Real Estate Investing is not a solo sport, but a team effort. It is so important to select your teammates well and constantly evaluate each player’s performance against the overall goal you are working toward.
The scout is the person who helps you locate the deal. This person knows what you are looking for and brings you the deals for evaluation. A scout can be a real estate agent, another investor, a reputable wholesaler or even consistent advertising medium. You should be prepared to compensate your scout and provide incentives to bring you great deals. If they aren’t giving them to you, they are giving them to someone who will compensate them accordingly. Be generous so that you will always be top of mind.
The next team member is an accountant. Your accountant should be someone who specializes in real estate practices. Ideally, they should own real estate themselves. This person helps you take advantage of the tax savings that comes along with buying real estate. We suggest that you interview several. A good accountant will save you much more than their hourly rate, so don’t be intimidated by high fees. They are well worth it if they can do the job properly.
You will need a good real estate attorney. Most people have a closing attorney. Remember that the closing attorney in a transaction works for the mortgage company - not you. You will want an attorney you can depend on to represent your interests. They should be able to advise you with any title issues, assist you with land trust formation, help you with entity selection and provide general council for real estate transactions.
Home inspectors are worth their weight in gold. A good home inspector can help prevent you from purchasing a poor investment, give you a realistic picture of the repairs and give you a general picture of the costs required, as well as alert you to safety concerns. Our home inspector has saved us thousands of dollars by helping us chose not to invest in properties that required more renovation than we had estimated in the deal.
Once you have found a property, financing your real estate investment is the key to a successful real estate career. Helping you determine the best way to finance an investment based on your overall strategy is very important. The majority of the benefit of real estate comes from using leverage. With all the various types of loans available now, you will want a mortgage partner who understands investing, can help you determine which loans are best for a particular piece of property and provides long term strategies that will enhance your credit standing - not hurt it.
As with any team, it takes a while to work together to make sure that you have all the right players. At times, you will find that players need to be traded and sometimes it is good to have alternates.
I encourage all of my investors to interview their teammates in advance. Have a series of questions prepared in advance and determine who you feel most comfortable with. We have found that it takes a couple of plays sometimes before they really understand you and your goals, so be patient. If however, you don’t feel confident with their ability - trade them. This is your future - not theirs.
About the Author
Anne Lackey is a real estate investor in Atlanta and works with The REI Team at Solid Source Realty, Inc. http://www.theREIteam.com. She frequently helps other investors in their pursuit of financial freedom. She is the President of Solid Source Property Management, Inc. http://www.solidsourcepm.com
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Real Estate Investing is not a solo sport, but a team effort. It is so important to select your teammates well and constantly evaluate each player?s performance against the overall goal you are working toward.
The scout is the person who helps you locate the deal. This person knows what you are looking for and brings you the deals for evaluation. A scout can be a real estate agent, another investor, a reputable wholesaler or even consistent advertising medium. You should be prepared to compensate your scout and provide incentives to bring you great deals. If they aren?t giving them to you, they are giving them to someone who will compensate them accordingly. Be generous so that you will always be top of mind.
The next team member is an accountant. Your accountant should be someone who specializes in real estate practices. Ideally, they should own real estate themselves. This person helps you take advantage of the tax savings that comes along with buying real estate. We suggest that you interview several. A good accountant will save you much more than their hourly rate, so don?t be intimidated by high fees. They are well worth it if they can do the job properly.
You will need a good real estate attorney. Most people have a closing attorney. Remember that the closing attorney in a transaction works for the mortgage company ? not you. You will want an attorney you can depend on to represent your interests. They should be able to advise you with any title issues, assist you with land trust formation, help you with entity selection and provide general council for real estate transactions.
Home inspectors are worth their weight in gold. A good home inspector can help prevent you from purchasing a poor investment, give you a realistic picture of the repairs and give you a general picture of the costs required, as well as alert you to safety concerns. Our home inspector has saved us thousands of dollars by helping us chose not to invest in properties that required more renovation than we had estimated in the deal.
Once you have found a property, financing your real estate investment is the key to a successful real estate career. Helping you determine the best way to finance an investment based on your overall strategy is very important. The majority of the benefit of real estate comes from using leverage. With all the various types of loans available now, you will want a mortgage partner who understands investing, can help you determine which loans are best for a particular piece of property and provides long term strategies that will enhance your credit standing ? not hurt it.
As with any team, it takes a while to work together to make sure that you have all the right players. At times, you will find that players need to be traded and sometimes it is good to have alternates.
I encourage all of my investors to interview their teammates in advance. Have a series of questions prepared in advance and determine who you feel most comfortable with. We have found that it takes a couple of plays sometimes before they really understand you and your goals, so be patient. If however, you don?t feel confident with their ability ? trade them. This is your future ? not theirs.
About the Author:
Anne Lackey is a real estate investor in Atlanta and works with The REI Team at Solid Source Realty, Inc. http://www.theREIteam.com. She frequently helps other investors in their pursuit of financial freedom. She is the President of Solid Source Property Management, Inc. http://www.solidsourcepm.com
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So many people have had the experience of attending one or more real estate investing seminars. The information you can gain can be very useful, but you have to make sure you go to a good one:
You know, the kind of real estate investing seminars you see advertised on late night television. The ones that promise to make you a millionaire within a matter of months.
The only catch is that you first must pay thousands of dollars to attend the seminar and only then will the salesperson tell you the secrets of becoming rich from investing in real estate.
All too many times have people fallen prey to these real estate investing seminars. The speaker ropes in victims with promises of riches and they ended up leaving with as much knowledge about real estate investing as they came in with.
These kinds of real estate investing seminars capitalize on the fact that so many people are looking for a way to get rich. The advertisements paint the picture that real estate investing is some easy task that will allow you to become an overnight success. Thousands of people attending these real estate investing seminars with high hopes of finding out some kind of real estate investing strategy they can use to become rich. For the vast majority of attendees, these riches never come to fruition.
If you have heard the horror stories from attendees of real estate investing seminars, you might be wondering if you can ever trust another seminar advertisement. It seems that most advertisements for real estate investing seminars are worded with the same hope-filled, roundabout kind of language. Believe it or not, there are some real estate investing seminars that do more than rope you in for your money then turn you away a few days later with no new information. There are ways to recognize these deceitful real estate investing seminars from those that are authentic.
When you hear about one of these kinds of real estate investing seminars, do some research on it before making a decision to attend. The internet is full of feedback from people who have previously attended real estate seminars. Using an internet search engine, you can quickly search for webpages that mention the seminar you are interested in. Since there is likely to be both good and bad feedback on the seminar, you should read a few of the sites to get a good idea of what will be taught in the seminar.
The wording of the advertisement of real estate investing seminars is another clue of how much of a help the seminar will actually be. Be weary of real estate investing seminars that promise to make you an overnight success, that tell you there is little work required, or that it only takes a few hours a week. None of these is true of real estate investing and any seminar that says differently should not be trusted.
Your own judgment will likely be a good indicator of whether a real estate investing seminar is genuine or not. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
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10 Things That Are Keeping You From Getting Rich in Real Estate will help you see things as they really are, not as they ?appear? to be to the untrained eye. Once you learn to see things from a successful investor?s point of view, you can erase the feelings of risk and the lack of confidence that hold you back. These principles put you in the confident frame of find of the educated and experienced professional.
What scares most people as they consider real estate investing as a moneymaking opportunity is that it seems so mysterious, and besides, the stakes seem so high. We?re talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars here.
Of course, just as the dawn helped us allay our childhood fears of monsters in the closet, the light of day?good, relevant and accurate information, helps us overcome those feelings that keep us from taking action with real estate investing. The following information does just that. We will look at things that you might perceive as problems, show you how many other people in the past have dealt with that and overcome it. We work from this viewpoint:
* It?s good to learn from your own mistakes.
* It?s better to learn from the mistakes of others (it?s less painful).
* It?s best to learn from the success of others.
What follows is information that focuses on the success of the most successful real estate investors. No one person knows everything, so we have gathered good information from a variety of sources and present here as a whole ? a whole lot of good stuff that will get you off to a good start and help you avoid the mistakes that cost you money. Remember this, you lose money if you invest foolishly, but you also lose money (that would rightfully be yours) if you fail to act upon opportunity.
We want to look at mistakes you might make and fears you might experience, then consider the right way to do it. Most often our fears are based on misinformation, so here we will look at the myths that some people believe. These myths are based on untruths, but they can paralyze you to inaction if you believe them. Fear of making mistakes is one of the most dangerous of fears, but knowing how to do it right means you not only avoid the mistakes but the fears, as well.
You see, every successful Investor has learned to overcome these 10 things ? every successful investor has to identify and avoid these 10 ?perceived? roadblocks. Finally, you can have the RIGHT roadmap to success. It?s here, in one package, for you.
We?ll tell you the TRUTH about real estate investing, and you will learn the TRUTH about becoming wealthy in real estate.
Learn what the REAL RISKS are! You?ll know you?re doing it right when:
* You know what to do
* You know what not to fear
* You know what to avoid
* You know what to ignore
- Trying to do it all by yourself
- Going after the wrong properties
- How to make an offer.
- Not making enough of the right kind of offers.
- Stretching yourself too thin until you are cash poor.
- Using to much of your own money.
- Trying to be a plastic surgeon instead of a beautician.
- Not getting started.
- Spending too much in marketing what you sell.
- Not maintaining the momentum (Long-Term Strategies Planning for success with goals)
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If you’re thinking about investing in real estate to make money, you need to first determine your financial goals. Do you need to make money quickly, invest for your children’s college fund, or build wealth for your retirement? Once you determine your financial goals, you need to decide which type of investing strategy works for you.
Make Money in Real Estate - Fast Cash Strategy
If you’re low on cash, get started by finding a bargain house and selling the contract to another real estate investor. Join a real estate investing club to find investors willing to pay you for finding good deals.
Make Money in Real Estate - Income Property Strategy
If you want to increase your monthly income, look for income property that returns a positive net income from month to month. Start with single family house. Look for a bargain below market value. Fix up the house to generate top rental income. Find houses that will rent for more than your mortgage payment. You may need to go out from your home area to a location that supports this type of return on your money. You can’t pay $300,000 for a home with a mortgage of $1,500 that only rents for $1,000. You might start with a home for around $300,000 that rents for $1,750. You will need good credit to get a loan with good interest rates. In a few years, your rental income should go up. Many real estate investors enjoy thousands of dollars each month generated by income property.
However, some investors don’t like dealing with tenants and prefer to make money in other real estate ventures.
Make Money in Real Estate - Investment Property Strategy
If you want to make money focusing on profits, investment property offers a different strategy. Instead of worrying about rental income, look for property that you can transform and sell or property that will appreciate significantly over time. Besides fixing a house up, you can transform a property by changing it. For instance, some investors buy apartment buildings and turn them into condominiums. Many investors speculate in land and make money by holding the land until new development in the area increases the value.
Examine your financial situation along with your long term goals. You can get started by flipping properties, move onto income properties, and then make larger profits with investment properties. You might end up using a combination of all three strategies to make money investing in real estate.
Copyright ? Jeanette J. Fisher
About the Author: Jeanette Fisher teaches how to find, finance, fix and sell. Free ebooks “Credit Tips” http://worryfreecredit.com “Flipping Houses” at http://doghousetodollhousefordollars.com
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Copyright 2005 Alex Nghiem
Did you know that real estate investing has created more millionaires that ALL other industries combined? The question, then, is why are more people not invested in real estate? Even with the increased awareness in real estate investing, more people are still familiar with other forms of investing such as stocks and mutual funds.
In this article, I will discuss 7 myths that about real estate investing that are costing you tens of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars). These myths persist because most people invest in real estate using conventional financing, which often requires 5% or more as a down payment. Assuming that $150,000 is average price of a house in your area (in most cities, it’s significantly more than that), you would need $7,500 as a down payment (and this doesn’t even include other fees such closing costs). The purpose of this article is to share techniques of creative real estate investing that debunk these common myths about real estate investing.
1. Myth #1: To create wealth, you have to invest stocks and mutual funds.
Fact: Real estate investing has created more millionaires that ALL other industries combined incluing Internet marketing, stock investing and mutual fund investing. In fact, according to the CEO of FNMA, in the hottest bull market in history, more people ended up creating wealth through home ownership than through stock ownership.
2. Myth #2: Real estate investing requires a lot of money.
Fact: Once you learn how to buy undervalued properties, you can find all types of people who will lend you their cash. You can find these people at your local real estate investor association or by contacting us. Additionally, you can use an option (typically $10 to $100 for the option fee) to control the property and not even need to raise any capital.
3. Myth #3: Real estate investing requires good credit.
Fact: This is related to Myth #1. Again, once you learn how to find undervalued properties, you can find all types of people who will lend you their credit, especially if the property has significant equity. Additionally, you can also use an option to control the property and this technique doesn’t require that you have good credit.
4. Myth #4: Real estate investing requires you to do major rehabs in dangerous neighborhoods.
Fact: While you can indeed make good money doing rehabbing, you can make even more money working with “pretty houses”, houses in suburban areas that need little renovation. In actuality, you can make $20,000 or more per $100,000 of property (thus, in a high priced market such as Florida, the average profit would be $40,000 or more per property).
5. Myth #4: Real estate investing requires dealing with tenants, repairs or house payments.
Fact: Again, while you can do that, you can also make money in real estate investing without ever having to deal with tenants, repairs or house payments through the use of options. One of our clients recently made $9,800 in 4 days on his last option deal.
6. Myth #5: You can only make money in hot markets.
Fact: You may believe that you can only make money by investing in hot markets such as Las Vegas and Florida. The reality is that once you learn how to buy undervalued properties, you can make money regardless of what the local or national market is doing.
7. Myth #6: You have to take huge risks when investing in real estate investing.
Fact: You actualy have more control when buying real estate than when you buy stocks and bonds. You can determine the value of the house by using the multiple listing service (MLS) and commercial databases and as long you can the properties under value, you have a significant safety margin.
These myths about real estate investing are probably preventing you from real estate investing and therefore costing you tens of thousands of dollars. By using options and other forms of creative real estate investing, you can overcome these myths and make money in real estate investing without dealing with tenants, repairs and holding costs or needing a lot of cash or good credit.
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You may have heard about no money down real estate investing before.
Perhaps when you first heard this message it struck you as some kind of get-rich-quick scheme.
You may have even thought that some slick sales person was trying to get you to purchase his video. While the latter may have some truth to it, it?s also true that no money down real estate investing is a possibility.
Many seasoned real estate investors will quickly tell you that it is possible to invest in real estate without having any kind of down payment. In fact, these investors will encourage you to find ways to invest in real estate without having to spend any of your money.
It may sound preposterous but no money down real estate investing is a possibility. There are many investors who have become successful using this method of real estate investing.
The reason that no money down real estate investing seems too good to be true is because people aren?t accustomed to getting something for nothing. In today?s society everything comes at a price, especially something as lucrative as real estate.
If you want to become successful at no money down real estate investing, you must put these kinds of thoughts out of your mind. Doubts will only cloud your judgment and hinder your progress in no money down real estate investing.
Once you learn no money down real estate investing, you can never again use the lack of money as the reason you can?t close a deal. Too many times, investors have lost out on thousands of dollars in profit because they didn?t have the cash needed to close a deal on the spot, or so they thought.
If a deal is a good deal, then it?s good whether you have the cash you think you need to close it or not. Money should never, ever be the reason that you don?t close a deal.
By now you are most likely wondering how exactly you should go about no money down real estate investing. This is the natural next question. There are many ways you can go about getting the financing you need for no money down real estate investing. Sources for funding exist is some of the most unlikely places.
One of the most popular methods of no money down real estate investing is through what is known as double escrow. In this process you buy and sell the piece of property simultaneously. In this method of no money down real estate investing, the investor sells the property for more than the purchase amount.
Since there are two closing processes within a relatively small amount of time, the investor uses the money from his sale of the property to also purchase the property. In this method of no money down real estate investing, there are some contractual details that must be worked out. Consult with an experienced real estate investor or an attorney before attempting a double escrow.
Another method of no money down real estate investing is through bringing in money partners. Each of these partners brings in cash for the deal and you work out an agreement to give back their principal plus a certain percentage before spitting the profits. Then once you?ve repaid the principal, you can then split the profit however you agree with the money partners.
When you are attempting a no money down real estate investing transaction, the key is to be creative in the methods you choose to ensure that you do not have to pay any money out of pocket.
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If you’re thinking about investing in real estate to make money, you need to first determine your financial goals. Do you need to make money quickly, invest for your children’s college fund, or build wealth for your retirement? Once you determine your financial goals, you need to decide which type of investing strategy works for you.
Make Money in Real Estate - Fast Cash Strategy
If you’re low on cash, get started by finding a bargain house and selling the contract to another real estate investor. Join a real estate investing club to find investors willing to pay you for finding good deals.
Make Money in Real Estate - Income Property Strategy
If you want to increase your monthly income, look for income property that returns a positive net income from month to month. Start with single family house. Look for a bargain below market value. Fix up the house to generate top rental income. Find houses that will rent for more than your mortgage payment. You may need to go out from your home area to a location that supports this type of return on your money. You can’t pay $300,000 for a home with a mortgage of $1,500 that only rents for $1,000. You might start with a home for around $300,000 that rents for $1,750. You will need good credit to get a loan with good interest rates. In a few years, your rental income should go up. Many real estate investors enjoy thousands of dollars each month generated by income property.
However, some investors don’t like dealing with tenants and prefer to make money in other real estate ventures.
Make Money in Real Estate - Investment Property Strategy
If you want to make money focusing on profits, investment property offers a different strategy. Instead of worrying about rental income, look for property that you can transform and sell or property that will appreciate significantly over time. Besides fixing a house up, you can transform a property by changing it. For instance, some investors buy apartment buildings and turn them into condominiums. Many investors speculate in land and make money by holding the land until new development in the area increases the value.
Examine your financial situation along with your long term goals. You can get started by flipping properties, move onto income properties, and then make larger profits with investment properties. You might end up using a combination of all three strategies to make money investing in real estate.
Copyright ? Jeanette J. Fisher
About the Author: Jeanette Fisher teaches how to find, finance, fix and sell. Free ebooks “Credit Tips” http://worryfreecredit.com “Flipping Houses” at http://doghousetodollhousefordollars.com
Real Estate Investing is not a solo sport, but a team effort. It is so important to select your teammates well and constantly evaluate each player?s performance against the overall goal you are working toward.
The scout is the person who helps you locate the deal. This person knows what you are looking for and brings you the deals for evaluation. A scout can be a real estate agent, another investor, a reputable wholesaler or even consistent advertising medium. You should be prepared to compensate your scout and provide incentives to bring you great deals. If they aren?t giving them to you, they are giving them to someone who will compensate them accordingly. Be generous so that you will always be top of mind.
The next team member is an accountant. Your accountant should be someone who specializes in real estate practices. Ideally, they should own real estate themselves. This person helps you take advantage of the tax savings that comes along with buying real estate. We suggest that you interview several. A good accountant will save you much more than their hourly rate, so don?t be intimidated by high fees. They are well worth it if they can do the job properly.
You will need a good real estate attorney. Most people have a closing attorney. Remember that the closing attorney in a transaction works for the mortgage company ? not you. You will want an attorney you can depend on to represent your interests. They should be able to advise you with any title issues, assist you with land trust formation, help you with entity selection and provide general council for real estate transactions.
Home inspectors are worth their weight in gold. A good home inspector can help prevent you from purchasing a poor investment, give you a realistic picture of the repairs and give you a general picture of the costs required, as well as alert you to safety concerns. Our home inspector has saved us thousands of dollars by helping us chose not to invest in properties that required more renovation than we had estimated in the deal.
Once you have found a property, financing your real estate investment is the key to a successful real estate career. Helping you determine the best way to finance an investment based on your overall strategy is very important. The majority of the benefit of real estate comes from using leverage. With all the various types of loans available now, you will want a mortgage partner who understands investing, can help you determine which loans are best for a particular piece of property and provides long term strategies that will enhance your credit standing ? not hurt it.
As with any team, it takes a while to work together to make sure that you have all the right players. At times, you will find that players need to be traded and sometimes it is good to have alternates.
I encourage all of my investors to interview their teammates in advance. Have a series of questions prepared in advance and determine who you feel most comfortable with. We have found that it takes a couple of plays sometimes before they really understand you and your goals, so be patient. If however, you don?t feel confident with their ability ? trade them. This is your future ? not theirs.
Anne Lackey is a real estate investor in Atlanta and works with The REI Team at Solid Source Realty, Inc. http://www.theREIteam.com. She frequently helps other investors in their pursuit of financial freedom. She is the President of Solid Source Property Management, Inc. http://www.solidsourcepm.com
Did you know that real estate investing has created more millionaires that ALL other industries combined? The question, then, is why are more people not invested in real estate? Even with the increased awareness in real estate investing, more people are still familiar with other forms of investing such as stocks and mutual funds.
In this article, I will discuss 7 myths that about real estate investing that are costing you tens of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars). These myths persist because most people invest in real estate using conventional financing, which often requires 5% or more as a down payment. Assuming that $150,000 is average price of a house in your area (in most cities, it’s significantly more than that), you would need $7,500 as a down payment (and this doesn’t even include other fees such closing costs). The purpose of this article is to share techniques of creative real estate investing that debunk these common myths about real estate investing.
1. Myth #1: To create wealth, you have to invest stocks and mutual funds.
Fact: Real estate investing has created more millionaires that ALL other industries combined incluing Internet marketing, stock investing and mutual fund investing. In fact, according to the CEO of FNMA, in the hottest bull market in history, more people ended up creating wealth through home ownership than through stock ownership.
2. Myth #2: Real estate investing requires a lot of money.
Fact: Once you learn how to buy undervalued properties, you can find all types of people who will lend you their cash. You can find these people at your local real estate investor association or by contacting us. Additionally, you can use an option (typically $10 to $100 for the option fee) to control the property and not even need to raise any capital.
3. Myth #3: Real estate investing requires good credit.
Fact: This is related to Myth #1. Again, once you learn how to find undervalued properties, you can find all types of people who will lend you their credit, especially if the property has significant equity. Additionally, you can also use an option to control the property and this technique doesn’t require that you have good credit.
4. Myth #4: Real estate investing requires you to do major rehabs in dangerous neighborhoods.
Fact: While you can indeed make good money doing rehabbing, you can make even more money working with “pretty houses”, houses in suburban areas that need little renovation. In actuality, you can make $20,000 or more per $100,000 of property (thus, in a high priced market such as Florida, the average profit would be $40,000 or more per property).
5. Myth #4: Real estate investing requires dealing with tenants, repairs or house payments.
Fact: Again, while you can do that, you can also make money in real estate investing without ever having to deal with tenants, repairs or house payments through the use of options. One of our clients recently made $9,800 in 4 days on his last option deal.
6. Myth #5: You can only make money in hot markets.
Fact: You may believe that you can only make money by investing in hot markets such as Las Vegas and Florida. The reality is that once you learn how to buy undervalued properties, you can make money regardless of what the local or national market is doing.
7. Myth #6: You have to take huge risks when investing in real estate investing.
Fact: You actualy have more control when buying real estate than when you buy stocks and bonds. You can determine the value of the house by using the multiple listing service (MLS) and commercial databases and as long you can the properties under value, you have a significant safety margin.
These myths about real estate investing are probably preventing you from real estate investing and therefore costing you tens of thousands of dollars. By using options and other forms of creative real estate investing, you can overcome these myths and make money in real estate investing without dealing with tenants, repairs and holding costs or needing a lot of cash or good credit.
