The Investor Insights

Successful investors do deals and make money regularly because they have a network of investors, buyers, sellers, vendors and lenders that they do business with on a regular basis.  Building your network of investors should be a primary goal.  Don’t miss out on such an opportunity.  You should be making

New investors are faced with establishing credibility with sellers, buyers and lenders.  You need to establish trust and loyalty with the people you do business with.  This includes vendors you do business with as well.  Here are some tips that may help you get started on the right track.

Building confidence takes time and experience.  If you are new to the business, then you will become more and more confident as you do more deals.  There are some ways to jump start your level of confidence such as educating yourself about the real estate investment world.   Before you start

I just read story on BusinessWeek.com about a Utah guy that’s being sued by the SEC for $145 million. Here’s the excerpt because you would think that I was just making it up.. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Utah man for falsely telling customers their $145 million would be invested in commercial real [...]

Hard money lenders can save your deals because they are able to give you the money quickly as opposed to traditional lenders that have to follow much more strict guidelines. So you need to establish a relationship with a hard money lender fast so you won’t lose your investment

The Government’s new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA) that recently went into effect is helping streamline the short sale process.  The biggest problem with short sales is that they were taking at least 3-6 months or longer to get lenders to approve them.  Now that

We got a glimmer of good news on the commercial lending side of the world from Marcus & Millichap Research… * Constraints on commercial real estate lending eased during the first half of 2010, a trend that should continue as more lenders re-enter the securitization market and life insurance companies pursue a broader range of [...]