Marketing a Seller Carry Back Deal

Marketing a Seller Carry Back DealI feel extremely uneasy when someone refers to me as an expert, unless, of course, it has to do with breakfast cereal or cheap red wine. Luckily, this doesn’t happen very often. I also don’t like real estate professionals, social media consultants, bloggers and economists referring to themselves as experts. Seems a little vain to me.The only thing I really know about real estate investing is that I don’t know everything. And when I read the … [Read more...]

Putting Together a ‘Team’ for Your Real Estate Business – It’s About Results

Putting Together a ‘Team’ for Your Real Estate Business – It’s About ResultsMany on BiggerPockets, me included, often refer to the ever present, but somehow nebulous, Team. Speakin’ only for myself, Team has a very well defined meaning as it relates to what I do. Before abandoning my hometown real estate market, my Team consisted of assistants and a transaction coordinator. That was pretty misleading though, using 20/20 hindsight. Consider that from 1977 through 2003, 27 years, I used … [Read more...]

What is your Real Estate Acquisition Strategy with Property Foreclosures

What is your Real Estate Acquisition Strategy with Foreclosures?Trustee’s sale (foreclosure auction)REO (real estate owned or bank/lender owned)Short Sale I’ve used other acquisition strategies in the past – wholesale, probate, assignment, normal.  My all-encompassing real estate acquisition strategy is PURCHASE ANY HOUSE THAT MEETS MY PREDEFINED BUYING CRITERIA.  If it’s a deal, it’s a deal.  It’s not important how I bought the house, or from whom.  It really shouldn’t matter … [Read more...]