found in the answer to the last question – is there a one stop shop that can do it all? Well yes, there is. Here are three items to consider in your search for a home based business and that one stop shop that can do it all for you.Consideration # 1. Take a good look at yourself. What do you do really well? What are your special skills/strengths? Is there a business out there that caters to these strengths? The answers to these questions will help you find the home based business that best suits you. Keep in mind that in your present state of affairs, you’re looking for relief, not stress. You will want to partner with a team that caters to your strengths and are already achieving the kind of results you want.Consideration # 2. You will want to know how the team goes about getting customers for the product or service you’re selling. Does the team show you how to get customers or are you left on your own. Keep in mind that it does not matter how great the product or service is, you’ll make no money without customers.Consideration # 3. You will want to make sure that the company has earnings potential for long term residual income. While the recruiting of distributors is important, you’ll want to make sure that the company’s products or services generate new customers everyday over and over. You’ll want a product that can be sold online and offline. The product should speak for itself and be reflective of the highest quality.As you make your final decision on a home based business, set high expectations and demand that they are met.
Selecting The Top Home Based Business
As the economy has continued to decline and more people are looking for means to make ends meet from home, there have been countless opportunities that have grown from home businesses and cash flow. The internet has provided an incredible and sound logic behind how to make a living and keep life moving in regard to financial security and longevity. As such, one must be careful and diligent in selecting the top home based business.The very best method of determining the very best home based business is to determine what skill sets are already known. Quite often, there are home based business options available for just about any skill set. From this point, the question of what one wants to do becomes vital as well.As it turns out, internet marketing has lead to one of the most incredible forms of profit in the industry today. Countless companies are turning toward the internet in order to provide internet consumer sales numbers which is actually relatively easy to begin. When attempting to build this home based business, one should seriously consider internet marketing as a strategy for success.In order to be successful, one must have a solid business plan. With internet marketing, there are countless opportunities available which all provide incredible opportunities for profit and success. This plan should involve both short and long term goals that are readily attainable and easy to follow.One of the best plans to follow in establishing an internet marketing company is by joining an already established marketing company. This allows anyone the ability to gain solid and foundational experience which is incredibly important for branching out on an independent business venture.Upon beginning this business venture, one may need to consult with a professional that has been in the business and has had great success. Gaining valuable insight into this incredible field is a very solid and foundational approach to beginning the business and making it a success. This could also provide referral business as well.Once these very basic principles are established, a key ingredient to a successful home based business in internet marketing is credibility. As one could imagine, this market has become incredible prolific and flooded with countless web sites and marketers that often provide much of the same skills and products as any other small business owner on the internet. Establishing solid credibility and incredible customer service will help set any internet marketing company apart from the others.
The Real Estate Industry Needs Green Education to Revitalize Current Markets
I am not practicing real estate right now but even I see that the real estate industry and all affiliate industries need market transformation and they need it fast. I can remember the days where life was good when I was a real estate agent. Working on 4 and 6 active contracts a month. Attending 4 to 6 home inspections, helping buyers with financing options, meeting mortgage lenders and coordinating everyday 4 and 6 transactions a month. Then getting paid. Then, in the middle of all of this I had 4 and 5 buyers to work with and 3 or 4 sellers who wanted market analysis on their homes. Who ever said agents in the residential and commercial markets don’t work hard?
Try a schedule like that. Now, try to picture all of this gone. Can you imagine a world where an agent shows a buyer 20 and 30 homes, and they don’t buy or even with great credit the lender turns them down?
Try picturing the fact that agents are doing this for 4-6 buyers? Can you imagine writing contracts and having back and forth communication on situations that you know will not work? Sellers painting on the agents recommendation just to have a home sit and sit. Builders who have land that is not developed? Paying taxes while you can’t pay your contractors and your support staff is dwindling. Agents advertising with their own money and houses just don’t sell? Did I mention you, as an agent, pay $2000 a year to stay in the business, for incidentals such as license renewals, ads, association and MLS dues and continuing education credits? How about the loan officer who keeps trying to refinance people and can’t get them a loan? Think of the home inspector who waits for the agents to write business. Everyone is hurting.
Is there any end in sight? Is there anything that can turn this around? YES!
Now I have another scenario for you. You are a buyer or seller of real estate. You want an agent who is green certified to help you understand green attributes in homes. You want to put your home on the market or buy and want your agent who is also your friend or relative to help you. They tell you they have a certification 6,000 have and been green certified by Green Real Estate Education. They like the fact that they only had to pay $99 to learn of what energy efficiency and green these issues have to do with the home you may want to buy or sell. In the current economy, they didn’t choose to spend hundreds or thousands (and neither do you) to learn about energy efficiency so you respect their budget conscience mindset. Can you already see the value in working with this agent? This Certified Real Estate Professional has been trained to assist you to understand how you can keep your utility bills low and have a healthier indoor air quality. That agent works with 2 or 3 ( GCHI’s ) Green Certified Home Inspectors. They have 2 Green Certified Mortgage Professionals (GCMP) who know of ways to finance energy efficient upgrades or special loans for newer energy efficient homes.
This agent likes working with buyers who also want a utility bill that is only $500-$1000 a year. Sparking interest already? You hear that green building ideals offer healthier indoor air quality. Interesting. You find a home that has an Energy Star, Environments for Living, Green Build or LEED green certification. Priced the same as other homes, that home has a low utility bill and energy efficient systems and utilizes solar and is in the perfect area too. What will you choose?
You call a Green Certified Real Estate Agent, a GCREP and say, what can I do to help my home sell in a year or so? They come by, recommend you replace all light bulbs with compact fluorescent or LED products that are much more efficient and paint with non toxic paint, add healthy and efficient insulation. Aren’t these suggestions a bit different than the normal advice. They also have that certification 6,000 have across the country.
In the years to come, you may not want to sell now but that Green Certified agent, inspector or mortgage professional has taken his or her level two certification to learn even more and offer advice that you get an energy audit, and from the results they suggest you upgrade the widows, insulation, the roof and you don’t want to get a second mortgage. They begin to tell you about the state offering a program with PACE concepts. What is PACE you ask? Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs are designed to allow property owners to install energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water efficiency projects and repay those costs as a line item on their property tax bill or utility bill (depending on state law and local options). Wow, half of my family members are in the construction industry and out of work, what a great way for them to have work. Are we thinking job creation? You didn’t even know about this. Thank you for green real estate education.
Stimulating the real estate industry is possible. I do not feel this has anything to do with democrats or republicans. A clean energy economy reduces our dependence on foreign oil. Energy efficiency concepts will create jobs. This is not new to other countries, and we need an economic stimulation NOW. So I will ask again, can green education transform the real estate industry? What do you think?