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So have you delved into the world of WordPress? It’s a pretty cool piece of software and by the looks of things, a lot of people are using it these days as the basis of their entire website. As I’ve gotten more acquainted with it, I discovered that there are “plug-ins” that allow WordPress to do some even more cool stuff, so of course I started adding.

That’s when the fun began!

Turns out most/many WordPress plug-ins want to see something called PHP5 running on your web hosting server. Fair enough, but it turns out my host and many others default to PHP4.  I called and asked my host to turn on 5, and found out, it’s not quite that simple!

Why was I surprised ? ; )

Thus I learned all about something that I should probably never taken the time to learn about, yet now that I do, I feel strangely like I’ve got one over on my computer, for once!!!! There’s a file in some website directories called the .htaccess file and to solve the problem, I needed to create one for my website and add one line of code to it. Voila! My website now runs PHP5!

In case you’re an uber geek and want to know what I did, here’s the explanation that I found:

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“By default Apache uses PHP 4 for .php extension. If you don’t want to rename all your scripts to .php5 you can do the following:
Create a .htaccess file and place the following line AddType x-mapp-php5 .php in it. This will tell Apache to use PHP 5 instead of PHP 4 for the extension .php in the directory the .htaccess is placed and all sub-directories under it.

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Now that I’m on a roll, I went ahead and upgraded WordPress to the latest version as well. I have to hand it to the WordPress folks, if you know how to access your web server using FTP, their directions to install and upgrade WordPress are very easy to follow! I did it without a hitch!!!

Kudos to the WordPress community!

Can you believe it?

On top of helping people clean up with mobile homes and land, I have been getting
a ton of emails from subscribers begging me to please do a full-fledged instructional
webinar on Forbearances, loan modifications, Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure, loan
abatements and even partial claims.

Because I’m working some of these kinds of deals myself, I finally decided to bring
in the nations foremost expert to do a closed door training session to a select few
people who have asked about this information and how they can use it to make money
in today’s downward spiral real estate market.

I wanted to invite you to a special live training call where you will learn you how make
$7,000 IN 7 Days when you follow 3 simple steps.  What we are going to teach you is
so simple and powerful that you don’t even need to be a 5th grader to make money.

Here are just some of the things we will cover:

* Cash-in on The Foreclosure Crisis
* How to get homeowners in foreclosure to call you begging for help
* One precise phrase that draws homeowners to you like a month to a flame
* Creating cash flow with forbearances, Deed In Lieu and loan abatements
* How to get the BANK TO PAY YOUR FEE-even when the homeowner is dead broke
* And Much, Much More

You must be on this call.

This call will be using a Webinar, video and audio!  You will be able to see slides
and take notes.  You will be able to hear me on the phone.  Isn’t technology great? ; )

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“3 Steps to $7,000 in 7 Days Stopping Foreclosure”

When: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Time:  7:00 PM Mountain Time
( That’s 6 PM out west, 8 PM central and 9 PM for folks on the east coast).

Click the link below or copy and paste the link into your internet browser to register
and get the call in details.

==>> http://www.shortsalemasters.com/mikefbacall.htm

You will also receive a handout that you can use to follow along during the training.
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To get on this closed door Webinar you must register in advance.  I promise this
will be an exciting and informative training session that you simply can not afford to miss.

Go here now to get the call details:

http://www.shortsalemasters.com/mikefbacall.htm

He has also prepared a special Ebook titled
“How to Make $13,571 a Month Stopping Foreclosure”
that he is giving away just for registering for the call.

I look forward to seeing you on the Webinar.

To your success,

Doug Ottersberg

P.S. If you are like most people you need extra cash in your pocket right now
and can’t afford to wait months and moths for a deal to close.  Get on the call
and learn how to make this worry go away right now.

To guarant.ee your place on the call and receive instant access to your fre.e ebook,
point your mouse below:

==>>http://www.shortsalemasters.com/mikefbacall.htm

Several folks have written to me to express their thanks for turning them on to different educational opportunities, and I wanted to pass on parts of our conversation because I think it may be helpful to those of you that will take the time to read this.

What do you look for in education?

Personally, I look for educational materials that I feel will be of benefit not only to me, but for my friends, clients and students as well.

As you might imagine, opportunities to acquire courses or go to seminars may not (ok, usually don’t) coincide with my current focus or schedule so even though It might not be used “right now” if I think it’s something I’m interested in and I want to take advantage of the offer, I will get it and stick it into the library. Since I have a regular habit of reading it will eventually get read. If I’m not interested, I click delete. It’s that simple!

I’m also the kind of learner that learns best “live and hands on” and I like to have the course for back-up and reinforcement, so I may jump on an opportunity and squeeze the seminar into my schedule

But what if they “sell” at the seminar?

Call me weird, I hope they do sell, because when I find something that interests me I want the person that’s showing it to me to let me know everything they know that helped them so I can have the opportunity to make a decision whether I want to take advantage of it or not. That said, if it’s nothing but sales with no content, believe me I’ve walked out of those events and made the most of it by taking the rest of the time as a mini vacation! Then I got a refund. <G>

How do you know what to get?

The way I personally do it is to listen to my “gut”, if it “feels” like something I “might” like and tweaks my interest, I’ll order it. Especially if it’s in a subject I’m already into or might like to be. When it arrives, I will go through it quickly skimming through the material and if I don’t like something, back it goes. You know if something is right for you and when it isn’t. And yet it doesn’t happen all that often that I send something back

What do you recommend?

As far as the things I recommend, I pretty much stick to things that are of interest to me and where the author is someone I know personally or belongs to my mastermind group simply because of the caliber of people that are members.  I believe that they will treat people right. When I get the feeling something might be good to recommend to my customers and friends, (and believe me there are plenty of things that come across my desk that I don’t) I pass it on because over the years I’ve learned something very simple about educational opportunities:

One deal alone repaid every single dime I ever invested in my education and then some. And some, and some, and some… : ) So I’m a big believer in budgeting at least 10% of our income on education. Do you? If you’ve received my simple financial plan and are using it, you know you should be!

And because just like I learned about real estate investing, I believe you should train yourself to say “yes, I’ll take it, unless I change my mind and I can always say no later” regardless of the opportunity

That’s why we have “subject to clauses” in real estate purchase offers, which in the case of other things might be called a money back guarantee.  I’ve said “no” first while wanting to “think it over” and have lost out on tremendous opportunities (super nice mobile home parks to name a few!) to someone else that had learned to say yes, get the deal tied up first, THEN look things through and think it over. If it’s not right for you AFTER you’ve looked it over, then say no and get out.

But I get so much email

I know, and I thank you for being on my list. Personally, I am on many different peoples lists because there’s NO WAY I could be aware of everything that’s going on and everything that’s available, so I look to others to make me aware, then give me an OPPORTUNITY once in a while. What I do with it is up to me. That’s why I pass on the ones that make sense: I never know what might be the thing that will make YOU your next million.

I don’t think you’ll ever go wrong when you follow my advice. It works for me.