Do You Want To Make Money In Real Estate? - Get Off The Beaten Track

Do You Want To Make Money In Real Estate? - Get Off The Beaten Track

Author: John Ferreira

The whole concept of buying land is quite new. Fortunately for us it is an idea and a concept that is here for us to use as the greatest wealth building vehicle ever created. Anyone with a strong desire can make money in real estate. But besides being very profitable it can also be a lot of fun.

Real estate investing is a game and an art. There are some rules but there are so many ways to play this game. The typical home buyer does not look at it as a game and certainly after using a realtor doesn´t think of it as being much of an art. The typical home buyer would likely be correct in this assumption, pretty straight ahead routine when buying using this route.

The creative real estate investor looks for many other ways of finding and then buying a property. This can be fun, and the better you learn the game the more profitable you´ll be. You have to go beyond just working with a real estate agent if you truly want to make money in real estate..

To make money in real estate the creative investor goes off the beaten track. Here are a few ideas, tips and strategies that can make real estate investing more profitable:

1. Don´t go the the realtor asking for the newest and hottest listings. Do the opposite; go back as far as you can with old publications, newspapers etc and look for houses that have been on the market for a very long time. These owners (probably FSBO´s) may be very motivated sellers and open to your offer.
2. Don´t be afraid to deal with FSBO´s (for sale by owner). Think of it as buying a used car or TV. You can submit your own offer. You can take the final to a notary and make sure everything´s in order, it´s not rocket science and you´ll save big.
3. Foreclosures - these are properties that the owner has defaulted on the loan payments for so long that the bank or mortgage company has given up on ever receiving any more payments from this owner. Requires locating auctions and doing research on the properties that are up for sale because you will also end up with having to pay the loan balance and any other interest and fees that may have accumulated over the foreclosure period.
4. REO - real estate owned by the bank or lending institution. These properties are the ones that did not get auctioned off in the foreclosure stage so the bank took ownership. Banks are in the lending business not the real estate business so they want to sell the property as soon as possible and get their money back. Banks aren´t stupid though so don´t just assume you´re gonna get a great deal... you may though and this is where you have to do your research. They take written offers and sell to the highest bidder.

There are real estate agents and companies who gather this type of information, (some will charge a fee) who specialize in these "off the beaten track" type of properties. So with some research and a strong desire you can make money in real estate.

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