http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/20331/user BiggerPockets Michel Lautensack Articles http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/29 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 this type of lending. Always remember that, wisdom and patience are the main factors that you require while making a correct choice or opting for this type of lending. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/29 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/30 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 that money out and put it to use in a new investment or use it to pay bills without selling your property. We will show my top 4 ways to put cash in your pocket without having to SELL your real estate. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/30 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/73 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 from in the post-credit bubble market place? There are traditional sources such as banks and hard money lenders but in the new post credit bubble the best option is private lending. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/73 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/84 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 advantages can mean the difference between making a real estate deal work or losing a good deal to your competitors. These advantages include (1) speed and cash flow, (2) simple paperwork; (3) you control terms and conditions, (4) reduced fees and costs, and (5) flexibility. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/84 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/130 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 are being forced to consider alternatives. Private lenders provide that alternative source of available and ready cash for real estate investment deals http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/130 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/140 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 objectives as yours. So how you determine if you and the potential private money lender have similar goals. You need to discuss your plan and ask questions similar to a job interview. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/140 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/152 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. Private lenders are looking for returns in the 9% and 15% range and secured by local rental real estate. The result is a perfect match of private lenders looking for better returns on their money and secured by real estate and real estate investors looking for cash to fund deals and the ability to pay higher returns. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/152 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/232 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, not banks, through a process called private lending. Here are the four top ways to attract and develop your group of private lenders including (1) Private Lending Group Presentations; (2) One-on-One Meetings; (3) Out of Town Prospects – Creditability Kit; and (4) Existing Private Lenders. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/232 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/279 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 your real estate investing business. One of the top 4 ways we use and teach to our students is to use group presentations. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/279 http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/281 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 you will see in this report, private lending has several advantages to the other sources. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/281