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Real Estate Investing by Sharon Vornholt | December 12, 2011 
The answer is “Not really when they first say no.” I prefer to think of it as “not right now.” I never take a seller off my list just because they have said no to my offer. When someone asks me when I take a seller off my list, I always tell them there are [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Michael Zuber | November 21, 2011As I have shared in my previous articles, our investing model is based on recycling our investment capital over multiple deals. In short we buy a distressed asset with cash, repair the property and then after finding a renter we secure a passive investor to replenish our capital. Our goal is to recycle at least [...]
Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | November 13, 2011 
Last week I wrote about a potential wholesale deal that a partner and I had. It looked like a dream property with plenty of equity and a highly motivated seller. However, that quickly changed after my partner went to the seller’s house. Things Often Change When Meeting Sellers and Seeing a Property First-Hand Here’s what [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by Jason Hanson | October 30, 2011 
I’m going to give you a simple plan to follow to get a deal within the next two weeks. I realize that 99% of people reading this won’t follow my plan, but if you’re among the 1%, then congratulations, because you can use this plan over and over again. You see, I’m a big fan [...]
Read the full article → Financing Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | September 6, 2011If you’ve been investing in real estate for a while, chances are you have considered using private money lenders (investors) to grow your business. Most people fail when reaching out to potential investors because they don’t answer the five critical questions that every private lender must have answered before investing with you (even if they [...]
Commercial Real Estate by Spencer Cullor | August 31, 2011 
One of the biggest mistakes I see investors make when financially evaluating an investment property is that they fail to include a capital expense budget for the property. When acquiring an investment property, it is critical that you have a capital expense budget as well as a recurring replacement reserve factored into the equity you [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by Jason Hanson | August 7, 2011 
Earlier this week I got three and a half hours of sleep. I was coming home from vacation and my flight got in super late. I had to get up early to do a few things, however I made sure that I did not meet with any sellers that day. Why? Because I felt like [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by Jason Hanson | May 29, 2011I know that putting out bandit signs isn’t a fun activity. Although, I must say that every successful investor I know has gone through the experience of putting out bandit signs at 3am in the freezing cold. I also know that addressing and stuffing several thousand envelopes a month isn’t much fun either. But again, [...]
Real Estate by Joe Manausa, MBA | April 19, 2011We often hear the expression that “real estate is local,” and I have stumbled upon some good evidence that proves this to be true. I was conducting some market research in the Great Tampa real estate market in order to gain an understanding of how my local market, Tallahassee, compared to some other areas in [...]
Learn Real Estate by Ryan Moeller | September 1, 2010 
There are a lot of things to consider when evaluating a deal. As real estate investors, we must find great deals. Not good deals, but great deals where we can minimize risk, maximize annual return and control our success. Here are the 4 most important things to remember when evaluating deals: Avoid Speculation as the [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | June 26, 2010 
1 ) As an agent, what do you need to tell a client about a property they are interested in? Full disclosure walks you through it. The easy code to live by is just always be honest and you won’t get into trouble. 2 ) So many buyers ask us to let them know when [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Ryan Moeller | June 19, 2010Finding good deals is crucial to successful investing. The best real estate deals are found when the seller is motivated, you can solve a problem and there is no competition. Here are 3 non conventional ways to find some of the best deals. Target pending sales and be the backup offer – Properties listed on [...]
Real Estate Investing by J Scott | February 24, 2010Not a week goes by where I don’t read a thread on BiggerPockets or receive an email asking the question, “Should I get my real estate license?” For anyone planning to become a long-term real estate investor, it’s a tremendously important decision that should be given a lot of thought. And while you can read [...]
Real Estate Investing by J Scott | February 10, 2010 
Introduction As this is my first blog post on the BiggerPockets Blog, I thought I would take a couple sentences to introduce myself before I jump into my topic of the day… My wife and I are business partners, investing in real estate passively for several years, but we have only just started to “get [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | January 18, 2010 
It’s shameful the way I used to answer questions from prospects or clients when I was a young man. But even my tender age, or having just made the move from homes to investments doesn’t pass muster as an excuse for my dreadful performance back then. Looking back, I feel blessed there are no tapes [...]
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by Michael Zuber | November 21, 2011As I have shared in my previous articles, our investing model is based on recycling our investment capital over multiple deals. In short we buy a distressed asset with cash, repair the property and then after finding a renter we secure a passive investor to replenish our capital. Our goal is to recycle at least [...]