by John Rowles

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Huff and Puff Your Way to a Fortune in Real Estate

Part 1: Get Your Head in the Game
BY DR. BEATRICE ROWLES, PHD, BSR, FUBAR

Filling up a plastic bag with propellant and and then squeezing the bag to force it into your lungs is the new, cutting edge way to stay positive about the Real Estate Market. Are you up on the latest?

“Huffing” — as its known — is the coolest thing since Twitter. If you aren’t killing a few hundred thousand brain cells before each showing with someone under the age of 50, then you are missing a golden opportunity to reach the red-hot Gen X and Gen Y market.

What You Need

Just about any air tight bag will work. Personally, I prefer the plastic bag from Wonder Bread.

Look for household and office products that include freon or compressed hydrofluorocarbons. I’ve had great results stealing the canned-air computer keyboard spray from my office’s IT geeks, but don’t let them catch you. Fortunately, I keep an industrial sized drum of Aquanet in the hatch of my Lexus SUV. That’s right, S – U – V.  “Oil is $140 a barrel!”, “Our Oil Based Economy is Unsustainable!”, “Al Gore is right!”, “A Gallon of Gas is $4!” these are the headlines that the Chicken Little press is using to scare us out of our SUVs and into a hybrid.

Don’t let them fool you into buying a Prius. Imagine what would happen if you got rear-ended by a semi with an industrial sized drum of Aquanet in the hatch of that tin can. Besides, according to OPEC, President Bush and Osama Bin Laden, it could be a lot worse. AND the Chicken Little press is wrong as usual: Gas is more like $4.25 a gallon. But I digress…

Of course, there are certain risks associated with inhaling propellant. Look at this way:  If you were able to look first-time homebuyers in the eye and tell them that house values always go up and a NINA was a great way to get into a home that was way beyond their earning potential, then you shouldn’t have much trouble ignoring the naysayers whining about brain damage and suffocation. In fact, contrary to what you read in the so-called “press”, you really won’t give a damn about the potential pitfalls of huffing while you are, in fact, huffing.

How to Get Started

Now you know how I stay positive and come up with column ideas, but don’t let your hip, tech-savvy, goldmine of Gen X and Gen Y clients peer-pressure you into starting off with a big Wonder Bread bag full of Aquanet your first time out. You don’t want to regain consciousness in Atlantic City with no car, ID, or shoes. Trust me.

Instead, set realistic goals and build from there. Consider starting with glue, like this:

Huffing is just the beginning

Did you know meth labs and grow houses sell like hot cakes? Its true!  Here’s the best part:  Since they are usually cash deals, these transactions are immune from the so-called credit crunch!

Next, in Part 2, I’ll show you how to really connect with those crazy kids shopping for the perfect property to grow weed or cook meth. Hint: They love it when you “get personal” and share your own family recipe.

Dr. Beatrice Rowles, CEO of Dr. Beatrice Rowles Real Estate Coaching and Bachelor Party Entertainment, is a performance artist and author of such books as “How to Make a Fortune Selling Real Estate Books Online”, which is available online.

Dr. Beatrice will be performing at Olympic Gardens in Las Vegas, Aug. 1-7th. There is a 2 drink minimum.