reading books and networking also helped.I learned many of the tricks and creative stuff they were teachingSome of the courses were great, others just sucked the green out of my jeans.I started attending public auction - buying war zone houses - using credit cards and credit lines - borrowed money and the really biggie creative financingThe most important thing I learned about about creative financing is that I DID NOT need to suck up to lenders - yippeeI than discovered a cross pollination of the concepts of creative financing - the synergism of ideas helped me develop new creative financing techniques.Some of those formulas I still use today to close transactionsI work a formula known as Control and Roll - this is a system of controlling real estate with little or no money and assigning the contract within 3 weeks for cash using the auction method of marketing - this system circumvents all of those who want to slow an investors down - like banks - underwriters - inspections - condition of property - agents and others.During those struggling days - I also used a system called "Check Funds" this allowed me to control many buildings without the need for down payment money.Hybrid offers is another one of my pet formulas - this is where the seller becomes a partnerDelayed settlement techniques - with soft contingencies - getting automatic extensions without the need of being rejected.

btw:  You will sign an Affidavit under penalty of Perjury that no funds have been borrowed.Tread softly ...

(I hope so)Suggest you go for a soft money rather than the expensive hard bucks. 

Once you give it to title company someone will have to pay them for a title search even if it is a soft search.

Hi, i was wondering how do you other investors come up with the funds to pay for your due diligence cost (soft cost), which on commercial real estate deals can be substantial.the reason why i ask this question is because most banks that will finance your deals will not pay for your due diligence cost or will let you roll it over into your loan (i guess they want you to come out of pocket for these cost).i know about private funds, but right the money the private lenders lend go straight to the closing table and not in your hand or acct to pay for due diligence cost which are due right awayor is it simply just getting an equity investor to pay for these cost (which the banks won't mine, because its not adding any more debt to the property). or it is getting all due diligence cost rolled into the closing (make them wait for their payment) down payment cost and then using your other funds to pay them off.i just wanted to know how all this works, because i always hear people saying they bought this and that with no out of pocket money, but i figured if your going through the due diligence process and something doesn't check out correctly and you don't purchase, somebobdy is gonna be outta money, right.

I have a soft corner for education but was having second thoughts about it.

While I make no claims to know the market here as an expert, its not as soft as the rest of the country at all.

Realty Soft and Soft Reaty also provide canned sites to consider.

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That's when the plush and soft carpet padding comes into play making them think the carpet is more high end than it is.It's not about actually using expensive stuff it is the perception that the buyer is getting nicer stuff for a cheap price that makes them want to buy.