by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Year after year, home remodeling fraud costs consumers thousands of dollars and considerable stress and aggravation. Contractor fraud is a criminal activity pulled by scam artists on consumers. They tend to prey on senior citizens and singles, taking advantage of...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
So you’ve just purchased a new home study course. You followed the instructions. You found a good deal. You present your contract to the listing broker, and you get laughed at! The reality is, real estate brokers don’t like “seminar” forms....
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
The real estate contract is the most often used, yet little understood tool in the real estate business. Whether you are a rank beginner or seasoned expert, there is no excuse for not knowing and understanding real estate contracts. Real estate contracts are based on...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Most people have come to mistakenly view cash (including cash to an existing loan and/or cash to a new loan), rather than benefits, as the driving force behind real estate transactions. So when cash is tight, transactions don’t get done, and benefits for buyers...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
[Editor’s note: Buying a home “subject to” means “subject to the existing financing” already in place on the property. The terms of the original note with the lender stay the same, and the note remains in the seller’s name....
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Every real estate investor has heard how important it is to build rapport with distressed homeowners. What we never hear about is how to do it. What is it about someone that makes us instantly like or dislike them? We do not really know what it is about that person;...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
In early September 2007, the headlines keep bringing dark skies. Homes Entering Foreclosure at Record Pace Realtors: Home Price Slump Through ’08 Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Announces Massive 3-Day Sale in 19 States More Americans are falling behind...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
In my previous article, Top 5 Mistakes of Beginning Commercial Real Estate Investors, we discussed 5 of the 10 most common mistakes investors make in commercial real estate. They could be summed up as: Lack of market knowledge Lousy due diligence Bad math...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
The headlines keep on coming. The only thing for certain is as leading business consultant, Tom Peters, would say: “If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention!” Freddie Mac Sees Housing Continuing to Tumble 65 of Nation’s 299...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 20, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
We’ve all done it. Anyone who invests in real estate is bound to make a clunker deal sooner or later. I’ve been in this business for over 25 years and have made plenty of mistakes, and I am always reminded that experience is what you get right after you...