In the 1980s and 1990s, a business phenomenon arose called "no money down real estate."  Its superstar was Carleton Sheets.  Remember him?  He was on late-night TV selling get-rich-quick schemes with techniques on how to buy real estate with no money down.  Carleton Sheets's infomercials were always wedged around some amazing product peddled by Ron Popeil, such as the Pocket Fisherman or his father Sam Popeil's legendary Veg-O-Matic, or my personal favorite, Popeils GLH spray-on hair.  I never did get a satisfactory explanation of what happens if that hair was caught in a rainstorm, so I never bought the product. But give Popeil credit.  Campy though it was, a lot of his stuff worked and still gets good reviews.  Carleton Sheets's instructional products were not as well thought of. First, if Sheets was making so much money selling no-money-down real estate, why would he give away his secrets?  Second, it seems...(Read Full Article)