Understanding Leverage and Return on Investment (ROI)

One of the most common advantages of real estate investing is the financial leverages that can give a return on investment. The sale of investment property is a highly competitive; you have a little product to sale with too many brokers and a good supply of buyers and a few real estate sellers. It is because stakes are high and real estate is a high-performing asset. The leverage appreciation of the asset value is a Read More

Using Bing and Google Maps

Another day, another training video by Paul Olson of Investors Rehab.  In this video, he shows you how to use bing and google maps to scout out the area in and around a potential investment property.  Investors Rehab uses this a lot as part of their initial due diligence. Take a minute and learn some of the tips to use the software, plus how you can get a street level view of the area of Read More

Investment Property Physical Tour

Ever wondered how to quantify what needs to be done to rehab an investment property?  In this training video, Wendy Sweet of Carolina Hard Money does a physical home walk through of a property with a group of Inner Circle students. Wendy goes in depth on exactly what to look for and how to remedy it.  Roofing, siding, windows, walls, she does it all, and has an eye for things that only years of experience Read More

Online Property Walk Through

What do we look for when we scout properties online? In this short training video, Paul Olson of Investors Rehab walks you through how we use online property sites to start an evaluation of a potential deal. As you may already know, in the digital world, we rely a lot on the internet to find and scout investment properties.  This video uses one of the sites we rely on a lot for that, Zillow.  Zillow Read More

When is the Right Time to Hire a Real Estate Coach

Not Just for the Rich and Famous Whether you are a new investor looking to get started in real estate, or an experienced investor that is looking to add to their business portfolio, you might be in the market for a real estate coach. In every business a mentor is very crucial. Someone who is where you want to be, and has done what you want to do. They give you sound advice regarding your Read More

Where to Find Viable Real Estate Investment

The current world financial crisis has brought a lot of difficulties not only to big corporations but even to small businessmen. This situation has brought a good lesson to many investors and they are now being transformed from reckless to cautious investors. Hence, you will see new breed of very smart and well informed investors who will scrutinize every detail of the properties to be purchased. Today many businessmen cannot afford not to carefully evaluate Read More

Why you want Bird Dogs Finding Your Deals

For every business the hardest thing is how to get started. The fear stagnates or discourages many people before they ever reach their first business. In every encounter the first is always the hardest it might be curriculum, business or even at playing field. For real estate investors the hardest thing is how to start the real estate investment that will outreach to progress. Real estate investors must first build a buyers list, for without Read More

How to Find Out the Real Deal on the Neighborhood

Here is a great idea to find out information about a potential property and the neighborhood where it is located. When you are thinking about buying a property, no matter where it is located, you want to call the local police department on a non emergency line. In fact, when you make the call, the first thing you should ask is if this is a non emergency line. Then you should ask them if you Read More

Hiring Others to Buy and Sell Houses for You

In developing my systems, I have always tried to think of things from the next level and being able to take myself out of the process. For example: If I am the only one identifying, making offers, contracting, buying and selling houses, then there are only a certain number of houses that I can buy, right? Every time I would run into a task or challenge, I would figure out a way to automate or Read More

Retailing Property Fast

In this article I am going to focus on the fastest and easiest way to retail a property and earn the most money in the shortest period of time. In this article, I am going to talk about retailing houses to owner occupants. You can earn more money per house by retailing and also get into more creative financing strategies by accepting a second mortgage, buying the rate down, paying closing cost, etc. Because you Read More