Private Lending: Pros and Cons One of my investors called me up today and told me he had decided he was ready to get into the lending business. He had already purchased a number of properties over the last year or so and was ready to diversify his real estate investing strategy. Part of his decision making process had to do with the tedious financing process he had experienced when buying a property a few months prior, but I think most of the decision had to do with a desire to branch out … [Read more...]
How to Raise Private Money Anytime, Anywhere. Even Over Chicken Wings!
July 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How to Raise Private Money Anytime, Anywhere. Even Over Chicken Wings!This isn’t any sort of ground-breaking new real estate principle, but always be ready to talk about your business and private money! I’ve read other articles on BiggerPockets talking about this same principle, and with a recent experience of mine, you can throw me into the category of “believer”.The point of this article is to offer encouragement that these sort of things “do” happen in the real world, and not just … [Read more...]
How to Get the Greatest Marketing Return on Investment Available
July 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How to Get the Greatest Marketing Return on Investment AvailableIn real estate, it’s ALL about the numbers. After repair value (ARV), renovation budget, purchase price, days on market, cost of money, Realtor commission, and the list goes on. You get the point.Besides your “deal analyzer” numbers, you also have your “marketing” numbers. Particularly, what kind of return are you getting by spending money on the various forms of marketing?Although I have no statistical data to back up … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Invest in a Self-Directed IRA in Real Estate
May 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
3 Ways to Invest in a Self-Directed IRA in Real EstateWith the continued volatility surrounding the stock market, more and more investors are converting their retirement accounts into self-directed IRAs. We speak to investors almost every day who want to invest in real estate in some form or fashion and want to use retirement funds (that probably aren’t earning enough to keep up with inflation) to do this. Most investors intuitively know that the opportunities to invest in real estate right … [Read more...]
The Use of Private Money
December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The use of private money is nothing new. Many investors have used it in the past and have called it very different things. Hard Money, Private Loans, Family Loans, Partner Money, Investor Pools, Money Partners, Private Equity, heck even Loan Sharks (jokingly)- are all names and sources of private money that can be used for [...]Private Money – Use It To Fund Deals is a post from: Real Estate Investing Blog For Real Estate Investors.Read the full post here... … [Read more...]
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