Tigrent Inc. Bestows 2012 “Coordinator of the Year” Award on Melvin Jackson

Tigrent Learning continues to provide motivation to their training staff through recognizing excellence throughout Tigrent and Tigrent Inc’s family or resources and training. Here’s some news from a recent Press Release from the Tigrent Cape Coral office:

CAPE CORAL, FL (PRBuzz.com) – November 16, 2012 – Tigrent Inc. was pleased to announce today that Melvin Jackson II has been named “2012 Coordinator of the Year” by the Company. Affectionately known as “Mel” by Tigrent Learning students, Jackson achieved a nearly perfect rating in student’s classroom evaluation over the past twelve months, a most impressive achievement.

At Tigrent, Advanced Training Coordinators are responsible for the successful execution of all facets of the Tigrent Education events to which they are assigned. They take care of all the details freeing up the trainers to focus on providing instruction. Coordinators’ job duties include everything from securing copies of training materials and providing student service to curriculum consistency and training evaluation. Melvin is so highly regarded that he is often “fought” over by the Company’s instructors – which is a testament to his value.

Bret Charlesworth, Senior VP of Operations for Tigrent agrees, adding, “Our students love it when Melvin coordinates their classes. He truly cares about the students and their success.”

At the Company’s monthly Learning Symposiums, Melvin can be seen greeting all of the students. It seems that they all know him as well. Maybe it’s the inviting and memorable smile some say you can see from a mile away. Melvin has a knack for remembering where each student is from, where he has helped them before, and what they are up to in their current investing careers!

“Bottom line, Melvin just makes you feel important,” commented Tigrent’s Director of Education and Student Experience, Maite Benitez. “He affirms the students’ decision to learn to invest in real estate, staying right by their sides throughout the journey. He walks the walk and talks the talk, being a real estate investor himself. And he never stops. For example, he’s posting investment strategy and training tips online all the time!”

To read the complete Press Release, click here.

About Tigrent Inc.:

Tigrent Inc. is a leading provider of educational training seminars, conferences and services that help students become financially literate through its subsidiary Rich Dad Education and through its own advanced training course offerings. The Company provides students with comprehensive instruction and mentoring in real estate and financial instruments investing in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Additional information can be found at www.tigrent.com, or by contacting us at the Tigrent Cape Coral office.

Tigrent Explains 3 Exit Strategies for Maximum Profit

Once you’ve identified a property to invest in and the seller’s motivated, the next step is to decide what you want to do with it or what your exit strategy is going to be. Here, Tigrent talks about three common exit strategies that you could use.

1. 1.      Buy, Fix and Sell

The most common and quickest way to make money on a property is to buy it at a discount, repair and renovate it, and sell it for a decent profit. However, the important thing to know for these kinds of transactions is to not get carried away with the renovations and control the costs for fixing up. You can learn some great ways to make a profit on these kinds of deals when you enroll for our course on rehabbing.

1. 2.      Buy and Hold

Another common exit strategy is to buy a property and hold it while it appreciates in value. These kinds of properties are more profitable if they generate cash flow (i.e. rental income, for example) so that they are making money for you even when you are not selling them. There are, however, hidden expenses in cash flow properties that you also need to consider and discount for when crunching your numbers. Even if there is no cash flow, you could still enter into ‘buy and hold’ deals using other leasing and financing options that could make you money in the long run.

1. 3.      Contract Assignment

The third exit strategy is contract assignment. When you come across a property that does not fit into your investment strategy, but the seller’s motivated and you’ve done some leg work, there is no reason why you should come out of it empty handed. You could assign the contract to someone else, collecting a reasonable fee. Simply put, you don’t have to commit to it with a big investment, and yet you’re still making money coming out of it.

The real estate business offers a variety of strategies that you could try and work on. All you need is to be armed with the knowledge to identify the right opportunities and apply the most profitable strategy that you can. At Tigrent Learning, that is exactly what we teach you to do through our knowledge-based, comprehensive training programs.

To know more about the resources offered by Tigrent Enterprises and Tigrent Inc, just click here. You can also visit us at www.tigrentrealestatereview.com, http://financialmarkets.tigrentlearning.com or at http://realestate.tigrentlearning.com. Also, if you’ve heard about the alleged tigrent learning fraud or the alleged tigrent learning scam, or tigrent learning complaints, get the full story by contacting us directly right here

Tigrent Spells Out the Importance of Effective Communication

Tigrent Spells Out the Importance of Effective Communication

 The secret behind all successful transactions is the same—effective communication.

Communication means exchange of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information between people and is happening all the time throughout the world. Effective communication,on the other hand, means communication that is, well, effective. Effective enough to process the exchange of information in the way that it is meant to do. To help understand people or situations better, to resolve differences, to build confidence, and create positive environments, it is important to be armed with the skills of effective communication.Learning to be an effective communicator will help youexpress yourself and understand others better, leading to better relationships and better business.

So, we at Tigrent Learning are bringing you a series of articles from our extensive knowledge pool to help you understand, manifest and demonstrate these skills in your lives.

What is effective communication?

As mentioned above, effective communication is not just about exchanging information. It is about understanding the meaning and the emotions behind the exchanged information. In this day and age of information, we process a huge amount of information. Be it over the telephone, email, via texts andsocial media, we are always connected and always communicating. And, by becoming an effective communicator we can improve our relationships at home, at work and in social situations by connectingbetter with others,leading to better teamwork, decision-making, and problem solving. Effective communication skills enable us to even communicate negative informationwithout spoiling relationships.

The skills required for effective communication include listening attentively, understanding nonverbal communication, and recognizing and controlling emotions.

Effective communication skills—Listening

Listening is an important aspect of effective communication. Listening should not be confused with hearing. While hearingmeans understanding the words travelling from the speaker to your ears, listening meansunderstanding the speaker’sfeelings and emotions about what is being said.

By becoming a good listener you can:

• Hear as well as understand the speaker, which can help build a stronger connection between you and the speaker.
• Make the speaker feel safe and confident enough to express ideas and feelings freely.
• Save time by asking questions to clarify doubts and understand the communication clearly.
• Pacify negative/irate people. Most of the time people are enraged because they are not heard or are misunderstood. Letting people vent their anger and negativity paves the way for constructive problem solving of the issues.

 

Tips for effective listening

To be an effective communicator, it is important to be a good listener. While it comes naturally to some people, it can be mastered with a little practice by those to whom it doesn’t. The following tips, with just a little bit of practice, will make you a great listener, and make your interactions with people more rewarding and fulfilling.

• Focus fully on the speaker. While you use your ears for hearing their words, use your eyes to watch their body language for nonverbal cues. People communicate just as much with their bodies as with their mouths. With enough practice, you will become an expert at reading people, and hence understand them better. If you find it hard to focus on a speaker, try repeating their words over in your head. This exercise reinforces the communicated message and will help you concentrate.
• Avoid interrupting the speaker, or even just waiting for your turn to talk.It is difficult to concentrate on what someone’s saying if you’re just thinking about what you’re going to say next. Not only will you not be able to understand the communication, but your body language will give you away and the speaker will know that you are not listening.
• Avoid seeming judgmental. As often happens in a conversation, you may not agree with other people’s ideas, values, or opinions. However, to communicate effectively, set your judgment and criticism aside to better understand people. Unbiased, non-judgmental communication can give you great insights into people.
• Show interest in the conversation. Nod occasionally, smile at the person, and maintain an open posture. Encourage the speaker to continue with small verbal comments like “yes” or “uh huh.”

In the end, practice your listening skills as often as you can. The more you listen, the better you get.

To learn more about Tigrent, Mach Trader Software, Tigrent Cape Coral and Tigrent.com, just visit us at www.Tigrent.com. Also, if you’ve heard about the alleged tigrent learning ripoff or the alleged tigrent learning reviews, or tigrent reviews, get the full story by contacting us directly right here.

Interview with Tigrent Learning Attendee: Caroline Claydon

“Tigrent education has changed my life!”  – Caroline Claydon

Caroline Claydon’s life has been completely changed through the help offered by Tigrent Learning. In this interview, she talks about the success that she is now enjoying, and about the obstacles she had to overcome along the way. She has been able to leave her 9-5 job, and has complete freedom now to work when and where she feels like. Read more from her interview here below.

 If I could summarize my Tigrent journey in 60 seconds or less, it would probably be: “Fast paced, huge learning curve, but very very exciting, with so many opportunities to do a number of deals at the end of it, and all of your goals and dreams have been achieved.

 The biggest obstacle I had to overcome for signing up for the Tigrent training:  First of all fear that I couldn’t actually do the training. Secondly, the money and the price tag that comes along with training can scare people off, but really it’s important to invest in yourself and your education before you’re investing money in the markets.

 Tigrent education has changed my life way beyond all recognition!

 What I would say to anyone that’s considering attending a training course with Tigrent : Leave your fear at the door, and just throw yourself into it. Anyone can do this; anyone who’s got clear goals and good mentorship and the knowledge behind them, can achieve any goal that they set out for themselves.

 Is there anything I’d do differently about training? I just wish I would have known about it years and years before I ever signed up for it, because I probably could have retired at the age of 25 instead of 35.

More about Tigrent:

Tigrent Education and Tigrent Learning offer excellent resources for ordinary people with a desire to break out of their normal work routines, and build their own business through real estate and other avenues of investment. For more information, contact the customer service office of Tigrent Cape Coral, Tigrent Learning Canada, or just visit Tigrent’s main site.

Tigrent Explains How A Real Estate Broker Who Can Make You A Pro

Tigrent Gives a Forecast on Foreclosures

The future’s uncertain. Going by the demand and supply rule of economics, it could go either way in the next couple of years. Here’s why.

Changes in Supply

Ever since the robo-signing issue caught the attention of the public in 2010, banks have been reluctant to foreclose on defaulted loans for fear of lawsuits arising out of illegal and unfair documentation practices. However, an agreement has been reached, as recently as February this year, between the Attorney Generals of 49 states (barring Oklahoma) and the big 5 banks, i.e., Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial wherein the banks have agreed to shell out $26 billion in exchange for protection from future lawsuits. Post this agreement the banks have now aggressively renewed their foreclosure actions. If the rumor mill is to be believed, then eight more banks could possibly enter into a similar agreement, further hiking the foreclosure rates in the country.

Changes in Demand

With the economy in a much better state than the previous year, real estate sales (both foreclosure and non-foreclosure) have been on the upswing. And, with the demand going up, prices are also going up. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) quarterly report for the first quarter of 2012 supports this information, wherein there has been a substantial jump in the number of metropolitan areas (74 out of a total of 146) where home prices have gone up, compared with just 29 areas in the fourth quarter of 2011. With an increasing graph such as this, it can be assumed that prices will continue to move upward.

Therefore, it will be interesting to observe over the next couple of years whether prices go up with growing demand, or whether they come down if there are more foreclosed properties than there are buyers for.

To learn more about Tigrent Learning, Tigrent Enterprises, TigrentInc and Tigrent.com, just visit us at http://financialmarkets.tigrentlearning.com, www.Tigrent.com or at http://www.tigrentlearning.com/. Also, if you’ve heard about the alleged Tigrent Learning Reviews or the alleged tigrent learning scam, or Tigrent complaints, get the full story by contacting us directly right here.

Looking for a Good Deal? Let Tigrent Help!

So, what is a good deal in real estate? Basically, any deal that makes you money on your investment is a good deal. And how does an investment make money for you? There are two ways that a property can get you great returns on your investment: by generating cash flow and/or by appreciation. Let’s look at both these ways in a little detail.

Cash flow means the income earned from a property after taking out the expenses incurred on it. For example, if the net annual income from a property that cost $50,000 to buy is $5000, then the return from that property is 10%.

On the other hand, appreciation of a property is determined by many factors, like the location, neighborhood, economic conditions, etc. If the economy is on the upward swing, then it can be assumed that the property will also appreciate. So, if the property’s value grows based on other properties in the area and a positive economy, then it can be assumed that the property’s value will continue to increase year on year.

Appreciation also comes in two forms. One being market-driven appreciation as discussed above, and the other is forced appreciation. Forced appreciation is where you add value to the property by making changes and modifications like a fresh coat of paint, an addition of a room, remodeling a bathroom or the kitchen, etc. By making physical improvements to the property, you’ll bring its value up to its true market value.

Supposing that your initial investment in a property is $50,000 that covers your down payment, repairs and other costs, what would make it a good deal for you? The answer to that would depend on the annualized returns from your investment by way of cash flow and/or appreciation. Say, that in this particular investment, you generate an annual cash flow of $5000, and the property also appreciates by $5000 in the year, then you would have made $10,000 in one year on an investment of $50,000, which is more than just a decent profit at 20%.

So, when you are faced with an investment option, it is always best to do some number crunching to determine the potential returns on it before deciding to go ahead.

To learn more about Tigrent, Tigrent Cap Coral, Mach Trader Software, Tigrent Learning Canada and Tigrent.com, just visit us at http://realestate.tigrentlearning.com, www.Tigrent.com and www.tigrentrealestatereview.com. Also, if you’ve heard about the alleged tigrent learning fraud or the alleged tigrent learning scam, or tigrent learning complaints, get the full story by contacting us directly right here.