Using The Right Mailing Lists to Locate Motivated Sellers (Part 1)
By Kathy Kennebrook “The Marketing Magic Lady” Implementing the right list and using the right letter when creating your direct mail campaigns to locate motivated sellers is crucial to your success as a Real Estate Investor. There are lots of different ways to find these lists and lots of different types of lists to choose […]
The Rise of Private Capital Lenders and Why It Matters for Fix and Flip Investing
By Ryan Roberts Things have changed dramatically since the crisis of 2008. Spurred by a collapse of the housing market, the most financially tumultuous time in recent history drove large-scale, well-known banks to pull the e-brake on real estate lending. While the jury is still out, there’s no denying that the crash of the late-2000s […]
Enhanced Diligence for Turnkey Investing
By Bruce Kellogg What About Enhanced Diligence? In the beginning, commercial real estate brokers invented the term “due diligence”. Lacking a specific definition, it basically means, “Check it out”, when making a real estate purchase. Nowadays, the term has received wider use in home purchasing, turnkeys, syndications, and more, but its application still has no […]
The Best Inheritance You Can Leave Your Kids
By Fuquan Bilal What inheritance are you leaving your children? I know you would probably expect me to say “mortgage notes,” or “passive income properties.” Those are great investments. They might be some of the best types of assets to pass on in an estate. Yet, there are some things which are far more important! […]
“T” Is for “Time”
By Jeffery Watson Time can be the investor’s greatest ally or the procrastinator’s worst enemy. Across America, thousands of baby boomers are waking up and realizing they have not used time to their advantage in building wealth and saving for retirement. In my Roth Theorem, the Enhanced Rate of Interest (EROI) over a long period […]
Warning to All Renters: Renting a House Could Cost You A Million Dollars
By Lex Levinrad The Distressed Real Estate Institute has a report called “Warning to All Renters: Renting a House Could Cost You a Million Dollars!” The report was based on the findings of a Distressed Real Estate Institute study that looked at data on thousands of single family homes in South Florida. “We looked at […]
Choosing the Road to Wealth
By Kathy Kennebrook (The Marketing Magic Lady) More people are becoming millionaires today than ever before in the real estate business. So what makes these wealthy entrepreneurs so different? They chose the road to wealth and real estate as the vehicle to get there. When choosing the road to wealth, there are some important distinctions […]
Florida Land Trusts
By Randy Hughes Oftentimes I am asked, “Which state should I form my land trust in?” As a continuation of the subject discusses in my last newsletter, you now understand that you do not have to form your land trust in the same state where you live or where the property is located. In fact, […]
How To Sell A House In A Difficult Market
By Lex Levinrad Are you having a hard time selling your house in today’s market? As prices have declined and as sellers have become more desperate to sell it has become increasingly difficult to sell a house for fair market value. More than 50% of the properties that are listed on the MLS are either […]
Should I buy my own home first, or rent and buy investment homes?
By Adiel Gorel A classic question I get when talking to a would-be real estate investor is: “Shouldn’t we buy a home to live in first before buying investment homes?” The answer, of course, depends on where you live. When considering owning your own residence, there are various layers of reasoning. Some are logic and […]