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Commentary by Marty Boardman | September 22, 2011 
I’m a sports junkie. I mean the real sports – football, baseball and basketball. Soccer is not a sport because as the late George Carlin explained, you can’t use your hands. Ditto for hockey. Running isn’t a sport either. If I can ‘run’ to the store for a loaf of bread it’s not a sport. [...]
Read the full article → Mortgages & Lending by Kevin Kaczmarek | August 10, 2011Yesterday was another roller coaster ride on Wall Street and outside of your mutual funds, stock and bonds, what happened yesterday has a major impact on your real estate business. For months now we have been talking about buying and selling properties with seller financing. There was one particular article that now has a greater [...]
Real Estate Investing by Kevin Kaczmarek | August 3, 2011It might seem like a great problem to have, too much financing from private sellers. In many instances it is a great problem. You are acquiring properties using other people’s money to grow your portfolio or business. However, there are a few guidelines to follow when buying properties using seller financing. Begin with the exit [...]
Real Estate by Ken Corsini | July 21, 2011 
Last week I wrote an article which examined how offering terms on a property that you are selling can be a very powerful tool to get a property sold. I thought it would be worth a follow up blog to discuss the other side of the equation. For those investors looking to acquire investment properties, [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Kevin Kaczmarek | July 20, 2011 
Seller Financing has likely become the single most talked about real estate investing tool in the past few years due to the lending restrictions banks have placed on our industry. Just this past week, a banker told me real estate investing is now considered a “hobby” meaning it is not considered a lending option for [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Kevin Kaczmarek | July 7, 2011 
It’s one of those intangibles that sometimes gets glossed over when it comes to seller financing, however it’s important to have a good understanding of the various aspects of insurance when it comes to seller financing. Buying with seller financing: If you are a real estate investor buying property with seller financing, it’s your responsibility [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Kevin Kaczmarek | June 1, 2011 
In order to make real estate investing your career there are a few components to success: Real Estate knowledge, a good team around you, a good deal in front of you, and adequate capital to fulfill your exit strategy. The money part of the deal tends to hold most people back from pulling the trigger [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Kevin Kaczmarek | March 17, 2011 
This is not a big secret, but I wonder why more people are not jumping at the opportunity to build their balance sheet with assets on contract terms? Here´s a recent transaction I personally did: I found a private seller in Indianapolis, IN who was looking to unload four of his rental properties. He was [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Shae Bynes | September 2, 2010Today marks my 40th post for the BiggerPockets blog and yesterday I realized that up to this point I am yet to write a commentary. That changes today. Pardon my rant, but I think the responses to this post will help a lot of people. Ok, seriously? I can’t think of anything that has been more [...]
Real Estate Law by Clint Coons | August 3, 2010Every workshop I teach lately has at least 10 investors who ask me if I am familiar with the SAFE Act (Secure and Fair Enforcement Mortgage Licensing Act) enacted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and does it spell the end of seller financing. Many of you know that in today’s market [...]
Real Estate Tips by Shae Bynes | March 25, 2010 
One of the key skills you’ll need to learn as an investor is how to structure deals. When you get really good at this, you’ll be able to pull some real magic tricks out of your hat and profit from deals that other investors wouldn’t touch because they can’t figure out how to make it [...]
Read the full article → Mortgages & Lending by Justin McHood | March 9, 2010Many people across the nation find themselves in a situation where they owe more than their home is worth and they are wondering what their best option is. Should they short sell their house? Should they try to get their loan modified? Should they let their home go into foreclosure? Should they just keep making [...]
Real Estate Law by Winston Westbrook | February 24, 2010Attention my fellow investors! The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is considering a change in the rules that would in turn make seller financing a thing of the past. Yes, you heard me right! HUD may take the option away for those not licensed as a loan originator under the Federal SAFE MORTGAGE [...]
Financing Real Estate by Ryan Moeller | December 15, 2009 
One of the Myth’s of real estate is that you have to have money. This is flat out not true, you can absolutely do deals with no money and credit. There are a few precautions I want to mention, especially for beginners before explaining how to do deals with no money and no credit. Having [...]
Read the full article → Mortgages & Lending by Richard Warren | January 26, 2009If you absolutely must sell now and are not willing to slash your price, what do you do? What you need to do is stand out in a cluttered and crowded pool of homes for sale. One way to do that is to offer to finance the purchase. The current state of lending makes it [...]
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by Marty Boardman | September 22, 2011I’m a sports junkie. I mean the real sports – football, baseball and basketball. Soccer is not a sport because as the late George Carlin explained, you can’t use your hands. Ditto for hockey. Running isn’t a sport either. If I can ‘run’ to the store for a loaf of bread it’s not a sport. [...]