by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Many investors are generally familiar with the concepts lease option and contract for deed (aka “installment land contract”). Many investors confuse the two, and this article will help you understand the tax, legal, and practical issues between them. Lease...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
One question I get asked all the time: Is it better to buy on a lease option or to buy subject to the existing financing? Before I give my answer, let’s get clear on what the two buying strategies are. Lease Option Briefly, when you buy a property on a lease...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Most of the time, as real estate investors, we are buy on lease option for a property’s cash flow, appreciation potential, or time to get our financing in place. What happens when one of our tenants wants us to option a property to sell to them? This recently...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
[Originally published in 2003] Welcome to the year of confusion. A whole different marketplace from last year, isn’t it? As real estate investors, there are many issues to consider before we really develop our business this year. Whether you buy/sell or...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 9, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
I think investors as a whole have a bad reputation. People think of us as sharks, piranhas, and vultures. They think we thrive on taking advantage of people in distress to better ourselves. I don’t believe that is true. I see investors as a group of folks who...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 9, 2008 | Money-Making Ideas
Money in an IRA (and other retirement plans) is a great source of real estate investment funds. In fact, most people don’t even know they can use their IRA money to invest in real estate, mortgages, and trust deeds. And, once they stash it away, many folks...
