Wholesaling
Fools Rush In: Available for a Limited Time Only
Every Real Estate investment begins by defining their ideal investment. Next define your rules. Only then is it time to start looking for deals.
Images from the Rear View: Lessons on Real Estate Investments
I took a call this week from a company that directs money from overseas into US-based Real Estate investments. I’m pondering the implications of our conversation.
Framing the Conversation: A Tool to Real Estate Investing
How do you explain bringing buyers through a wholesale deal prior to closing? It’s a question I’ve seen in my Real Estate investing past. Here’s the answer.
More than One Way to Skin a Cat: Real Estate Investing Strategy
Concentrate on a handful of tried-and-true investment strategies. These Real Estate investing strategies offer countless avenues for cash flow and wealth.
Wrestling for that Last Dollar: A Lesson for Real Estate Investing
Home sales typically slow at the end of the year. It is time to capitalize on the sales slow-down and grab some incredible deals in your Real Estate investing.
What Do Whisker Wars Have to Do With Real Estate Investing?
A few weeks ago I stumbled on show called Whisker Wars on the IFC channel. The program is a reality show that revolves around the extreme facial hair lifestyle. The show is pretty interesting and coincidentally, my introduction to it coincided with my business partner’s quest to look like one of the show’s participants. Last [...]
Wholetailing: A Real Estate Investor Secret to Flipping Grandma’s House
One of my favorite parts of being a Real Estate investor is when the phone rings with motivated seller calls. For me each call is an acknowledgment of my marketing plan. It also marks the start of a new adventure – like a hunt for buried treasure. If you’ve done any of your own marketing, [...]
Real Estate Investing: 3 Options to Wholesale REO Properties
The REO market makes up 23% of sales nationwide, according to Trulia.com. Although banks are less apt to take a low-ball offer with the improving housing market, Real Estate investing with REO’s can be very profitable. On Monday I received an email from one of my Bird Dog Investor students. It didn’t surprise me when [...]
Real Estate Investing Morals
A moral obligation is attached to the profession of Real Estate investing. Whether we admit it, or not, our actions have consequences which impact the people we work with. That impact can be exceptionally positive or catastrophically devastating.
Real Estate 101: How Important is a Good Buyers List
My first Real Estate dollar came from wholesaling a deal. I made $30,000 on one transaction while never owning the property. Ever since that first deal I’ve been hot on wholesaling. Over the years I’ve noticed that I sell the vast majority of my wholesale deals to a small handful of investors. These people are [...]
Will You Accept My Apology?
This article is going to be a quick one. I’ve been crunched on time. The phones are ringing. I’m about to run out and see a bunch of properties. Before I leave, I need to offer an apology to everyone who has been reading my posts. For the last three or four weeks I have [...]
Real Estate 101: Identifying Your Target Market
There is a lot of benefit to focusing on smaller geographic areas. The practice allows you to control your marketing costs, project a bigger presence and select the type of properties that you want to buy. Targeting smaller markets also allow you to become an expert in that geographic location.
Front Loaded Efforts. Loaded Back-End Profit.
Last night after dinner my wife and I loaded up the dish washer in our new house. These past few days have been pretty hectic. It was nice to finally have some semblance of sanity after the chaos of a move. And the payoff for our efforts is very rewarding. My commute has been cut [...]
Separate the Trash from the Cash
I had an absolutely wonderful weekend. Memorial Day is one of my favorite national holidays. It’s become the unofficial start of summer. Boy do I love summer. This year the hot weather followed a ton of rainfall on the East Coast. As a result we’ve been really blessed with green grass, blue skies and enough [...]
The Monopoly Man is Back
The other day I got into an argument with Ian. He’s my business partner in our home buying company. Ian and I are about as harmonious as a shaved bear in a bee hive. It’s not uncommon for us to disagree. We have opposing personalities. While this keeps our business in check, it can lead [...]
To Wholesale or to Flip: Case Study of an Investment Property
I freakin’ love Real Estate. Days like today make me love it even more. Earlier this week I got a lead for a house. Today the property went under contract. I’m now faced with a very difficult question. Should I wholesale the contract and make $10,000 next week or complete the project myself and make [...]
