"When its raining, Do you see clouds or light?"

"Even when there is rain outside there is still light? Which are you focusing on today?"

We all have rainy days in our lives, finances, family but even when it appears to be raining there is always light as well. You have to force yourself to find it. Focus on the good...the light. Whatever you focus on will expand.

Valarie Jacobs
"The Real Estate Physician"
My Wesite

Maryland DC & VA Real Estate Investors "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff"

Last night I ended up being at my mom's house until late because I was waiting to pick my oldest daughter up from a party.

Well, as you know it started to storm. My mom suggested that the girls and I just stay at her house. I told her that I didn't mind driving in the rain but I could tell that she really wanted us to stay. I decided to stay.

Well just in case you don't have kids yet...the grand kids come before all. All parents get kicked to the curb for the grand kids. So as they went upstairs to their resort style rooms and flat screen tv's, I got my spot on the couch.

My mom gave me nice cozy sheets and pajamas for the couch and I proceeded to settle down. I noticed all the windows in the foyer and asked about the sunlight that might come in. She assured me that "The sun rises behind the house."and that wouldn't be a problem.

I went to sleep and noticed that I kept hearing "tic tic tic" "tic tic" "tic tic tic tic" every fifteen minutes. So at first, I sat up wondering if someone was trying to break in the house. Then I thought it might be some kinda clock. I found out later that my youngest daughter had previously used the canopy bed upstairs as a trapeze and now it was broken so everytime she moved on the bed "tic tic tic tic"

My new thing is,"Don't sweat the small stuff". So even though "tic tic tic" every fifteen minutes...no problem. I finally stopped waking up around 3:30am and fell asleep. At 6:15am the sun greets me with a great gleaming smile. I can't believe it..."I thought you were gonna rise on the other side of the house...aarrggghh!"

But my new motto is..."Don't sweat the small stuff" I give up at 6:45am and decided to do some internet marketing. I get up and go upstairs to the computer room making sure to tip toe...don't wanna wake anybody you know. I turn on the computer. "MY MOM DOESN'T HAVE WIRELESS!!!" Are you kidding me? Am I being punked? I didn't even know you could still use dial up.

Ok Ok...no problem. I'll just wait. 645am...not online 7:00am...not online 7:15am...not online 7:30...not online

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, so I text my dad. He says "No...you just have to wait" Ok no problem. I'll go make a bowl of cereal. It will definitely be on when I get back.

So I go down stairs for a healthy bowl of cereal. Let's see what my choices are: Frosted Flakes, Fruit Loops, Golden Grahams, Sugar Pops.... I found some Total great! I sit down with my Total Bran Flakes, fresh blueberries and ice cold milk.....yum...can't wait for my first bite. As the spoon settles in my mouth something isn't right....hey....yuck...omg I run to the sink. I immediately go and check the date on the milk. The date is June 3rd. "Why is that in the frig?!?!" (My mom told me later she uses it for cooking.)

I decided to just go back to the computer 8:00am...not online

8:15am - I'm online yippee.

8:20am Everyone wakes up bright eyed and bushy tailed from their wonderful refreshing sleep. My mom goes downstairs and makes homemade waffles with a choice of either blueberries, strawberries, nuts or bananas.

Why did I tell you this story?

One: Just to make you laugh.

Two: To encourage you to look at everything as a blessing. Look at this wonderful funny story that I can think about and laugh. Every experience that you have can be interpreted differently. Glass half full or glass half empty. I could have let all those things ruin my day and put me in a bad mood. Instead, I decided to write it all down so that I would not forget "The night I spent at my mom's" whenever I want laugh.

What experiences can you turn into something positive today?

Valarie Jacobs
www.valariejacobs.com
www.dmvreia.com
www.femalerealestatealliance.com

Alert: ALL Maryland DC VA Real Estate Investors - Watch this video!

DC/MD/VA Real Estate Investing and Training - DMV REIA Learn Real Estate Investing Strategies for Maryland, DC and Virginia at the top rated Real Estate Investment Club in DC, MD and VA! Meet fellow Real Estate Buyers and Investors near you! Come to a local Real Estate Buying & Investing Club to discuss properties on the market, contracts, mortgages and anything else about land and realty. We have training on the latest investment techniques. If you are not serious about making alot of m...
	Kris Kirshner "The Brown Truck Millionaire" Is Coming to DC MD & VA to Meet You! Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 9:00AM Who Ever Heard of the “Brown Truck Millionaire?” If making over $15,000 a month, part-time buying and selling houses using none of your money or credit sounds good to you, then you’ve got to meet the “Brown Truck Millionaire” Kris Kirschner at our meeting on Saturday June 6th . Kris is a former struggling UPS driver who fast tracked from driving a brown truck to wealthy real estate entrepreneur. After a lot of trial and error, he devised a fool-proof autopilot® complete real estate system that allowed him to quit his job and become a bona-fide millionaire in just 23 months buying, selling and holding single family houses using none of his money and none of his credit. Kris is different. He's not a pretend expert who wrote a book 20 years ago and never did the business, or did it so long ago it no longer matters. He not only talks the talk, he walks the walk. In fact, at the seminar you can listen in as Kris calls sellers live for P... Hilton Garden Inn Greenbelt 7810 Walker Dr. Greenbelt, MD 20770 9:00 - 1:00 See the full event details at Kris Kirshner LIVE at DMV REIA.
Check out what members are saying about DC/MD/VA Real Estate Investing and Training - DMV REIA: "Quality networking." - John Marion "Good information; it's not extremely large (yet). But expected when in a buyer's market. Personally I like the smaller groups because you get to know the players and meet most people (at least those that come on a regular basis). Past experience from other groups that started out like this one (say 1998) and then grew very large during the seller's market; those that you met when it was starting you are still in contact with over 10 years later and almost everyone from then are still in the business." - L Green "It's a good investment for the membership fee. There's a lot of good free information being shared and no pressure to buy something." - Eddie Bell "This was the first meeting I've attended and I really enjoyed it. You make a person feel comfortable and wanted. I look forward to attending more meetings and joining your bird dogging program. I began networking with other investors and got a lot of really great information and advice." - Ted Washington "They really try to help the small investor. They are NOT a bunch of pitch people. If you want to associate with a good group I would check them out." - Brian Ginter

Maryland, DC, and VA Real Estate Investor Are Making Money With Transactional Funding!

As foreclosures continue to rise, and as our members continue to tie up 20-30 new deals every day... what are you doing to get your piece of this market?

It will only last a few more years and then the play will change. Now is the time to flip foreclosure deals using No money and No credit of your own. You can be in bankruptcy and still you are qualified to use our CASH FOR A DAY funding program to flip foreclosure short sales, REO's and Wholesale deals.

The whole program will be covered tonight at 8:00pm EST at:

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Listen by phone this week at the phone number found at the site.

To watch or call in, go to the site and click on LIVE WEBCAST on the Menu bar right before the start time tonight.

Date: Wednesday April 22nd

Time: 8:00pm EST

7:00 CST

6:00 MST

5:00 PST

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DMV REIA Meeting

Location Change

The May 2^nd and June 6^th Meetings

Hilton Garden Inn Greenbelt

7810 Walker Dr.

Greenbelt, MD 20772

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The 14 best reasons to get involved with tax liens

• Your entire investment is 100% backed by the Government.


• It's secured by real estate with a 95% margin of safety.


• You earn a super-high rate of return that is not tied to fluctuations in interest rates.


• Your investments won't get whacked 50% to 80% when the stock market turns down.


• You can actually make more money during a recession.


• You never have to buy any properties.


• If you end up with a property (and you hope you do) it's free and clear and can be sold for huge profits.


• It can be done from anywhere in the world.


• There's next to no overhead.


• You don't have to hire employees.


• There's no recruiting your friends and family.


• You don't have to fix leaky faucets, evict tenants or any other conventional real estate headaches.


• You can start with as little as $300.


• And there is absolutely no selling.

DO NOT MISS THE DMV REIA MAY 2^nd MEETING!

What you will learn:

• What is a tax sale certificate


• The Tax Sales Auction Process


• The Tax Lien Bidding Process


• The Foreclosure Process


• Time Line for Tax Sales Ownership


• Specific Expenses of Tax Sale Investing


• Contact numbers and website for every county in Maryland to get tax sale dates

The information being given away this month is invaluable. You have no more excuses for why you can’t get involved in Real Estate. The guest speaker is selling NOTHING! He is simply coming to overload you with information that you can use tomorrow.

The Baltimore tax sale is in a few weeks. You will have complete knowledge on how to get involved in real estate tax investing.

Speaker Information:

Anthony Onwuanibe is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore. His practice focuses on the many areas of real estate, from settlement services, through his title company Golden Trust Title & Escrow, LLC, to tax sale and mortgage foreclosures. He has filed over 1000 tax sale foreclosure suits in the last two years and has worked very closely with local municipalities, individual homeowners, individual investors and corporate and non-profit investors.

Anthony Onwuanibe regularly conducts tax sale seminars throughout the State of Maryland. He has been featured in the Daily Record, a business and legal newspaper based in Baltimore and several other publications as a point of contact regarding tax sale and other real estate issues.

DO NOT MISS THE DMV REIA MAY 2^nd MEETING!

We anticipate a full house at the May Meeting. Please RSVP today at www.DMVREIA.com. We have already reserved a larger space; however, we want to make sure we have materials for everyone.

Do not underestimate the value of receiving such valuable information on a silver platter.

We are so enjoying working with all of you and look forward to all of our continued growth and success in this industry. We remember our motto "Where real estate investors work together for the success of us ALL!" whenever we are planning an event and we want our members to remember it as well when they are networking and looking for support from one another.