by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 2, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
This story has been a while in coming, so forgive me if I tend to be a tad bit wordy. Yes, the title wasn’t just a headline to get you to read this story. Indeed, I am totally physically blind. No, the blind are not magic people. We don’t hear better than...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 2, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I sent out 250 postcards to out-of-state property owners in one zip code. Several people called back, and this one was an old 1955 Spartan mobile home in a “55 and older” mobile home park, completely set up. The guy lived in Texas and said he had power of...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 2, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
In my state, foreclosures are advertised in the “Legal Notices” section of the local newspaper, and they include the amount owed on the property. I was caught off guard last week at the courthouse steps when the auctioneer named a property, and I did not...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 2, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I did three lease option deals in Alabama (although I live in California) in just a few months’ time with over $70,000 in equity! Deals #1 and #2 were bank REOs that I bought through an agent. The third came from a painter I called to give me estimates for work....
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 2, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I have been investing for about 30 years, so I have lots of stories about making money on rehabs. This was an interesting one. It was a four-plex in a good location, but had been owned by a law firm. They had bought it for a tax shelter, but no one wanted to deal with...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 2, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
When I started four years ago, I got a lot of inspiration from the Success Stories on your site. People need to know that it can be done–even in this type of market. I just closed another wholesale deal which was not as spectacular as my previous Success Story,...