We may be the “worst ever” Phans but…

Welcome to Philadelphia! Home of the worst sports fans ever, right? As a native Philadelphian, I can tell you that I've done my fair share of griping, booing, and screaming at hundreds of home games…Phillies, Flyers, Sixers, Eagles (we call them the Iggles here..), Phantoms, Soul…

I've also done my fair share of hoping, wishing, gnashing my teeth…and being the eternal optimist (of course the Flyers can score two goals in a minute and forty-five seconds!) but we ALL do this for our favorite sports teams, don't we?

Watch this video of South Philly's own Monty-Gee on our local news to get an idea of just how excitable we get when it comes to our sports teams here:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=6466836

We Philadelphians are dedicated and loyal fans, no matter what the rest of the country thinks about us! We love our Phils, our Flyboys, our Birds!

Now the business lesson…

In Philly we *expect* production out of our highly paid sports stars! In fact, they get paid whether they perform or not and that just pisses us off!

We fans pay top dollar for tickets. We fight the traffic, we sit stuck in the parking lot for an hour after the game, we pay $7.50 for a beer…When we don't get the performance we're paying for, we complain loudly about it! We expect "those in charge" to listen to us, too! And when they don't listen we call sports radio stations, newscasters, go to games and complain loudly! We boo, we jeer, we hiss! We hold up homemade signs that say "You Suck Insert Sucking Hero's Name Here!"

Eventually, "management" starts making different decisions – it may take a few years, but eventually things change…and we get closer to a Cup, a Ring, a Bowl… If management doesn't change, the owners eventually change the management (hear that Andy Reid?) and a new era rushes in!

Phils Win! 1Million Fans Gather!

By the way, this behavior is not just relegated to sports! In the next handful of days, many of you will be getting your brokerage statement by email, or by regular mail. You know…the performance of your retirement fund, your 401(k), your IRA, your Mutual Funds…Heck, even your savings account! This month, have the nerve to open your statements – study them, do an honest assessment of what's working and what's not - don't just throw it in the mail pile and hope it gets better! It's your retirement that you're ignoring! It's your family legacy, and it's your quality of life! And remember, just like the Sucking Sports Star gets paid whether he performs or not…your Sucking Fund Manager gets paid, too! Let him know about it immediately! You expect and deserve more, and you should have it!

You should also have the skills that are required to take matters into your own hands! You just need the financial education – I know you value your education…after all you've pursued your academic education, and you've pursued your professional education. And it's paid off for you in spades probably, too!

Now it's time for you to prepare yourself for these "troubled" economic times. Many people will offer you some "hope" during these times, while they try to pick the last few bucks from your pocket (a well diversified portfolio of mutual funds). Well, I say that it's high time you knew what questions to ask them, what steps to take, what models to follow, what vehicles to use, what pitfalls and mistakes to avoid.

On Tuesday November 4^th (Election Day) at 7 PM I'll be live at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in King of Prussia teaching my 7 Step Wealth Building System that can get you out of the Rat Race and onto the Fast Track of Wealth QUICKLY! No matter what direction the economy and the market is headed in! You'll leave with the knowledge, information and confidence that you need to easily navigate these turbulent economic times. Plus you'll also have the tools to dramatically increase your income (by $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, or even $10,000) every single month!

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Congratulations, 2008 Phillies! You showed up! You stepped up! You delivered the goods! Now, you've won our hearts! It's not too much to ask for a repeat in 2009, is it?

Your Real Estate Success Coach,

Jim Canale

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P.S.S.S. In case you think I forgot…Happy Halloween!

White House Tells Banks To Stop Hoarding Money...NOW!

The article below is just one more reason why you should be at my FREE Two Hour Real Estate Lifestyle Training Event at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 4th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in King of Prussia, PA or on Wednesday, November 5th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ.

While you’re there, I’ll give you an action plan that will get you plenty of money in your bank account in 30 days or less!

Drive, fly, take a train or swim if you have to! I’ll also have my banker, Mike Basjek there to explain how to use today’s banking environment to your advantage. You don’t want to miss this! Read this AP Wire news article to understand why *NOW* is the best time to get some Real Estate in your portfolio ASAP!

Register online right now at http://www.realestatelifestyle.com/liveevents or call us now at 866-522-2621. Let me personally teach you how to prosper, while everyone else suffers, in today’s so-called economic crisis.

I’ll see you there!

Your Real Estate Success Coach,

Jim Canale

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White House tells banks getting federal aid to quit hoarding money and start lending it
Tuesday October 28, 4:11 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An impatient White House served notice Tuesday on banks and other financial companies receiving billions of dollars in federal help to quit hoarding the money and start making more loans.

"What we're trying to do is get banks to do what they are supposed to do, which is support the system that we have in America. And banks exist to lend money," White House press secretary Dana Perino said.

Though there are limits on how much Washington can pressure banks, she noted that banks are regulated by the federal government.

"They will be watching very closely, and they're working with the banks," she said.

Anthony Ryan, Treasury's acting undersecretary for domestic finance, made the same point in a speech in New York before financial executives.

"As these banks and institutions are reinforced and supported with taxpayer funds, they must meet their responsibility to lend, and support the American people and the U.S. economy," Ryan told the annual meeting of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. "It is in a strengthened institution's best financial interest to increase lending once it has received government funding."

Said Perino: "The way that banks make money is by lending money. And so, they have every incentive to move forward and start using this money."

There has been some evidence of easier lending, Perino said. But it's not enough to calm stock markets or help small businesses that depend on a free flow of credit, not just to expand but to maintain operations through making payroll or financing inventories.

The government is making efforts on several fronts to thaw the frozen credit markets and combat the worst financial crisis to hit the country since the 1930s. But so far, the efforts have shown little in the way of results. Libor, the London Interbank Offered Rate, a key goalpost for international lending, edged down only marginally on Monday and still remains at elevated levels.

The Federal Reserve began a program Monday to purchase the short-term debt of businesses, known as commercial paper. This market has been frozen since the collapse of Lehman Brothers spooked credit markets last month.

Under the authority of the $700 billion financial bailout plan approved by Congress and signed by President Bush earlier this month, the administration also plans to dole out $250 billion to banks in return for partial ownership. The Treasury Department, which is overseeing the massive capital injection program along with the rest of the bailout, will pour $125 billion into nine of the country's largest banks this week. Another $125 billion will go to other banks.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said the money was aimed at rebuilding banks' reserves so that they would resume more normal lending practices. But reports then surfaced that bankers might instead use the money to buy other banks. Indeed, the government approved PNC Financial Services Group Inc. to receive $7.7 billion in return for company stock and, at the same time, PNC said it was acquiring National City Corp. for $5.58 billion.

Officials have said that there are few strings attached to the capital-infusion program because too many rules would discourage financial institutions from participating.

Is YOUR 401(k) Getting KO’d?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day at 8,579! This is what's known as Time Travel for Investors…Unfortunately, your time machine is going in the wrong direction! Close to 5 and a half years of the blood, sweat and tears that you put into your 401(k) have disappeared! The DOW last finished this low on April 28, 2003 when it closed at 8,582! So what can you do when over five years of your retirement savings disappear?

We're told to keep putting that money away while the stock market tanks (On October 12, 2007 the DOW closed at 14,093 – Just a year later it's lost close to 40% of its value AND your money!

General Motors is trading at its 1958 stock price! Are $3,000 Chevy's next? I think not!!!

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The great "financial guru's" out there are saying that you should keep on saving your money! Keep working hard…this will all blow over! Someday! In the meantime, banks are literally dropping like flies! (IndyMac, Washington Mutual, soon Wachovia, and 27 other banks in 2008 alone!) To put this in perspective only 10 banks had failed in the US between 2002 and 2007! Can the FDIC possibly handle all of this stress? Should you really keep your money there? I'm not!

Still the government says "trust me" we'll give you Social Security and Medicare…Seems that ain't happening either, since all the privatization plans were counting on the big Financial houses to invest the money for us! Well we all know how that story is going…

So what should you do? Will you ever be able to retire? The truth is that *everyone* is confused! That's why *everyone* is running scared! But you don't *have* to be like everyone else! Not if YOU learn some strategies that will allow you to control your financial future!

Head on over to www.realestatelifestyle.com/myfuture and find out how you can join Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the NY Times Bestselling Book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad for a weekend of strategy and skills that will allow you to change your personal financial destiny. I'll be there, too and I hope you'll join me!

Don't stick your head in the sand…take action before it's too late!

Best,

Jim Canale

Too much of a good thing

It's a good thing "No one can do what Countrywide can" or they'd be getting sued by California and Illinois, too!

Turns out they were deceptive to borrowers (allegedly, of course) about the risks of getting a subprime loan. That they encouraged "serial refinancing" (sounds like a horrific crime, not a lending practice!) and that they didn't tell their borrowers that their subprime payments would "explode" (their words, not mine...and they don't sound too ‘non-biased' to me)!

Apparently, they weren't just ‘misleading' the crappy credit borrowers, either! Turns out Countrywide is turning into the scapegoat for all things lending.

Certain states are even getting upset (read: pissed) with the option ARMS as well. You know these – the borrower has "such good credit" that the options exist each month on whether they want to pay interest only, principal only, P&I, or PITI (principal, interest, taxes, and insurance).

Just when I thought those two Bear Stearns employees were gonna have to take the rap for the Subprime meltown (they were indicted last week)...Countrywide steps in.

But at least there was a little planning on Countrywide's part! They've ok'd the takeover of their company by Bank of America (you know, the one that advertises "Higher Standards"). Turns out it was B of A that gave the founder of Countrywide the first $75k he needed to start the company back in 1969!

So now Congress has a new head to mount on their wall. Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo.

And the Attorney General for the state of California will ensure that "No one can do what Countrywide can".

Wonder who's next...


Your Real Estate Success Coach,

Jim Canale

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Is it Armageddon already?

Why the dramatic subject line? Is the world really coming to an end? Let's review some 'current events' and you can be the judge:

First up for review is the fact that commercials are being run on television in Stockton, CA by lenders in the area stating that if a homeowner is in foreclosure, the lender will pay the homeowner up to $1,000 NOT to destroy the home before the sheriff comes to kick them out.

The lender's paying the homeowner not to tear up the joint. Savages!

Next up? The Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion of the World was declared this week. THAT made headlines? We're facing the largest credit crisis in history and we're forced to read about someone's ability to stick up their fingers and win a trophy???

The real reason Armageddon is nigh? Tyra Banks won an Emmy for "Most Informative Talk Show". 'Nuff said.

There's a point to these events, however.

Your focus dictates your direction in life. If you go through looking at trivial matters, at comments people make about how you can't succeed in real estate, at things which won't generate leads or get you closer to the closing table...you'll never truly become the Real Estate mogul we talk about each week!

Eliminate distractions in your office, your home, your life...and begin today focusing on what truly matters most – living the Real Estate Lifestyle you deserve!


To Your Real Estate Success,

Jim Canale

PS – To hammer the point home, Tyra once said, "I close my eyes while driving and just sing along. I always open them again in time." And she's got an Emmy sitting on her mantel. Makes you wonder what constitutes "Most Informative", huh?

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The chickens have come home to roost!

Ever heard of "Operation Malicious Mortgage"? If so, you're either 'up' on your current events, or you're one of the 400+ people in the real estate industry who've been indicted by the Justice Department for mortgage fraud.

How so, you ask?

These folks lied (let's be honest) about their income or assets, forged documents, inflated appraisals, or lied about the property being purchased for "Owner Occupant" use.

Wait – you mean all those people who bought 5 properties in a month as investments and then told the mortgage lender that they intended to live in each one of them and then the appraiser all said they were worth WAAAAAY more than the HUD-1 said at closing and when the lender gave them a 90/10 no doc ARM...

...you mean all that was against the law???

But, isn't that what most "gurus" said from stage was OK to do because they were doing it to???

And now the chickens have come home to roost.

The good news to all of this? That you don't have to worry about the FBI knocking on your door because you listened to me when I told you that this stuff would come back and bite them in the ass, right?

I guess some times it pays to listen to the folks who are actively buying property with integrity instead of those who just pay lip service to it all (and judging from how hungry the FBI is to get these guys...sounds like they're going to pay more than lip service!)

About time...

 

Your Real Estate Success Coach,

Jim Canale

 

Keep Score!

I expect a certain amount of mindless drivel when I read newspaper articles. I've even posted recently about how the media claims the world is coming to an end, that we're running out of everything, and how the filthy rich are to blame for most of it!

It's the alarming new stories I read each day about how children are not allowed to play sports which "keep score" or "have winners and losers" that really makes my blood boil, though. How does this apply to you, my friend? Lemme 'splain it to ya…

Kids who are taught NOT to keep score will assume that's real life and grow up thinking that way:

• That their check ledgers for their checking accounts don't need to be kept up to date. (Isn't that just another way to keep score?)
  
• That the lender won't do anything more than tell them to "do better next time" when they're late with their mortgage payments.
  
• That profit in any form is a bad thing and that for one person to succeed, someone else had to fail.
  

The fact of the matter is that no one has put a fence around the moolah you can make in today's Real Estate market! No one has staked their claim saying, "This is all mine and you can't have any of it!"

The cashola you receive from properly buying and selling a property in pre-foreclosure (for example) is the direct result of the attention to detail, discipline, and know-how that you put into getting the deal in the first place!

• The seller didn't have to lose anything (in fact, you probably kept them from losing their home AND losing sleep over it, right?)
  
• The lender didn't lose anything except a non-performing asset.
  
• The closing attorney, title company, etc didn't lose anything (rather, they gained more business by handling the paperwork).
  

And of course YOU didn't lose anything either – you gained in experience, profit, and helping your fellow man all at the same time!

(And as an aside – that whole "everyone should be equal and share everything?...Yeah, that's Communism in case you didn't recognize it – and it's been proven not to work.)

So I urge you, dear reader to keep score! Make sure you come out on the winning team, that your business is a winning investment of your time and energy, and that you create winning situations whenever you can! (With the exception of your competition, but we'll talk about that next time.)

To your unbridled success,

Jim Canale