
18 July 2008 | 15 replies
I would plan on doing this using this combination:- any extra income from my business- using the money i would have used for my existing house payment (would be free now because I would have already paid it off)- using the income from the tenantwe are cheapskates here :)It would take basically $5100 a month in extra payments to do it, but the $1000 a month saved from no house payment, and say $100 from our tenant in the property would mean we would need to come up with 4k a month extra for a year.

8 September 2008 | 42 replies
Your basic needs are covered for the rest of your life and you don’t have any financial worries.

16 September 2008 | 10 replies
I was informed by an individual that it is basically almost impossible to do an assignment deal with an REO unless you go with the bank's "assignment clause".

22 July 2008 | 7 replies
Back in the day, you could sell a property by sending out a mass email.

23 October 2008 | 39 replies
Stocks have really taken a hard hit, as real estate has as well, however if you stick to the basics, which I have done despite other trying to get me to change, you can cashflow properties and that doesn't change.I still have rental units, they still give me the same amount of money.

5 August 2008 | 48 replies
The government encouraged this malinvestment on a massive scale and eventually the economic fundamentals simply caught up with us.

25 July 2008 | 9 replies
Basically, when you have a deal, get is under contract as fast as you can.....however, remember this woman could be bluffing and just trying to get you to raise your price.

30 July 2008 | 5 replies
Thanks for all of your advises, it turns out this agent is in the middle of quitting (or being fired) from the current broker and getting in to another; he has been sitting on doc for over 3 weeks (mostly basic REO disclosures that needed to be signed and return to selling agent) that he didn’t know how to pull them out of Windforms (Realtor Online Contract data base); asked seller’s agent questions about them over and over; lack of REO knowledge (REO Specialist printed on his card) and couldn’t care less for his last few clients…Relayed the facts above (with a little help from the selling agent) in addition to the tangible misled evident to my agent’s boss and got only 18 moths worth HOA fee ($810) credited.Yes, another rookie’s lesson learn; just didn’t think he would be that much out of line for a major issue like such; considering he’s a 72 year old guy with shallow ethic.

29 July 2008 | 11 replies
(your supervisor can be your wife, partner, etc..)So basically you make every attempt to deceive people in your attempts to market to them and close the deal and you pretend to have a boss to answer to even though it is just lonely old you?