When I first started investing in short sales, I had one basic strategy. I would tie the property up with a 1-year option contract that gave me the right to market and re-sell to a 3rd party, and I would then list it on the MLS to find an end buyer who would pay more…
“You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table. There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.” ~Kenny Rogers, The Gambler This iconic Kenny Rogers song is notorious in…
The most popular (and easiest to understand) real estate investment strategy is certainly the “fix & flip”, which is simply buying a home that needs repairs, fixing it up, and then reselling it to a retail buyer/homeowner. While reality television shows may have made it the most common technique, tackling the renovation business is certainly…
Private Money is quite honestly the “Holy Grail” of real estate investment capital. There are a number of ways to creatively fund your real estate deals, whether owner financing, hard money…or just your good ol’ fashioned mortgage. But those funding sources can only take you so far, and don’t always fit into every deal. Some sellers don’t…
Some of today’s most prominent thought leaders espouse the idea that fear is the only thing keeping you from success. While that may be true in many people’s lives, fear oftentimes gets an undeserved bad rap. Fear is not always a negative thing, as it’s a mechanism used to keep us from doing things that harm…