Savannah REIA Blog

702 Articles Found.
Now displaying 441 - 460.

---

Don DeRosa is a part time real estate investor trainer and mentor and full-time real estate investor who actively buys, sells and holds properties each month for fun, profit and long term cash flow. One of Don’s favorite purchase strategies is to buy houses "Subject-To" the seller’s existing financing on the home instead of having to go to a bank or a hard money lender for funding.

Using this strategy allows Don to buy multiple properties fast, without coming up with all the purchase funds on the front end. This is the perfect purchase strategy for active investors who what to buy, sell and hold pretty houses without having to use their own cash or credit.

Join us on Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00 PM ET for a Training Webinar where Don will share with you, many of the subject-to strategies, tools and techniques he uses every day to create winning deals for himself as well as his buyers and sellers.

Don will walk you through real world, actual deals, step-by-step to demonstrate how to apply and use the “subject-to” technique and other related strategies. Don will show you exactly how to evaluate your leads, determine your exit strategy, structure the deal, negotiate with the seller and get the paperwork done almost instantly and without any of the hard work you’d normally do to get your deals done.

By the end of the webinar, you'll know...

• How to recognize a "Subject To" opportunity and buy with little or no money!
• How to evaluate any lead and decide whether this is a winner or a loser before you buy so you’ll exactly how much you are likely to make
• How to combine the best buying, selling and holding strategies to maximize your cash flow and profits
• How to structure a deal in less than 10 minutes, so that you make a minimum of $20,000 in cash an equity on every deal you do
• How to determine the seller's hot buttons so you can craft a deal the seller can't refuse
• How to use Don's proprietary deal analysis tools to negotiate for you, so you never let your emotions talk you into making a bad deal!

So please Register Now and Join Us on the Webinar on Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00 PM ET and learn how to buy all the pretty houses you want without using your own cash or credit!

There’s more…. if this is not enough, Don will be back with us on Thursday, April 28th for a Full Day Online Workshop called "How to Jump Start Your Creative Real Estate Investing Business" to really drive these points home and give you all the subject-to details you need to succeed in the Pretty House Business. Once you are armed with Don's training and the tools, you will be able to do deals you never thought possible!

We look forward to seeing you on the webinar!

Read More >>

---

When you come across a lead, do you know how to look at the information, analyze it and determine what to do with it from there? There is nothing worse than losing a deal because you didn’t know multiple ways to structure the deal and how to present multiple offers to the seller. Would you like to learn multiple ways of how to structure each deal you are considering buying? This is exactly what Don DeRosa will teach you how to do at his upcoming workshop.

Join Don DeRosa at the Creative Deal Structuring Workshop on Saturday, March 26th from 9AM to 6PM...

1) Live and in Person at Keller Williams Metro Atlanta located at 315 W. Ponce De Leon Ave, Suite 100 in Decatur, GA, or

2) Online Via GoToWebinar.com

...where he will be discussing deals all day long and going over how each was structured to solve the seller's problem and create win-win situations.

Webinar Replay: How to be a Transaction Engineer - Watch Now! (1.5 Hrs)

Don Talks About the CDS Workshop

At this workshop, you will learn about...

• How to become a transaction engineer
• How to be a problem solver to create win-win deals for everyone
• How to take a lead and come up with multiple ways to structure the deal
• How to install and use Don's Easy Offer Maker software on your Mac, PC, tablet or smart phone
• And much, much more!

FREE BONUSES

In addition to all this great information, Don will also be giving all attendees additional bonuses valued at over $1000 you will not want to miss!

1. Don's Patented Easy Offer Maker software (Normally Sells for $397)
2. Red Light, Green Light eBook - Use in conjunction with Easy Offer Maker software to tell you what numbers you need to be paying attention to
3. Don's Creative Deal Structuring Course (Normally Sells for $697)
4. Complimentary Lunch at Taco Mac Decatur (only for those who attend in person at the Decatur Workshop)

Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn about creative deal structuring from an expert real estate investor who lives right here in your backyard! You will get back more than double your cost of tuition! Don't let this one-time offer pass you by!

To Attend In Person in Decatur, GA, Register Here...

To Attend Online Via GoToWebinar.com follow these instructions carefully...

1. Register for the CDS Online Workshop here with GoToWebinar.com or click the large registration graphic below which will redirect you to GoToWebinar.com to register. After you register, you will be redirected to a payment page.
2. Pay for the event on the payment page and we will manually confirm your order and send you your Registration Confirmation Information via email within 3-12 hours of your order and in plenty of time for the Online Workshop on Saturday.

Read More >>

---

Hey folks, Don DeRosa here. I'd like to personally invite you to a Creative Deal Structuring webinar that I am having with Atlanta REIA and Savannah REIA on Tuesday, March 22nd at 8PM. In this webinar I will show you how to become a transaction engineer and how to do something with every single lead you get.

Have you ever had a lead that you didn't know what to do with, or a lead that you wish you had more options? Having multiple option on every deal could make all the difference in the world. The age old saying "the more you know, the more you make" really does apply in real estate investing.

Join me on the webinar as we discuss, multiple offer strategies, negotiating and creative offer making. I will also show you how to use my patented "Easy Offer Maker" to make profitable offers every time, using multiple strategies like, owner finance, subject to, options and lease options. If you want to learn how to make money at everything you get your hands on then Register Now!

We look forward to seeing you on the webinar!

Read More >>

---

Come join us at our next Savannah REIA Monthly Meeting on Monday, March 14th at 6:30PM hosted by Aislee Jackson at the Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown located at 5711 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA. This is our main Savannah REIA Meeting for the month, so don’t miss it! Please be sure to invite your friends to join us at the meeting and to follow us on Meetup.com and Facebook.com. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Savannah REIA Members & Guests, Please RSVP on Meetup.com

Read More >>

---

The March 2016 Edition of The Profit Newsletter is now available for download. There are 50 pages this month full of upcoming meetings, workshops, educational articles and other valuable information for your real estate investing pleasure and success. Download it and check it out!

The Profit is Atlanta REIA's digital, interactive newsletter for serious real estate investors delivered as an Adobe PDF file to read on your PC, Mac, Smart Phone, iPad or other mobile ready devices. Many of the articles and ads in The Profit contain many hyperlinks you can click to get more information online! The high res version of The Profit is "print ready" for those who want to print the newsletter on their home or business printer.

Be sure to Subscribe to The Profit by Email or Subscribe to The Profit by Text so you don't miss a single issue.

Read More >>

---

Be sure to join us on Saturday, March 19th, 2016 at Keller Williams Metro Atlanta located at 315 W. Ponce De Leon Ave, Suite 100 in Decatur, GA with for a Full Day Workshop with Tax Attorney, Accountant and Real Estate Investor, John Hyre. At the Workshop, John will spend 7 full hours teaching you how to ethically and legally hammer the IRS and protect your assets.

More specifically you will get...

3 1/2 Hours of Real Estate Bookkeeping Basics in QuickBooks

We’ll put QuickBooks up on the screen LIVE and set up a real estate company, step-by-step:

• Funding the company
• Getting Property Purchases & Sales on the Books
• Producing an Income Statement for Each Property
• Producing a Balance Sheet for Each Property
• How to record everyday transactions – writing checks, making deposits, etc.

If you are not keeping excellent books, you:

• Are subject to AUTOMATIC IRS penalties
• Are overpaying your return preparer
• Cannot plan to minimize your taxes
• Can forget about your entities providing asset protection
• Don’t know your business!

3 1/2 Hours of IRA/401(k) Questions & Answers

Learn the basics of what you can and cannot do with an IRA/401(k), both with your own and when using money from others' accounts. Learn high-yield techniques to balloon income, tax-free of course. How to avoid disqualification of IRA (Prohibited Transaction Rules) and avoid paying tax in IRA (UBIT or Unrelated Business Income Tax). How to use LLC's in IRA, including deciding whether or not LLC makes sense for you. Examples of investments in IRA, including how to super-charge rentals, how many flips can be run and other RE-related techniques. Plain English format, open for Q&A throughout.

Prohibited Transaction Rules

• How Aggressive Should One Be with IRA Tax Rules?
  • Impact of Prohibited Transaction on your IRA
• Related Parties
  • Related Parties Most Everyone Knows About, Review
  • Traps to Avoid: More Subtle Related Party Rules Designed to Disqualify Your IRA
• Sole Benefit/Indirect Benefit Rule
  • Much More Subtle & Dangerous Than Related Party Issues, Rarely Discussed
  • For example, why renting IRA-owned condo to your boss at full rental rates with no discounts ruins your IRA
• Issues With Overly Clever Transactions
  • Options
  • Participating Loans
  • Assignments

When IRA's Are Taxable: UBIT (Unrelated Business Income Tax)

• Use of Debt in an IRA
  • When it’s taxable, when it is not
• Taxable Trade or Business in an IRA
  • Buy/Sell/Flip Transactions as a Trade or Business
  • Rentals as a Trade/Business
• When Does Eating the Tax Make Sense?

IRA-Owned/Checkbook LLC's

• Asset Protection – does your IRA Need It?
• Partnering – Advantages & Disadvantages of LLC When Partnering
• “Checkbook” Privileges – Do You Need to Write the Check NOW?

Get all this and a FREE Lunch at Taco Mac for a mere $69 per person for Gold Members, $99 for Silver Members & $129 for Non-Members and Guests. Workshop prices will increase to $99 per person for Gold Members, $129/person for Silver Members and $159/person for Non-Members and guests after early registration expires, so register now and save!

PLEASE NOTE: Workshop date, time and location are subject to change. Workshop prices will increase to $99/person for Gold Members, $129/person for Silver Members and $159/person for Non-Members after early registration expires.

Read More >>

---

The IRS is very interested in Self-Directed IRA’s (“SDIRA’s”). They are especially interested in IRA’s that invest in real estate or via trusts or via “Checkbook LLC’s”. How do I know that? Two reasons. First, several IRS employees have very directly told me so. Second, the IRS has recently changed its reporting requirements in search of this very data. Specifically, every IRA is required to file Form 5498 once per year. That form tells them the value of your IRA.

Starting in 2015, the IRS has required that new data be reported on Form 5498. Among other things, they want to know whether the IRA is investing in real estate, LLC’s or trusts. In other words, what IRS employees are telling me in audits is being reflected in regulatory changes. It all points to the same conclusion: The IRS is very interested in SDIRA’s. Which means your SDIRA needs to be up-to-snuff and reflect the latest developments in the law. Read More >>

---

As professionals we’ve heard it said that it is absolutely imperative that you have a really solid Power Team. A Power Team is composed of several individuals. Some of the most common in Real Estate are closing attorneys, loan officers, contractors, insurance agents and appraisers. These are all key people to any given transaction and any one of them can make or break a deal so it’s important to have ones that understand what you are doing, are on your side and have lots of quality experience.

We have had the privilege of working with many people along the way with varying levels of success. Some of these people have been nothing short of outstanding. On the flip side, let’s be honest, some are a bit of a nightmare to work with. As a result, we have learned to never underestimate what they can mean for your business. Let’s take attorneys for example.

A solid closing attorney is a critical part of your Power Team. We have literally had Sellers that were ‘on the edge’ about whether they should work with one of these ‘We Buy Houses’ people but were given an extra dose of comfort by our attorney. On the flip side, we thought we had an attorney that was on our side once literally talk down to a Seller. Sadly, it killed the deal. That particular deal was a renovation that was good for at least 50k…down the drain. Talk about a hard lesson in choosing your Power Team! Read More >>

---

Recently I read an article written by Michael Snyder, a graduate of the University of Florida law school. I found it very interesting. This article was titled “Sell Everything!”

His headline read, “Royal Bank of Scotland Tells Investors to Fear 2016 Financial Cataclysm.” The 20^th largest bank in the world is predicting that 2016 will be a cataclysmic year and Investors should be afraid. This prediction of course is aimed at the stock market, but there is a connection between stocks and real estate many real estate investors aren’t thinking about.

As the stock market is currently going into a Bear Market and people fear losing all of the value in the stocks they own, many will panic and start to sell thinking they must get out NOW if they want to keep as much of their equity as possible. It is also important to realize that when the market goes down, the companies who issued the stock, many times must also lay off workers to stay profitable. This is the bad part that few real estate investors think about. Why is this important? It’s important because when this happens, many people won’t be able to pay their mortgage payments and slowly those people will start going into foreclosure and eventually lose their homes. For a period of time renting may be their only option. I believe owning rental property is a smart move for those who start buying income properties today. Read More >>

---

One of the concerns many of my students seem to run into is; once they find the deal, what do they say to the motivated sellers? How should that conversation go? On top of these concerns, many of my students say they are not really comfortable with having a conversation with a stranger, so how do they handle that conversation? How do you get over the “jitters”?

Okay, so you’ve practiced what you are going to say, you have a plan, you have your paperwork, you’ve probably procrastinated a little, then scheduled your appointment with the seller, so now what? You still feel those butterflies in your stomach and you’re still not comfortable with how the conversation with the seller is going to go. What should you say first? How should you make the offer? What if they ask you something you don’t know? What if they accept your offer? What if they don’t? Also remember that if you created your direct mail campaigns correctly in the first place you already have most of the information you need to have from the seller in order to create the deal. Read More >>

---

Welcome back! Last month I told you about the stigma behind the word “flipping” and how some are considering it to be illegal. Flipping houses is not illegal. Fraud is.

O.K., Back To Flipping.

What does lender fraud have to do with flipping and the stigma some of the media have placed on it? Some lenders have had so many loans default on lower priced properties sold by investors it’s opened their eyes and made them cautious, and justifiably so, if I were a lender making loans at 80%-100% of the purchase price, I’d be cautious too. In fact, I’d be paranoid, but then again I’d be neither because I’d never even consider doing it.

I have no way of proving this, but if I had to guess, I’d say 75% of all loans closed to fund low income home buyers contain some kind of false statement or fraud. Read More >>

---

“The home should be the treasure chest of living.” ~ Le Corbusier

As a flipper, I tend to think a lot about the people who are going to be living in the home I created for them. I’m thoughtful about the products I use while being mindful about the budget. But it all doesn’t mean a thing if I can’t generate buzz about a property. I used to do a lot of research about neighborhoods and comparison shop. But doing all that on my own using a variety of different resources eats a lot of valuable time.

Zillow is a popular website for both Realtors and those seeking a home. It has become a valuable resource. In their efforts to grow the brand, Zillow has made an app in addition to features on the desktop and mobile website.

Zillow offers a few different apps for different people. Whether you’re in the market to buy or rent or sell, it’s remarkable to have all this data at your fingertips in a mobile app. As a renter, you can see all the properties in the area that fit your criteria that are up for rent. It even shows properties that are rent to buy, and helps evaluate whether you want to invest. You can even hold a property so you don’t miss out. Read More >>

---

Most of us have the same financial goals. We want to take care of our families. We want to take care of ourselves. We want to work towards retirement with confidence that our decisions are the right ones, and we want to see our wealth grow. We want to retire with plenty of money left over for a comfortable lifestyle, happy and peaceful knowing that we’ve done enough to take care of ourselves should disaster strike. So what does this all have to do with a Real Estate IRA?

A Real Estate IRA is one tool you might have for getting to that goal. Although many of us share the same goals, the strategies which we employ to achieve those goals can vary. And for some people, a Self-Directed IRA invested in precious metals might be one way to get there. For other people, a Real Estate IRA might be more suited to their knowledge and experience.

How do you know if you’re the kind of person for whom a Real Estate IRA might work out? We thought you’d never ask. Read More >>

---

In the world of real estate investing, private lenders and real estate comps generally go hand in hand. However, many may be unfamiliar with private lenders and what they bring to the real estate industry.

I have to stress real estate investing using REIAComps to see all the private money and cash buyers is invaluable. Every new deal you do is instantly easier knowing exactly who to call when you need funding. But there is more to this topic of private money.

Money makes the world go around and real estate deals don't get done without it. Forming relationships with private investors who will fund your real estate investment opportunities is a wise choice. So the question becomes what are private money lenders and how does the borrowing process work? Glad you asked. Read More >>

---

QuickBooks provides multiple ways to get information about your customers, and their payments, and your company itself. The software’s Snapshots provide quick, thorough overviews.

What do you do when you need to get information in QuickBooks about customers or about payments they’ve made in QuickBooks? You have several options. You could, for example:

• Create a report
• Go to their Customer pages
• Click on Receive Payments on the Home Page and use the Find arrows (not very elegant or fast, but would be an easy way to find recent payments).

One of QuickBooks’ strengths is its flexibility. It helps you find the exact information you’re looking for in a variety of ways. Which one you choose at any given time depends on what screen you’re working on at the moment and precisely what slice of data you need. Read More >>

---

To succeed at real estate investing, or business, or life, requires bone – the right kind of bone.

Because real estate investing is pretty easy to understand – you buy a house and then either sell it or keep it as a rental – lots of folks are interested in becoming investors. Want proof? Look at all the traveling dog-and-pony shows coming through town offering their “free” seminars to a “select few.”

We get lots of calls from would-be investors who’ve attended one of these get-rich-quick-snake-oil events. Most actually believe that real estate millions can be acquired by working only thirty minutes a week and without meeting face-to-face with sellers. That’s like a doctor trying to build a successful practice having office hours from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. and without seeing any patients. Crazy, right? Read More >>

---

The best statement about real estate is “Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.” by T. Harv Eker. Understanding the current market allows Buyers to maximize their ability to evaluate properties, receiving the highest value in their home search, and, Sellers to position their property to maximize money in their pocket while minimizing time on market.

Real estate is a supply driven market. When supply is less than 6 months, (currently 3.7 months), it is a seller’s market, a market condition that started in 2012. With fewer listings on the market, median prices rise, and sellers get a higher percentage of their asking price.

The number of sales, or, demand has increased this year after 2 flat years while the supply remained low. All these are indications of an improving market. Distressed properties are a negligible portion of overall sales, further reducing their negative affect on market prices. Those changes caused improvements on measurements that were already strong. The medians of sales price, sales price to list price(S/L) ratio, and days on market (DOM) were greatly improved. Read More >>

---

The majority of veteran real estate investors are quick to share the good but rarely share the bad and or mistakes that comes with investing in real estate. When things are going great you will feel like you can do no wrong. You’re purchasing the majority of your leads, all the renovations are coming in on budget and/or your homes are selling with very few days on market. The truth is, if you invest long enough you will encounter some of the bad experiences all investors before you and after you will experience.

My most recent mistake could have been avoided but I gave one of the sellers a bit too much trust. This one particular property took an entire year to close. There were about 33 heirs that needed to sign off on the sale of the property. Most of the heirs were cooperative but there were a few that refused to sign until the other 29 people signed, claiming they did not want to waste their time. While there were 33 heirs only one person lived in the home. He seemed like a good guy who was just down on his luck so I agreed to let him stay in the home past closing so he could use his profits to relocate. Read More >>

---

Your career in real estate is like a marriage. If you let it get boring, you’re going to make mistakes. If you don’t build it on a solid foundation, it will fall apart. In both cases, you might just lose a lot of money!

So how do you keep things new in real estate? You challenge yourself to be inspired; you stay eager to learn new things.

Do I follow my own advice? YES. Recently I took two real estate courses, and I am renewed. I am excited! These classes will help my success, and I want to share the information with you so that you can be inspired too.

In fact, in my weekly groups, I work with people like you who want to succeed. I can help you by sharing what I have learned in classes and from experience. Read More >>

---

In this series of articles I am going to teach you the art of using Master Lease Options to purchase real estate. I don’t know how many articles it will take to convey all the info I have…so stay tuned!

A master lease option (MLO) is a form of creative financing most often used to deal with distressed assets. I buy and teach commercial multifamily real estate so these articles will be about “master” lease options. If you are investing in single family deals then you would use a lease option. The “master” part only comes in when you are dealing with multiple units at one time otherwise it’s a lease option. You can use the info I am going to teach here to buy single, multi or any type of real estate asset.

A master lease options is simply a document or contract that you will use to control the operations and the future sale of a property without actually owning it. Sound too good to be true? It’s not. Master lease options are done in the real estate business all the time by people who know how to do them. The agreement is made up of two separate contracts, the master lease and the purchase option. Combined they form a master lease option. These two documents should always be kept separate. I will go into more detail on that in future articles. Read More >>

---

More: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Next >>

• Join Savannah REIA for Only $100/yr