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- Private Mortgage Lender: What to Expect From a Private Lender
What to espect from a private mortgage lender with regard to loan-to-value, property income potential, exit strategy, and private lender's property interest.
Date of Article: 02Dec2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(48) EasyPublish(16)
- Private Lender Real Estate Financing versus Conventional Mortgage
A discussion of seeking private lending versus a conventional mortgage and the advantages of using a private lending source. Date of Article: 02Dec2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(63) EasyPublish(19)
- Private Lending for Real Estate Investors: The Six Steps to a Private Lending Program
Wow, has the real estate market changed in 2008! Real estate investors have been shut out of traditional mortgage money unless you have a 9000 credit score and a 50 year work history without missing one day of work. Private lending is the answer. Date of Article: 25Nov2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(30) EasyPublish(14)
- Private Lending Program for Real Estate Investors - How to Start One!
If you are a real estate investor in the post-credit bubble market and need money to finance your investments there NOT many options left. Traditional mortgage lending is not available to real estate investors. And even hard money loans are few and far between as they now require large down payments and high credit scores. Both mortgage lending and hard money require personal guarantees - not very attractive in this market. Date of Article: 25Nov2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(26) EasyPublish(12)
- Private Lending For Real Estate Investors: How to Avoid SEC Issues!
One the most frequent questions I get from students or newsletter subscribers relates to how can I raise money to buy real estate investments through private lending without getting in trouble with the SEC. Date of Article: 03Nov2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(85) EasyPublish(47)
- Private Money Lending: What Documents Are Required to Close a Real Estate Deal
In a typical private money lending transaction, you the real estate investor (borrower) will borrow from a private individual (private lender) and the transaction is documented by a Promissory Note and Mortgage. Additionally, you will need to name your private lender on your property insurance. We also recommend you included a disclosure statement. Date of Article: 03Nov2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(96) EasyPublish(41)
- The Benefits of a Residential Property Management When Things Go Wrong
Once you buy a real estate investment you need to protect your investment and yourself against people who may want to take things from you. A professional property manager can provide that protection by know the laws and having experience that can save you a lot money if things go wrong. Date of Article: 23Oct2008 Category: Business - General View(55) EasyPublish(38)
- Residential Property Management: Why You Need a Property Manager
A residential property manager can help is so many ways to maximize your real estate investment including what rent to charge, how to avoid law suits, what repairs need to be done to get the highest rent and how to get repairs done for much cheaper than most real estate investors. This article will lay out many of the benefits of hiring a good residential property manager. Date of Article: 22Oct2008 Category: Business - General View(83) EasyPublish(50)
- Residential Property Management: How Local Market Knowledge Puts Money in Your Pocket
Having a professional residential property manager can mean the difference form accepting a lower rent (sometimes as low as 10% to 15% below market) or getting your full market rent that will allow you to achieve or come close to break even on cash flow. Date of Article: 22Oct2008 Category: Business - General View(54) EasyPublish(36)
- Residential Property Management: How to Find the Best Tenants
For any real estate investor having good tenants can make the difference between a profitable financial investment and taking a major loss. this article will show you why having a professional property manager will help you find and keep good tenant. Date of Article: 20Oct2008 Category: Business - General View(86) EasyPublish(57)
- Residential Property Management: How to Protect Your Real Estate Investment
A real estate investors need to make sure their investment is being protected and managed for long term appreciation. A professional residential property management company has the skills to protect your investment. Date of Article: 19Oct2008 Category: Business - General View(99) EasyPublish(52)
- Private Real Estate Money: How to Finance Your Real Estate Investments During the Post Credit Crisis
As the stock market tumbles and a most mortgage lenders go out of business how does the average guy manage to continue to invest in real estate. We certain will not be able to get traditional mortgages banks or lenders. So what do real estate investor do now! Private real estate money is the answer! Date of Article: 13Oct2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(67) EasyPublish(39)
- The 5 Top Sources of Financing for Real Estate Investing and Why Private Lending Beats Them All!
There are many sources of financing available to use as a real estate investors. It is important to know the different financing options for structuring your real estate investment business. As you will see in this report, private lending has several advantages to the other sources. Date of Article: 02Oct2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(75) EasyPublish(47)
- Private Lending: Breakfast Meetings Will Give You All the Money You Need For Real Estate Investing
How Do you raise money for your real estate investing business? If you are not comfortable with group meetings - one-on-one breakfast meetings are a great alternative. At these meetings you need to lay out your private lending program and benefits of investing with your company. Date of Article: 02Oct2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(103) EasyPublish(48)
- Private Lending: How to Do Group Presentations to Raise Private Money
How to Raise Money For Real Estate Deals. One of the top 4 ways we use and teach to our students is to use group presentations to get Private Lenders. A private lending group presentation involves getting 5 to 20 people into a room and doing a presentation where you lay out the details and benefits of your private lending program. In this articles I teach how to do a group presentation. Date of Article: 01Oct2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(88) EasyPublish(86)
- Private Lending: 4 Ways to Raise Private Money For Real Estate Investors
Now that the mortgage market for buying investment real estate is all but dead - investors need to have other sources available or go out business. The answer is private lending. Here are the four top ways to attract and develop your group of private lenders including (1) Private Lending Group Presentations; (2) One-on-One Meetings; (3) Out of Town Prospects - Creditability Kit; and (4) Existing Private Lenders. Date of Article: 25Sep2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(103) EasyPublish(91)
- How to Avoid Being Sued When You Own Rental Real Estate ....
The decision on whether to manage your own rental property or to outsource it to a professional residential property management company is a personal decision that only you can make. Two important aspects of owning and managing property are knowing how to properly screen tenants and developing adequate knowledge of property law. Let's look at both of these very important issues. Date of Article: 23Mar2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(114) EasyPublish(82)
- How to Quickly and Easily Find a Renter for your Investment Property
Once you walk away from the closing table and the initial jubilation of knowing that you're a bona fide real estate investor wears off, the reality begins to sink in. A major part of owning real estate is managing it. How prepared are you for the rigors of actively managing your real estate portfolio? Date of Article: 22Mar2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(183) EasyPublish(98)
- Abandoned Properties: Locating the Owners Part II
Last month I told you about the opportunity abandoned property can represent as a new investment strategy. Knowing that these properties exist is only half the battle, especially if you don't have a clue as to how to go about locating the owner. While the owner's can sometimes be difficult to locate, if you're willing to put on a detective's hat, you can usually locate them fairly easily. Date of Article: 02Feb2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(265) EasyPublish(118)
- Abandoned Properties: a New Opportunity - Part I
The collapsing real estate market is creating some exciting new opportunities in real estate for savvy investors not afraid to capitalize on a new opportunity. When real estate was hot and the market was rising, and interest rates were stable, millions of Americans opted to roll the dice on adjustable-rate mortgages. Now the market has tanked, people have payments they can't make, but for investors it's an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Date of Article: 01Feb2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(225) EasyPublish(128)
- The Top 10 Reasons to Hire a Residential Property Management Company
Once you have invested in a rental property, the responsibility of maintaining and running the property can quickly become overwhelming. For many Owners, the logical solution is to hire a Residential Property Management company to oversee their rental property. But is this the right decision for you? Here are the top 10 reasons to consider why you should hire a residential property management company. Date of Article: 22Jan2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(890) EasyPublish(147)
- The Do's and Don'ts of Private Lending
When you need to raise money for real estate deals you may turn to private lending. If you do there some do' and don'ts to consider. The Don'ts include advertising on Craig's List and the use of the word "Guarantee". The Do's include what are the best marketing methods Date of Article: 05Jan2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(165) EasyPublish(139)
- Four Ways to Get Money From Your Real Estate Without Selling!
If you have an existing piece of income producing real estate that you bought within the last couple years, you most likely have a significant amount of equity in that property. How do you get that money out and put it to use in a new investment or use it to pay bills without selling your property. We will show my top 4 ways to put cash in your pocket without having to SELL your real estate. Date of Article: 04Jan2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(147) EasyPublish(122)
- Private Lender Note Clauses That Make You Money!
One of the most important documents you will ever sign with a private lender is the actual Note that creates the loan obligation. The Note is where you want to control the private lending process in your favor and give you the borrower the control and flexible you may need in the future. This article lays out two critically important clauses that give you this control and flexibility. Date of Article: 03Jan2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(150) EasyPublish(128)
- "Do You Need Money For Real Estate Deals?"
Like many real estate investors, I started out investing in real estate using my own money and credit. This worked fine for the first few deals. But eventually it stopped working. I had to find another way to fund real estate deals or my investing career was over. Then I discover the power of private lending. Date of Article: 02Jan2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(202) EasyPublish(131)
- Real Estate Investing in 2008: Are You Crazy - Well Maybe Not!
The latest data from the real estate industry shows a marketplace in steady decline and no bottom in sight. Residential home sales are in freefall mode with an expected 25% decline in the total number of home sales in 2007 versus 2006. But like all financial bubbles there are many losers but a few big winners. Despite this now is the time to consider real estate investing. Date of Article: 01Jan2008 Category: Finance & Investment View(155) EasyPublish(127)
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