by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 13, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
First of all, it has taken me a long time to submit this success story. The reason why it has taken so long, is that I never thought that what I did was anything out of the ordinary. I have had hearing problems all my life, becoming deaf in my left ear by the time I...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
It has now been two months since we moved. However, unlike the rest of our friends, we are now getting PAID to live in our house! We moved into a triplex and keep the other two units rented out. The rental income pays for the mortgage and taxes and puts a bit aside...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
We purchased a 5-bedroom/2.5-bath house for $87,000. We spent $6,000 in rehab (interior paint, all new floor coverings, misc cleaning and yard work), and put the house on the market for $119,900. Similar houses in this plat are selling in the $130,000 – $150,000...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
Just sold my first investment property for $37,000 net profit. Man, I’m fired up about this business. Here’s how it went down: 1. Went to CRE Online Convention as a newbie. Bought Ron LeGrand’s and Robert Kiyosaki’s materials, and asked lots of...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
This story is not just about a great deal, but rather an attempt to help you realize one of many ways by which your dream of financial freedom may be achieved. To those of you who are acquainted with what I have been doing since 1995 let me say this: Thank You....
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I am not a big fan of so-called creative financing only because it requires so much work and a lot of risk. However, creative financing can work, though I have never done a “no money down” deal. I bought my first house just after my 25th birthday. It was a...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I have owned rental property for twelve years now. Just collecting rents and doing what “investors” have done forever: Letting my tenants pay my mortgages and build my equity. I received an offer of $125,000 for a multi-family property I had purchased...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I’m a part-time real estate investor. I frequently read the success stories on CRE Online to gain knowledge and for the motivation it provides to me. Although I have other rental properties, this month I completed my first flipped house. I acquired a HUD...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
While attending the Creative Real Estate Online Convention in Las Vegas this past March, I had the luck of running into a friend I hadn’t seen in many years. Ben Moye and I were introduced approximately ten years ago in middle Georgia. Ben is in the commercial...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 12, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
This is long, both due to the complexity of the deals and my own writing style. I do think it will be worth your while if you learn one thing though from it. Also, Scott Britton would probably not approve of the way I used leverage in this transaction. I would also...