by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
People are always seeking a way to finance 100% of income property. It’s fueled by the late-night infomercials touting no money down deals. The way it comes across, all you have to do to become a millionaire investing in real estate is acquire the properties...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
One of the common complaints investors across the country share with me is that they talk with a seller who sounds motivated on the phone but turns out to be a dud when they go meet with this seller. Let’s look at the ways you can make sure the sellers you meet...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
I get many calls asking for help understanding how to use a financial calculator, especially figuring yields on mobile home deals. I hope this clears up some of the confusion you may have and to help you structure better, more profitable deals. The power of the...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
JP-Vaughan: Hello, everyone. Welcome to our chat with Joe Kaiser, real estate investor extraordinaire. I think we’re fortunate tonight to have, as our guest, a man who is the most innovative real estate investing educator around today. I’ve known Joe for...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Many investors are generally familiar with the concepts lease option and contract for deed (aka “installment land contract”). Many investors confuse the two, and this article will help you understand the tax, legal, and practical issues between them. Lease...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
One question I get asked all the time: Is it better to buy on a lease option or to buy subject to the existing financing? Before I give my answer, let’s get clear on what the two buying strategies are. Lease Option Briefly, when you buy a property on a lease...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Most of the time, as real estate investors, we are buy on lease option for a property’s cash flow, appreciation potential, or time to get our financing in place. What happens when one of our tenants wants us to option a property to sell to them? This recently...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 10, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
[Originally published in 2003] Welcome to the year of confusion. A whole different marketplace from last year, isn’t it? As real estate investors, there are many issues to consider before we really develop our business this year. Whether you buy/sell or...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 9, 2008 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
I think investors as a whole have a bad reputation. People think of us as sharks, piranhas, and vultures. They think we thrive on taking advantage of people in distress to better ourselves. I don’t believe that is true. I see investors as a group of folks who...
by Brandon Reynolds | Dec 9, 2008 | Authors
Dwan Bent-Twyford is a distinguished author, motivating national speaker, and incredible teacher. Her niche is finding foreclosures with no equity, negotiating with the banks to accept less than what is owed, thus creating a “short sale.” As a result, Dwan...