real estate: Avoid Lease Option Heartache! - 01/07/07 08:57 PM
Avoid Lease Option Heartache
 
So, you have some income, but you messed up your credit a few years back and with a couple of repossessions and a foreclosure, you think you'll never own a home again.  How could it get worse?
Well, one way to make it worse is to fall into a predatory "Lease/Option" scheme with an unlicensed Seller. 
 
You've seen the signs advertising, "No Bank Needed!  No credit check! $2500 + $1100/month Lease Option.  FSBO.  No Realtors, Principals only."
It is one of the hottest marketing areas in real estate. 
Lease Option can be done "right," offering homebuyers an alternative path to … (13 comments)

real estate: First Time Buyers - 01/05/07 02:20 PM
So, you've been doing this real estate business gig for a while.  You have your scripts and marketing down pat.  You know your MLS and your housing market.  Showing homes is second nature and you can breeze through the features with aplomb.  No sweat, no worries, right?
 
Well slow down a second...
That young couple sitting at the table with you hasn't done any of it before.  So they're excited.  And they're sweating.  And they're worried.
They decided it is time to get out of the apartment complex they have been in for a couple of years.  They know they want a starter … (7 comments)

 
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