by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
January 31, 1999 – I called a manager of a local mobile home park to see if a certain mobile home could stay in the park. I had talked to the owner and he said, “Sure, it can stay.” I asked him if he knew of any others that might be for sale. He said...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
After a year of learning from this site, I purchased Bill Bronchick’s Big Profits with Lease Options. I just got home from setting up an escrow account, and I am so excited, I had to write you the details. After calling on 121 ads in the paper on “Homes...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I actually completed these deals back in November but just got around to writing them up now. My first success story is, $24,000 Cash, $138,000 Equity and More. This will give you a little more info on my background and experience. As in my first deal, two properties...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I was a cop for almost a decade. I had become burned out, and most days dreaded going to work. I knew there had to be something else for me, but did not have a clue as to what. All I knew my whole adult life was law enforcement. One of my nights off, I was sitting...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
My partner Mark and I (I call him legs, he’s the young one and does all the running around) have been very active this past year. On January 1st, 1998 we had one three-unit apartment house and two tenants. On January 1st, 1999 we controlled 95 rental units,...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I decided it was time to submit my success story. In my first few months, I made some costly newbie errors that I feel I should share with other newbies, so they don’t make the same mistakes. My story begins in September 1998. I had a dental appointment early in...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
Although I have been employed in real estate maintenance management for many years, I again began investing in my own properties in 1995, having lost my prior investments to divorce. From January 1995 to August 1998, I acquired 11 condominium units and reached a point...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
One year ago, my wife and I were living paycheck to paycheck. I was working a job I didn’t want to be at while she was attending college. On January 10, 1998 I quit my job (family business) out of frustration. Having no job and no income gave me the motivation I...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
[Note: This is Jim’s second success story. See Jim’s first success story: Over $11,000 Profit on My First Lease Option.] This is a deal that many of you here on Creative Real Estate Online helped me with, so I wanted to submit it as a success story. This...
by Brandon Reynolds | Jan 9, 2009 | Real Estate Investor Success Stories
I have always wanted to invest in real estate ever since I had to sell my New Hampshire home during a divorce and made $51,000. This past December I bought a $32,000 real estate foreclosure for $17,900 and put a few credit cards in it for a total of $7,250 in fix up....
