Carnanco Real Estate and Title Insurance

FsboLocal.com

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:34:00 +0000

ABOUT THE COMPANY

FsboLocal.com is a quickly expanding company which helps people save money by selling and buying real-estate without a realtor.

Our sophisticated and easy-to-use website provides the perfect venue for home sellers to affordably and effectively showcase their property.

Our company is NOT a commission-based real estate brokerage service and is NOT owned or controlled by a real estate broker charging on a percentage commission basis. Customers pay a flat advertisement fee for a set time, with low-cost renewal terms, if they need to extend their ad.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The foundation of our business is the sales associates who work hard to spread the success of our company in their communities. Sales associates are provided the unique opportunity and creative freedom to develop their own communities with our assistance and with minimal restrictions. Many of our sales associates work part-time, while others choose to manage the development of their communities full-time.

FsboLocal sales associates have a wide range of responsibilities which utilize sales, service, marketing, and advertising skills. The primary responsibility of sales associates is to sell website advertising space to local home sellers. Once a sale has been made, sales associates are expected to deliver an FsboLocal yard sign and sign accessories. Sales associates purchase, collect, and deliver the signs themselves; however, some of our more successful sales associates have hired individuals to deliver and pick up signs for them. Finally, sales associates are expected to offer customers assistance in posting their advertisements. Such assistance includes taking pictures of the home and placing the ad on the website.

Sales associates are offered a flexible compensation package designed to provide generous pay for new individuals and to reward successful associates. There are NO FRANCHISE OR START-UP FEES, and new sales associates keep 100% of the gross sales of all real estate advertisements for the first four months. Additional compensation details will be provided to those individuals who inquire.

We are currently looking for hardworking and creative individuals to join our company. If you are interested in this great opportunity, please email Patrick Dunn at pdunn@fsbolocal.com with a) Your Name
b) Your Location
c) How you heard about FsboLocal
d) A phone number at which you may be reached
e) The best time(s) and day(s) to contact you
f) A brief description of yourself.
A resume is not necessary at this stage.

A representative will email you a packet of information (.pdf) which should answer most of your questions regarding the company and the position. Any remaining questions should be emailed to pdunn@fsbolocal.com. If after reading the packet you are still interested in the position, please follow the directions on the last page of the .pdf file.

Never Sell Your Rental Property

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:18:00 +0000

Well, maybe not never sell your rental property, but hardly ever sell your rental property.

So much work goes into buying rental property, that I would strongly encourage you to really consider another alternative to selling your rental property provided they meet the following minimum criteria.

First, does it have positive cash flow.

Now, my definition of positive cash flow may be slightly different than your definition, so I want to be clear here.

Positive cash flow, as defined by me, is you take your gross rent that you are supposed to collect each month.

You then subtract out 5 to 10% (depending on your current market) for vacancies). This is your net rent.

Then, from your net rent you subtract off property management fees, an estimated monthly budget for maintenance requests, any utilities that you are responsible for, your monthly property and other taxes, your monthly insurance and any other fees like an HOA, lawn care or snow removal.

What remains is your Net Operating Income.

If your mortgage payment (principal and interest) is less than or equal to your Net Operating Income, I consider that to be a break-even or positive cash flow property.

So, if the property has positive cash flow AND the market outlook is acceptable, then I would suggest never selling the property.

But wait! What if I need money? I would suggest that you look just about everywhere else before you look at liquidating your real estate.

The fees for selling real estate are very high. It is not unusual to spend 10% of the value of the house in fees, concessions, fix up, real estate commissions and so on when selling a property.

That's usually much higher than the fees you'd pay borrowing the money from somewhere else, plus you'd lose the rental property asset.

By selling, you no longer get all the benefits of owning that rental property like income from the rent and increases to rent over time.

You also miss out on the tax benefits of depreciation from the house when you sell it.

And if you still have a mortgage on the property, then each month you are paying down on that mortgage with the tenant's rent payment and building up more equity.

Usually the biggest benefit of all is appreciation. House prices tend to go up in value over time. With a $200,000 property appreciating at 5% per year, you'd be losing out on at least $10,000 per year in appreciation by selling.

The last thing to consider is the time it took you to find the property, fix up the property and get a good tenant in the property. If you keep the property you are leveraging that time. If you sell it, you need to start over and find a new property.

So, if you can avoid it, I suggest not selling your rental property.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his [http://jamesorr.com/]Selling Rental Property blog.

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How does title insurance protect me and my investment?

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:48:00 +0000

How does title insurance protect me and my investment?
The insurer is obliged to defend you against the claims of others, regardless of the validity of the claim. Your insurance pays all court costs and related fees, in accordance with the terms of the policy, in addition to any actual loss up to the policy amount.

How much could I lose if a claim is filed against my property?
It all depends upon the claim. At worst you could lose the entire property and still be liable for the balance of your mortgage. Even the smallest claims cost time and money.

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noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:02:00 +0000

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Real Estate Investors - Why Use Checklists

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:45:00 +0000

Success is about good habits and systems. As real estate investors, checklists help us develop good habits and keep good systems.

In the book The E-Myth Revisited, Michael E Gerber talks about the importance of replacing the reliance of personnel with systems that anyone can follow. It is our goal with checklists to accomplish that. Anyone--yes anyone--should be able to follow the systems and checklists we create and become a successful real estate investor. Your checklists should accomplish the same thing for your business.

We originally had our checklists web based, but recently moved them to a Microsoft Word document. Our checklists and systems in this Word document are all inter-linked so that if you are reading the daily system and it says to put out Post It Notes as a means of advertising or more specifically to use the Post It Note Checklist, you can click on Post It Notes to get more information on Post It Notes and/or click on the Post It Note Checklist for the checklist of exactly step-by-step how to put out Post It Notes.

Our checklists allow us to pass on information learned from experiences we have had and experiences shared with us by our mentors and fellow investors to the people that implement our systems via our checklists.

By insisting that our staff use our checklists (and not just do things from memory), we are insisting that they do each job completely and are using the most up-to-date system possible.

Furthermore, if our staff notices that something is not working, we insist that they give us feedback and help us enhance and improve the systems and checklists in our business.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his http://jamesorr.com/2007/04/19/motivated-seller-house-buying-machine/

Motivated Seller Blog blog.

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Robert Allen's Real Estate Strategies

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:35:00 +0000

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How to Obtain Free or Cheap Advertising - Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:59:00 +0000

So far we have explored the options of press releases and articles in order to obtain good advertising at a good price- Free or Cheap. Now lets take the next step and enter the realm of Media. The two key points to focus on when trying to get radio, television, or newspaper exposure is to make good use of your press kit and resources and to make sure the right person gets the right information. Step one is to define the angle you want to present. Will you offer a “How to” presentation or perhaps address issues that have recently made headlines from an insiders point of view? What key points will you want to cover? And what makes you qualified to speak on them? Once you have solidified your position and backed it up good hard proof, it is time to make some phone calls.

Call your local cable station and ask to speak to the producer or content director. Present the topics you would like to cover. Ask for the names and contact information of anyone who may have an interest in covering those topics, talk show hosts, interviewers, etc. Then send all of them your press kit. The more contacts you make the better chance you have of getting the exposure you want.

For radio exposure, you’ll want to contact the station manager and content director. And again find out who may be willing to cover the topics you have picked out. Another angle to try is preparing ten topics that you consider yourself an expert in. Present those and be prepared to follow up with your press kit and 5 articles that you have written.

Newspapers work much the same way as cable and radio. Contact the content director and editor. Request to be a guest columnist as an expert business professional and be prepared to send them a pre-written column or article. Be sure to have timely information and a headline that will grab their attention.

A few helpful resources to locate these media outlets include Bacon’s Radio/TV/Cable Directory, Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and www.gebbieinc.com.

What is Title Insurance?

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:46:00 +0000

What is Title Insurance?
Title Insurance is an insurance policy that protects you and your lender against defects in Title.

Why is it needed?
It is not uncommon for individuals and entities other than the record owner of the property to have a right, interest or claim to that property. For instance, most people borrow money in the form of a mortgage in order to purchase their home. That mortgage gives the lender a right to the property. If the borrower defaults on their loan, the lender many exercise their right to the property, foreclose, and attempt to regain some of their lost money by selling that property.

What would you do if that unpaid mortgage had been taken out by the previous owners? Title Insurance protects against claims such as that.

Other examples of risks against which standard title insurance may protect you include unpaid judgments, taxes and municipal services, undisclosed or missing heirs, use restrictions, forged documents, signatures of minors or mentally incompetent persons, fraud, clerical errors, wills not probated and more.

What are the title company’s responsibilities in addition to conducting the title search?

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:45:00 +0000

What are the title company’s responsibilities in addition to conducting the title search?
In addition to correcting any minor title problems (i.e. collecting for due taxes and mortgages), the title company will provide a title commitment and insurance coverage. If more major defects are found, we provide the seller with help and guidance in clearing those problems. We will work with the lender providing them necessary information and ensuring their detailed closing instructions are followed to the letter. We coordinate with the real estate agents, mortgage broker, lender, buyers and sellers to make sure all tasks are complete and ready for settlement. Settlement is conducted by our closer. The closer is responsible for making sure all paperwork is completed correctly, notarized and delivered to appropriate parties and locations. Our escrow accounts serve as a neutral exchange for all funds in the transaction, which makes us responsible for safeguarding their security and ensuring they a disbursed to the proper individuals and companies at the correct time. After settlement, we must return the loan documents to the lender, record the deed and mortgage at the county courthouse, prepare the title insurance policies and return the policies with the recorded documents to the new owners and lender.

Real Estate Investor Blabbers - Other Investors Beware

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:20:00 +0000

Real Estate Investors, maybe you know this type. It’s the guy or gal at the local real estate investor club that talks about their latest deal where they bought a house with $60,000 in equity. They bought it and put 100% financing on it, pulling out all their equity in the process as cash at closing. And you're jealous!?

Come on! You're a real estate investor that understands financing and real estate investing. Why are you jealous?

Most of the loan products out there today that you can do 100% financing on as an investment property have very, very ugly loans. For example, it might be a variable rate first mortgage for the first 80%--which by itself should raise a couple red flags.

But the remaining 20% of the 100% financing, is really, really ugly. I've seen loans with rates literally 6 points higher than the first mortgage. Is it worth it to pay 13 to 15% on that extra 20% to pull cash out? Some would say that if you invest that in another investment and get a much higher rate of return than the 13 to 15% you are paying, then maybe. But many investors are using this cash out technique to buy food and pay personal bills.

If this was not bad enough, the loan origination fees and costs associated with getting these loans are usually very, very high. In recent transaction I saw, the fees were about $10,000.

"No problem," says the loan broker, "we can roll into your loan." Great! Let's pay $10,000 in fees and pay 13 to 15% interest on it as well. Not a smart move in all but a few exceptionally rare instances.

Try getting a house with 100% financing with a very ugly blended interest rate to cash flow. You end up giving the money back in exorbitant interest, huge up front fees and negative cash flow on the property if you keep it.

So, beware the real estate investor blabber that brags at your local group about this type of deals. You should know better and hopefully now you do.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his http://jamesorr.com/2007/04/18/real-estate-investor-blabbers-other-investors-beware/Real

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Find Motivated Sellers with the Ultimate Free Flyer Method

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:23:00 +0000

If I could give you just one tool for finding motivated sellers as a real estate investor that could solve all your challenges with finding motivated sellers would that be worth something to you?

What if I told you that this method would not cost you a single penny to implement regardless of whether you wanted to find 1 or 1,000 motivated sellers each month? Sounds a little too good to be true, right?

What if I further told you that you could adapt this method to sell your houses quickly once you buy them? Again, it would not cost you anything to sell 1 house or 1,000 per month and there are no commissions to pay unless you decide to offer one.

What I am referring to is the Ultimate Free Flyer Method.

My mentor, a marketing genius shared with me this closely guarded secret of growing your real estate investing to as large as you want quickly and easily without spending a single penny on marketing.

The secret is the marketing with co-operative flyers. Here's how it works.

You and three other businesses get together and decide to have 10,000 flyers printed and inserted in your local newspaper. You get the quote from the printer for printing up the flyers. You get the quote from the newspaper to have the flyers inserted. You find the 3 other business owners and help them prepare their full page ads for insertion into the newspaper.

Then, you charge each of the 3 business 1/3 of the cost of printing and inserting the flyers into the newspaper. You are putting the co-operative together and your fee for doing that is a free full page on the 4 page insert.

Let's look at how this looks for you and the 3 business owners.

First, let's look at what you give and receive. You give your time and expertise in putting the flyer together. You receive free advertising.

Second, let's look at what each business owner gives and receives. They pay 1/3 of what it would cost to print an insert 10,000 flyers. Remember, if they would have done the insert themselves as a single business, they would have paid the full cost to print and insert, so they are getting a discount on the printing and insertion fees. They get advertising for about 1/3 of the cost.

Everyone wins.

Some other variations of this include having the flyers delivered door to door by a flyer distribution service or mailing the flyers, but having the flyers inserted into the newspaper is a fast and easy way to implement the Ultimate Free Flyer Method.

What if the other businesses only want to do a flyer once a month and you want to do it every week (or more often)? Well, find four groups of 3 people and do it each week with a different group.

I hope you will seriously consider using the Ultimate Free Flyer Method in your business.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his [http://JamesOrr.com]Real Estate Investing Resources blog.

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What is Title?

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:43:00 +0000

What is Title?
Title is the proof that a person or company has the right to own and use a property. Title most often takes the form of a Deed but the right to a property can take many other forms too. It is possible that someone other than the current owner has a legal right to a property. A claim to your title can result in lost money and even the loss of your home.

What is a Title Search?
A title search is a review of public records at the county courthouse to determine the status of a property including ownership rights, liens, judgments, and use restrictions.

What kinds of problems can a title search reveal?
Some examples are unpaid taxes, unsatisfied mortgages, judgments against the buyer and seller, bankruptcies and restrictions on the use of the land.

Are there any problems that a title search cannot reveal?
Fraud, mental incompetence, clerical errors, environmental hazards and defects in the buildings on the property are examples of the hidden history that a title search may not reveal. Title insurance is needed to protect against some such defects coming to light after you have purchased your home. Home Inspections will reveal defects such as construction problems or environmental hazards.

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noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:06:00 +0000

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WPI - Real Estate Careers

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:33:00 +0000

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Motivated Seller Leads - Quality Comes From Quantity

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:27:00 +0000

You want only the best qualified motivated sellers calling you? Well, quality of leads comes from generating large quantity of leads.

Imagine you had a diamond mine. The more diamonds you find, the better the chance of finding exceptionally fine quality diamonds.

The more calls you generate from motivated sellers, the more likely you are to find exceptionally good deals.

Does that mean you should use marketing that generates the largest volume of calls? Not necessarily.

I think you should generate a large volume of well qualified calls. If you ran an ad in your paper that read:

"Full price for your home - cash buyer."

You would get a lot of calls, but not the right type of calls. That would be like digging in a diamond mine, but looking for gold. While you might be able to find some gold, it’s a long shot to find it looking in a diamond mine.

If you ran an ad in your paper that read:

"We'll buy any house at a $30,000 discount with owner financing."

You'd get hardly any calls (if any). What you want to do is generate the largest number of calls from people that could be qualified.

Let's consider an ad like:

"Sell your house quickly for a fair price."

This ad might generate a fair number of calls from people that want to sell quickly and not necessarily for full price.

Does that mean that you should be talking to every motivated seller that calls in? Not necessarily.

Most of the time, I have these motivated sellers listen to my pre-recorded presentation of some of the benefits I offer when selling to me. I let them get pre-sold on working with me before they talk to me.

So, I feed a lot of people into my automated pre-selling machine (quantity in) and then let the pre-selling machine sift and sort to get the truly motivated sellers that are pre-sold on working with me out (quality out).

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his [http://JamesOrr.com]Finding Motivated Sellers blog.

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How to Obtain Free or Cheap Advertising - Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:01:00 +0000

In part 1, we discussed the Press Release and how to best utilize this form of free publicity. This time we will continue to enhance our written publicity ability by discussing the value of writing articles.

The first step is to decide what to write about. Generally you’ll want to write an article that educates the consumer about your industry with an emphasis on products or services that you specialize in. Think about the questions your customers usually ask or the things that usually confuse them the most. These are the kinds of things that the consumer will be most interested in learning about.

Now you are ready to write your article. Or are you? Not a good writer? Not to worry! In part 1, you learned about a few places to find someone to write for you. Some additional ways to find a writer include: 1. Place an ad in your local paper. Freelance writers are always scanning the classifieds looking for opportunities. 2. Utilize a temp service. Or 3. Ask around. You may even be able to trade services with someone you know who can help you write your article for free.

What are some basic tips for writing a good informative article? Start with a list of the main points you would like to convey to your reader. This will serve as an outline for your article. Make sure you relate these points to your company and your products. Be sure that these points are timely. If you clean gutters and are writing an article about the dangers of home owner’s cleaning gutters, then don’t publish it in the middle of winter when no one is even thinking about cleaning a gutter that is frozen solid with ice. Not only does the article need to be timely but it needs to be practical for the reader. Tailor the article to a specific audience. If you have more than one audience, create different versions of the article so that it is the most effective it can be for each place you publish it. Create one article for home owners and another for business owners, for example. In addition, if your audience is not familiar with all the technical vocabulary of your industry then you’ll need to define terms and simplify your explanation where ever you can. Always proofread, spell-check, grammar-check and rewrite, review, and revise until everyone you know has read and understands your article. And finally, don’t forget to provide contact information so that they can give you business after reading the article.

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Real Estate Cash Flow Note

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:31:00 +0000

By Karen Kirby

When an individual sells a piece of real property to someone and makes an agreement to accept payments for the property, the contract is a real estate cash flow note. Often, the person who sold the property would have rather had cash in payment for the property, but accepted a real estate cash flow note because the buyer could not give the seller the full amount up front.

The seller of the real property is the owner of the real estate cash flow note. In the long run, the owner of the real estate cash flow note makes more money because the real estate cash flow note adds interest payments to the cost of the property. However, it can take the owner of a real estate cash flow note up to thirty years to recover the full price of the real property depending on the term length of the note.

Occasionally, an investor will offer to purchase a real estate cash flow note from its owner for a little less than the amount of principle owed. In these instances, the owner of the cash flow note will get immediate cash from the sale. It is usually worth the loss of the interest payments that come with the real estate cash flow note so that he or she can do without the hassle of accepting payments for thirty years.

When an investor purchases the real estate cash flow note, the investor becomes the recipient of the payment for the remaining term. Because the investor may have several properties that he or she collects interest on each month, it could add up to a substantial income for the investor.

Usually finders in the real estate business find the owners of a real estate cash flow note for investors. This note finder can also make a living in the cash flow note business. To find out more about cash flow notes, visit DalbeyBlog.com.

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Finding Motivated Sellers - One Step versus Two Step Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:09:00 +0000

You can break your marketing to find motivated sellers and real estate deals into two categories: one step or two step. What's the difference and when do we use each?

First, let us define what each one is.

One step marketing is where we get our entire marketing message out to our motivated seller prospect in one step.

For example, on our website we have unlimited marketing space. We can get our full marketing message even it is a 10 page sales letter out to our prospects cost effectively.

Two step marketing is where we get our marketing message out in two steps to the prospect.

For example, you might use a classified ad to pique the interest of your prospect and then send them to a 24 hour recorded information line for your second step to get the rest of the message.

Since the amount of space we have in a classified ad is limited and costly to add more, we use that to generate interest and then give the prospect the rest of the message in step two.

When do we use one step and when do we use two step marketing? We use one step whenever it is cost effective to get our entire marketing message out in one step. We use two step marketing when it would be too expensive to get the entire message out in one step.

So, if we were sending out a post card, could we get our full marketing message on a 4" x 6" post card? Probably not, so we would use two step marketing on that. We would send out the post card as step one and then either direct the prospect to a website or 24 hour recorded information line to get the rest of our full marketing message.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his [http://JamesOrr.com]Finding Motivated Sellers blog.

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How to Obtain Free or Cheap Advertising - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:02:00 +0000

Press releases are an important tool for gaining free publicity from the media. They are a brief one page description which explains to the media why you or your business warrants media exposure immediately. Some reasons for creating a press release include

New products being added to you company line
New services being offered
The debut of your website
New management or representatives joining the company
A new partnership or affiliated business arrangement has been formed
The company is sponsoring a seminar or convention

There are certain pieces of key information that your press release should contain:

Contact information including Company Name, Representative Name, Address, Phone Number and email or website address.
An eye catching headline
The first paragraph should contain the basic facts regarding the topic in your headline. Be sure to answer the 5 W’s: Who, What, Where, When, Why.
It is generally a good idea to have an important quote for paragraph 2.
Elaborate on the basic facts in paragraph 3.
End with the important details in paragraph 4 (prices, dates, addresses, anything you really want the reader to remember.) Most readers best remember the very last thing they read.

Finally, please be honest with yourself. If you are a poor writer, have someone else write the release for you. There is nothing worse than bad PR and a poorly written article will have your readers thinking your company is run as poorly as the article is written. A good place to find writers looking for some freelance work is your local writers group. Many times these will be sponsored or held at your local library. Another place to look for writers who many not ask for a lot of money is your local high school or college newspaper. But please speak to the teacher involved with the organization first. They can tell you who has the most talent and responsible demeanor.

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When Wholesaling Real Estate, Who's Name Goes on The Contract?

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:02:00 +0000

I was talking with a very nice woman today on the phone about getting started wholesaling in real estate and she had some very good questions. One of them was about whose name actually goes on the contract when you are wholesaling.

I think, from what she said, that part of her concern was liability and the other part was how the wholesaling process mechanically works. So, here is my brief overview of how we Wholesale and how I recommend you do it.

In our business, our Independent Contractor Wholesalers go out and talk to motivated sellers who want or often need to sell their house. When we wholesale that house we typically have our Independent Contractor Wholesalers present an offer from us to purchase the house.

The key here is that we also add, “AND/OR ASSIGNS” and make sure that the contract we are presenting allows us to assign our rights in that contract to another buyer.

If you were wholesaling on your own (not as an Independent Contractor Wholesaler for us), you would use your business (or personal name if not operating as a business) on this contract.

Is there liability in signing a contract like this? Yes. Depending on the contract you use, the person who is agreeing to buy may be risking their earnest money or may be liable to be sued by the seller to complete the sale.

We typically use earnest money contracts, but we also have a clause in the contract AND disclose to the seller that we will need some time to try to find our buyer and that if we do not find our buyer in that time, then we both agree to cancel the contract and return our earnest money deposit to us.

So, as you can see, our risk is very small in wholesaling real estate especially when you consider that we typically use $20 for earnest money and often times we even use a promissory note for $20 instead of cash or check.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can find out more about Wholesaling Real Estate and how to become a paid Wholesaler and get free one-on-one mentoring at [http://WholesalerNetwork.com]WholesalerNetwork.com.

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Real Estate Investor- Pre-Made Marketing or Create Your Own

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:13:00 +0000

So, you understand the importance of putting out marketing to find motivated sellers. I guess you're tired of looking through countless Multiple Listing Service properties and not finding the truly great deals without looking at 100 properties or more. It takes some investors years to make this discovery, so if you are relatively new to the business congratulations!

So, the next question is whether to use someone else's pre-made marketing materials or to create your own.

Let us take a look at that question from a couple angles.

First, how much time would you spend writing your marketing materials? Writing a good marketing message could take a couple of days of research, writing and re-writing. Let's say it takes 16 hours.

What is your time worth? Are you a $10 per hour person? That would be about $20,000 per year. Are you a $100 per hour person? That would be about $200,000 per year income. Do you want to earn more than that?

As an aside, if you want to make $200,000 per year, you should only do tasks that pay $100 per hour or more for 40 hours per week.

So, let us assume you are a $100 per hour person. If it took you 16 hours to write your own marketing, then that's $1,600 invested. And how do we even know if your marketing is going to be effective?

You need to spend money on doing market testing. You need to send out letters or flyers or post cards or signs with your marketing messages on them and measure the results. You can easily spend an extra $1,000 mailing a flyer or letter or postcards to test your marketing.

You've invested $2,600 in time and hard expenses in testing your message. Could there be an easier, less expensive way?

Yes, there are lots of investors that have proven to work, pre-written marketing packages. For $600 to $1,000 (or more), you can get an entire course with marketing you can plug into that has been tested already.

When compared to taking the time to write it yourself and actually testing it, these courses are truly bargains.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his [http://www.JamesOrr.com]Real Estate Motivated Seller Marketing blog.

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Wholesaling Real Estate Deals - 6 Steps to a Six Figure Income

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:04:00 +0000

So, you are getting started in real estate investing and have selected wholesaling as your entry into the exciting and lucrative real estate investing business. Congratulations.

Wholesaling is an outstanding, low risk way of learning your local real estate market, mastering finding motivated sellers and earning a significant income while learning the real estate business.

So, here are 6 steps to a six figure income as a real estate wholesaler.

1. Establish yourself as a real estate investor

The first step is to get set up and in business as a real estate investor. I do not recommend spending a lot of unearned money on your business as first, but it sure helps to have some of the basics when you first get started.

First, get some business cards. You do not need very expensive ones (at first, or really ever), but you will want a professional way to let people know that you are in business and a means for you to pass on your contact information. That leads into the next thing you need to get started, a business telephone.

You do not need to get a separate line into your house or buy a second cell phone, but I might suggest that you change the message on your cell phone number to a business voice mail. Something like this is fine, "Thank you for calling Susie Smith's Real Estate Services. Unfortunately, we are working with other clients right now or are otherwise unavailable, please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible."

Once you have your business cards and cell phone, you have the bare minimum tools you will need to get started as a wholesaler.

2. Find motivated sellers

The next step is where you will be spending the majority of your time as a new wholesaler. I am a huge believer in spending money on advertising to find deals, but you can find deals through various free methods like searching the Multiple Listing Service with a real estate agent or calling on for sale by owner signs and ads in the newspaper or websites.

3. Analyze deals

Once you find deals, you will need to analyze each one to see if it really is a great deal that you can wholesale. If it is, then continue to the next step. If not, then you will need to go back and find more motivated sellers.

4. Negotiate deals

You should be negotiating from the first contact with the motivated seller by building up rapport and common ground, but when you have analyzed the deal and are trying to put it all together, your negotiation skills come to the forefront.

5. Control properties

Once you have negotiated a great deal, the next step is to put it down on paper so that you have control over the property and can legally resell the deal for a profit.

Most wholesalers use one of two things to control a property: an option or a purchase and sales contract. You can get both forms from your local office supply store or by searching the internet. You might also be able to get the paperwork you need from a real estate agent especially if you are working with them to find the house and they will be paid when you buy. As you do more deals, you will probably want to consider upgrading to forms that are specifically designed for what you are doing in your business and were written for your particular market.

6. Liquidate properties to collect your paycheck

Once you have control of the property, it is your job to liquidate them and collect your paycheck. Your ability to quickly find another investor to flip the deal to or a retail buyer to purchase the property is a huge factor in how successful you will be as a real estate wholesaler.

Rinse and repeat this process as often as you can to earn a huge income finding great deals and quickly liquidating them as a real estate wholesaler.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access wholesaler specific audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos for wholesalers at http://WholesalerNetwork.com

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Why Real Estate is the IDEAL Investment

noreply@blogger.com (Me) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:00:00 +0000

An easy way to remember all the key benefits of owning real estate as a long term investment can be remember with the acronym IDEAL. Each letter represents one of the benefits of owning real estate.

I for Income

When you rent out a property you collect monthly rent. From that you pay your expenses on the property like taxes, insurance and any mortgage payments you might have. What's left over after all your expenses is income from the rental property.

D for Depreciation

The government offers tax incentives for owning real estate in the form of depreciation. Each year you get to depreciate a percentage of the properties value and ultimately reduce the amount of taxes you need to pay.

E for Equity Build Up

With typical amortized loans, each payment you make includes interest and principal. In the beginning most of your payment is interest and a small amount is use to pay back the amount you borrowed. Over time, the amount you owe decreases and you build up equity in the property.

A for Appreciation

House prices tend to go up over time. Over the last 40 years, house prices have gone up over 6% per year. If you have a $200,000 house and it goes up 6%, then your house has appreciated $12,000 in that year.

L for Leverage

Real estate allows you to control a large asset (a house) with very little money (a down payment) and have the rest of the purchase price financed by a bank usually via a mortgage. By putting little money down and getting the benefits of the large asset, you are highly leveraged.

One other benefit that I like to add that is not included in the IDEAL acronym is the concept of control. With real estate you decide what to set rent at, or what repairs or upgrades you are going to do to the house. You decide how to finance the property. This control is not present in many other types of investments like stocks or CDs.

James Orr is a professional real estate investor and marketing expert.

You can subscribe to his real estate e-newsletter and access audio downloads, articles, marketing materials and educational real estate videos at his [http://jamesorr.com/]Real Estate Investing blog.

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