All Forum Posts by: Stanley Crawford

Zillow has a couple in the 20's

Everything you say is true. But the point I was trying to is most everybody reading has enough money/or access to enough money if they are willing to sacrifice some comfort for a short period of time. I have bought 5 houses in the last 14 months all were less than $7000 and all but 1 could have been occupied at closing.

James you are right of course. I am just trying to point out it can be done for a lot less than the price of a car.

NOTE: I myself to not move into rehabs myself but I do camp out in them for a week at a time.

1. Be willing to work and sacrifice comfort if necessary.
2. It is not that hard to find "livable" houses right now for 10 or 15K. Even less.
3. If you are short on money then move in the house yourself while it is being fixed up. Many houses are really just dirty and need new carpet and paint.
4. Then sell or rent out the house and you are on your way for less than the cost of a new car.

Can't find deals like that? Look harder. I even have one posted on this site and there are many others. SEE NUMBER 1

I have never used a wholesaler either to buy or sale a property. I am willing though if the deal was good enough.

I have won 4 W&W auctions and 2 were accepted. $3500 for one and $6000 for the other. But then you have to add the $1500 minimum auction fee.

Does it really need 33K worth of work? Can't you do some of it yourself? Licensed Contractors are great but really not needed for every part of the job. "Good OLE boys" can do many thing just fine and A LOT cheaper.

# 1 Google them

# 2 Stay on site as much as you can,Be as involved as you can.