by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Identity Theft is the fastest growing crime in America today. Would you know what to do if it happened to you? When someone else uses your name, address, Social Security Number, bank account number, credit card account, or other personal identifying information...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
There has been a lot of negative press and misinformation lately about double closings. Many people have been indicted recently under what the press has labeled “property flipping scams.” Misinformed lenders, real estate agents, and title companies will...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Acquiring investment real estate can be handled with many approaches. Two very popular “no money down” approaches are lease options and “subject to,” or “getting the deed.” A lease option is a technique that involves gaining...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
New Roth 401(k) Allows Contributions up to $20,000 with NO Income Limits Two of the most popular types of retirement savings plans available today are the Roth IRA and the 401(k) plan. In 2001, Congress married these two types of plans by passing the Economic Growth...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Partnerships can be very lucrative for real estate investors. A partnership is “a legal relation existing between two or more persons contractually associated as joint principals in a business.” Real estate partnerships can be used for many applications....
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
There are two common questions that involve Realtors and investors: Should I become a Realtor? How can I work with Realtors? How to work with Realtors Many investors think that real estate agents don’t have the best deals or they have all been picked over by the...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Fear #1: It isn’t legal or ethical to save on taxes.Fact: Well, let’s see what a Supreme Court Justice had to say about that. Justice Learned Hand said, “There is nothing sinister in arranging one’s affairs so as to keep taxes as low as...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Have you ever created a deed right there at the seller’s kitchen table? If so, did you bring along a typewriter or just use theirs? Or even better, did you hand write everything up or use one of those office supply store, fill-in-the-blank forms? What are you,...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 18, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
In an average year, our family business will buy, sell, and finance $10 million to $15 million in deals. That volume gives us a pretty good read on market conditions, and we stay in close contact with dozens of buyers, sellers, and brokers. Over the years, we’ve...
by Brandon Reynolds | Feb 17, 2009 | Real Estate Investment How-to Articles
Savvy investors understand that they can often put together more deals through incremental negotiations over the actual repayment terms of the property sale as opposed to focusing solely on the property’s sale price. Take a look at an example You have located a...
