A Great Way To Find Real Estate Deals
One of the most difficult things for new real estate is finding real estate investing deals. This should not be too much of a problem. Read on to find out some ideas that will help you.
In fact, there are some experienced investors that continue to have this problem, even after working at it for several years. Although it can be difficult to find real estate investing deals, it is not entirely impossible.
The first thing that investors must do to find deals is lose the mentality that a fairy will allow deals to fall in your lap. Did you notice any deals coming to you before you were an investor? Why should you attract more deals after you start real estate investing? The answer is that you won’t. To find real estate investing deals you have to look for them.
Knocking on doors is a tried and true method to find real estate investing deals. Are you afraid to knock on doors? So are most other investors. Since there are so many investors reluctant to knock on doors, there is an entire segment of the market left untouched. Think of how many more deals you can find if you become the one who isn’t afraid to knock on doors.
By now you are wondering what exactly you should say when you knock on someone’s door. Let’s say you were down at the courthouse looking up recent foreclosures. You find a few addresses and you would like to contact them. When you knock on the door you don’t have to tell the homeowner that you know about their foreclosure. In fact, you that word should never leave your mouth. Unless, that is, you want the homeowner to close the door in your face. You should simply introduce yourself and let the homeowner know you were at the courthouse. Say you noticed their pending problem with their PROPERTY and say that you would like to help. If the homeowner seems inviting offer your assistance. Tell them what you can do to help and move forward with the deal.
Try running a real estate investing ad in the newspaper. Many investors don’t purchase ads because they are deemed as being expensive. Think about it like this: all it takes is one real estate investing deal for you to come up with the money to pay for an entire year of ads. Sound better? It should. The best place for your ad is in the “Money To Lend” section of the newspaper. When foreclosure is looming, many homeowners want to borrow the money to save their home. Once you receive a phone call from a potential foreclosee, you can begin working your real estate investing magic.
Don’t think that because it’s not raining real estate investing deals that there are none out there. There are plenty of deals all around you, you just have to look for them.
Until you establish your reputation, you have to do the work it takes to find deals in real estate investing deals. People won’t just bring them to you right off. Do the work that other investors aren’t willing to do. Soon enough you’ll find yourself with more deals than you can handle.
Gerald Mason
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May 11th, 2010 at 2:05 am
How can I REALLY find great deals on Real Estate?
I am looking for great real estate deals in the Metro Washington, DC area.
There seem to be SO MANY people who are scammers or just full of BS or something — I am looking for REAL deals on houses to buy, fix and sell.
Do you know how I can really find these? I am going to work on this, like, 80 hours a week — no joke!!
All help appreciated.
May 11th, 2010 at 7:07 am
realytrac.com
or
realtor.com
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May 11th, 2010 at 7:09 am
The truth of flipping is exactly in what you are explaining: trying to find a genuinely good deal. A lot of flippers are real estate agents or married to one and know when those good deals present themselves and can jump on them. My parents flip houses on the side and make a great supplemental income to their normal careers because one is a broker.
Your best bet would probably be trying to get in on the mass amount of foreclosures going on right now and getting your hands on some of those homes as banks seem to be happy simply getting the remainder of their investment back. You can search your area at foreclosurefreesearch.com
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May 11th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Flipping right now is a very hard way to make a living. Lots of obstacles. The mortgage companies will look at your purchase and want documentation of value added before they will allow a new higher mortgage for the buyer.
To have a chance to make this work you will need to find these people directly. and quickly check out the structure and be very good at seeing the promise and fix it up for very little money. By definition I am saying these won’t be on realty trac or MLS or any other index. If they have made it there then it is way to late for you.
You will very likely be taken advantage of instead of the other way around. It is a tough business.
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May 11th, 2010 at 7:13 am
You are just gonna have to do lots of research and check the Better Business Bureau.
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