With any motivated seller lead the first goal is to get the homeowner to agree to a meeting. The meeting should act as a mini presentation for what you can do and how you plan on doing it without being too over the top.  You never want to hide the fact that you are a...Read More

There is a normal progression most buy and hold investors take.  After getting started with a single family rental they move up to two, three and four unit properties.  Eventually they become more comfortable with the additional units and look to take on bigger projects.  The next step up from multiple units is commercial, apartment...Read More

Real estate house flipping is as hot as ever. A majority of new real estate investors enter the business with rehabs and flips as their primary focus.  One of the main reasons for this is that anyone can do it.  You don’t need a degree or eight years of education to close your first deal. ...Read More

One of the most popular questions in the real estate community is “how do I get started as an investor?” There are thousands of would be investors all across the country who want to dive right into the business but aren’t exactly sure where to start.  They may have read a few books, watched a...Read More

As a fix and flip investor your work isn’t done until you sell the property. You can do everything right along the way but the payoff only happens when you find an end buyer.  Getting to this point can be very stressful.  Your business may be in a holding pattern until you can unload the...Read More

The real estate market is constantly changing. Anyone that was in the business last decade knows just how quickly things can change. One minute your business is riding high and the next you are left wondering what happened.  The best way to protect yourself is to always brace for the unexpected.  By acknowledging that bad...Read More

Being a house flipper is very much like running a separate business. Even if you know what you are doing it often takes a full time commitment to be successful.  The perks of flipping houses are plentiful but you need to know exactly what you are getting into before you get very far.  Without knowledge...Read More

Screening potential tenants is the most important thing you can do as a landlord. Every problem during a lease can be traced back to your screening process.  If you are lax on your screening you will let many more bad tenants slip through the cracks.  Tenant screening is not like opening up an investigation.  In...Read More

Generally speaking real estate investing success does not happen overnight. There are occasional exceptions to the rule but typically there is a process to the business.  One of the ways to keep your business going is by constantly funding it with capital.  Increased capital opens up the door to new ways of marketing and lead...Read More

There is a big step between accumulating leads and actually turning those leads into deals. Running a successful marketing campaign and getting your phone to ring is great but the name of the game is conversion.  You need to be able to convert at least two out of every ten new leads into a deal. ...Read More