by Mike Johnson | Aug 21, 2012 | Commercial Real Estate, Creative Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Investing Strategies
You’re tired of working for money and have decided you want money working for you. You want a monthly income stream that doesn’t require you to be anywhere on a schedule. You want the income stream to be safe, dependable, tax-free, in your control, grow in value over...
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 Mike Johnson | Aug 1, 2012 | Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Strategies
Mobile home parks are tremendous investments, but how do you find the motivated sellers that make profitable deals possible? If you are new to the industry, you’ll want to look close to home. The closer to home, the better. I’d look within 50 miles of home to expand...
by Jim Ingersoll | Jul 24, 2012 | Creative Real Estate Investing, Motivated Sellers, Real Estate Investing Strategies
Today’s real estate market has created excellent opportunities for real estate investors to work directly with motivated sellers. These are distressed sellers with a variety of life challenges such as job loss, divorce, or medical challenges. They might be out-of-town...
by Mike Johnson | Jul 23, 2012 | Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Strategies
Would you rather have one rental stream from a single $200,000 home or 40 rental streams from forty, $5,000 mobile homes? Clearly, forty rental streams is better than one rental stream. If you own these mobile homes in an area like mine, the going rate to rent a...
by Marko Rubel | Jul 11, 2012 | Miscellaneous, Real Estate Investing Strategies
As real estate investors, don’t we all wish we had a crystal ball to forecast the real estate market future? With that crystal ball, we could confidently invest in certain areas, strategically buying and selling in some markets, and using buy and hold strategies in...