wholesaling
Real Estate Marketing by Ken Corsini | January 26, 2012 
Many new real estate investors find an entry point into the world of real estate investing through a strategy commonly referred to as “wholesaling.” Wholesaling is essentially a business model wherein the wholesaler puts in the time and effort to secure a contract on a potential real estate investment. Once the property is secured by [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | January 13, 2012 
Writer’s block. It happens to all bloggers from time to time. This morning as I sat staring blankly at my computer screen the phone rang. It was Monty, a BiggerPockets reader. He’s about to retire after 30 years of military service and wants to get into real estate investing. Now this is a really tired [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Sharon Vornholt | December 26, 2011Growing your real estate investing business is certainly about doing the work that it takes. But it is also about being crystal clear about where you want to go. You won’t get there no matter how much work you put in, if you don’t have a clear vision of exactly what you want your business [...]
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 → Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | November 6, 2011 
My partner and I recently got a call from a highly motivated seller. They will soon be meeting with the seller to walk through the house and will begin negotiations if things look good. I thought I’d show you the numbers on this deal so you can see how I evaluate a wholesale opportunity. First, [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | October 23, 2011 
Many new investors start out wholesaling, and that’s the smart thing to do to quickly build up some cash reserves; however, it doesn’t matter if you know how to get your phone to ring off the hook from motivated sellers or if you’re a master at getting properties under contract, if you don’t know how [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | October 16, 2011When I was fresh out of college and getting started in this business I jumped in head first. I had almost no money, I didn’t know much at all about real estate, but I was full of enthusiasm and I knew that I would figure it out along the way. I certainly didn’t want to [...]
Real Estate Investing by Ken Corsini | October 12, 2011 
Last week I wrote a blog about what to expect when bidding on REO properties. For many new investors, bidding on REOs seems like the quickest and easiest way to buy an investment property. However, with competition from other investors on the rise, it has become increasingly difficult to buy an REO at the right [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | September 25, 2011 
The beauty of subject-to’s is that there are many ways to make money from this type of deal. Best of all, if you do things right you aren’t putting a penny down of your own money – you’re simply taking over somebody’s mortgage. How to Make Money with Subject-To Deals Wholesaling a Subject-to First, you [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | August 17, 2011Kevin Kaczmarek is a real estate investor and expert in land contracts (note investing) who started out wholesaling. In our interview with Kevin (30:10 minutes), we talk about advanced note investing strategies, tips for getting started in real estate, using self-directed IRAs for real estate investing, and how BiggerPockets has helped his business to grow [...]
Flipping Houses by Danny Johnson | August 8, 2011 
If it weren’t for my wife’s support and willingness to take a chance, we would not be where we are today. Flipping houses requires a certain level of risk tolerance to be able to stand the pressure involved in dealing with large amounts of money. Houses aren’t cheap, ok, maybe we’ve proved that they can [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | May 5, 2011 
I got the strobe light at Radio Shack the summer of 8th grade. The mirror ball was a Christmas present. I bought more than 200 singles from Music City Records that year – artists like The Breakfast Club, The Jets and Cameo. I would spin those 45 RPM one-hit-wonders with an old Pioneer turntable. My [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Andrew C. MacDonald | April 11, 2011Real estate investors often pride themselves on their ability to be creative, and to design win-win deals as an outcome to many different scenarios. The problem then becomes choosing which of the possible win-win scenarios to pursue. Each of us only have so much time, so much energy, and so many resources available to put [...]
Real Estate Wholesaling by J Scott | February 23, 2011 
I get a lot of emails and phone calls from newbie wholesalers who are looking to do their first deal (and very few that are actually experienced). Most of the time, they want to run a deal past me that is too thin or for some other reason just doesn’t fit my style of investing. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Law by Clint Coons | February 10, 2011 
This week I received an inquiry from a real estate investor so fresh from an investment seminar that I could feel the weight of the credit card debt he racked during the event. The investor, like a gladiator looking to win his freedom with one last fight, was ready to tackle wholesaling property and make [...]
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