by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 11, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Are you a newbie attending a real estate investing club? Learn the rules before you attend.Having run a real estate club since 1994 with 650 members [Colorado Association of Real Estate Investors] and having spoken at more than 50 clubs around the country, I have a...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 11, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
By definition, a real estate investor puts up some money and “invests” it into deals. As a real estate “entrepreneur,” I prefer to avoid tying up any of my cash in my real estate investments. In fact, I prefer to collect some of my profits on...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 11, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
As I travel around the country giving seminars and training classes on Rehab 101, I often am asked if I have a favorite home repair technique. The first thing that comes to mind is Bondo. Yes, the same Bondo body filler that mechanics use to repair dents on wrecked...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 11, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Being a real estate investor means protecting yourself from potential scams. Just because someone holds a professional license of some kind doesn’t mean that he is honest. You can probably order one of these licenses over the Internet. We know that it can be...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 11, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
[Editor’s note: The real estate short sale can be a useful and very powerful technique for turning “no equity” deals into big profits. In a short sale, you negotiate with the bank holding the mortgage and get it to accept *less* than what the seller...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 11, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
[In IRS Definitions for “Real Estate Investors” (Part One), Diane defined real estate dealer status and real estate professional status and the related tax planning. In Part Two, she’ll discuss real estate developer status and related tax issues.]...