If you hover over "learn" in the navigation, we've built a framework that we think is pretty good for helping you navigate the process of a real estate transaction, from picking a strategy and market, to acquiring a deal, to rehabbing/managing it, tracking your portfolio, identifying exit strategies and repeating to scale your business. 

For some big wholesalers/marketers, this requirement creates too much friction.But having a legal framework--knowledge of laws and access to forms--and an experienced broker are both assets for any investor. 

IMO the analytical framework for bringing all of these elements together to calculate your returns is IRR (can google it) ... running some scenarios through IRR calculations will help you see how things can pan out in the long haul.

Utilities costs (Gas, Electric, Water) for the past 6 monthsThis part of your motivated seller questionnaire gives you the information with which you'll be able to decide whether the property needs a short sale, whether seller financing is an option, and how to structure a deal or an offer that can work for both you and the homeowner.You'll also need this information to properly market the house to your investment property buyers.If you're a new real estate investor, I hope you arm yourself with the information on this page to work out win-win-win solutions for your sellers, your buyers and yourself.Motivated Seller Questionnaire Red FlagsThe power of the motivated seller questionnaire is that it helps guide your interview process, and gives you a framework to make the screening as conversational as possible (In other words, it's a script, without the mechanical sounding words and phrases).It helps you in the 4 following ways: Avoid Outright deception by prospective property sellersProperly screen your inbound leads for seller motivationHelps screen out irritable, irrational, potentially psychotic people you should never, ever deal withHelps you build rapport with target ideal candidatesSupplies information to help structure your dealsAvoiding Outright DeceptionI've had a property owner tell me "..All the house needs is less than $5,000 dollars in repairs, and it's ready..." on a house that clearly needed so much work ($35,000 to $40,000 dollars) that no buyer or agent had ever called him back.Better Motivated seller screeningBeing a successful real estate wholesaler is a matter of alignment.

I believe in California you may be able to pool up to 10 people without registering but don’t hold me to that.Maybe my terminology is off here: basically the same way one would go to a family or friend to get a loan. in simple terms you have a 100k house to purchase as a flip, get a loan for 80k from your rich uncle -- this is clearly debt and NOT a security.my question is how would this work for a larger deal say there is a need to raise 500k in debt which would require more than one person lending the money...how do you ensure security to all the people lending and what is the legal framework for this?  

The established forbearance framework is appropriate, as it gets help to the most people as quickly as possible.

Out of curiosity, what framework do you use to assess multi-family properties? 

Asking how to analyze is the right framework - keep asking these types of questions, you'll do great

For both frameworks 5 AND 7)Framework 5 is the one that received 14 votes (12 at the meeting and 2 from the people who were not able to attend), and is the strict St.

Since I replaced all the siding, I was able to see the interior framework and replace all the wood that was showing any signs of damage.