real estate investing: Fifty Cents On The Dollar ... What Does That Mean? - 02/23/09 06:25 PM
Stop giggling! I know 95% of the people who read this will say "everybody knows that" but they don't. I know because I get people who call in and ask what it means! I never treat them like they don't know anything because many of them are very brilliant people who
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real estate investing: Can an IRA borrow money to buy real estate? - 01/01/09 03:48 PM
Right now Fannie Mae still suffers tremendously in many ways from cranial-rectal inversion. Perhaps the worst result of this condition is the hamstringing of worthy real estate investors from having more than four properties on credit. But there are alternatives. Agents I can help you add sales to your month with
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real estate investing: How can an IRA borrow money to buy investment homes? - 12/30/08 02:42 PM
The most important step is to make sure the IRA holder and no linear relatives benefit in any way from the disbursement of funds or proceeds of the loan. Once that little fact is handled it works fairly simply. The IRA custodian (no, Bank of America will not do this for
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real estate investing: Bring on December and Let's Finish Strong! - 11/30/08 10:04 PM
Someone made the coment to me the other day that I should not expect much activity in the month of December. Are you kidding me? I'm in the real estate investment funding business and with our real estate investment loans, many of them exclusive to us and available in most states,
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real estate investing: How To Own Real Estate In Your Retirement Account - 09/29/08 11:38 AM
It was June 18th and Europe was at war. The French army had marched through the region and wrecked havoc on many cities. The year was 1815. Under the leadership of Napolean they army marched against the "aggressor nations" as they were attempting to mobilize for an assault on Paris. In
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real estate investing: Real Estate Investor's QuickStart Workshop - This is Powerful! - 07/23/08 08:30 PM
GOOD NEWS!
For a decade I offered the "Real Estate Investor's QuickStart Workshop" which was attended by literally thousands of investors, prospective investors, new investors and seasoned investors. It is a 3 hour workshop designed to help the new investor understand the possibilities and options ahead of them and to give
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real estate investing: Get Rich Quick: Flipping Pre-Foreclosures: Build Your Mega-Fortune Over Night! - 06/13/08 10:31 AM
Use my package as seen on TV and make millions overnight in this crazy real estate market! Come to my FREE FREE FREE seminar tonight in your town and start cashing checks tomorrow for tens of thousands of dollars! Download my FREE FREE FREE audio conference and learn how I started
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real estate investing: Occupancy Fraud, We're Watching You - 02/07/08 05:40 PM
It used to be the number one form of fraud: a buyer saying they intended to occupy a property when they never did. If you don't know why an applicant would state they intend to occupy a property when they know they are purchasing it as an investment it has everything to
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real estate investing: What Is A "Non-Recourse" Loan And What Does It Have To Do With IRA's? - 02/06/08 11:07 AM
Non-recourse is defined by Merriam-Webster.com as "the right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument". Obviously you know what "non" means so if we replace "the" with "no" we get "no right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument". That pretty
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real estate investing: Buy My Investment Properties With My Money -- Seller is Lender: NO! - 01/09/08 02:06 PM
We see them all the time with these great lists of investment properties for sale. The prices appear to be good values and, hey - the seller will finance it for you. No credit check! All you need is a small down payment and the property is yours for 10% 12%
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real estate investing: Non-Recourse Loans and IRA Investors - Excellent Tool - 01/07/08 11:54 AM
There is one tool I see missing from most investor's toolbox and most real estate agents don't know about these. Real estate investors. We are the scourge of the planet--the geese that lay the golden eggs. Those who invest successfully and work with agents can be either your best client or
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real estate investing: The Truth About Instant Equity - 11/27/07 09:51 AM
It usually isn't. Instant or equity. Once upon a time in a village near you there was a great and wealthy king. The king would build many homes and the people loved the king so they would quickly buy his new homes and sell their old ones for more than they
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real estate investing: Title Seasoning - What Investors and Agents Must Know - 10/25/07 10:55 AM
Ever heard of flipping? There are two types: honest business people with integrity and morals who buy low and sell high and scumwad dirtballs who cheat, lie, steal, and spoil the system. Remember when you could take out a little pad of paper with some numbers on it, scratch out some
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real estate investing: Self Directed IRA Investing Requires a Non-Recourse Loan - 10/17/07 03:12 PM
Non-Recourse loans are available nationwide through Novation Mortgage at 866-946-0120 ext 107 Let's start with the A-B-C's or rather the I-R-A's. No, the is not the Irish Republican Army. It's your Independent Retirement Account. More specifically your Self-Directed Independent Retirement Account. I first learned of this some years ago through a friend
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real estate investing: When LLC's and Investment Properties Do Not Mix - 10/05/07 03:09 PM
During the last few months, just as a news flash in case you have not heard, the mortgage world experienced some fairly major changes. The baby and the bathwater were tossed and even good credit, good income real estate investors with good assets lost a wonderful tool! Actually, two tools. One
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real estate investing: Short Sale Facts and How-To - 09/29/07 10:14 AM
Short Sale Facts and How-To When: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 7:30 PM 2007 Where: Innova Center 2501 E Piedmont Road Suite 207 Marietta , GA 30062 678-946-0101 Info/MapThis venue has been marked "private" by the Organizer. Description: THIS IS THE SAME WORKSHOP MANY HAVE PAID UP TO $199 TO ATTEND! Fee
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real estate investing: Anatomy of a Tax Lien Sale - 03/11/07 10:35 AM
Here is the question from an Active Rain reader, "It sounds like you
know a lot about tax liens. Do you know if a person buys a tax lien on a house
and if the owner no longer wants the house -- if the tax lien holder is left
with
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real estate investing: Fannie Mae Reminder: May Affect You? - 03/05/07 01:40 PM
For many years investment "gurus" have been teaching investors to "acquire properties" without a mortgage, without down payments and without needing to qualify. For many years I have been teaching that this method, while perhaps not a violation of law, is definitely a violation of the mortgage agreement which, by law,
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real estate investing: 1031's Again - 02/11/07 11:42 PM
I don't know why I had so many emails and questions during my seminars last week regarding 1031's. Regardless here is a short (very short) expose about IRS Code 1031 Tax Deferred Like Kind Exchanges. If you've only heard the term and don't know what it is this will help. If you've
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real estate investing: Tenant Screening Services - Links For You and Your Clients - 01/23/07 11:52 PM
I must have had at least 200 calls from landlords wanting me to check the credit for their potential clients. And if the number of calls I have received is 200 then the number of times I've had to say, "I am not approved to do this and neither is, to
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