This Issue: Change Your Life in Three Days

Recently I did something that was totally out of character for me. I always talk about taking chances - whether in business or in life -- and this time I really took a big one. I agreed to take part in a huge WWE wrestling extravaganza, headed up by an amazing man named Vince McMahon. He can put on a show the likes of which I’ve never seen.

For this so-called Battle of the Billionaires, a record 81,000 people filled the football stadium where the Detroit Lions play. Vince and I handpicked wrestlers to represent us in the ring. If his guy, Umaga, lost the match, I would shave Vince’s head. If my guy, Bobby Lashley, lost the match, Vince would shave mine.

These two wrestlers really went at it and, at the end of the evening, my man won. In front of all these people and the millions watching pay-per-view, I got to shave Vince’s head. (Later, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin came up and whomped me good. Talk about not fighting fair!)

It was an unbelievable evening setting records in every way from pay-per-view to television ratings to stadium attendance. Even the New York Times did a major piece on the fact that it was so successful and the job that Vince and his crew do is so unbelievable.

I’m glad I took the chance and decided to be part of it. Oftentimes, the risks far outweigh the benefits and the outcome isn’t worth it. But to be successful in life and business, you have to be willing to take chances to create wealth . Fortunately, this time around the risk paid off. The event generated a lot of buzz. It was a blast. And, most importantly, I got to keep my hair.

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An article in Wednesday’s Washington Post reports some very encouraging news. The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), a housing advocacy group, has raised $1 billion to help refinance the mortgages held by thousands of lower-income people who are at risk of losing their homes. The funding has been secured by CitiGroup and the Bank of America. My hat goes off to NACA and its backers in this initiative.

Still, it remains to be seen how far that $1 billion will go to combat a wave of foreclosures that yesterday's Home News Tribune describes as a “tsunami” in the state of New Jersey alone.

These are troubling times for many overextended homeowners. And property investors don’t have a very easy time either. It is a great time to buy foreclosed or soon-to-be-foreclosed properties. But who would want to take advantage of a family that is about to lose its home?

At least, that is the way many investors are thinking. Yet investing in foreclosures doesn’t necessarily mean taking advantage of disadvantaged people.

First, many foreclosures don’t result from economic hardship. According to different sources, between 2.5 and 4.5 percent of foreclosures result from divorces. There are also many commercial-property foreclosures that occur when owners simply walk away. There are also foreclosures that result when the owner of a property dies without heirs - or when heirs decide to let the mortgage-holder foreclose on a house. So the point is, you can look at the stories behind foreclosed properties - and there are many stories that have nothing to do with a family losing its home.

You can structure purchases to benefit the former owners. You can purchase a soon-to-be-foreclosed house and lease it back to its former owners. If the numbers work, you might be able to offer them a rent-to-buy arrangement that benefits both of you. Bear in mind that banks generally try everything they can to allow current holders of residential mortgages to remain in their homes - offering to extend the period of the loan to reduce monthly payments, for example, or offering other options. By the time a property is actually foreclosed, the bank has usually attempted to apply such remedies, and they have not worked.

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• Terrific differentiation. Unlike neighboring restaurants, Martin’s doesn’t just sell food. It sells experiences. If you stop to read the menu in the glass case outside, you’ll learn that JFK proposed to Jackie in one of the booths. Nixon and LBJ had favorite booths too. A spy used to sit in another booth by the bar and eavesdrop on conversations. You can dine in any of these booths. Now, how about proposing to your future spouse in Booth #3, where Jack popped the question to Jackie? How many other restaurants can offer you that? And the point is, Martin’s doesn’t make you dig for this information in guidebooks. It puts it right in front of you.
• Strategic segmentation and pricing. Members of Washington’s power elite can dine pretty reasonably (for them) on $27 New York strip steaks. But the restaurant also takes pains not to alienate empty-pocketed students from Georgetown University up the street, who can pony up just $11 for a burger or $8 for Welsh rarebit at dinner. Brunch, which is served daily, was drawing both tourists and sleepy-eyed undergrads on our second visit. There are also plenty of tastefully installed TVs above the bar where Georgetown sports aficionados can watch their beloved Hoyas. And of course there is a vast selection of beer, the most effective marketing tool yet devised for students.
• A terrific Website. Martin’s Website is packed with information about the restaurant’s history, about things to do in Georgetown, and lots more. In the “photos” section of the site, you won’t find those dopey pictures of lobsters and steaks that turn up on most restaurants’ pages. Instead, you’ll find lots of photos of the restaurant’s own employees at last year’s Christmas party. Those images do a great job of reinforcing the impression that Martin’s is run by friendly and caring people.