As it turned out, I was tied to the salon seven days a week.  Every weekend when one of my girls called in sick, guess who had the privilege of working?  Right… me.  I got to the point where I hated the business because of the insane hours.  I went for two years with hardly a day off.  I decided to sell the business and get my life back.

Around this time I met a man, decided to get married, have babies, and be a stay-at-home mom.  At 29, I had a baby on the way and life was looking pretty good.  But, things happen, and a year later I found myself with an eight-month-old daughter going through a divorce.  Life as a single mom had definitely not been in my game plan. 

As a result of a very messy situation, I now had no money, no car, no job, and $75 in the bank.  It was a bleak situation.  I had to borrow money from an aunt to buy a car so I could job hunt.  I desperately needed to go back to work, but the idea of leaving my daughter in day care, working for someone else all week, and then paying my hard-earned money to the day-care center was unacceptable.  This just was not a sacrifice I was willing to make!  I needed a new game plan and I needed it now! 

As fate would have it, around this time I met a group of guys who seemed to be leading a pretty leisurely life… golf every day, always traveling, constantly going out and spending money.  You name it, they were doing it.  Turns out, they were real estate investors.  I knew I had found the answer to my prayers.  Being a real estate investor would allow me the freedom to work from home and raise my daughter myself.  I learned as much as I could and went for it. 

I bought my first dump and went to town.  I became such a regular at Home Depot and asked so many questions that when the guys saw me coming, they would run the other way.  They knew if they stopped to answer “just one quick question,” I would keep them for an hour asking details about my next step of rehab.  I took all of the weekend classes they offered, learned what I could, and got my rehab underway.  I did all the rehab on the property myself: paint, tile, plumbing; you name it, I did it.  I started to see a light at the end of the tunnel.  The more I worked, the better my property looked. 

After the repairs were completed, I put the house on the market, sold it four days later, made over $20,000 on my first deal and never looked back!!!!!!  

When I worked my dead-end jobs, I would work all year long to make $20,000.  To make that in one deal, working from home, and having my daughter by my side was a dream come true.  I decided at that moment that real estate investing was for me.  I never dreamed it would turn into such an amazing career! 

As I began making a dent in the real estate market in South Florida, folks started asking me to teach them the secrets of my success.  One thing led to another and soon I was teaching nationwide. 

Several years ago, I was teaching at a three-day convention in Colorado when I met a great guy.  We struck up a conversation, went on a date a few weeks later and got married!  The funny thing is I swore I would never date an investor.  I figured I already “eat, sleep, and drink” real estate and didn’t want to spend all my free time talking about it as well.  God has a funny way of bringing you exactly what you need even if it’s not what you think you want. 

Along with Bill came two bonus kids, so now we are a family of five.  We spend our time teaching, doing deals, and spoiling the kids.  Folks, you never know what can happen by getting involved in real estate.  I now have money and a man … I can’t help you with men, but I can certainly help you make moneyJ.

After all these years in the business, I still love it.  I love to do deals and I love to teach new investors how to become successful.  Honestly, nothing gives me greater joy than to receive letters from students who have just closed their first deal and earned a huge check.  I get tears reading the letters I receive.  I am humbled that I have been placed in your life today so that you can change your financial future.

Keep your eyes and ears open and always be prepared for opportunity.  There are deals around every corner!

Dwan Bent-Twyford, who started a broke, single mom who had been fired from Denny’s now heads up “The Investors Edge University” - A company that specializes in training new and seasoned investors in a wide range of real estate investing techniques through live workshops, weekly webinars, a member site, and seminars.

Dwan is known as the “Queen of Short Sales”® and is considered to be the Nation’s #1 Expert on Short Sales & Foreclosures.  She has written two best sellers, “Short Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing” & “How to Sell a House When It’s Worth Less Than the Mortgage”.  She is highly sought after and has been featured on Fox and Friends, MSNBC, Naomi’s Good Morning, Colorado and Company, and many other TV, radio, and print medias.

In addition to being the Nation’s #1 real estate investing expert, she is a Christian, mother, wife, financial counselor for her church, and a corporate sponsor of Orrin Hudson’s “Be Someone” nonprofit organization – a program designed to keep kids off the streets by teaching them to play chess.

Her goal never changes – to make a difference in the lives of others!

God Bless & Wishing you the best of luck!

Dwan Bent-Twyford

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About Bill Twyford –

Bill Twyford, The King of Communication and co-founder of Investors Edge University, has been an extremely successful real estate investor for the past 15 years.  He recently co-authored a best-selling book – How to Sell Your House When it is Worth Less Than the Mortgage. 

With several thousand deals under his belt, Bill’s niche is teaching others how to master communication through Neuro Linguistic Programming, helping business people communicate efficiently and effectively, and often times altering the outcome of  situations. 

Speaking has always been a passion for Bill.  He has a captivating personality, coupled with a great sense of humour which keeps his audience not only interested, but entertained as well. 

Bill has had the privilege of speaking alongside Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, Tony Robbins and Suze Orman.  In addition he has been a featured guest on many TV and radio shows including Real Estate Investor Professionals Magazine and Creative Real Estate Magazine.  In addition, he has been a featured guest many times on AD Kessler’s Real Estate Round Table television show.  He has been speaking for REIA groups for almost 10 years as well as many other groups throughout the U.S. and Canada.  Most recently he was interviewed by Entrepreneur Magazine as an expert in the industry.

In an effort to educate the general public, Bill appears regularly on Colorado & Company, an NBC Channel 9 show, where he speaks to the people about their options other than bankruptcy and foreclosure.

 Bill has considered education in today’s real estate market a priority for individuals and families as well as investors.  He believes that integrity and accountability are paramount to maintaining a successful business.  As author of the best-seller book, “How to Sell a House When It’s Worth Less Than the Mortgage, Bill has strived to help families in distress throughout his investing career.  Bill believes that maintaining balance is important in everyone’s lives and strives to create a win/win/win situation in all of his business transactions. 

 Through Bill’s faith and dedication to the Lord, it’s his desire to not only reach Christians, but everyone and anyone searching for hope in today’s trying times. He takes his wealth of knowledge and shares it so that people can apply it and make positive changes to their everyday lives. Bill is a fun and motivational speaker. Having him as a guest speaker would truly be an asset to your event. 

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