Everyone is Your Private Investor
Monday, February 08
What?! Hypocrisy! It might sound that way since I often talk about how important it is to property target and then market to private money investors when raising capital for real estate investments. No, I haven't gone off my rocker (at least not yet). So, what do I mean 'everybody is your investo...
True or False: Private Investors are Your Customers.
Sunday, February 07
Ok...I probably gave this one away. If you are a real estate investor looking to do more deals and grow your business and you answered True - go to the head of the class. For everyone else, it's time to go back through a review. Very few investors know who their target customers are when it comes...
Buy and Hold or Flip with Private Money?
Saturday, February 06
Is it better to raise private money to buy and hold or flip real estate? Great question. If you're thinking about this, you've already got half the battle won - you've decided to raise private money. You have picked the right financing option for building a successful and extremely profitable bus...
Why Credibility and Integrity are Important in Raising Private Money
Friday, February 05
Credibility Integrity Transparency SEC Rules If you are unsure in any way of why these things are critical in raising private money, I submit to you an article written in the November 2009 issue of Forbes. Here's a snippet:Nearly 900 individuals across the nation are staring at lossesafte...
Can You Skirt the SEC with Joint Ventures?
Thursday, February 04
As real estate investors, we're trained to be creative. We try to find different ways to make the deal work. And, if it doesn't, we go back the drawing board and try again until all options are evaluated. It's no wonder, then, that some people become creative when it comes to securities laws. I h...
"Help! I Need Private Money..."
Wednesday, February 03
Does this sound familiar at all to you? Maybe you've perused a few online forums or craigslist.org and saw some posts like: "Need partners for real estate project - 25% ROI" "Earn 10% secured return on your money" Are you guilty of this yourself? If so, how are the results? Do you get a lot of t...