What I do:

When I'm not teaching, coaching, or spending time with my family, I'm applying the techniques I teach by investing myself. I love investing, plain and simple.

My Mission Statement:

"To create and liberate partners by instilling in them financial prosperity, balanced lifestyle, career satisfaction, and freedom by providing world-class education and hands-on participation."

Facts and Accomplishments:

- Owner of 8 companies
- Licensed Agent since 1993
- Licensed Broker since 1997
- Has done hundreds of personal investment transactions
- Currently owns nearly 200 units
- Owns properties with over 700 development rights in eight states
- Has done over 500 investment transactions with clients/partners
- CRS, GRI, ABR, IRR
- Member of his state's real estate grievance committee for six years
- Owned and operated a RE/MAX office for 6 years
- B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University
- CEO of the InvestStrong Foundation

Author of:
- The Highest and Best Real Estate Investment: How to make million dollar profits in the 21st Century (with co-author Jennifer Hawkins)
- Becoming Your Own Best Client
- Deal of the Century
- 60 Days to Success
- Liberation: Will You Survive or Thrive? (also with Jennifer Hawkins)

Owner Financing

Bypass the bank by mastering my Owner Financing secrets!

For the past 15 years I have used owner financing (sometimes called seller financing) to acquire property in 11 states. With the current mortgage crisis at hand you MUST master owner financing if you want to be a successful real estate investor in this market.

I recently filmed 20 short videos where I answered 20 important Owner Financing questions. I've made those 20 hard-hitting videos available for free. You can get the Owner Financing videos at http://www.ownerfinancinganswers.com

20 Owner Financing Answers
  1. What is Owner Financing? Why is it important today?
   2. How do I find profitable properties for Owner Financing?
   3. How do I profit on REO's (bank-owned properties) with Owner Financing?
   4. Should I buy real estate in a down market?
   5. Should I buy with Owner Financing when prices are declining?
   6. How can I profit using Owner Financing at a real estate auction?
   7. How do I profit from Short Sales with Owner Financing?
   8. How can I make money in the current real estate market with Owner Financing?
   9. What are the Top 2 things to avoid with Owner Financing?
  10. What is a good real estate investment with Owner Financing today?
  11. What is the most common objection to Owner Financing?
  12. What is the second most common objection to Owner Financing?
  13. What should be my first step for getting Owner Financing?
  14. How do you get the best price when selling property with Owner Financing?
  15. How do different investment opportunities rank in our current economy?
  16. How important is the Capitalization Rate?
  17. Why is Owner Financing such a profitable tool for investing in apartments?
  18. What is the most common mistake investors make when buying properties with Owner Financing?
  19. Will banks really Owner Finance to me?
  20. How do I use Owner Financing to enhance my buying position?

You can get the answers to these questions for free with my Owner Financing videos at http://www.ownerfinancinganswers.com

Testimonials

“What can I say? My path has been forever altered. Since learning and implementing Mike’s “Foundation to Success” system within the last 2 years, my brother and I “Flixed” a property for a $70,000 profit, having owned it for only 113 days. We have since joined forces with 2 gifted and talented MWI students. We have a conservative $300,000 equity position currently, and will more than triple that with FREE and CLEAR property within the next 6 to 9 months. We are creating incredible cash flow in Southern California in 2008, amazing!”

Mike Stambaugh
- Blue Ocean Company LLC
- Whittier, California

“Because of Mike Watson I am now working as a full time developer. My sons and I have several projects in the works. We’re developing 2.69 acres near Hemet, CA into 47 townhomes, 3.32 acres in San Bernardino into 45 townhomes and 1.86 acres in San Jacinto into 24 townhomes. We also have three subdivisions under way in Riverside for a total of 16 lots! I expect to earn between two and seven million dollars over the next 18 months.”

Tim Huyck
- Riverside, California

“Just over one year after I attended Mike’s 2-day seminar I am working on several fantastic projects and I am so excited! I have introduced Mike’s system to two of my son-in-laws and their friends. I also have a “Power Team” of eight people and we are all excited! I never knew I would want to do something like this at the age of 64.

One of my deals is to change one home into a six unit apartment complex. It is on a half acre near a hospital. Another deal we bought is an old building on 1.29 acres. On this property we currently have a plat for 54 condos units and 2 floors of commercial!

I am so thrilled to be a part of Mike Watson’s system of investing. The level of support he and his company provide is astounding. If you are interested in real estate investing in any way, get involved now.”

Darlene Morgan
- Salt Lake City, Utah

“Our first purchase was 3.82 acres of vacant land in Bloomington CA. We are currently subdividing the property into 15 single family home lots. Our current short-term equity position is $350,000 and long-term profits at build out will be $1.3 million.

Our second purchase was 4.6 acres of vacant land in Colton CA. We are working on a plat for 68 units of 3 bedroom 2.5 bath townhomes. This property was purchased at $13,500 per door. It has short-term equity or profits of $464,000 and long-term profits of $3.8 million at build out.

Our favorite thing about Mike’s program is that we no longer spend all of our time “earning a living”. Instead we are able to help other people. This is something we have dreamed about since we married 25 years ago.”

Vernon and Vickie Alderson
- Big Bear, California

“Since Oct 2006 we have 14 closed transactions with a volume of $6,896,000. We have only spent $8,000 of our own money. The total future value of the properties is $59,230,000. Part of the above purchases was 145 cash flowing units. We have a $17,747 per month net positive cash flow after all expenses and debt service just on those 145 units. Finally we now have 9 employees and 27 members on our ‘Power Team’.

All of this is because of Mike Watson.”

Jim Stephens and Kevin Liu
- Houston, Texas

“Since attending Mike’s seminars I think outside the box, see properties for their “Highest and Best” use, and leverage other people’s time and money. My husband and sons are involved with my team. We have bought properties whose equity doubled overnight with Mike’s techniques. We bought a two bedroom home that is now land for 28 senior apartments. We also bought a two bedroom home that is zoned to be 25 townhomes. We bought a church on five acres. We separated the acreage and subdivided 16 home lots and sold the church. This deal alone has a profit of $300,000! Because of Mike Watson I am now a developer with an incredibly bright future.”

Diane Hull
- Redlands, California

“Following “The Foundation to Success” has enabled us to experience amazing personal and business growth. It didn’t happen overnight, but our “Red Button Statements” gave us the strength to persevere. Our “Power Team” has grown from one to five very active members. We have two active deals that should net roughly $2 million in profits and seven other deals entering the pipeline. We’ve never felt more excited and productive in our lives!”

Supin and Laura Ko
- Seattle, Washington

“Since learning Mike’s “Foundation to Success” less than two years ago, I now own 36 properties, have a net worth of $780,000 and an estimated short-term (12-15 months) net worth of $4,470,000. I am working on 19 active developments. If they go to completion they will have a value of $16,900,000.

Because of Mike Watson I have knowledge and confidence like I’ve never experienced before. I have a bullet-proof deal evaluation process and a repeatable system to find and profit from real estate investments.

Mike Watson is a passionate man with a heart of gold and a genius mind for real estate investing. He pushes you like a coach, cares for you like a father and supports you like a grandfather. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Mike.”

Ryan Rude
- Riverside, California

“The Foundation to Success” has changed my life by providing me with tools, support and the opportunity for Partnerships with MWI. Actually that is what hooked me. When I found out that Mike would partner with me on a project I knew his system was for real. He is a teacher who talks the talk AND walks the walk with his students.

The real gem of his program is the benefit to my friends, family and close clients. One of my team members found a 14 unit apartment complex that we have under contract and will be able to do a condo conversion. The evaluated profit on that is about $980,000!

Our first project was a 2.48 acre parcel that had 2 beat up duplexes on it. We bought it for $625K which was about $200K under market value. The acreage will hold 42 units with a future value of $8.1 million. We then ‘door knocked’ and found an adjacent 5 acre parcel which we are currently under contract. Potential profit in the short-term is about 570K and the long-term is over $3 million. Can you say, Hoo-Rah!”

Marleigh Manzo
- Queen Creek, Arizona