by Jim Ingersoll | Aug 14, 2012 | Buy and Hold, Creative Real Estate Investing, No Money Down, Private Lenders/Private Money, Real Estate Investing Strategies
As real estate investors, building a portfolio of rentals is the single biggest wealth-creating opportunity of our lifetime. Real estate investors who rely on bank financing are struggling and failing because the large down payments required and mortgage underwriting...
by Ben Yonge | Apr 26, 2012 | Creative Real Estate Investing, Private Lenders/Private Money, Real Estate Investing Strategies
You’ve always thought outside the box. In kindergarten, you colored so far outside the lines that your parents had to pay for a new desk. In high school, you created a new club every year. (Spelunking – really?) So now that you’re an adult, why are you...
by Jim Ingersoll | Feb 2, 2012 | Private Lenders/Private Money
This is my fourth installment in a blog series about investing in real estate using OPM (Other People’s Money). My last article, Private Lenders = Cash Flow + Infinite Returns, focused on buying and holding real estate using joint ventures. This blog article...
by Jim Ingersoll | Jan 26, 2012 | Creative Real Estate Investing, No Money Down, Private Lenders/Private Money, Real Estate Investing Strategies
Did you catch the first two articles in this series about investing without needing bank financing? The first one was titled, Fire The Bank and was all about the reasons you should invest in real estate today without relying on bank financing. The follow-up article...
by Jim Ingersoll | Jan 17, 2012 | Creative Real Estate Investing, Private Lenders/Private Money
The last blog article I wrote was about why real estate investors should “Fire The Bank” and learn to use other people’s money (OPM) to buy houses in 2012. I outlined three specific reasons why investors should no longer rely on bank financing. Most investors I...
by Jim Ingersoll | Jan 10, 2012 | No Money Down, Private Lenders/Private Money, Real Estate Investing Strategies
Great news. Real estate is on sale throughout the country. Inventory of distressed housing is way up, and we are experiencing the great real estate wealth transfer of our generation. What is holding you back? For most investors today, the answer is the lack of bank...