Agent Education

Real Estate Investor Abbreviations and Jargon

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ARV – CAP RATE – HUD – MLS – NNN – REO – OWC – ETC… Real estate investors, brokers and agents are as guilty as any other industry practitioners at using jargon and abbreviations that seem commonplace to us, but are often confusing to our clients and customers. As a reminder to slow down [...]

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Top 5 Questions about IRA Real Estate Investing

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Self Directed, IRA Loans, Property Types, Investment Groups In 2009 we have had a lot more requests and questions from clients about using IRA funds to purchase investment real estate for fix and flip projects and rental properties.  So I thought I would post an FAQ with answers.  Here are the Top 5 Questions from [...]

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Beware Fraud Teams Selling Houses They Don’t Own

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My Interview with a Special Investigator I was having a pretty normal day at the office, comping properties, checking on email etc.  Until a pleasant looking woman arrived unannounced just after lunch and handed me her card:  Special Investigator for the Denver District Attorney. Ouch.  She asked me if I had a few minutes?  What [...]

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How to Fix and Flip a House

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Remodel Time-line and Tips Estimating repairs, staying on budget and working with contractors is perhaps the most mysterious and difficult aspect of the business of flipping houses.  As any good investor will tell you, you make your money when you buy.  But all too many investors LOSE all the profit in the remodeling or rehabbing [...]

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Prepare for Lender Meetings Like a Pro

Keep Updated Personal Financial Statements The best preparation for meeting with a lender – especially a private or hard money lender – is to have your “docs in a row.” When I work with a new client that does not have a current personal financial statement, our first step is to get their complete financial [...]

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Qualifying Real Estate Investors

Scouts – Dealers – Rehabbers – Landlords I have a few key methods of qualifying real estate investors to determine whether or not I want to work with them.  This has little to do with the amount of experience they have, and less to do with the amount of money they have then you may [...]

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Why Realtors Should Work with Investors

Capitalize on an Underserved $300 Billion Market As the nation continues to take its proverbial medicine for the spoils of Wall Street’s residential real estate backed securities fiasco, Realtors are suffering massive drops in transactions and income. If you are working the traditional residential market, you’re likely facing pretty grim volume now, and for the [...]

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