RE is not easy to liquidate, even in the best of times, and when someone is going through divorce - they generally need cash fast.

If you want to grow your portfolio it might be harder to pay off properties quickly unless you have lots of income or are liquidating other assets.Most investors on here advocate using small down payments and securing 30 year mortgages and not prepaying them.

Liquidity is extremely important when you're not on W-2 anymore.

I have $30k in cash, $55 in liquid assets (stocks) and about $75k in illiquid (retirement accounts).I am currently renting an apartment.

Purchasewholesalingsubject tolease optioningetc.You need to learn more about the business.A purchase and sale contact (P&S contact; also called an earnest money agreement and maybe some other things) tends to show earnest money as the liquidated damages.Wholesaling is a business strategy.

Hey, landlord took down the ivy, power sprayed the house and vowed to get better non criminal tenants.

If there is sufficient liquidity in the estate they may be able to work out an equitable distribution of assets.5.

When I use cash I also have more options when deciding how to liquidate the property.

The credit partner needs some verifiable liquid or semi-liquid assets for reserves.Although these are not needed for the deal to close, they are reviewed for verification use only (bank deposits, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement accounts, cash value of insurance or other).The credit partners, if classified as “seasoned investors” can often participate in up to ten or more transactions per year.

I had nearly $200K liquid invested in a venture and found myself in an unforeseen situation and needed the capital quickly.