Now is the Time to Be a Creative Real Estate Investor

by Augie Byllott

Why Real Estate? What do Creative Real Estate Investors have to gain? How about early retirement? How about a shorter work week with more pay? How about loads of money in the bank? Sound good? This is the perfect atmosphere in which to get started.

Two things I want to share with you. Never before, have there been more foreclosures in real estate then there are right now. That is because the lending practices of the last five to ten years have encouraged people to get into debt far over their heads. It is not just real estate debt. It is debt from all forms of consumer debt but especially credit cards.

Let’s take a step back and look at the root cause of all of this. Basically, banks would give money to anyone in almost any financial situation. In many cases, this was way beyond the means of most people. So, fastforward a few years and it only makes sense that the real estate market for all kinds of homes is suffering more foreclosures than ever.

Government-guaranteed loans including HUD, FHA, VA as well as many others are going bad. Fannie and Freddie even went belly up. On top of that, banks are being forced to repo homes that they cant sell. Its a great opportunity to buy at fire-sale prices.

What all the data is telling us is that there are more properties available at below market prices than ever before. It is telling us that because there are so many people in trouble, it is easier to find Motivated Sellers. It is easier for you to perform profitable transactions!

The old adage about real estate goes you make money when buying and get paid when selling. Maybe money finds its way to your bank account when selling real estate, however, intelligent transaction engineering will afford you many exit strategies. If you buy your properties the wrong way, you may end up with one or NO options. That being said, the primary focus for a real estate investor is cheap properties and seller motivation.

A key thing to point out about investing in real estate is that there are a multitude of people looking to buy homes, assuming you can tell the prospects from the suspects. Because of the financial crisis around the world, many of these would-be buyers are having a tough time getting money from banks. An investor can turn these lemons into lemonade with the right amount of innovation. With the know-how and some ingenuity, an investor can take the place of the bank and take a pretty penny for their time. Are you able to finance the transaction with the sellers money? Whos on your buyers list? Do you include only traditional buyers?

Isnt that wild? If there are a ton of these things on the market at fire-sale prices, whats stopping would-be buyers from stepping in? Honestly, a very large portion of those who are in the market to buy a home have never even heard of these methods. That being said, now that youve heard of these methods, what are you waiting for?

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