There are many choices when it comes to structuring your private money deal. In fact, there are almost “too many” choices and it can be confusing, especially if you are just beginning to raise private investor capital for your real estate investments. Therefore, what I’d like to do here is break down for you the ...…
In my years of experience in the real estate investing world, I have found that few people are aware they can use private investors to finance their real estate investments. Of those that do, most think raising private money is a hard thing to do. Instead of going to through the steps to learn about ...…
A lone ranger is someone who prefers working in solitude or isolation. Sometimes life circumstances can call for us to adopt this attitude. When it comes to building your real estate investing business, however, adopting this mentality can prevent you from achieving the success that you desire. Being able to work as part of a ...…
You may find out the same thing I did when you first approach private money investors: credibility is everything. It was a few years into my investing career when I realized that I would need private money to get to the next level. A successful business man, a mentor of mine, told me that honesty ...…
In a word: absolutely! But, let me explain more… It’s very common for real estate investors to start out on a part-time basis. It usually goes something like this: You’re working a full time job or running another business and you recognize the great wealth building opportunity that real estate investing brings. You begin looking ...…
Want to know a surefire, fail safe way to put yourself in the top 1% of all real estate investors? Would you like the two magic words that have helped me get more private money than I ever thought possible? What would a few extra hundred grand or a few million in private investor money ...…
It seems like a distant memory now. September 15, 2008 marked a date of permanent change for everyone, but for real estate investors in particular. What is so special about September 15, 2008? Is it kind of like one of those days where you remember exactly what you were doing when you heard the news? ...…
I’ve made up my mind: one day soon I’m going to commission a formal statistical poll in order to learn the following: the percentage of all real estate investing advice dispensed that is actually drawn from practical real world experience the percentage of real estate investors who continue to follow old dogma’s – even in ...…
Getting the right private investors to finance your investment property purchases comes down to a simple formula: Ready + Willing + Able = Private Money Keep this formula in mind as you prospect for private lenders and equity investors. It’s hard to sell ice to Eskimos. What prompts me to write this is a ...…
Have you ever heard of the the ‘Howey’ test? If you want to raise money from private investors to fund real estate investments, you should know what the Howey test is and what it means to you. J. Howey was a Florida entrepreneur who was selling real estate contracts to finance the development of citrus ...…