Whenever I get the chance, I like to flip on some of the late night comedy shows on TV. Letterman, Leno, Kimmel. On top of being funny (at least sometimes), you can learn a heck of a lot from watching a good comedian. A while back I met a guy who was trying to work ...…
You’ve probably been expecting something on this topic for some time now, so let’s lift up the kimono… Facebook has taken over the world. It won’t be long before Mark Zuckerberg runs for president and wins the election easily by solely using Facebook to campaign. Future generations of voters will only know who’s running for ...…
Wow. Even in our fast times of digital media and words at the speed of thought, a good old newspaper headline can still get your attention. More on that in a minute. First a frame of reference… Since I teach real estate investors and entrepreneurs how to raise capital from private individuals for their businesses, ...…
Credibility Integrity Transparency SEC Rules If you are unsure in any way of why these things are critical in raising private money, I submit the enclosed article from the November 2009 Issue of Forbes. (use the + button to zoom in)Forbes Article The guy in this article, although not specifically raising private money to buy ...…
Does this sound familiar at all to you? Maybe you’ve perused a few online forums or craigslist.org and saw some posts like: “Need partners for real estate project – 25% ROI” “Earn 10% secured return on your money” Are you guilty of this yourself? If so, how are the results? Do you get a lot ...…
When you are raising private money to buy real estate, you typically have a target number in mind for how much you need from investors. By performing a project budget and financial projections, you determine the right number. Perhaps you need $100,000 to buy and rehab a foreclosure house. Maybe you need $2,500,000 to buy ...…
There is a right way and a wrong way to use any marketing medium. There’s a right way and a wrong way to use the Yellow Pages, newspaper ads and direct mail pieces. When marketing your private money opportunity, you must take care to use the most powerful marketing media available to small business owners ...…
There are easy ways and there are hard ways to raise private money. One of the easiest of the easy ways to raise private money is to incorporate self-directed IRAs each time you talk to a prospective private investor. Self-directed IRAs are still relatively unknown outside of the niche real estate investor world, which means ...…
It wasn’t that long ago that creative seller financing techniques ruled the day. You could buy a property ‘subject-to’ (the existing mortgage), use sandwich leases, land contracts and more. When the real estate market was booming, there wasn’t much you couldn’t do when pursuing a target investment property. Then something happened… The sub prime crisis ...…
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 ...…