by Brandon Reynolds | Mar 8, 2011 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I started quasi investing in real estate about 10 years ago when I bought my first house (well, condo) for $112,000. Okay, it was a primary residence, but it got me started. I renovated the condo with $7,000 of borrowed money and sold it two years later for $145,000....
by Brandon Reynolds | Mar 8, 2011 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I’ve wanted to own income property for quite some time. My career background includes banking, investment advising, and now financial planning/business consulting. For almost two years now, I have had my own consulting firm. (We now have 4 employees.) Well, I...
by Brandon Reynolds | Mar 8, 2011 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I am a full-time real estate investor and owner of Always Open Storage, LLC. A year ago I was fairly oblivious to how the self storage industry worked, as I had spent my previous years in residential real estate. However, I heard about a great business opportunity in...
by Brandon Reynolds | Mar 8, 2011 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
My name is Rommel, and I’m from WI. Here is my success story: Six minutes at a real estate investor’s meeting leads to my first deal… Back in 2003, I read a book recommended by my brother called Rich Dad, Poor Dad. From that point forward, I knew...
by Brandon Reynolds | Mar 8, 2011 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
This is a story about never knowing where you can find your buyer or seller. About nine months ago, I was eating at a Chili’s restaurant and preparing for a wholesaling class I teach for our Real Estate Association in Orlando. A man started talking to me after...
by Brandon Reynolds | Apr 7, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I bought a 5-bedroom, fixer-upper home in an old neighborhood that had $2,000 in back taxes owed on it. I paid 500 bucks for a quit claim deed, then sold it on payments to an investor for $7,500 cash–and they must assume the taxes on the deal. I got $1,500 down,...