8 Unconventional Tools that Could Give You a Hidden Edge in Real Estate: Facets of "Conscious Real Estate"

Ashland, OR: I was at a lovely dinner soiree with my dear friend and mentor Stanley Krippner and other luminaries, including Jean Houston. Guests were inquiring about my work in "conscious real estate" and how these concepts can be applied to the current real estate crisis.

Stan encouraged me to keep writing about this topic; he believed it has commercial value. I like to think of myself as someone who listens to those wiser than he. I agreed to write some today.

So, here is a brief compilation of some of the less than conventional approaches to real estate. Why do I consider them conscious real estate? Because they infuse a greater awareness, higher consciousness into one's real estate dealings.

Applying these techniques can help a buyer rent/or buy an ideal property, an owner sell faster and for a higher price, and for a real estate professional, i.e. investor or real estate agent, can enact a sale with greater satisfaction:

1. Dreams. Paying attention to one's dreams for clues or symbols to assist one with their real estate dealings. This could help cut through ambiguous decisions. I featured 10 interviewees who all had dreams that guided their real estate purchases, which were some of the most satisfying in their entire lives.

2. Astrocartography. The use of astrology, either Western or Eastern Vedic, to guide the process of where in the world to relocate geographically based on astrological factors. Astrocartography can help assess a particular property as well, whether it has beneficial or harmful astrological applications. For example, one astrologer I consulted when I had been living in Philadelphia (unhappily, I might add), recommended Phoenix, AZ as a "communication nexus" for me due to the two mercury lines that crossed through that city. I considered this in my move, and I made my first million at a young and tender age there.

3. Dowsing. This process involves using a divining instrument, e.g. a pendulum or two divining rods to aquire information about a property. For example, a talented dowser can walk a plot of land and based on the movement of the sticks can assess where water or mineral deposits are underneath the land. As well, the dowser can assess some disruptive energy lines as well, which might contribute to health disturbances should someone live there.

4. Remote Viewing. This is the use of the mind to gather information about distant locations without any direct physical sensory means. in 1994 in Faber, Virginia, I first met Joe McMoneagle, "Remote Viewer 001" the first covert agent who worked for various divisions of the US Government and private industry. Initially his work involved gathering intelligence about military bases overseas to locate weapons that could pose a public safety risk. Joe was speaking at the Gateway Voyage, a week-long group journey into exploring unusual realms of consciousness using Hemi-Sync(tm) a patented sound technology designed to faciliate nonordinary states of awareness. Joe served as an excellent example of what is possible, and how this ability can be trained.

5. Feng Shui. The ancient system of arranging the layout and objects inside and outside of a property for optimal flow.

6. House Clearing: Remote. I hired an intuitively gifted practitioner, Mami Wheeler, to assess a property at a distance, with the intent to clear less than optimal energies which she could apparently perceive. For example, one horse property that purchased as a result of a divorce of the seller and his wife--I placed three occupant buyers in the property, and each of them had to be evicted because of domestic disturbances. Mami assessed the property and determined some relationship disruptions and energetic disruptions which lingered in the home and continued to influence these buyers negatively.

7. Ritual House Clearing. The use of systems and ceremonies in person to clear a property of less than desirable energies and set a clear intention. Mami Wheeler provided protocols for a fire, sage, and salt cermonies based on Native American traditions. The properties we performed this ritual on appeared to attract buyers who raved about the "energy" of the property.

8. Intuitive Consultations. For example, I hired Gigi Van Deckter, a gifted intuitive strategist, who had consulted in the 1990s in the US and overseas to global leaders, including Bill Gates, CEOs of Sony, Sega, Atari, etc. I would provide her a list of properties, buyers, sellers, and she would provide strategic information on the spot that I incofporated into my decisions. For example, when I purchased a residence in Scottsdale for $3,000.00 down, she suggested I double check the roof on the NW corner of the property. This was later confirmed by a home inspection which revealed some roof deterioration. Had I not been aware of this issue, I could have suffered further water damage to the home.

This is a very brief overview. Future articles will focus on each of these techniques in further detail, including definitions, my personal experiences with them, their benefits and disadvantages, and how buyers, homeowners, and real estate professionals can apply them.

Please note, these techniques are no substitute for sound, rational, financial decisions. They are simply additional information sources to augment or assist you in your decision making process.

In many instances in the real estate world, we have a myriad of ambiguous factors to consider and an overwhelming haystack of information. These techniques of conscious real estate, applied properly, can help guide you to your optimal decision so you can achieve the greatest satisfaction in your decision making.

How to Grow a Business Relationship worth Millions (Part 1)

Take Calculated Risks

When I relocated in Arizona in 2001 I didn’t know a soul. Living in Philadelphia I felt like a fish out of water, so I decided to move. I was drawn to Arizona’s booming real estate market, booming real estate market, sunny climate, and exotic desert beauty.

Create some Buzz about Yourself and Your Business

Taking the plunge in starting up my real estate investing activities, I hosted a seminar at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library auditorium. I placed classified ads to attract salespersons who wanted to earn while they learn. Perhaps a dozen showed up. After my presentation where I shared my personal philosophy and company vision, I asked that those still interested meet with me. Several approached me.

Attract Qualified People to your Dream Team

One interested gentleman named Glenn seemed to stand head and shoulders above the rest in terms of his qualifications. He seemed overqualified. He ran several businesses including a bar and had plenty of financial resources. Glenn had a lot to bring to the table, so we decided to work together.

Looking at properties in foreclosure was our first order of the day. For a period of time I sent him hot leads and asked for him to knock on the door in an attempt to contact the seller and perhaps purchase their property.

Stay Open and Flexible to Evolving Responsibilities

This later evolved into his assisting me by doing legwork on properties. Properties I had purchased we would prepare the sales literature and signs, and he would drive out there and set up these materials.

Pay Your People Well and Keep Your Word

Over time, I had him sign on our behalf at real estate closings, when we were buying and selling properties. It is a common practice of savvy real estate investors to buy homes in a trust, for which it is necessary to appoint a trustee. Glenn would sign the paperwork to buy and sell a property as trustee for a reasonable trustee fee of approximately $50-75 per transaction.

Creative Real Estate Entrepreneurs: The Alternative Medicine of Real Estate (Part 2 of 2)

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So we are the alternative to the conventional system: we buy properties from clients who want or need to sell and do not wish to list their home conventionally with a real estate agent. And we resell these properties using flexible homeownership programs to clients who can’t qualify for a conventional bank loan, which requires perfect credit, a substantial down payment, and years’ of employment and tax documentation.

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Creative Real Estate Entrepreneurs: The Alternative Medicine of Real Estate Part 1 of 2

The conventional mainstream of Western medicine has its uses. If you break an arm and have a medical emergency, you need a “conventional” medical doctor at a hospital to set the break and make sure it heals properly. But there are times when the conventional system falls short, and let’s say you have a chronic pain that just wont go away and medicine and surgery don’t seem like options. Then you might opt for a complementary treatment like acupuncture, nutrition, and the like.

Alternative medicine has its uses when a medical situation just can’t be helped by conventional medicine or surgery. Acupuncture and nutrition can help someone with chronic pain Our health is one of our basic needs as humans. So is having a roof over our heads.

So no matter what is happening in the real estate market and what the media is saying about it, everyone needs a place to live. In the same way, with real estate, creative real estate investors work with homeowners who need or want to sell their home but don’t want to go the conventional route of listing their home with a real estate agent. Although they might net more money in the end, they end up paying a commission, and dealing with buyers coming through their house and the possible delays and problems that come with dealing with a buyer who wants to live in their house.

Most homes are still sold through a real estate agent. In the case of buying a house, buyers with excellent credit and can qualify for conventional financing and a traditional bank loan. These are the buyers real estate agents tend to work with because they just show the homes to the buyers and the buyer just gets a loan, easily as 1-2-3. The competition is fierce among real estate agents to work with these types of buyers. But there are other options… (continued in part 2).