Real Estate Investing - 4 Steps to Moving Beyond the Fear

July 11, 2011 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

Do you find yourself fearful of getting started in real estate investing? Are you unable to take action because of uncertainty and doubt? You’re not alone. Here are 4 easy steps to moving beyond the fear of investing in real estate.

1. Group the Real Estate Investing Process into Bigger Manageable Pieces

One reason why you might be fearful and uncertain about moving forward as a real estate investor is that you feel overwhelmed with all the detail and unknowns.

When you start something new, it often helps to take the entire process and group it into a few (3 or 4 big pieces). The idea is that a 3 or 4 step process you can understand and grasp in one thought. A 19 step process is overwhelming and when you are overwhelmed you tend to freeze up.

I am not suggesting you oversimplify and not look at the details. I am suggesting that you group and then sub-group each group adding more detail as you get further into the process.

For example, maybe you break down investing into 4 parts:

a. Finding deals
b. Acquiring the property
c. Fixing the property
d. Selling the property

Then, go back through and break “Finding Deals” into 3 or 4 main parts and so on.

2. Walk through the Process in Your Mind First

Once you have the whole process broken down into neat groups, then take an hour or two in a quiet place to walk yourself the entire process. Visualize yourself finding deals and talking to the motivated sellers. See yourself getting financing and closing on the property and so on.

Notice any parts you feel uneasy about and write them down. Then write down what you know and do not understand about the process. Then go back and learn more about that before you visualize the entire process again.

3. Take the next step

Take the next step every day. Each day, just take the next step in the process of buying the house. This is not a race to get the end fastest. The first deal is your learning process. Take your time and work through each step like you visualized in your mind.

4. Minimize your risk

Eliminate the fear by deciding to only do a low or no-risk deal. I suggest that new investors start out wholesaling houses where they have very little invested in the deal.

By limiting your risk and knowing that you are only at risk for the $20 you put up as an option fee, you can move forward through the fear or remove the fear completely.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his Real Estate Investing blog or check out his Wholesaler Training website.

Real Estate Sotheby’s - Real Estate Sotheby’s Guide To Investing

September 19, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

Real estate Sotheby?s auctions are most popular for special type of properties such as the monumental or ancient properties. Sotheby?s is one of the world?s oldest auction houses. The Sotheby?s was founded in England in the year 1744 for auctions of scarce and valuable books and it is now most popular and its revenue has crossed $2.0b mark. The auction house has done a tremendous work to increase its revenue and profit in the last two hundred and sixty years and some of the expansion work includes the acquisition and mergers. In Manhattan, New York the auction house Sotheby?s has one excellent office.

There is a set procedure of auctions at Sotheby?s and you have to act accordingly to get your property listed for auction. If you are willing to sell your property or real estate you will have to contact the companies office and their representative and specialists who will evaluate the real estate and help you through the entire process of sale. Actually evaluation of the real estate is one of the complex procedures and is generally carried out by the experts and once your property is evaluated, a minimum bid price in consultation with you will be arrived at. Sometime the experts may not find the real estate suitable for sale and in such conditions it is not possible to auction the real estate, but is happens rarely.

If you agree to this minimum price of the bid, you may be asked to sign a contract and the auction procedure is initiated. You should go through the contract in details as all the terms and conditions including the reserve price, the commission and other sale terms are mentioned in the contract. The contract will be binding on you and you can not cancel it later on, so be careful before signing and if you have any doubt you may enquire it from the companies representative. The expert representative of Sotheby?s will also tell you the date and venue of auction. Further the minimum price bid or reserve price of the real estate should be carefully considered before actual auction and all other options should be discussed with the company?s representative.

If there is no bid above reserve price you will have to pay for the Sotheby?s for the auction and as it involves cost, you should carefully set a reserve price for your real estate in consultation with the experts. People do calculations carefully and take the experts advice twice before going for an auction. Therefore real estate Sotheby?s auctions should be carried out in such a way so that you get the maximum benefit from the auction and at the same time you need not go for another auction.

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Real Estate Sotheby’s - Real Estate Sotheby’s Guide To Investing

June 6, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

Real estate Sotheby?s auctions are most popular for special type of properties such as the monumental or ancient properties. Sotheby?s is one of the world?s oldest auction houses. The Sotheby?s was founded in England in the year 1744 for auctions of scarce and valuable books and it is now most popular and its revenue has crossed $2.0b mark. The auction house has done a tremendous work to increase its revenue and profit in the last two hundred and sixty years and some of the expansion work includes the acquisition and mergers. In Manhattan, New York the auction house Sotheby?s has one excellent office.

There is a set procedure of auctions at Sotheby?s and you have to act accordingly to get your property listed for auction. If you are willing to sell your property or real estate you will have to contact the companies office and their representative and specialists who will evaluate the real estate and help you through the entire process of sale. Actually evaluation of the real estate is one of the complex procedures and is generally carried out by the experts and once your property is evaluated, a minimum bid price in consultation with you will be arrived at. Sometime the experts may not find the real estate suitable for sale and in such conditions it is not possible to auction the real estate, but is happens rarely.

If you agree to this minimum price of the bid, you may be asked to sign a contract and the auction procedure is initiated. You should go through the contract in details as all the terms and conditions including the reserve price, the commission and other sale terms are mentioned in the contract. The contract will be binding on you and you can not cancel it later on, so be careful before signing and if you have any doubt you may enquire it from the companies representative. The expert representative of Sotheby?s will also tell you the date and venue of auction. Further the minimum price bid or reserve price of the real estate should be carefully considered before actual auction and all other options should be discussed with the company?s representative.

If there is no bid above reserve price you will have to pay for the Sotheby?s for the auction and as it involves cost, you should carefully set a reserve price for your real estate in consultation with the experts. People do calculations carefully and take the experts advice twice before going for an auction. Therefore real estate Sotheby?s auctions should be carried out in such a way so that you get the maximum benefit from the auction and at the same time you need not go for another auction.

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