By Gary Scott
* Part One: See below how to make $18,200
for a days work.
* Part Two: Learn a great nutritional
myth that can eradicate disease.
* Part Three: Look for some hot potential
profits under a cool sea.
Part One. Our messages often
look at profit potential in the tax lien business. This story sent
by a savvy reader exemplifies what this means in dollars in cents
as he made $18,200 in one day.
“Gary, Yesterday I drove from Saint Simons to Clarke County. Tax deed sales
are like thin snow in strong sunshine. They tend to disappear, so evaluating
them later is always better than sooner.
“Using my GPS I found the house I wanted
to see easily. Eight rooms, 3 1/2 baths, close to 2700 square feet,
built in 1997, and located in a quiet subdivision ten to fifteen
minutes from the University of Georgia.
“After viewing the house, I went to the
courthouse for the usual checks. That is where I learned the information
above and as follows. The house carried a standard 30 year mortgage,
taken out in 1997, for $166,300 at that time. This was likely 20%
down paper. In any case, the house was worth around $200,000.
“Tuesday morning at 10 am (March 7, 2006),
the house was auctioned off on the Clarke County courthouse steps.
I had called at 9:50 to verify the sale would occur. I don't think
I even bid until the price hit about $80,000 (perhaps I was not
awake until that level was reached, I wake up slowly). In any case,
I succeeded in purchasing the tax deed for $91,000. The other guys
who bid against me should never play poker (by the way, I hate
poker) because their faces were too easy to read. I had $67,000
with me.
“After a light lunch, I went to SunTrust
bank and borrowed $24,000. (I am back home today and will pay the
loan back this afternoon). I then looked up an address for State
Farm, drove over to that office, and insured the house. I then
paid the tax commissioner, having verified that the house was in
good condition and insured.
“I should point out several things about
how the tax deed process works in Georgia. All interested parties
are notified well before the sale, and ads are run one day a week
for one month in whatever newspaper(s) are designated as the legal
organ for the county. In addition, ten days before the sale, what
is known as the ‘ten day letter’ goes out by certified
mail, again to all interested parties.
“We are on the email list for two of the
three companies that conduct sales in Georgia. Public information
concerning county sales is available on the Web also.
“The twenty thousand dollars referred to
in the heading is the smallest profit possible. $91,000 was paid
for the tax deed on the house. By statute, if the deed is redeemed,
either by the owner or the mortgage company, the $91,000 will be
returned, along with an $18,200 premium, for a total of $109,200.
“If the house was not redeemed, the profit
would be much greater, as it can be sold for somewhere in the neighborhood
of $200,000.
“We had hoped for this to occur but we received
a call this evening. The mortgage company is buying us out for
the aforementioned $109,200. We only make $18,200 for a days work.
Grumble, grumble, you can't win them all!”
Learn more about tax
liens from a Ted Thomas course.
Join Merri, Thomas Fischer of Jyske
Bank and me at our next International
Business and Investing Made EZ course in North Carolina, this
May 26-27-28, 2006. Review where to invest and how to set
up a tax lien business overseas. Learn which markets and currencies
may be strong in the year ahead.
Part Two. Here is a wonderful
health tip from the Yatchaks of the Andes. Don’t drink water!
Merri and I lived with a Yatchak and his apprentices for an entire
winter.
We often to strenuous hikes into sacred valleys
and lived in huts. Here we are with the Yatchak some friends and
apprentices hiking in the LLanganatis.
During this entire time we were never given a
single glass of agua. Instead we drank herbal teas (at room temperature).
The Yatchhak explained that when we drink lots of water our bodies
become expert at eliminating it quickly. All we do is wear our
kidneys out.
Over those months we become more hydrated than
ever before!
When we drink non-caffeinated herbal tea, the
body absorbs it as food and hydrates the body.
Our friend, Dr. Bill Douglass, also debunks the
water myth in his ezine, Second Opinion and says: “GLUG!
Americans are drowning in a watery medical myth!
“Next time anyone pesters you to drink 8
glasses of water a day, turn the table on your tormentor with one
simple question. WHY?
“Know what? NOBODY KNOWS WHY. In the words
of a famous nutritionist at Penn State University, 'I can't tell
you...and I've written a book on water.'
“Maybe your kidneys need it? No, according
to a kidney expert at the National Institute of Health, the average
adult gets all the water he or she needs from solid food alone.
And, in fact, drinking too much water stresses your kidneys and
encourages renal failure!
“More water myths to flush away...
If you get thirsty, it means you're already dehydrated.'
HOW COULD IT? If this were true, every animal on earth would have
collapsed and died long ago. Have you ever seen a dog that drinks
when he's not thirsty? Of course not, he hasn't read the articles
telling him to drink until he bursts.
Drinking lots of water is good for your circulation. NOPE. In fact, drinking
too much water can dilute the potassium levels in your blood, raising your
stroke risk.
Coffee and tea dehydrate you. THEY DON'T! This tactic is designed to sell you
bottled water at a 1,000 percent markup. But bottled water's okay by me, because
the most dangerous myth of all is that...
Fluoridated water prevents tooth decay.' THIS
IS A DEADLY,
DISGRACEFUL LIE...
“First of all, the reverse is true. One
of the last cities in Europe to permit fluoridation was Basel,
Switzerland, and they just stopped.
“Why? Because after they started fluoridating,
kids' cavity rates increased. By contrast, rates in the rest of
fluoride-free Europe declined. So why, you may ask, did anyone
fluoridate in the first place?
“FOLLOW THE MONEY. Fluoride is a byproduct
of aluminum production and aluminum producers must dispose of it.
But this was a very expensive proposition prior to fluoridation.
Back then, the only approved uses for fluoride were as an INSECTICIDE
or a RAT POISON.
“So what did they do? I don't exactly have
a smoking gun (yet), but one of the first studies 'proving' the
anti-cavity power of fluoridated water was funded by the aluminum
industry.
“Fluoride makes your body absorb extra aluminum.
And where does the aluminum go? Your brain. And what metal shows
up alarmingly in the brains of Alzheimer's victims? You guessed
it.”
Of course that metal is aluminum. You can learn
more.
Learn shamanic and health secrets you can export.
Join Merri and me and our Ecuador on our Import
Export Expedition.
Join for this at El Meson de las Flores for this
expedition. Here is the entrance to our dining room there.
Part Three. Invest in water though.
Put more water in your portfolio instead of your body!
This interesting idea comes from a reader:
“Good morning, About fresh water shortages:
The "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam" has an article about
their findings that under the sea floors near many coasts there
are bubbles of fresh groundwater and further offshore moderately
brackish water . The bubbles could extend up to 100 km offshore.
This fact could constitute a cheaper alternative to desalinisation
plants. Brackish water yields fresh water at a considerable lower
energy cost. For more info contact Koos Groen of the Acacia Institute: j.groen@accaciainstitute.nl”
Keep your eyes open for companies that
can take advantage of this. Some countries have energy advantages
like Denmark which gets 12% of its electricity from windmills.
Some day there may be offshore water wells just like oil! Investors
who spot and get into this trend early will make the most.
Until next message good international investments,
global business and natural health to you!
Gary
P.S. Double your profit potential with
the MultiCurrency Sandwich. Details
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