May 17, 2012

Lease Optioning Pretty Houses

Pretty Houses Offer More Profit, Less Hassles And Less Competition.  Therefore, your best bet when doing lease options is to deal with pretty houses in pretty neighborhoods that are owned by private individuals. The better the neighborhood is, the more likely your tenant/buyer is to … [Read more...]

Lease Options Give Up To 3 Paydays!

When you Sub-Lease Option the property to a tenant/buyer, you can make money at three different times. You get money today, monthly payments coming in every month, and money at a future date when the tenant/buyer refinances. … [Read more...]

Lease Option Basics

A Lease Options is a “Rent To Own” arrangement, which is simply a lease where the tenant has the option to purchase the subject property. This tenant is commonly referred to as a “tenant/buyer” or as some investors like to call them, “Homeowners In Training”. The Lease Option agreement itself can be one agreement, or it can be … [Read more...]

Seller Financing, The Deal Is In The Terms

In Deal Quadrant 3, “Seller Financing”, the deal is in the finance terms. This is unlike in Deal Quadrant 1 (Wholesaling), and Deal Quadrant 2 (Retailing), where the deal is in getting a low price. It is important to understand that you don’t always have to … [Read more...]

Some Advantages & Disadvantages Of Retailing

There are some very important advantages to Retailing houses. The biggest advantage to retailing houses is the paydays, which can be very large. Sometimes you will be giving the buyer a seller held second mortgage as part of getting the buyer qualified more easily. After doing several retail deals … [Read more...]

You Don’t Need A License

You don't need a real estate license to do real estate investing so long as you are a principle in the deal. You will either be a buyer or seller, lessor or lessee, optionor or optionee. You only need a real estate license when you are selling a property for a commission and you do not have an equitable interest in the property. … [Read more...]

Choosing The Right Exit Strategy

The "exit strategy" is the real estate investing technique you'll use to complete a deal and "exit" out with a check.  This could be flipping a property for quick cash, retailing a property for full price, passing along seller financing to the new buyer or even keeping a property as a rental.  Your exit strategy is based on three main factors. These factors are: your personal goals, the seller’s needs, and the property itself. … [Read more...]

Beginner “Retailing” Strategy

There are techniques you can use as a beginner to try your hand at retailing without having to deal with coming up with the funds to close or dealing with repairmen. For example… … [Read more...]