Are you in over your head?

This student stumped me… Recently, I finished speaking to a room of Real Estate Investors. Normally, I have a few investors that come up to me asking for additional questions and I share with them answers and tips on how to build their Real Estate business with the strategies that I teach. But this time was completely different… I didn’t know how to respond at first because of her tone of voice, I was taken Read More

Seller Financing a Property with a Mortgage

Bill Fairman from Carolina Hard Money talks with Larry about how you can do seller financing on a property that already has a mortgage. What do you need to look at to offer seller financing? Why does the borrower need the “ability to pay”? Does the borrower have the ability/funds to complete the closing? And most importantly, is the borrower willing to make the mortgage payment?   Why is the character of your buyer so Read More

Seller Financing – The Market is Ripe

Paul Olson joins Larry to talk about Seller Financing and how they are using seller financing in their business. Larry used to do primarily wholesaling, but as the market has turned, Larry has turned to doing more seller financed deals. Larry talks about how, in the current market, he can earn more money by seller financing. The great thing, is it also allows him to spend more money on the property, even full list price! Read More

Seller Financing – Talking to Prospective Buyers

Nathan Amaral joins Larry on Invest in Yourself. In seller financing, you are most likely going to have to deal with buyers, so Nathan gives a few tips on how to handle those conversations. How do you have the right mindset to deal with buyers effectively? How do you take control of the conversation? Why should you be the one asking questions and not the buyer? Nathan shares an exercise you can you use with Read More

Invest in Yourself – Seller Financing

This episode of Invest in Yourself is all about seller financing. Larry is predominantly using seller financing to sell properties in the current market, as right now it allows him to earn more money than wholesaling and allows him to be more competitive with with his offers. As the markets continue to “come back”, it is important to look into and implement strategies that will allow you to grow your business in current and future Read More

Building Passive Income

This episode of Invest in Yourself is about Building Passive Income. We all want it, but how do you structure your real estate business to get it? Larry, Paul and Randolph show you what you need to know about both buying and selling homes to build passive income. Wendy Sweet joins the show to talk about the impact of financing and Nathan Amaral joins Larry to talk about putting on the blinders to gain laser Read More

What Investors Need to Know About the Dodd Frank Act

  Is seller financing dead because of Dodd Frank? Do you now have to be a licensed mortgage loan office to seller finance a property? Can you finance more than 3 properties as an investor? Many real estate investors think that the regulation called Dodd Frank which takes effect January 10th, 2014 will eliminate seller financing as we know it. I have been researching this and found a very knowledgeable attorney named Clint Coons from Read More