by Brandon Reynolds | Sep 22, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Answering machines, ugh. The worst part about calling sellers on the phone is that more often then not, there’s nobody there to answer the darn thing and we’re left dealing with their answering machines. Hmm… It occurred to me one day that I ought to...
by Brandon Reynolds | Sep 22, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
It seems that our school system teaches everything except how to go out into the real world and survive. How many high school graduates do you know that can balance a check book, or understand anything about money and financing? Some can’t do simple things like...
by Brandon Reynolds | Sep 22, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Subordination and substitution of collateral are two fancy real estate techniques that can be used to raise huge sums of cash from real estate. In order to understand subordination and substitution, you must first understand the basics of mortgages. A mortgage (also...
by Brandon Reynolds | Sep 22, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
On Tuesday, August 1, 1995, I took a group of investors to a monthly Bexar County (the San Antonio metropolitan area) tax sale to teach them how to research properties coming up for sale and to provide them with an opportunity to bid on and, hopefully, buy a property....
by Brandon Reynolds | Sep 22, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Let’s start with the basics. The concept of a “Buyer’s Briefcase” is to have the right forms necessary to “sign up” a transaction at your fingertips at all times. It’s kinda like a salesman with his order pad. When someone...
by Brandon Reynolds | Sep 22, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
It happens all the time. I’m driving down a road I haven’t been on in months, turn the corner and BOOM. There it is–a vacant house. Hmmmmm….this could be interesting, but I’ll need to do a little checking before getting my hopes up. My...
