Commercial Real Estate Investment 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.

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.

In a huge victory for managed and self-directed IRA owners everywhere, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April 2005 that IRAs receive Federal Creditor Protection. This means that creditors cannot seize assets in an Individual Retirement Account.

Finding good real estate deals is an art that takes time to master. Like any business, customers are what drive it. Your primary customer is the seller who is motivated to sell below market value. Finding motivated sellers requires advertising, marketing, salesmanship, and, like any business, keeping your nose to the ground.

Question: Is this true? I keep reading that the inflation on real estate is so high and the market is going to crash. Should I be worrying?

Whether you plan to rehab or wholesale, you’ll need to build a buyers list. These are the investors to whom you’ll sell properties. If you plan to wholesale real estate, these folks can make you very rich.

In a huge victory for managed and self-directed IRA owners everywhere, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April 2005 that IRAs receive Federal Creditor Protection. This means that creditors cannot seize assets in an Individual Retirement Account.

A basic understanding of real estate and finance would prevent many of these so-called “financial writers” from their fantasy headlines. Remember, these are writers–not real estate geniuses. They are people who make a low five-figure income putting words on paper. They love exciting doom and gloom headlines.

One of the biggest problems real estate investors face when structuring transactions involving seller financing is the seller’s concern for security and assurance that they will be repaid. Let’s take a look at a typical example:

Do the homeowners still owe the bank money after a real estate foreclosure? That is a good question. When you negotiate a successful short sale, keep in mind that the agreed upon price is payment in full.

Whether you plan to rehab or wholesale, you’ll need to build a buyers list. These are the investors to whom you’ll sell properties. If you plan to wholesale real estate, these folks can make you very rich.

Question: Is this true? I keep reading that the inflation on real estate is so high and the market is going to crash. Should I be worrying?

The mobile home/land deal is a hybrid investment property. Using any one of the techniques found in creative real estate investing, we buy land with a mobile home on it, or we buy a mobile home and place it on land we have purchased. The mobile home itself is initially treated as personal property, much like a car. The land is treated as real estate.

In this article, I’m going to be discussing some fairly recent and mostly unknown law about contracting through electronic methods that can be a big help to all players in the real estate investing world. Let’s start with some real estate legal basics everybody knows.

In this article, I’m going to be discussing some fairly recent and mostly unknown law about contracting through electronic methods that can be a big help to all players in the real estate investing world. Let’s start with some real estate legal basics everybody knows.

Once upon a time not too long ago, a peanut farmer had just left the White House, a former actor replaced him in our nation’s highest office, and the Prime Rate (the interest rate banks charge their most credit worthy customers–usually their most prominent and stable business customers), was at 20%.

Are you considering tax lien investing as a strategy? If you take the time to learn the ropes, you’ll discover why real estate is the best wealth-builder in the universe–the safest, most accessible, most lucrative investment you can make. You’ll also find out how to use your real estate investments to create multiple income streams and have a river of money flowing your way every day.

Clearly there are benefits for both the buyer and the seller when a flexible seller is willing to provide owner financing to you as the buyer of their property. Let us take a look at a few examples:

The mobile home/land deal is a hybrid investment property. Using any one of the techniques found in creative real estate investing, we buy land with a mobile home on it, or we buy a mobile home and place it on land we have purchased. The mobile home itself is initially treated as personal property, much like a car. The land is treated as real estate.

Once upon a time not too long ago, a peanut farmer had just left the White House, a former actor replaced him in our nation’s highest office, and the Prime Rate (the interest rate banks charge their most credit worthy customers–usually their most prominent and stable business customers), was at 20%.

Are you considering tax lien investing as a strategy? If you take the time to learn the ropes, you’ll discover why real estate is the best wealth-builder in the universe–the safest, most accessible, most lucrative investment you can make. You’ll also find out how to use your real estate investments to create multiple income streams and have a river of money flowing your way every day.

On my online newsgroup and at seminars, I am often asked, “How do I get from where I am (usually single-family residential properties) to dealing in larger scale properties?”

I had a great conversation with a mentorship student yesterday who shared with me how he and his wife are selling their third house (their first two houses they still own) and will net $45,000. It inspired me because I had talked with them over a year ago when they had a tenant/buyer back out of a deal, and they were at an emotional low.

Many self-acclaimed real estate gurus state that everyone should quit their jobs and immediately jump into real estate investing full time. They often claim incredible results from students with little experience.

Many self-acclaimed real estate gurus state that everyone should quit their jobs and immediately jump into real estate investing full time. They often claim incredible results from students with little experience.