by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
After reading Lonnie’s two books three times [Deals on Wheels and Making Money with Mobile Homes], I was really anxious to try my first “Lonnie Deal.” I traveled around a couple of mobile home parks in May, and finally spotted a run down, overgrown...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I called on an ad in the “for rent” section and believed to have a motivated seller on the other end. I went to see the house, which was located in a nice area. The home was a three-bedroom/one-bathroom that need some updating. The owner had another home...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I have been lurking on this site for five or six weeks. I executed a couple of mobile home deals as per the numerous postings here, with good results. Then I read Ben Innes-Ker’s $5 Option/$30,000 Profit Success Story last week and decided to run an ad in our...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I set up all of my single family home rentals on a lease option to purchase basis. Columbus, Ohio is a great market, so typically, a three-day ad is all I need to rent a place. I’ll receive an average of 35 to 40 calls per day while the ad is running. I make it...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
“Lonnie Deals” seemed to be the hot topic on the Creative Real Estate Online Main Real Estate Forum, so I thought I would order Lonnie Scruggs’ book Deals On Wheels and check out mobile home investing. For just $35, what did I have to lose? While...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I have completed my first creative real estate investment, and I am very grateful to all of you as I have learned so much from the site. Here is the outline of the deal…I bought a 4-unit building in Northern New Hampshire. It was fully occupied, and the agreed...