Flipping Houses Manifesto Ebook Text

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ointment
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evaluate
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value
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available
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spreadsheet
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commission, pointsrealtor
on your loan, etc) to derived your TRUE PROFIT. The accuracy
is incredible!
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by using and
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discuss in detail
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definitely
and has thenot potential
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r ready property,
subject to drive bygetthea first hand look at the comps your pulled to confirm all
of your information,
finalize your deal evaluation and meet with the seller knowing exactly what youÕre
After
PRELIMINARYWALK-THROUGH
seller.
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youtohave
offer
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the the comparable properties you will next inspect the phy
sical condition
property. This section
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discussedHere
manual. laterwe will
in thefocus on how to quickly and discretely evaluate the conditi
on of to
order thedetermine
property the in final As-Is and after repair values. The exterior of the
housethe
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check
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interior inspection
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just
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perty ACT
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systems.
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for
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a general idea
is of how much work the property needs so you can acc
urately
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lanning
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MEETINGANDNEGOTIATINGWITHSELLERS
their
property
step
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profit requirements.
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value. Successfully
below the meeting
market and negotiating with sellers is not something to be
left to chance.
dedicate an entire I 5 day Intensive Bootcamp, to the finer points of conducting s
eller meetings
handling any andandall seller objections. In this guide IÕll focus on the basics and
Asfundamentals.
in any relationship effective communication is key. Handling sellers objectio
ns will
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breakYou will (or already have) found yourself in that same situ
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that
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perfect to ability
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niques ontoandmyfuture employees BEFORE meeting with sellers and confronting the v
teammates
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section, IÕve created a manual of every single seller objection IÕd confronted over
r-Knocking
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and
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InitialMeeting
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negotiation
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6.
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seller
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MANAGINGTHECLOSINGPROCESS
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stage
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negotiation.
and challenges associated with every closing.
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legalities, formalities,
details, and specific key components must be addressed during th
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any wholesale
of transacting
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WHOLESALING
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Profits
One of the areImmediate
great things
OfWholesaling
about wholesaling properties is the deals can happen rel
atively quickly
contrast to otherinvalue added exit strategies like rehab projects and other larg
er developments.
Anytime you get involved in developing or redeveloping properties, the timelines
thearechecks
much longer,
can be farand and few between. Wholesaling, on the other hand, generally
within
producessixchecks
weeks or less depending on the transaction. The average time your who
lesale
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investors newstart out wholesaling properties. As a wholesaler you can eliminate
risk
99% if
percent
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of the yourself properly. In fact, if you know how to fill out a pu
rchase andcorrectly,
agreement sale you should be able to structure deals with virtually no ris
k at all. 90%
properties I putof under
the contract have a deposit of less than $500 dollars and an
inspection
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my deposit
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to pay. areOften
written in the form of an inspection or mortgage contingency.
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signofwith
the sellers
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. This is however
contract, a very one we as
sided
investors should never be afraid to protect ourselves in
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summary,
way possible.
for $500 dollars or less I can control a property worth hundreds of
thousands
for a certain of dollars
period of time. I will have the ability to sell the property for m
ore and
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collectnothing
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risk
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tions, andfactors.
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business
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clauses may not
contingency
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but rewardareas,
will also be greater. In higher priced areas there are also fewer
single
opportunities
family residential
in the market as there are not as many distressed sellers in
moreyouaffluent
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neighborhoods
are working in an area of $500,000 homes you should not be trying to flip
assignment
deals for fees$5,000because you will be wasting your time. As the value of the prope
rty increases
becomes increasingly
it difficult to find comparable properties. Thus, you should a
lwayswholesale
10% look forfees at least
no matter what the price range of homes you are working with
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$10,000
willisaadeal.
limiting factor when it comes to getting into the buy and
estate
hold strategy
investing. of However,
real an unworthy credit score should by no means deter you
Asfrom
a wholesaler,
wholesaling.having a good credit history can help you, but is by no means a
have
necessity.
horribleIfcredit
you it may cost you a few deals during the course of a year by
limitingexit
viable thestrategies
number of you have. Don't let this discourage you as there are stil
l plenty
where credit
of deals
is notoutneeded.
there How many deals will you miss out on? I would estimat
e 10% of the
wholesale deals I have structured required someone to look at my credit because
I had to before
purchase financeIthe sold the property to another buyer. This means 90% of the deal
s I have
have beendonestructured
could by someone with a low credit score or no credit score what-
so-ever.will
seller A motivated
never ask to see your credit score and as long as you can find a buy
er before
close, youryoucredit
have will
to not be needed. Any bona fide wholesale specialist knows
theyreason
rely
The willtheonly
on you
credit
haveoftoneed
donÕt theircapital
potential
is because
purchaser,
mostnot
of the
theirtime
own.you will be using ot
her peoples
(OPM) to operate
moneyyour business. When you find a buyer before you have to close o
n the
be using
dealtheir
you money
will to fund the transaction. If you have to close on the proper
ty yourself
will rely onthen either
youthe sellers existing debt, hard money, or private money to f
und the deal.the more you understand about the creative side of transactions the
Furthermore,
use
IDollars
less
realize
your
youPer
own
will
many
Hour!
money.
haveyoutopresently reading this e-book may be severely hampered for
of
are
timeworking
becauseanother
you job. In fact, lack of time is one of the major obstacles hin
dering mostIfreal
investors. youestate
are working another job or own another business your time will
asbeavery
resultlimited
you need
and to be very realistic about how many hours you can commit on
The
a weekly
great thing
business.
about wholesaling is the small amount of time it requires to com
plete transactions.
average it should take On you less than 10 hours to purchase, process, and sell a w
holesale
Most of this
property.
time involves the processing of the paperwork, clearing title, coor
dination
other
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is. Other and
rehabbing nichesbeing
likea land lord can suck enormous amounts of time out of your li
fe. The deals
smaller, but the willamount
be of money you can make per hour committed can sometimes b
e astronomical.
THE
Stages
StageWHOLESALING
1:ofSpend
Wholesaling
time
PROCESS
marketing for properties in order to get your phone ringing.
Stage 2: Evaluate and weed out the initial leads to get to the best potential pr
Stage 3: Complete due diligence on the property and arrange a meeting with the s
ospects.
Stage 4: Negotiate to a price where you know you will be able to wholesale the p
eller.
Stage 5: Sign the contract with contingencies and give the seller a small deposi
roperty.
t.
Stage 6: Sign
7:
8: Marketathecontract
Show theproperty
property
totosell
toyour
your
theprospective
wholesaleatwholesale
property buyer
a higher
listbuyers.
you have
price withbuilt.
one of your
Stage
Determining
Choosing
buyers.9: the
10: Monitor
Getyour
correct
theExit
and
dealexit
process
Strategy
to strategy
close
theand
paperwork
for
cashtheyour
in check
properties
order toyou
getput
theunder
deal contract,
to close is
part
an extremely
of your real important
estate investment business. I have seen far too many new whole
salers get
because theyburned
didn't think to plan out their exit strategy beforehand. Many ill p
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s, the
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actually before
closed planning their exit strategy, faired much worse. Any whol
esaler
plan
In fact,
their
whounderstanding
doesn't
exit properlyandischoosing
only asking
the property
for trouble.
exit strategy is the most impor
tant part business.
wholesale of your Often, the exit strategy you choose will determine if and wh
en you the
choose get wrong
paid. exit
If youstrategy, you will risk having the deal blow up in your fa
ce and all
effort, andyourmoneytime,
could be wasted. Contrary to what different guru's teach, whol
esaling
and getting
a property
cashed out is not as easy as some would lead you to believe. Knowing
ways
all you
of the candifferent
exit from a deal can increase your profitability significantly, bec
auseprofit
to you will on even
knowthehowmost marginal deals. Becoming a wholesale transaction engi
neerunderstand
to will require the details
you of traditional and non-traditional real estate financi
ng will
It and closing
also require
processes.
you to stay current on different lending laws, which are su
bjectimportant
and
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know yourBefore
exit strategy
You Meet before
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you close on a wh
olesaleyouproperty.
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oreface
to you with
ever ameet seller.
face It is never wise to enter into negotiations with anyone u
nless
in mindyouofhavehow you
someplan
ideaon exiting from the property and making money in the pro
cess.this
for Theisreason
because it will be hard to negotiate to a position of strength if yo
u do not
going to doknowwithwhattheyouproperty
are once you purchase it. If you have no idea what the
worth,
property whatisitcurrently
will be worth after it is developed, or what the repair costs wil
l be, it will
formulate a viable
be hardexittostrategy. You will be wasting a lot of time if you do no
t think about
possible buyerwho willyour
be and how the deal will be structured. This is especially d
ifficult
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tly. Going into
negotiation without
a an exit strategy in mind is the equivalent of playing poker
and anotcouple
see beingofableyourtocards. You can't be a dummy and low ball every seller becau
se youyour
what don'texitknow
strategy will be. This will result in a lot of missed opportuniti
The only circumstance where it is okay not to know your exit strategy before han
es.
d isbuy
can if the
you property
think youat 50% or less of the current market value. If this is the
case,you
once which
become
willahappen
master marketer, then you don't need to worry about not knowin
g your exit
strategy beforehand because you will have time to figure it out once you put the
WHOLESALING
contract.
What
Assignments
An
property
assignment
is anunder
assignment?
EXIT
of contract
STRATEGIESis the technical term wholesalerÕs use when they are sel
ling their
their existing
rightscontract.
to In laymen's terms this means you will be replacing your
with
namethein name
the contract
of your new buyer. The assignment fee is what is paid to you as co
nsideration
rights to dofor this.
theAs the wholesaler you are selling the rights to your contract
Your
as they
new buyer
currentlystandsstand.
in the place of you and must oblige to whatever is written
Are
contract.
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intoallthecontracts
toexisting
popularassignable?
belief, you do not have to write "and or assigns" after the
purchasertoname
contract makeinittheassignable. Any contract to purchase real estate is always a
ssignable unless
specifically stated in the contract that it is not. This is why it is very impor
tantcontract
the for you you to read
planthrough
on using to wholesale very thoroughly. For example, my loc
al board is
contract of not
realtor
assignable because one of the points specifically states the con
tract cantonotanybeother party. If you were to use this contract as a wholesaler th
assigned
en youout
cross wouldthathave
point
to and have the seller initial it and then you would have the
right
When
contract.
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istoanassign
assignment
canthebe paid
paid?at any time, however it is traditionally paid at closi
ng. aCustomarily,
get deposit fromweour willnew buyer up front and the remainder of the assignment fe
e attoclosing.
not say youThis can'tisget your whole wholesale fee up front, which we have done,
but this istoathe
exception rarerule. The reason most buyers will not give you your fee up fron
t is because
sometimes the closing will blow up for one reason or another and then the buyer
willdown
you havetotoget chase
their money back. When I buy wholesale properties I never give t
he wholesaler
fee up front! However,
his on occasion, especially if the assignment fee is small I
willupare
fee
What
There ask
are
front
for
the
twopositives
the
if
reasons
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am selling.
you
of will
assigning
prefera to
contract?
assign most of your contracts. First, w
hen you assign
contract you will a not have additional transaction costs, unlike a double closing
. wherein
double closing,
the caseI take
of the
title and then sell the property. The assignment fee stat
ed call
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le closing
pay an attorney
unlessoryou title company to monitor the closing process or draw up the p
aperwork. Sofeeifofan$15,000 dollars is agreed upon then this is usually the amount
assignment
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closing.
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willthe
are realize
negatives
of assigning
at of aassigningcontractaiscontract?
that your profit is disclosed to both th
e buyer
law bothand parties
the seller.
have toByperform on their contracts as long as you filled out al
l of the paperwork
correctly. Unfortunately, because something is contractually correct does not me
an that won't
parties one ofget theupset and walk away from the closing once your profit is revea
led. Athave
would thistopoint
file ayoulawsuit and force the party that walked away to perform. As
entrepreneur
a real estatesuing another party for "specific performance" is very rarely worth
This
the istimewhyandI always
effort.double close whenever the profit is larger than $25,000 or
I think
or sellereither
is going
the tobuyer get upset. It is not worth risking a large profit just to
save if
What
dollars.
Whenever
a couple
ayou
seller
are
of assigning
thousand
gets upsetaabout
contract,
the assignment
the probability
fee? increases of the deal blo
wingwill
fee up because
show upyouron the closing statement or HUD-1. The seller will see the assi
gnment fee
realize youandaremaynot the party actually closing on the property. By law you do no
t have
the buyerto you
disclose
are assigning
to the contract, however the reality is that they will
mostthelikely
on closingseestatement.
the fee At this point the seller may get upset and threaten to
your
not fee.
closeThebecause
largerofyour assignment fee the greater the probability this may ha
ppen.isConsequently,
this something you must prepare yourself for and make a decision on how you a
re going
it. This is to also
handlewhy I choose to double close if the assignment fee is larger th
an $25,000
are
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any
handle
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seller
this Iobjection.
up front?
always disclose the fact that I often try to fin
d theproperty
the ultimatebefore
buyerIfor close on the property. As long as you reassure the seller
thatproperty
the you willevencloseifonyou can't find your end buyer they will usually be okay wit
h it. and
black Thiswhite
is notandalways
you have to do a good job reading your sellers personality.
At this point
question whether
theyyoumaywill close on the property if you can't find your ultimate
buyer andthem
reassure I always
that I will close on the property even if I can't find the buyer.
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can
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days you
later.
either part
y at thetwo
because timedifferent
of closing settlement statements will be created. This is no differen
t then transaction
estate any normal real when you hold a piece of property for an extended period of t
ime. The only
difference is the amount of time in which you held the property and how your pur
chase
be
When funded.
you
willbuymostfromlikely
one party and immediately resell the property, there are two s
statements created. The first settlement statement or HUD-1 is between you and t
ettlement
he sellerreflect
numbers where the original sale price which was negotiated. The second settlem
ent new
the statement
sale price
reflects
between you and your new buyer. 90% of the time I am funding
the original
purchase with my new buyers funding. There are rare occasions whereby I will use
private
my own lender's
funds or funds
a to purchase the property before I resell. I try and avoid
there
doingare this,somehowever
instances when the buyers funding will take some time and I am re
quired
my own funds.
to closeI willwith only do this if the deal is very profitable and I am not sc
ared you
wholesale
What
When of losing
are the
double
buyer
negatives
myclose
becauseonofIaaknow
property
double
I canclosing?
you
resell
willithave
to fees
someoneassociated
else immediately.
with taking ti
tle and selling
property to yourthe new buyer. Whenever you sell a piece of property you will have
to paytransfer
city a statetax andwhich is usually a percentage of the sale price. This fee can
range fromon.5%where
depending up toyou4%do business and is usually the largest fee you will have
to pay.and
states In towns
fact, have
some such a hefty transfer tax that it can eat up the majority,
ififyou
notare all,notofcareful.
your profitLikewise, when you double close you will also have to pa
y for titlefees,
recording insurance,
courier/wire fees, and a title company fee or an attorney fee de
pending onthewhoclosing. These fees can add up very quickly and eat away at your pr
performs
ofit.
to assign
Second,a contract
I preferover double closing because my company name will not end up
title.
in theFor chain
example,
of if the property you sold had an environmental problem you wo
uld not
off be muchbeingbetter
in the chain of title. Whenever, there is a problem of this nature
environmental
it is common agencies
for or the buyer themselves to sue down the chain of title. I
f you areand
investor Mr.theWealthy
only one who has any assets then who do you think the lawyers w
ill come
These areafter?
obviously very rare cases and the probability of something like this h
appening
however
Are
Some there
title ifare
any
itvery
companies
wereslim,
other tonegatives?
oroccur
attorneys
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not be
to familiar
not be inwiththe double
chain ofclosings
title. and
or think In
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are some title companies are now choosing not to work with investo
arsdouble
who want closing
to perform
because of the increasing amount of loan fraud cases being trie
d. Inwill
you anyhavehot investors
market who enter and want to make a quick buck. Many times they
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ts other
who play by investors
the rules. Real estate flipping now has a negative connotation becau
se ofproblems
where
What
Double recent
investors
closingscases
will
haveyou
are easy
defrauded
encounter
if thenaive
buyer
withhomeowners.
doing
is planning
a doubleon funding
closing?the deal with cash
or through
lender. However,
a private if your wholesale buyer is planning on using a traditional bank
, youinto
run willa seasoning
most likelyissue. Seasoning is a term for how long the title has been
vested inname.
personÕs one particular
The majority of traditional banks will not fund buyers unless the t
itleremained
has to the property
in one persons name for at least three months. A lot of banks are n
ow requiring
seller to havetheowned the property for six months before they will fund the deal.
were
Theseputtypesintoofeffect
rulesto protect homeowners from unscrupulous investors who could
them.
take Now advantage
not allofinvestors are unscrupulous, however there are a few out there
andany
reason
Does
In
minimize
said
close
deal
longer
ownership
purchase
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will rules.
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usually
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all
face.
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resell
insituations
are
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andthe
risk
the
to increases
something
and the chanceshappening of between the time you purchase the property. Anytime you put
a seller'sunder contract and then assign the contract there is a good probability
property
Naturally,
the sellernot willevery
findseller
out. is going to be ecstatic about you making a profit on
noa physical
property value you added to. You will have to be prepared to handle the sellerÕs objectio
ns atseasoned
What
Any ifthis
thepoint.
seller
real estate
gets upset
investor
aboutknows
the there
deal atwillclosing?
be times when fires will have
sometimes
to be putIout. thinkInthe fact,
only reason a lot of investors are successful is because t
hey are good and know how to handle people well. Anytime a seller or a buyer ge
communicators
ts upsetthey
numbers withsee theon a closing statement you must be prepared to handle the situa
tion.oneI seller
had have only who was upset with the amount of money I was making on the deal a
nd literally
from the tablegottoupwalk away. I had a very long conversation with the seller. Unf
ortunately
enough and Ithis
hadwas to make
not a $5,000 concession in order to get him to close. Of co
urse I wasn'thappy about having to give up $5,000, however it was a lot better th
necessarily
an my was
which alternative
going to court. I still walked away with a $15,000 profit at the end o
f short
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the
hours
are
daysale
Sales
ofoffwork.
short isofsales?
when
abouta property owner is behind on their mortgage payments and p
resently
to the bank owesthanmorethe property is worth on the open market. A short sale is when
the bank
take lessagrees
than whatto is owed as payment in full for the entire debt against the p
roperty.when
begins A short
you, thesaleinvestor, meet with the homeowner and get them to sign an a
uthorization
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purchase and sale agreement contingent upon the bank's
amount
approvalyouofaretheoffering. The bank will then send you a short sale packet whereby
certain
they willdocuments
requireto be gathered and turned into the bank before they will make
their finalThe process can sometimes take as little as a few days and other times
decision.
, it can
Short
months. sales
takearea afewgreat way to create deals out of thin air. The reason I say th
is is the
where because
debtanyis greater
deal than the value or the property is not a deal until you
manner.
negotiateTheitseller
in some may be extremely motivated, but until you deal with the exist
ing encumbrance
there is not much you can do with the property. The good news is that with a lit
tle organization,
and knowledge, time, you can get the debt down to a level whereby you can wholesale
Inthefact,
property.
if you are not familiar with short sales I can tell you that you will b
e missing
best ways tooutbuy
on property
one of thewith little to no competition. This is because a lot o
f investors
waste their time
don'twithwantshort
to sales because they can be very time consuming. Likew
ise, a lotdon't
investors of know how to perform short sales so they let them fall through th
e short
AIs cracks.
ashortsaleanexitstrategy?
sale is not an exit strategy. It is a way of purchasing the property. An
dispose
exit strategy
of the property,
is a plan once
to purchased. A short sale is really a buying strateg
y used byitinvestors.
consider to be a profit
I enhancer for foreclosure deals. Sometimes a seller wh
o is behind
mortgage willoncall
theiryou with a property you can wholesale at the existing debt an
d make
you knowa there
profit,isbut a good chance you can discount the 1st or 2nd mortgage a small
increase
amount toyour profit margin. This is especially true if the property needs a sig
Anificant
great example
amount of this work.is a property I bought a little while ago in West Haven,
meCT.looking
The seller
to getcalled
out from underneath her debt of $164,000 on the home she was l
iving months
three in. Shebehind
was on both her 1st and 2nd mortgages. The total payoff for the
1st mortgage
$140,000 and the
was total payoff for the 2nd mortgage was $24,000 for a total debt
of $164,000.
property neededTheabout $40,000 dollars in rehab and the After Repair Value of the
$320,000.
property Iwasknew I could wholesale the property for about $20,000 dollars profit
anything
without todoing
it at all. However, I also knew because the property was so ugly tha
t the 2nd
holder might
mortgage
be willing to take a small discount. With a few phone calls and a v
isit by theI was
appraiser banksable to get the 2nd mortgage holder to take $3,000 as payment in
balance
full forofthetheentire
mortgage. Within just a few hours time I increased the profitabil
ity of the
$21,000 dollars.
deal byNow that is why I call short sales profit enhancers! In the end
seller
I endedanupextra
giving$7,000
the dollars in a bill of sale, for items I had purchased from
Whatis
Your
here.only
yourpossible
exitstrategyfor
exit strategy
adoubleclosing?
whenever you perform a short sale is to double
closenot
will because
allowaanbank assignment fee to be paid to you as the investor on the HUD-1
or closing
The reason isstatement.
simply because the bank is not going to take a discount on money r
ightfully
them if youowed
(thetoinvestor) are walking away with money. In fact, the bank who ho
lds the even
doesn't 1st mortgage
like to see inferior lien holders (2nd, 3rd mortgage holders) get a
ny money,
they goingsotohowfeelareabout you, Mr. Local investor, who isn't even a bona fide lie
n holder. Unfortunately,
millions? making banks are not that friendly, and care more about themse
lves and theirthan they do about you, the local investor. Too bad huh? Well, the
stockholders,
structure
only way theto deal so you can make money is to purchase the property and then do
ubletake
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sufficient
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certain
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that he orin doing business and ready to act upon a worthwhile opportuni
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have the key here is efficiency and if youÕve done your pre-s
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marketing
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at the
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commitment
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onintime.
contract
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(attorneys,
service vendors
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flow.
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closing the transaction.
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eys, title companies,
appraisers, lenders, insurance brokers, and any other parties that can affect th
e outcomeDoofnot
closing. theexpect your attorneys to do this work for you and always verify
all thedirectly
speak informationwith each
and party involved to make sure that the process is moving
forward This
manner. in a also
timelymeans working closely with the buyer to assist in the closing
and the
for any project.
preparations Some of the things you'll be involved in are: getting all the p
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secure together handling
to questions and objections from lender, assisting in pr
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of work statement,
a formal scope helping with finding contractors for the job, referring an in
surance
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with the lender
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an example of a smaller deal which will help illustrate my point
. A few months
motivated selleragocalled
a me with a 3 unit building she was interested in selling
in New Haven,
building had been
CT. ravaged
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eded had
fire to beripped
rebuilt.
through The most of the roof and support beams. The seller's insuran
ce paid offmortgage
underlying the and the seller received the balance of the insurance check w
hich amounted
$19,000. However,
to the seller had no interest in rebuilding the property and want
ed toseller
The sell called
it quickly.
me and was looking for $40,000.00 to sell the property. I was
familiar
and I knewwiththattheasarea,
long as the building was standing and did not need to be knoc
ked adown,
was steal.thatI immediately
this rushed out to the property and met the seller and sig
ned a contract
$40,000.00 because
for I knew that I could turn around and sell the property within
two weeks between
somewhere for $95,000 and $105,000 depending on how long I had to close. I a
lso knew this
particular property was going to be worth around $330,000 after it was rebuilt.
Consequently,
point I negotiated
the onlywith the seller on was the closing date. She wanted to close
in one three
wanted week, so butIIcould sell the property to someone else and not have to use my
purchase
own cashthe to property. I gave the seller her price and she gave me the close dat
e I desired.
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ween $55,000
$65,000 in equity
and I could pick up just by putting the property under contract. I
called
turnedmyaround
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000. Thisofisbuying
example a greata property and having multiple exit strategies. Had I chose to
and
rehab
invest
the another
property$110,000 into the property I could have made a lot more money
athen
$60,000
selling
dollar
it wholesale
for profit. Assuming carrying costs and transaction fees
of 15%
the final
($49,500)
sale priceof I would have made somewhere in the range of $130,500 dollar
s. Not too
however I would
shabby,have to commit a lot of my time and my partner Paul's time in or
der toThe
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want
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e it from perspectives.
different a couple of Assuming I purchased the property for $115,000 and spent
rehab
$110,000
I would
on the
have been into the property for $225,000. Now assuming the carryin
g costs and
transfer fees were still 15% ($49,500) of the final sale price I would walk away
$55,500
with a dollars.
profit ofNot too bad, right? Wrong! The deal is not bad from a profit st
andpoint should
everything go according to your plan, but what if the construction isn't really
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or in New Mexico the strategies are still the same. It all sta
rts with leadthen you have to tie the property up at a low price and give yoursel
generation,
f enough
buyer at atime
higher
to find
pricea so you can turn around and sell the property for a profi
t. Iflearning
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Chicago,
market opportunities
unique and find the within it. I always recommend starting in your own backyard
local
and learning
landscapethebefore you venture into other areas. DonÕt pick a market that is f
urther away
because it isjust
hot. I have found the further away an investment property the risk
ier it up
giving gets.
control
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especially
like when I have to get on a plane in order to visit the
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whenever
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iring, andgrown
Òmature, managing
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l rehab
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rs. Knowing
correct pricing,
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ate and
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tors and creates
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round
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says four
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perties
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and itÕsvalue.
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to discover you were off (whether it was intentional on your pa
rt or not),
complete credibility
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losethat buyer will not work with you on any future project
s. Your reputation
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rstbehand
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alyzer
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risk associated with rehabbing properties you must
skills,
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knowledge,and training under your belt to gain the confidence of a succes
sful and profitable
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t out with
needing minimal
projects
work to get your feet wet. Your first rehab should NEVER be a fu
ll gut! Although
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doing
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d stress.
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o take on Property A and Property B at the same time! This is the level of inves
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ting youÕllyourself,
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nd education.
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isk of rehabbing
property. As a result,
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ght,concerned
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potential
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of Work has transformed our rehabbing business. It itemizes exactly wh
at has to bethedone
throughout entire rehab process. It is the actual black and white paper pres
entation
you want done
of everything
to the house. When someone has completed reading the scope of work
have
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clear visual of what your finished house will look like. Once youÕve comple
ted the walk-though,
initial steps of the now youÕll come back to your desk and start reviewing the pho
tos,theinspection
form,
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beginning
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takeofyou time (however, the smart investor will just print and use our Sco
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project). forwill theirreference the Scope of Work during every step of the rehab. Y
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list all ofoftheworkEXACT
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The Scope of Work is really the foundation for the rehab project because it stan
dardizesuse,
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copies andatyou can begin to send contractors to the house. Contractors fi
ll out
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charges
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ids on every
component of the house to evaluate quotes properly before your choose a contract
or. WithyouÕre
sheets thesegoingbid to gain so much pricing knowledge simply by reading over multi
ple contractorsÕ
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sheets. you know exactly bid what the contractors are charging you for every single co
mponent
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ntly betterofprice
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company
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materials (scope of work); make clear you will not be standing over their should
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ortant binding
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rks and milestones
specified before each check is received. For instance the schedule is broken out
under
into each
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t needs tobefore
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