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What are your options? When you hear the word option in real estate, you probably think of a lease-option strategy. This is where you lease a house to a tenant buyer with bumpy credit. You call them a tenant buyer because they’re renting your house with the hope of buying it from you in the near future. That’s where the option comes in. You sell them the option to purchase the...
Word of Mouth Advertising is a big deal in any business. Your customers need to know what you do and how to get in touch with you. In real estate investing, advertising presents a unique challenge in that you nearly never have repeat customers. That’s because most people don’t have multiple houses to sell. In order to drive your investing business forward, you need to be advertising...
Attorneys are people too: There’s a movie I really like called “The 13th Warrior.” It’s based on the epic of Beowulf with a few twists. There’s an extra character, played by Antonio Banderas, who ends up being the epics author. Another twist happens with Grendle. In the epic, Grendle is a humanoid-ogre type beast who appears at night to fight and feast on the warriors sleeping in...
Private money loans: How many of you have heard the phrase, “it takes money to make money?” This is a true statement if you want to make it in real estate investing. People often make the assumption, however, that you must own the money it takes to make said money. You don’t need to own it- you just need someone to let you use their money so you can do the deal. These people are...
Appreciation I’m a huge fan of the Home Depot in Calhoun. I’m in there multiple times a week -sometimes a day. The people there are always friendly, knowledgeable and quick to help. I know most of the associates in there by name; they’re really a great group of people. I could elaborate, but for time sake, I would like to talk about what you can expect when using the pro...