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A Review of the Carleton Sheets “No Down Payment” Course
“You can buy real estate with no down payment!” You’ve seen the infomercial a hundred times on television over the years. Me too, so I decided to pick up a copy of the Carleton Sheets “No Down Payment” program just to see what my competition offers. Generally, I don’t do reviews of other authors, since it […]
Continue readingMaster Lease Option for Apartment Building Strategy
Why buy an apartment building when you can RENT one? If you are buying an apartment building with the intent of improving and flipping it within a few years, the Master Lease Option for Apartment Building Strategy may be the way to go. Instead of going under contract, raising the down payment through syndication, and […]
Continue readingLease Option vs Contract for Deed
Many investors are generally familiar with the concepts lease option and contract for deed (aka “installment land contract”). Many investors confuse the two, and this article will help you understand the tax, legal, and practical issues between a lease option vs contract for deed. Lease Options First, let’s start with the lease option, which is really two […]
Continue readingOwner Financing Real Estate for Colorado and Other States
There are many benefits for doing an owner-carry installment sale as opposed to conventional financing for both the buyer and seller. Sometimes the advantages inure to the benefit of one or the other, but in most cases, the transaction is “Win/Win” for both parties. All of these techniques work in my home state of Colorado, […]
Continue reading10 Reasons Why Lease Options Make Sense in Real Estate Investing
There are literally dozens of ways to purchase a property with little or no money down. These tend to work well with real estate investors that are just starting out or the experienced investor that is reaching the limits of their available cash and/or credit. For these investors, a lease option (also known as rent […]
Continue readingCreative Real Estate Options
Creative real estate investing is defined as the usage of non-traditional ideas and methods of selling and buying properties. Here, the buyer will initially secure his finance taken from a lending organization and pay the full amount together with borrowed funds which will serve as his down payment. This technique works well in my home […]
Continue readingBasics of Owner Financing
Let’s discuss how the basics of owner financing, which is different depending on whether the seller has existing financing on the property. Property Owned Free and Clear Let’s begin the discussion with a simple explanation of owner financing with a property that is owned free and clear of any mortgage liens, that is, there is no debt […]
Continue readingOwner Financing Dodd-Frank and the SAFE Act
Owner Financing, Dodd-Frank and the SAFE Act… If you are selling properties to owner-occupants and doing selling financing, you ought to be aware of some comprehensive new regulations that have been in effect for a few years, and a real zinger that went into effect on January 10, 2014. A few years ago, the “SAFE […]
Continue readingLease Options and Alternative Financing
On Wall Street, the real market mavens who make it from rags to riches do it with stock options, not with actual stocks. CNBC guru, Jim Cramer, made enough money on one option play, Merck in 1986, to leave his job as a broker with Goldman Sachs and start a hundred-million-dollar hedge fund. The rest […]
Continue readingReal Estate Financing 101
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees – So Where Should You Look?It is possible to get into the real estate investing business with very little or no cash. You can be a dealer – someone who finds bargain properties, signs purchase contracts with the homeowners, and then sells the contracts to more well-heeled investors – with very little […]
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