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Investment Property: Lease Option a Rehab Investment

By Jay Redding · 12 years ago

Too many investors overlook the lease option as a viable investment strategy, maintaining that it doesn’t make any sense to pay rent for something that you ultimately plan to purchase and resell for profit, the ...

Real Estate Investing: Don’t Rehab Alone!

By Jay Redding · 12 years ago

Many investors—well, many amateur investors—think that when they invest in a rehab property, they can increase their profit margin by doing the actual repair work themselves. It’s a romantic idea, but it does not take ...

Overcoming Fear in Real Estate Investing

By Jay Redding · 12 years ago

Speaking to a group of real estate investors recently on finding private lenders to fund deals reminded me of how often people never start investing in investment property because of fear. Fear can be a ...

Why Real Estate Investors are Losing Money

By Jay Redding · 12 years ago

Real estate investors are losing money because they are afraid to invest in an unstable real estate market. Although fiscal conservatives will maintain that in order to reliably attain wealth, one must manage and minimize ...

Opportunistic VS Strategic Real Estate Investing

By Jay Redding · 12 years ago

As I continue to consult with individuals who want to invest in investment real estate, I find that most novice investors and even some seasoned investors really don’t have specific objectives in mind when they ...

Tips for Low-Cost Real Estate Marketing

By Jay Redding · 13 years ago

As real estate investors, we all know that the success and failure of careers can hinge on an investor’s ability to find deals. Sometimes, it’s about who you know—especially for those who have been in ...

Short Sales

By Jay Redding · 13 years ago

The short sale, like the subject-to purchase, is yet another way for a savvy investor to purchase a home with very little money. While subject-to allows you to simply take over payments of the property’s ...

Reasons to Invest in Short Sales

By Jay Redding · 13 years ago

Short sales occur when home-owners default on their mortgage, and the bank and the owner consent to sell the home at a discounted price, even though the outstanding balance of the mortgage may exceed the ...

Investment Property: What Defines a Good Deal?

By Jay Redding · 13 years ago

It can be all too easy to get lost in the excitement of an investment opportunity or in the shuffle of the math involved—especially for novice investors. Sometimes when this happens, the investor gets so ...

Investment Property: Pretty House Wholesale

By Jay Redding · 13 years ago

Wholesale in real estate usually refers to the cheap sale of "junker" homes to rehabbers looking to fix and flip those homes. Pretty house wholesale is the same basic principle applied to much nicer properties. ...

Investment Property: Lease Option Vs. Subject-To

By Jay Redding · 13 years ago

These are both perfectly viable ways to purchase a house with no new loans and very little money down, but in today’s market, a sub-2 purchase is simply the better way to go. Lease options ...