It is not an absolute requirement that you have established credit to buy real estate. You will find that you can still borrow in order to invest even if you have no credit rating at all. Most often, the money you will borrow for what you will buy actually belongs to the sellers. As you [...]
TECHNIQUE #6: EXPLORING THE NEIGHBORHOODS When you find such neighborhoods, you should make it a point to drive through them on a regular basis. Of course, You can easily start practicing this in the neighborhood where you yourself reside. Remember though, the emphasis here and now is to explore all the possible ways of presenting [...]
If you know what to look for, you can spot flexible property sellers as “dead ringers” from the wording in their own classified advertisements. Sometimes they come right out and practically scream it at you, as, for example: “Expatriating to England, MUST sell and move within two weeks. Best offer.” Consider this wording: “Desperate seller [...]
QUICKLY ACQUIRE “THE TOOLS” OF THE TRADE A good actor usually also has good props, and so you need to work as quickly as possible to acquire your own tools of the trade. You will soon find these to be quite necessary. You can’t always appear to be a seasoned real estate investor unless you [...]
LET’S BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING An artist once said, “To paint the perfect painting, first live the perfect life, and then just paint naturally.” The message here in your new found career as a real estate investor might be translated like this: “In order to make the perfect real estate investments, first live the perfect [...]
A big part of bringing your conscious efforts into your subconscious mind is organizing your time and putting together a meaningful and realistic daily/weekly/schedule. Go out and buy a professional calendar, schedule of upcoming events, appointments, meetings, and so on, so that you’re never caught in the embarrassment of discovering you’re scheduled two very different [...]
The first time you rode a bicycle successfully, you most likely really had to think about it. No doubt you have to concentrate totally on just exactly what you were doing. Maybe you had to do that again the second time, and the third, fourth, and fifth time, and maybe even for several weeks thereafter. [...]
