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  • 3 Factors That Can Make Or Break Short Sale Negotiations
    If you have been involved in real estate investing for very long, then you have probably heard of short sales before. A short sale is the term used for a transaction between a lender and a buyer in which the buyer pays a discounted amount for a property and receives the title and the owner of the property is not compelled t ...

  • 3 Fast Exit Strategies For Long-term Real Estate Investments
    As we’ve already discussed, part of successful long-term real estate investing is having an effective way to get out of the investment †preferably while generating wealth at the same time. Sometimes, however, you need to get out of a long-term real estate investment fast, which can create trouble for a real estate inve ...

  • 3 Risks That You Must Factor In As A Short Term Real Estate Investor
    Recently, I got a great deal on some property. It was literally pennies on the dollar. And it was not because I have great connections (although I do), or because I had a note on the property, or because I bought some tax liens, or even because the owner was in dire financial distress and had to take a huge cut on the prope ...

  • 3 Things You Must Factor In If You Want To Flip Short Sale Properties
    Short sale flipping is an extremely popular and effective way to invest in real estate in the short term in today’s market. However, there are some pitfalls in being involved in this type of real estate investing, and you must be aware of the legal issues and legislative regulations that are in place and are being put int ...

  • A Basic Introduction To Transactional Funding (transactional Funding, Part 2)
    In today’s lending environment, most lenders will not lend money for a transaction unless the name of the owner of a property is on the deed to the property. Lenders say that this is because they are attempting to prevent lending and real estate fraud. They say that it helps them insure that the property is actually in a ...

  • A Breakdown Of The Viability Of A Subject-to Transaction
    We have talked a lot about how subject-to transactions work, and you can probably see that they are a great way in any economy to buy and sell houses †often at a great advantage to you, the buyer. However, we have not talked a lot about how to evaluate the properties themselves †particularly in these unusual real esta ...

  • A Brief Review Of Short Term Real Estate Investing
    I have been investing in real estate for more than two decades, and I have seen some pretty amazing changes in the market during that time. One of the most interesting shifts that I have seen in real estate investing is the notion of short-term investing. Generally, the term â€short term investing†refers to flipping or ...

  • A Legal Loophole That Can Cause You Serious Subject-to Trouble
    One of the things that many investors find most appealing about subject-to investing is that their credit is not involved. From beginning to end, there is no investigation of your ability to pay, your credit history or your other outstanding debt.

  • A Major Subject-to Pitfall That Can Cost You Your Deal
    There is a simple question that you must ask every owner of a property who is considering selling it subject-to. It should be the first question out of your mouth, because the answer to this question will determine whether or not the deal can ultimately be closed.

  • An Introduction To Short Sales
    Short sales are a great way to make money by negotiating with lenders to get discounts on properties. In many cases, you can buy properties for literally half the price of the property, which means that even if you sell at a steep discount, you can generate a great deal of income off of just one property.

  • Bulk Reo Insights Into The Reality Behind Purchased Proof-of-funds Papers
    If you pay attention to real estate investing trends, then you probably already know about Bulk REO Investing. This type of investing is huge right now †both literally and figuratively. Bulk REO investing involves buying large numbers of foreclosed properties (Real Estate Owned or REOs) from banks or other lenders.

  • Buying Foreclosure Properties In Today’s Real Estate Auctions
    Real estate investors have been getting great deals on properties at bank auctions for years. However, in the past decade, the entire nature of the real estate auction has changed dramatically. I remember personally when a real estate auction was a subdued, simple affair with only a few people in attendance and the properti ...

  • Could Subject-to Transactions Become The Next â€conventional†Real Estate Deal?
    In the past, subject-to transactions were the height of â€creative†real estate investing and innovative real estate financing. After all, most of the people who were interested in buying properties did so in more conventional ways, by applying for a loan and then buying based on what the loan and their savings for a dow ...

  • Creative Real Estate Investing Through Non-traditional Lenders
    As a real estate investor, you are probably pretty clear on the value of having a source of private money and funding. Many real estate investors work very hard to develop relationships with private capital lenders so that they do not have to rely on traditional lenders like banks and mortgage companies.

  • Creative Short Term Real Estate Investing
    So by now you have probably heard a lot about creative financing. Generally, creative financing involves finding unique and flexible ways to fund a real estate transaction. These methods may involve unusual ways of structuring the deal, or simply finding new sources of funding for the transaction. Either way, creativity and ...

  • Dealing With "toxic-homeowner" Syndrome In Subject-to Investing
    Once you work with a homeowner to show them just how good a subject-to investing deal can actually be for them as well as for you, you may find that the homeowner becomes a little more demanding.

  • Dealing With Potential Sellers In Subject-to Deals
    Just as every real estate investing strategy is different, every motivated seller is different too. Of course, in one way each seller is different because each is experiencing a slightly different situation that is making them want to sell their house in short order.

  • Fact Or Fiction: Long Term Investing With Someone Else’s Money?
    I have heard the â€no money down†and â€invest with someone else’s money†spiel so many times that I almost did not write this article. So often, it seems like these are just great, attractive tag lines designed to sell a real estate investing course or get you pay for someone’s â€connections†so that you can m ...

  • Finding Buyers For Subject-to Properties
    At this point in time, you can definitely get some great deals on subject-to properties. After all, there are frankly just more out there that are decent values than any one real estate investor could ever handle.

  • Getting Creative With Subject-to Investing
    Bob is a real estate investor. He has been very frugal with his money and has had good results from the real estate properties that he has been investing in for the past decade or so.

  • Getting Started With Subject-to Investing: Finding The â€right†Motivated Sellers
    While many people understand the basics of subject-to investing, they may not really have a very good idea of how to get started on the process. Subject-to investing is actually pretty simple in concept, but many new real estate investors †or just investors new to the process †can easily get bogged down because this i ...

  • How To Deal With Creative Lending And The Lenders Behind It
    When it comes to creative lending, you are likely most familiar with the â€conventional†forms of non-conventional real estate investing: the subject-to deal, the lease-option deal and owner financing.

  • How To Flip A Subject-to Property
    Flipping and flippers are getting a bad name lately because many economists and a large portion of the general public blame the process of flipping real estate for driving prices up so high before the housing market gave out. However, you should not believe all the bad press you hear.

  • How To Line Up Qualified Buyers So That You Can Flip Properties
    In the last article, we talked about how you can still flip properties †literally overnight in some cases †in this economy. However, the key to this type of speed actually lies in your willingness and ability to network and set up buyer connections ahead of time so that when a good, qualifying deal arrives, all you ha ...

  • How To Spot A Good Short-term Real Estate Investment
    When it comes to short term investing, you need to look for properties with your end result †selling †in mind. However, just thinking of selling is not enough to help you spot a good short term investment in real estate. You need to think about several other factors before you start looking in order to insure that you ...

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