Private Money For Real Estate Investing - Get Confident - Get Flexible!

December 7, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

What?s so great about having private money for real estate investing? Have you ever looked a fantastic deal square in the eye and had to walk away because you weren?t in a position to move on it? If so, ready access to private money could have made the difference.

Having a reliable supply of private money for real estate investing gives you two things you need to be super-successful? confidence and flexibility. Let?s see why?

First, imagine that your marketing is working like it should, and you?re getting calls from highly motivated sellers anxious to get out from under their property. Further, let?s assume you?re already in the middle of a deal or two, and you have, say, a quarter of a million dollars tied up for the next few months.

You get a call from Mr. Gotta Getoutnow, who has already moved and is shouldering two huge house payments. His vacant house, valued conservatively at $190,000, is costing him a cool $1200 each month? and he hasn?t lived in it for 6 months! He?s willing ? even anxious - to let it go, if you?ll just cash him out of his mortgage to the tune of $132,000.

Unfortunately, your marginal credit rating won?t permit another loan, your cash is tapped, and your house is already mortgaged to the hilt for those other deals you?ve got working. How much confidence do you have on the phone with Mr. Getoutnow? My guess? not much! But how much could you have if you knew you had access to a half million or so in private money for real estate investing?

See the difference? I thought so!

Now, when you get his call, instead of hemming and hawing about some nebulous ?creative acquisition techniques? you?ve used successfully in the past, trying to impress him with your vast knowledge and experience, you simply tell Mr. Getoutnow, ?I?ll be right over,? and off you go to get the house under contract. You have the confidence to do this because you know, comfortably resting in your hip pocket, is all the private money for real estate investing you could possibly need!

What about flexibility? How does private money for real estate investing give you that?

The answer is in the options private money for real estate investing gives you. Let?s face it, the number one stress inducer in real estate ? other than tenants ? has got to be obtaining financing and working with lenders. Why? Because they want so much freakin? information, that?s why.

If you?re like me, you can?t stand filling out all those forms banks ask you to fill out. What could they possibly need all that information for anyway? I mean, come on. It?s a loan, here?s the property, it?s worth $150k, I need a loan for $100K, what?s the problem? When you have private money for real estate investing, you don?t fill out forms!

Not only that, but what?s up with those lenders having to hammer my credit report every time I get a loan? First there?s an inquiry, then they add the loan to my list of debts, so the whole world knows my business. I?m definitely NOT down with that. Now that I have all the private money for real estate investing I could possibly need, there?s no hits on my credit report, and nobody ever sees the debt listed. I don?t have to worry the next time I go to apply for a car loan that I?m going to have to answer a whole bunch of stupid, embarrassing questions. I?m a happy guy!

Heck, I?m just about the most confident, flexible guy in town, thanks to my ability to raise private money for real estate investing! I can?t say this strongly enough?

You?ve got to figure out how to get some of your own!

For more information, and a more in-depth article, visit Private Money For Real Estate Investing on my website.

Now, go make more offers!

Crush The Biggest Obstacle to Your Success in Real Estate… or Anything Else! Download my FREE report HERE!

Tom Dunn is a successful real estate investor and author of the popular DealFiles Real Estate Investor Stories free newsletter. You are welcome to share this report, unedited and in it’s entirety, with anyone you like. You may not remove this text. ? 2007 by Tom Dunn. Website: http://www.dealfiles.com e-mail: tom@dealfiles.com

Real Estate Investing is a Sorting Business

November 27, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

I am about to tell you a partial truth about real estate investing; I will tell you something about investing in real estate to give you specific way of looking at your real estate business, but its actually not 100% true. Afterwords, I will tell why it is not really the truth. So, without further dealy, here it is…

Finding deals as a real estate investor is sorting process, not a sales or convincing process.

Why would I say such a thing? It is to help you understand how to think about the part of your business where you are trying to find deals.

Finding deals is all about sorting prospects… having people contact you, or you contacting them and, through a series of questions, finding out if there is a situation you can solve and get paid for.

It is NOT about selling every homeowner on accepting your offer or otherwise doing business with you.

The first time, you talk to a truly motivated seller (and not just someone with a house for sale), you will understand what I mean by it being a sorting process.

Your are just sorting through all the sellers and houses for sale for the ones that have a unique situation that you can solve.

Now, I will share with you what the untruthful part of what I said earlier is… buying houses is a sales process.

It is about selling yourself and your business to the home owner. Why should they do business with you? What solution and value can you bring to their unique sitation or problem?

The difference I am trying to point out is that you are not trying to convince EVERY seller to sell to you. You are merely trying to find motivated sellers by sorting them out from all other sellers and then selling them on you and your solution.

I hope that helps those getting started in real estate investing with a good big picture concept of what you are really doing when you are out there finding deals.

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.

Real Estate Investing Tips

November 26, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

Many people seem to attracted by the mirage of real estate investing, but most of them usually fail in this business. You an never get rich over night, but this is something few people consider nowadays. Everyone wants to succeed and keeps on speaking about real estate investing, but only some manage to finally win the battle of making lots of money.

Does it ring any bell? Yes, you are right. It is very much like struggling to loose weight! The concept of weight loss is very simple. You just have to burn more calories than you ingest and your body will react accordingly. Unless you have a medical disorder, this formula works for just about anyone. the weight loss industry has offered us thousands of ways to make it easier. Many of these solutions do work, but they only work if you also do some work on your own.

In many persons’ opinion, knowing the caloric content of different foods is relevant. Also, knowing the carbohydrate content is relevant. Having the advice of a physician, dietician and personal trainer will help you prevent injuries and make the most out of your hard work!

The same way happens in the real estate investing field. You need an attorney or real estate agent to assist you with constructing the offer and the paperwork will make it easier. You can go out and make hundreds of offers to motivated sellers and find a good deal. However, having information about how to solve the seller’s needs and construct an offer will help. Both real estate investing business and weight loss are simple, but neither is easy. It takes a lot of work!

nevertheless, if you are willing to work hard and take a lot of consistent action, an expert or program will be more likely to provide you with more results. If you bought a book, course or program and already have results, another program, course or book will likely give you tools to get more results. Many people have experienced success with some real estate programs, but the truth of the matter is that a lot of them are not succeeding for the first time.. They are most often people who have already been successful, and, with the use of some tools, became even more successful. So, find your own way to success! It is always better this way, trust me!

About the Author

Are you looking for a competent, experienced, Real Estate professional to represent you in the purchase or sale of your Real Estate Tri City WA home, land or building? Visit right now Tri Cities Real Estate ; Kennewick Real Estate .

Real Estate Investing is a Sorting Business

November 12, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

I am about to tell you a partial truth about real estate investing; I will tell you something about investing in real estate to give you specific way of looking at your real estate business, but its actually not 100% true. Afterwords, I will tell why it is not really the truth. So, without further dealy, here it is…

Finding deals as a real estate investor is sorting process, not a sales or convincing process.

Why would I say such a thing? It is to help you understand how to think about the part of your business where you are trying to find deals.

Finding deals is all about sorting prospects… having people contact you, or you contacting them and, through a series of questions, finding out if there is a situation you can solve and get paid for.

It is NOT about selling every homeowner on accepting your offer or otherwise doing business with you.

The first time, you talk to a truly motivated seller (and not just someone with a house for sale), you will understand what I mean by it being a sorting process.

Your are just sorting through all the sellers and houses for sale for the ones that have a unique situation that you can solve.

Now, I will share with you what the untruthful part of what I said earlier is… buying houses is a sales process.

It is about selling yourself and your business to the home owner. Why should they do business with you? What solution and value can you bring to their unique sitation or problem?

The difference I am trying to point out is that you are not trying to convince EVERY seller to sell to you. You are merely trying to find motivated sellers by sorting them out from all other sellers and then selling them on you and your solution.

I hope that helps those getting started in real estate investing with a good big picture concept of what you are really doing when you are out there finding deals.

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.

Time Is Money For Real Estate Investing

November 12, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

A popular phrase is that time is money. I’m sure you’ve heard that - right?

Well let me ask you something, if time is money, then how are you investing your time in your real estate investment business? Is it a profitable investment?

Are you doing things that will bring a return on your investment or are you wasting the one equal resource among all of us? With so many opportunities available to us, sometimes it’s easy to get caught up watching what everyone else is doing instead of minding our own business. See, as a real estate entrepreneur you must constantly be on guard to always respect and honor your time.

So, allow me to go over the areas that you should be investing your time. These areas are the most important areas for you to see real growth in your real estate investment business.

First, you should focus on your marketing systems to continuously bring you leads of motivated sellers every single month that will beg you to buy their home. The marketing of your business is the lifeblood to its growth. As you are first starting out, you may have a limited budget; therefore you must focus on low cost, direct response strategies to get people to act immediately. Then, as you complete a few deals, re-invest a percentage of your profits back into your business for marketing.

Next, you must focus on building relationships. Everyone that you meet may know of someone that you could help out. When you think of building relationships, think about the people that see motivated sellers all day long and work to build alliances with these people as they can refer you business every single month. After all, many of these businesses are advertising and it’s impossible for them to assist everyone that comes through the doors. For example, if you develop a relationship with a mortgage company, they could refer you leads of homeowners that are in default that call trying to refinance before they are foreclosed on. You could by their house to stop the foreclosure. See, these types of loans are almost impossible to do and you could be helping the mortgage company by taking care of their customer. And as a result, you’ll get repeat business.

The next area I want to discuss is mastering the art of negotiations with motivated sellers. You must first learn to build rapport with each seller before talking about any numbers relating to the house that you’re looking to purchase. It’s a proven fact that negotiations will go better for you if the party likes you. So, find an in that you can talk about with the seller, then slowly move into talking about the house focusing on a solution for the pain they are going through by owning the property.

Finally, last and certainly not least, your exit strategy becomes one of the major pieces to this puzzle that you must master to creating big paydays. Many times this can be a tougher area to crack because all your focus has been on how to acquire the deal and not on how to sell it. Just look at most real estate forums and you’ll see everyone wants to focus on the latest, greatest way to acquire a deal. Master your exit strategies and create a systemized approach to getting out of deals in record time.

So, if you want to grow your business to where you are doing 1-2 deals or more per month then you need a system that is constantly working for you bringing you deals in every month. These systems help to take the guesswork out of what you should do next. Now, invest your time wisely creating systems in these four areas and watch your real estate investment business grow!

About the Author

Derek Pierce, full time Real Estate Investor, shows
you the exact strategies to his success in his Free Book: “How I
Went From Corporate Guinea Pig To Real Estate Success”. Get
your copy and Real Estate Investing Tips by going to http://www.thereisecrets.com

Time Is Money For Real Estate Investing

November 9, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

A popular phrase is that time is money. I’m sure you’ve heard that - right?

Well let me ask you something, if time is money, then how are you investing your time in your real estate investment business? Is it a profitable investment?

Are you doing things that will bring a return on your investment or are you wasting the one equal resource among all of us? With so many opportunities available to us, sometimes it’s easy to get caught up watching what everyone else is doing instead of minding our own business. See, as a real estate entrepreneur you must constantly be on guard to always respect and honor your time.

So, allow me to go over the areas that you should be investing your time. These areas are the most important areas for you to see real growth in your real estate investment business.

First, you should focus on your marketing systems to continuously bring you leads of motivated sellers every single month that will beg you to buy their home. The marketing of your business is the lifeblood to its growth. As you are first starting out, you may have a limited budget; therefore you must focus on low cost, direct response strategies to get people to act immediately. Then, as you complete a few deals, re-invest a percentage of your profits back into your business for marketing.

Next, you must focus on building relationships. Everyone that you meet may know of someone that you could help out. When you think of building relationships, think about the people that see motivated sellers all day long and work to build alliances with these people as they can refer you business every single month. After all, many of these businesses are advertising and it’s impossible for them to assist everyone that comes through the doors. For example, if you develop a relationship with a mortgage company, they could refer you leads of homeowners that are in default that call trying to refinance before they are foreclosed on. You could by their house to stop the foreclosure. See, these types of loans are almost impossible to do and you could be helping the mortgage company by taking care of their customer. And as a result, you’ll get repeat business.

The next area I want to discuss is mastering the art of negotiations with motivated sellers. You must first learn to build rapport with each seller before talking about any numbers relating to the house that you’re looking to purchase. It’s a proven fact that negotiations will go better for you if the party likes you. So, find an in that you can talk about with the seller, then slowly move into talking about the house focusing on a solution for the pain they are going through by owning the property.

Finally, last and certainly not least, your exit strategy becomes one of the major pieces to this puzzle that you must master to creating big paydays. Many times this can be a tougher area to crack because all your focus has been on how to acquire the deal and not on how to sell it. Just look at most real estate forums and you’ll see everyone wants to focus on the latest, greatest way to acquire a deal. Master your exit strategies and create a systemized approach to getting out of deals in record time.

So, if you want to grow your business to where you are doing 1-2 deals or more per month then you need a system that is constantly working for you bringing you deals in every month. These systems help to take the guesswork out of what you should do next. Now, invest your time wisely creating systems in these four areas and watch your real estate investment business grow!

About the Author

Derek Pierce, full time Real Estate Investor, shows
you the exact strategies to his success in his Free Book: “How I
Went From Corporate Guinea Pig To Real Estate Success”. Get
your copy and Real Estate Investing Tips by going to http://www.thereisecrets.com

Private Money For Real Estate Investing - Get Confident - Get Flexible!

July 23, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

What?s so great about having private money for real estate investing? Have you ever looked a fantastic deal square in the eye and had to walk away because you weren?t in a position to move on it? If so, ready access to private money could have made the difference.

Having a reliable supply of private money for real estate investing gives you two things you need to be super-successful? confidence and flexibility. Let?s see why?

First, imagine that your marketing is working like it should, and you?re getting calls from highly motivated sellers anxious to get out from under their property. Further, let?s assume you?re already in the middle of a deal or two, and you have, say, a quarter of a million dollars tied up for the next few months.

You get a call from Mr. Gotta Getoutnow, who has already moved and is shouldering two huge house payments. His vacant house, valued conservatively at $190,000, is costing him a cool $1200 each month? and he hasn?t lived in it for 6 months! He?s willing ? even anxious - to let it go, if you?ll just cash him out of his mortgage to the tune of $132,000.

Unfortunately, your marginal credit rating won?t permit another loan, your cash is tapped, and your house is already mortgaged to the hilt for those other deals you?ve got working. How much confidence do you have on the phone with Mr. Getoutnow? My guess? not much! But how much could you have if you knew you had access to a half million or so in private money for real estate investing?

See the difference? I thought so!

Now, when you get his call, instead of hemming and hawing about some nebulous ?creative acquisition techniques? you?ve used successfully in the past, trying to impress him with your vast knowledge and experience, you simply tell Mr. Getoutnow, ?I?ll be right over,? and off you go to get the house under contract. You have the confidence to do this because you know, comfortably resting in your hip pocket, is all the private money for real estate investing you could possibly need!

What about flexibility? How does private money for real estate investing give you that?

The answer is in the options private money for real estate investing gives you. Let?s face it, the number one stress inducer in real estate ? other than tenants ? has got to be obtaining financing and working with lenders. Why? Because they want so much freakin? information, that?s why.

If you?re like me, you can?t stand filling out all those forms banks ask you to fill out. What could they possibly need all that information for anyway? I mean, come on. It?s a loan, here?s the property, it?s worth $150k, I need a loan for $100K, what?s the problem? When you have private money for real estate investing, you don?t fill out forms!

Not only that, but what?s up with those lenders having to hammer my credit report every time I get a loan? First there?s an inquiry, then they add the loan to my list of debts, so the whole world knows my business. I?m definitely NOT down with that. Now that I have all the private money for real estate investing I could possibly need, there?s no hits on my credit report, and nobody ever sees the debt listed. I don?t have to worry the next time I go to apply for a car loan that I?m going to have to answer a whole bunch of stupid, embarrassing questions. I?m a happy guy!

Heck, I?m just about the most confident, flexible guy in town, thanks to my ability to raise private money for real estate investing! I can?t say this strongly enough?

You?ve got to figure out how to get some of your own!

For more information, and a more in-depth article, visit Private Money For Real Estate Investing on my website.

Now, go make more offers!

Crush The Biggest Obstacle to Your Success in Real Estate… or Anything Else! Download my FREE report HERE!

Tom Dunn is a successful real estate investor and author of the popular DealFiles Real Estate Investor Stories free newsletter. You are welcome to share this report, unedited and in it’s entirety, with anyone you like. You may not remove this text. ? 2007 by Tom Dunn. Website: http://www.dealfiles.com e-mail: tom@dealfiles.com

Is there Greener Grass to Real Estate Investing?

June 1, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

This may come as a surprise to you but trust me when I tell you the grass is not always greener on the other side.

What kind of oddball do you think I am here making this type of statement as a real estate investing lesson?

Well, for me this lesson was one of those rather costly, hard learned lessons that I’m sharing with you. This is one of the most basic fundamentals when it comes to investing in real estate that far too many people overlook when on the lookout for their first property or gaining more properties. They believe they’d be better off investing in an area other than their own backyard.

They see all the stories of where someone picked up a property cheap and they think, “I wish I could, I would have if I were in an area like that, blah, blah, blah.” Or they think of the area that has seen double-digit appreciation rates and think “if I was only in an area like that.” The fact is whether you’re in a red-hot market or a slowing market, there’s a way for you to make money investing in real estate. It starts by just realizing that you’ve got opportunity in your own backyard to make this a successful business.

Here’s why:

When you’re thinking of investing in real estate, you’re looking for sellers that have some underlying situation that’s causing them to want to sell. Usually, these sellers have a problem of some sort that’s causing some undue pressure. We call these ‘Motivated Sellers’ and if you’re not attracting motivated seller then you’re wasting your time.

And there’s not an area in the country without motivated sellers!

The problem with thinking the grass is greener in another market keeps you from looking in your own backyard for the next profitable deal.

Even though, this sounds basic, it’s easy to fall into this line of thinking. At one point, I was convinced that I could work another market that was nearly 4 hours from where I lived. I’ve got to confess that this was a costly lesson.

While you can make money in another market, I was stepping over dollars in my own backyard to pick up dimes in a completely different market. See I tried building my business wide instead of building it deep in my own market. Lesson Learned.

See, I want you to focus on your own market, instead of making the mistake of spreading yourself too thin. Once I realized this lesson, I refocused my business and started building it like a business instead of a mom and pop shop. See, so many people are opportunist and just look for wherever they could make a potential buck. Just realize you know more about what’s going on in your own backyard than anywhere else. Also, it’s imperative that you work to build key relationships with people in your business. This was a major problem when attempting to do deals in too many markets - you’ve got to find new contractors, new realtors, new closing agents, and new investors to flip to. It’s like basically starting from scratch in every aspect.

So, the key lesson is to stick to your own backyard and master the system before you even think of looking outside your area.

About the Author

Derek Pierce is a full time real estate investor and business owner, who, now reveals how he went from corporate slave to Real Estate Success in with his Free E- Coaching Program. To sign up for the Free Program, go to http://www.thereisecrets.com

Real Estate Investing And Goal Setting

May 18, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

What is the primary reason for success most people have that seems to elude unsuccessful people? Goal setting is the primary reason for success. Lack of proper planning is the number one reason for failure. Proper goal setting involves setting a business plan in place for your life. Too many people this doesn?t sound fun or sounds tedious. In practice though, goal setters have more time freedom, more money, and more success in all areas of their lives than those who don?t. Well it?s no different with real estate investing. Real Estate Investing must be treated as a business and it requires planning that anyone can do. Much like an airplane pilot who goes through a pre-flight checklist, the real estate investor must go through many steps for every real estate deal. You must market to find the deal, do your research on the property to establish a value, have your contracts ready, make your offer, schedule a closing, have title work done, prepare your financing, get property insurance, etc.

The reason the doers make money is because so many people aren?t ready to make money. Real estate investing seems like pie in the sky until you put your plan down on paper and it starts to crystallize. The planning process itself should give you renewed energy. Before I daily setup my plan I didn?t want to get out of bed each day, but now I get up ready to work on knocking out my plan every day. Set your plan up into baby steps that you can review and knock out every single day. Your daily plan must include marketing to get motivated sellers to contact you. Regardless of the deals you have in the works, if your marketing stops, you will go through long dry spells. Even with consistent marketing you will have periods with few leads and periods where you are just swamped with sellers offering you great deals.

Constant daily review of your goals is critical. This is why so many suggest taping your goals on your bathroom mirror so you see it when you wake up and again before you go to bed. You can even buy giant poster sized post it notes that you can write your goals on and stick them on your wall. Reviewing your goals before going to sleep at night causes your brain to dream about your goals and program them into memory. So put your goals down on paper and start putting your real estate investing plan into action.

About the Author: David Neese is a real estate investing author who offers a free course for real estate investors delivered by email, audio and Tele-seminar which you can get for free at: http://www.FreeRealEstateInvestingCourses.com You can find more information about David at http://www.DigitalSuccessCoach.com

Real Estate Investing And Goal Setting

May 5, 2009 by Kenny Santos  
Filed under Real Estate Investing

What is the primary reason for success most people have that seems to elude unsuccessful people? Goal setting is the primary reason for success. Lack of proper planning is the number one reason for failure. Proper goal setting involves setting a business plan in place for your life. Too many people this doesn?t sound fun or sounds tedious. In practice though, goal setters have more time freedom, more money, and more success in all areas of their lives than those who don?t. Well it?s no different with real estate investing. Real Estate Investing must be treated as a business and it requires planning that anyone can do. Much like an airplane pilot who goes through a pre-flight checklist, the real estate investor must go through many steps for every real estate deal. You must market to find the deal, do your research on the property to establish a value, have your contracts ready, make your offer, schedule a closing, have title work done, prepare your financing, get property insurance, etc.

The reason the doers make money is because so many people aren?t ready to make money. Real estate investing seems like pie in the sky until you put your plan down on paper and it starts to crystallize. The planning process itself should give you renewed energy. Before I daily setup my plan I didn?t want to get out of bed each day, but now I get up ready to work on knocking out my plan every day. Set your plan up into baby steps that you can review and knock out every single day. Your daily plan must include marketing to get motivated sellers to contact you. Regardless of the deals you have in the works, if your marketing stops, you will go through long dry spells. Even with consistent marketing you will have periods with few leads and periods where you are just swamped with sellers offering you great deals.

Constant daily review of your goals is critical. This is why so many suggest taping your goals on your bathroom mirror so you see it when you wake up and again before you go to bed. You can even buy giant poster sized post it notes that you can write your goals on and stick them on your wall. Reviewing your goals before going to sleep at night causes your brain to dream about your goals and program them into memory. So put your goals down on paper and start putting your real estate investing plan into action.

About the Author: David Neese is a real estate investing author who offers a free course for real estate investors delivered by email, audio and Tele-seminar which you can get for free at: http://www.FreeRealEstateInvestingCourses.com You can find more information about David at http://www.DigitalSuccessCoach.com

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