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Michel Lautensack's Articles

1. Private Lending: A New Way to Fund Your Real Estate Deals

   almost 5 years ago

   As a real estate investor, you need to calculate all the risks involved before going for private lending as a mode to acquire money. Do your research and try to find private lenders involved in thi...

2. Four Ways to Get Money From Your Equity

   almost 5 years ago

   If you have an existing piece of income producing real estate that you bought within the last couple years, you most likely have a significant amount of equity in that property. How do you get tha...

3. Real Estate Money: Where to Get It in the Post-Credit Bubble Market Place?

   over 4 years ago

   Real estate money and access to quick cash is the key for any real estate investor. Having cash to buy properties is the life blood of your investment business. But where does this money come fro...

4. Private Real Estate Money: 5 Advantages of Private Money

   almost 5 years ago

   For real estate investors there are numerous benefits and advantages to private real estate money versus hard money loans or mortgage loans to fund your real estate investing business. Knowing the...

5. Private Lenders: The Most Important Person in Your Business?

   almost 5 years ago

   A Private lender is the single most important person in your real estate investment business. Why? Because as traditional lending sources have tightening lending practices real estate investors ar...

6. Private Money Lender: How to Get Them and How to Keep Them Long-Term

   over 4 years ago

   Finding a private money lender is an essential part of any real estate investor’s business. One of the keys to finding a good private money lender is determining if they have similar goals and o...

7. Private Lending 101: Who Are Private Lenders?

   over 4 years ago

   Private lending is the practice of borrowing money by a real estate investor to be used to purchase rental real estate directly from private lenders rather than a bank or other commercial lender. ...

8. 4 Ways to Raise Private Money For Real Estate Investors

   over 4 years ago

   Now that the mortgage market for buying investment real estate is all but dead - investors need to have other sources available or go out business. The answer is private money raised from people, ...

9. Private Lending: How to Do Group Presentations to Raise Private Money

   over 4 years ago

   I recently wrote an article titled “The 4 Top Ways to Raise Private Money for Real Estate Investors” (posted here) where I laid out the top 4 ways to raise Private Money to grow and develop you...

10. 5 Ways to Finance and Why Private Lending Beats Them All!

    over 4 years ago

    There are many sources of financing available to use as a real estate investors. It is important to know the different financing options for structuring your real estate investment business. As y...