Author: Mike Lautensack
Source: ezinearticles.com

One of the essential traits of a successful real estate investor is marketing skill. The use of these rare skills in real estate endeavors can guarantee great discounts from sellers. But first of all you must take into account which people are the ones who are likely to give you good discounts? You can get a discount from anyone but often these are the people who want to shed off their properties as soon as they can. Finding such persons is the first step. These people could be selling their properties for various reasons. Financial instability, personal reasons and a pending divorce are juts to name a few. Such situations can create a great opportunity for you. If you can locate such sellers, you are sure to get hefty discounts from them

There are some steps given below. You can make good use of them if you want to undertake buying and selling real estate.

Searching

You can make use of your formidable persuasions skills only if you have a seller to use them on. You need to search around motivated sellers. Look out in your neighborhood. Also spread the word around within your community that you are interested in buying a house. You will get a call sooner than you think.

The Motivated Seller

As I have emphasized in the preceding paragraphs, a motivated seller is the key to getting great discounts. When a person needs to sell immediately, the usual channels he uses for advertising his sale are newspapers and the internet. You can also lookout for foreclosures since a few people want to get rid of their property before that. Make a list of all the properties that have come to your knowledge and arrange them in order of your preference.

Taking the Seller’s Side

You should not appear hostile to the seller. Rather he should feel that you are on his side. Actually you are doing him a favor by buying his property. Make him comfortable. Ask why he is selling the property. He can have any reason that I have listed above or even something that I haven’t listed. He might just be moving out of the city. The idea is to get him talking. From this small talk you can conclude the extent of his motivation. Remember, if he needs to sell urgently, he will be more willing to give a discount. If he can wait, he will do just that. Until the offers for his property reach a certain limit.

Ask Him for the Price.

It would be very wise to ask the seller to quote his price first. If you have a price tag from the seller, it will give you a point from where you should work your way down in your negotiations. Sometimes, the seller also knows better than to make the first offer. In that case you can ask him indirectly about what is the prevailing price of properties in that area. You can also ask him casually about the minimum price at which he might settle. As long as he quotes a number, you consider it a benchmark and start negotiating. When you get a reasonable price that you find reasonable, close the deal. Don’t wait any longer.

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Mike Lautensack is a full-time real estate entrepreneur, coach and mentor in Philadelphia, PA and creator of the Private Lending Presentation Kit. This powerful done-for-you kit is loaded with tools and techniques to attract and develop a consistent stream of private investors into your real estate business. To learn more about this kit and receive your FREE eBook go to Real Estate Investing Blog

Author: Fred Eginsbr
Source: articleage.combr
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Its a new year, you have made that New Year resolution that you will be financially free,you want to be a real estate investor. You have bought the books and have been to the seminars,you are ready to go out and build your real estate empire. You come across your first deal, you double check the numbers to make sure that this is a good investment. For some strange reason, fear has creeped in on you. You doubt whether this is a good deal or not. Paralysis of analysis has set in on you and killed the deal. You are still broke, and daydreaming of becoming a real estate investor. This is not the way to become financially free. To become a successful real estate investor, you must be able to make quick decisions on the spot. Time is money, dont look to be a expert before you begin.
Paralysis of Analysis steals dreams. To be successful at real estate investing start with a good education and understanding of how real estate is handled in your area. Build your investment team before you begin, that can be a real estate attorney, accountant, mortgage broker, bird-dog, real estate agent/broker. Get a good feel of what is selling in your area. If you want to make this into a business you will need a business license to operate. Dont buy property in your name. You can run ads in the newspaper, but you will soon notice that there are a dozen or so real estate investors doing the same thing. You may find that making signs and posting them throughout the neighborhood works really well compared to spending a lot of money on running ads in the newspaper, but caution in some neighborhoods, you will get a call from the county to take the sign down.
Overall, this is a great business to be in and its fun. But its hard work and is not a get rich quick scheme. I have a friend named Theresa who worked at a mill in North Carolina for 15 years. The company, she was with went out of business. Before they closed down she had purchased a house that needed a lot of repairs. It needed a new roof, electrical work, windows and a plumbing job. Most investors were scared off by the amount of work that it needed. She had purchased the house for $15,000.00 did $25,350.00 in repairs, and sold it for $76,100.00.
She made a profit of $35,750.00. She had a lot of courage and belief in herself that it can be done thats if you put your mind to it. One of the biggest myths out there is having a good paying job will bring you financial security, dont believe the hype. Some people will tell you that you need a lot of money to start out as a real estate investor. You can start out with no money of your own by locating investment property for other real estate investors, and collect a finder fee if they buy the property. Dont let the new year catch you day dreaming or making more excuses for not becoming financially free. Get started now!
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Author: Derek Weeksbr
Source: ezinearticles.combr
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Investing in the current real estate market can be a difficult task. It is true that there is a massive amount of homes on the market that can be picked up at a bargain, but this means that there is a good bit of competition out there for them. Also, for the investor who flips the house, getting the home sold is more difficult than ever before due to the tightening of credit standards in the mortgage market.

A successful real estate investor needs a number of tools, including a solid Denver real estate agent, a good mortgage broker, good relationships with foreclosure attorneys and good connections with appraisers, home inspectors and title companies. Putting all this together involves developing personal relationships and that takes time. Done individually, it could take years to develop these contacts. A successful real estate investor needs a secret weapon to truly stand out. With that in mind, a successful real estate investor should join their local real estate investor association(REIA).

An active REIA can give a real estate investor the connections overnight that it would otherwise have taken years to develop. REIAs include a cross section of the entire real estate industry, including reputable real estate brokers, mortgage brokers and banks, appraisers, title companies, attorneys, home and pest inspectors, other investors and more.
An investor can use the resources of a good REIA to:

• Get leads on foreclosed homes and be prepared to bid on them
• Get market reports, neighborhood analysis, and comparable sales information
• Get expedited title work and closing services
• Get quality and reliable home inspection and pest inspection services
• Get quality buyers when flipping a property

In short, being a member of an active REIA is like having a turnkey marketing plan on demand. In addition, being a member of an REIA gives a real estate investor the opportunity to learn from other successful investors in the market area. Many will pick up knowledge from veteran investors that they would otherwise have taken years to learn or would have to learn the hard way through costly mistakes.

The majority of associations will meet on a monthly basis and will have a specific agenda including market reports, guest speakers, tips on how to buy, remodel or sell certain types of properties and more. By being a member of an active REIA, a real estate investor can rapidly expand his or her sphere of influence to include every useful aspect of the local and regional real estate market. Many investors have found that by joining a good REIA, they have streamlined their business plan and have dramatically increased their business volume and profitability. All it takes is developing relationships with others in the industry and that is what the REIA provides the framework for.

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