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Art Bell
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Wholesaling properties with high equity

Art Bell
  • Santa Fe, NM
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How do I wholesale a property with high equity? Take a property with an ARV of $100K and with owner equity of $80K. The seller is motivaged. Can anything be done with it?

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Ian Kee
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Ian Kee
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Of course, what's to stop you from wholesaling a property with a lot of equity? But the better question, why don't you want to keep it for yourself?

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Ian Kee
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Of course, what's to stop you from wholesaling a property with a lot of equity? But the better question, why don't you want to keep it for yourself?

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Art Bell
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Art Bell
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Don't understand.  If I offer $50K for property, seller loses $30K.

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Roland Paicely
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That's one way to look at it.  Another way is that the seller gets $50,000 and is rid of the property(problem).  It's all about their motivation.

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Brian Pulaski
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Brian Pulaski
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What happens if the seller does not bring that extra $30k to the table when it closes? They very well may not have it. At that point who is the one responsible for clearing the "mortgage" left on the property?

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Jorge De Jesus
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Jorge De Jesus
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@Art Bell ok, not surge aouht some of these other responses. Here are m 2 cents: wholesale as a subject to to a RETAIL buyer

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Ian Kee
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Ian Kee
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Originally posted by @Brian Pulaski:

What happens if the seller does not bring that extra $30k to the table when it closes? They very well may not have it. At that point who is the one responsible for clearing the "mortgage" left on the property?

The seller doesn't need to bring $30k to the table. According to this example the seller has a property with ARV of $100k, has $80k equity which means they owe $20k. So if he offers $50k, the seller doesn't have to bring $30k...the seller actually gets paid $30k. So like Roland said, you don't have to look at it as the seller losing money....if they accept $50k that means you are providing value by solving their problem. Win-win for everyone.

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Brian Pulaski
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Brian Pulaski
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@Ian Kee I misread and thought they owed $80k... I see the example now.

Them having $80k in equity (only owing $20k) doesn't mean the house is worth $80k so I agree that if they are happy with $50k, they are "making" money when you buy/wholesale it.

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Ian Kee
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Ian Kee
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yup. =) 

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Art Bell
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Art Bell
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I'm missing it, which is no shock.  How does the $30K get paid to the seller?