Dana J Lange

Excuses Won't Make Me Money

Excuses won't make me money but there is something that will. Look behind every business idea and every product being sold. What are they attempting to do? "As long as I KNOW I'm going to make it happen (a deal, this business, whatever), whatever hold... Read >

The Power Of Focus- A Short Story

The Power of Focus Often time’s entrepreneurs have a million ideas running through their heads and we can forget about the power of focus. We find ourselves jumping from one project to the next with no clear direction. Days pass, weeks pass... Read >

Finding The Deal-Looking Outside Your Local Area

Investing in Markets Outside Your Local Area I have found that looking at markets outside your local area can be very profitable. Have you ever heard someone say how difficult their local real estate market is to "find a good deal". Perhap... Read >

How To Raise Real Estate Investment Capital

Why Your Rich Uncle Won’t Invest with YOU! Have you ever had a rich friend, uncle, or neighbor that will not open up their wallet to do business with you? There may be many reasons they refuse to do business with you. Let’s look at three common reaso... Read >

Commercial Real Estate - Profiting From The Cycles

Commercial Real Estate Investing offers bigger deals and bigger profits without bigger risks. There usually are not any emotional attachments and so pricing can be more fair and precise. Many investors don’t understand the power of commercial real esta... Read >

Sales - Everyone Has To Do It

I knew growing up I had no interest in becoming a salesman. Little did I know that everyone is a salesman. Everyone has to sell themselves and their ideas to the people they interact with. So it goes without saying, you might as well sharpen your selling ... Read >

Successful Real Estate Investing

Jobs and Real Estate – So What? Jobs and job creation are the life blood of any real estate market. Jobs provide the money to pay rents and mortgages. If you are looking to increase your cash flow from your real estate properties and in... Read >

How I Got My First Deal Done – And I Did Not lose My Shirt

My first deal sat the tone for my investing career. As investors we want to start out with success and leverage that success into a long and profitable career. I will explain how I got my first deal done and give you some tips for nailing down your first ... Read >

Creating Your Brand - How To define Yourself

In our information ready world you are either creating your brand or one is being created for you. If you are proactive and savvy, you can have access to great tools to help you define and promote an image of yourself or business that you create and contr... Read >

The 29% Solution - Stepping Up Your Networking

The book, "The 29% Solution" contends that you are only six connections from anyone you want to meet but only if you master the art of networking. As with many things in life, that takes real work, patience and practice. Have you heard that everyone in... Read >

The 4-Hour Workweek - Is it possible?

What if you had a 4-hour workweek but got paid for 40 hrs? Would that change your lifestyle?What would you do with all the extra time? Is a 4-hour workweek even possible? Timothy Ferriss shares some insights into his business and how he developed a bus... Read >

Money Management and Real Estate- An Investors Guide

The Art of Getting Money- From a Real Estate Investors Perspective As we grow and learn about money management and real estate I would like to ask a few questions. Have you ever looked in your library and found a book you read many years ago? Did it hav... Read >

Self Directed IRA - Growing Your Nest Egg

Aging Americans face two dilemmas - increasing taxes and low returns on investments. The Self-Directed IRA is designed for individuals to take control of their own retirement investing. As Real Estate investors, we take advantage of the Self-Directed IRA ... Read >

How to Make Better Decisions by Using Decision Criteria

Are you a linear thinker, making decisions based on logic? Are your decisions more like fuzzy logic? Do you throw darts at the options? Have you ever heard about “decision criteria?” No, “decision criteria” is not a foreign language. Don’t worry; there is... Read >