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strategies that produced like virtual cash machines (cha-ching) are quickly wan- ing in their effectiveness (uh-oh). The market is indeed shifting, and is quickly leaving those “analytics driven” investors behind. If you intend to survive as this market continues its metamorphosis, you’ll need to sharp- en your ingenuity and get back to the basics of driving a marketing and sales based organization. You’ll need to not only analyze leads, but create and close them. Your skills will be required to stretch far beyond running numbers and making faceless offers. Real estate is, and always has been to varying degrees, a people business. Well the people are becoming the focus, and not the byprod- uct. cease all investing and wait for the next cycle of low hanging fruit? Absolutely not! Quite the opposite, because we, and they, know when one door closes, another one opens – and open it has. As the quick-flipping type transactions slow down, these investors are now looking to allocate the money they’ve made over this past foreclosure boom into cash flow properties. Cash flowing properties are today’s gold mine. These investors are moving fast, too. They’re moving fast to beat the dropping cap rates. But with over 3,000 counties in the United States, you don’t think they’re just pulling out a map, plunking down a finger, and investing willy-nilly do you? Of course not! These are savvy I mean by THAT. This new market is one where the fast will beat the slow, REGARDLESS of the investor’s size. Hail to the little guy, we’ve got a fight- ing chance. Because the little guy has the ability to move fast, faster than the big guy, the little guys have an oppor- tunity they haven’t had in years. And, if the little guy moves fast enough, he’s not only got a chance, he’s got an unfair advantage. The faster he moves, the greater his advantage becomes. The ability to move and change di- rections quickly and efficiently is one point where the big guys will always be at a disadvantage. Those hulking institutional investors are positively sloth-like when it comes to the speed in The market is indeed shifting, and is quickly leaving those “analytics driven” investors behind. The good news is, the “first adopters” could come out on the other side more prosper- ous than before. The bad news (for those resting fat upon their laurels) is, in order to prosper in this shifting and emerging market you’re going to have to work. You’re going to have to work hard, and you’ll have to be very good at your work. However, there is a silver lining. The media hasn’t picked up on this shift yet. So, it’s very fair to say that the gener- al public hasn’t either. Now, if you’re starting to piece together the big picture, you’ll recognize that there is a huge insider’s opportunity here. Here’s what I mean… A small number of discerning, percep- tive and very successful investors that I have the privilege to associate with on a regular basis have confirmed my ob- servations. SHIFT is indeed happening. You didn’t think I’d lead you astray on that point, did you? Of course not! which they can respond to change. So, where are they going? You, the little guy who’s willing to put rubber to road, you’ve got a shot - one that you haven’t had in a while. You’ve got an opportunity; we’ve got an op- portunity. Since I thought you might want to know, I had my team over at Cash Flow Savvy put together a free report for you, The Top 10 Cash Flow Markets of the Emerging Economy. You can access it gratis by going to TopTenCashFlow- Markets.com. However, before you skip off to down- load your copy, I have another piece of good news for you - you’ll want to make note of this. We’re also (thankfully) shifting out of a market where the big has routinely beat up on the small. It’s been tough on the little guy, I know it. The bigger inves- tor, the institutional investor, has had an unfair advantage for the last several years. Well, as they say, what goes around comes around, and here’s what So, do you think these rather (very) successful investors are planning to Realty411Guide.com investors; they’ve got a plan. PAGE 85 • 2014 It’s in your hands now. So, will you sit and wait, or will you step up and grab it? v Matt Theriault is the founder of Cash Flow Savvy – helping investors like you move quickly in a changing market by providing access to his existing team and resources to assist you in acquiring Cash Flow properties with BUILT-IN equity all across the country. As prom- ised, get your free report that reveals The Top Ten Cash Flow Markets of the Emerging Economy by visiting TopTen- CashFlowMarkets.com reWEALTHmag.com