Unless you've been hiding in a cave somewhere you know that the economy is in disarray. Gas, oil and food prices have soared through the roof and some of the biggest financial institutions on Wall St. have recently failed. Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac had to be bailed out by the Government. Heck, even some big banks have failed and then there is the real estate bubble burst to contend with.
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The beautiful thing about using private lenders for your real estate investing business is that you get to set the terms by which you borrow. But what terms will you set? It is necessary to design a lending program that will not only offer competitive terms to your private lenders but that will also meet your business's needs. What interest rate will you offer? Will you offer monthly...
A trust is one of the most potent tools available to the real estate investor. But if you're like most people you only have a vague notion of what a trust is and how it is used.
A trust is a legal entity whose sole purpose is to hold assets. Trusts can hold any type of asset, including real estate. A land trust is a trust designed for the purpose of holding real estate.
So what makes...
As a real estate investor and marketer a website should be an integral part of your lead generating campaign. It should be utilize to inform potential prospects about your services by detailing the ways in which you and your company can creatively buy their house. In addition, your website should be utilized to capture and follow up with leads.
So how should your website be constructed? It...
To find motivated sellers you have to look for them in the right places. It's sort of like fishing you want to go where the fish are biting and once you have discovered where they are biting you want to have the right bait on your line so that you can hook them and reel them in.
But first you must understand the mindset and characteristics of a motivated seller and what are the reasons that...
If you are new and are just starting out in the quick turn real estate investing game there are two concepts you will inevitably come across and have questions about. These concepts are "selling financing" and "subject to". Here is a quick review of both of these real estate investing strategies.
What is seller financing?
When you buy real estate using seller financing this simply means...
As a real estate investor and entrepreneur you must truly understand that you are in the business of marketing first and foremost. MARKETING drives the business. Your marketing's end result should be that it produces leads and prospects to whom you would inevitably like to present offers to and get them accepted.
The bottom line is your real estate business cannot survive without you...
Let's face it, there are a few advertising tricks that almost everybody in the real estate business knows about: business cards, fliers, classifieds, canvassing, cold calling, bandit signs, and internet marketing, to name just a few. A renegade is someone who operates outside of ordinary standards in order to produce greater than ordinary results. Being a renegade means both using such...
As a quick turn real estate entrepreneur one of your highest priorities for growing your business should be marketing. Obviously there is more to the business than just marketing, like negotiating and closing deals, but your marketing efforts are what drive the whole process by providing a steady stream of leads for you to negotiate and turn into deals.
All other things being equal, the...
With all things that are done intentionally as a real estate investor your education comes first. A real estate investing education is primary to your success in business, and in all circumstances there is an identifiable pattern of learning that leads from thought to action. When experiencing something new, first you hear about it or learn of its existence. Next you learn what it is. Then...
