Low Risk, Low Cost: The Cooperative Assignment Strategy

[Michael Carbonare]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲

I talk about this strategy often. Why? Because it’s how I got started in real estate investing.

Like many new investors, I had little cash and no access to traditional lenders. The only person willing to lend me money was Paulie—a guy who charged a point a week and always had a baseball bat within arm’s reach. THAT was hard money.

“Try wholesaling,” they said. So, I did. And I failed. Spectacularly. Getting sellers to accept half-price offers wasn’t as easy as they say. A friend of mine is a successful wholesaler, so I asked him how he does it. His answer? 10,000 pieces of mail every month. . .ten thousand!  No, thank you.

Then, I met an investor who was already successful doing what I wanted to do. He introduced me to The Cooperative Assignment Strategy. It changed everything.

Why Cooperative Assignments?

✅ No risk, no cash out of pocket

✅ You work with, cooperate with, the homeowner instead of negotiating against them

✅ No tenants and toilets

✅ No maintenance or repairs

✅ Short-term deals with sizeable assignment fees

✅ Those fees can fund long-term strategies like buy-and-hold or fix-and-flip

If you’re an aspiring investor looking for a low-cash entry point into real estate, Cooperative Assignments are an effective strategy.