Tag: Real Estate Investment Buying Strategies

Know When To Hold ’em and When to Fold ’em
October 2, 2009
In today’s post, David “The Diamond” Oswald helps us understand when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em … When is it best to proceed with a deal and when is it better just to step away from it? I had a recent situation that inspired this article and decided to put it on […]
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Watch Out . . . Insurance Could be the Deal Breaker
February 23, 2009
I was at a coffee shop over the weekend and ran into a guy named Dave that I met there several months ago. When we met, he had just gotten interested in real estate investing and was eager to buy his first investment property. We got to talking and he started telling me about a […]
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What to Say When the Seller Says, “Just Make Me an Offer”
February 10, 2009
Don’t you hate it when a seller gives you the dreaded, “Just make me an offer.” Well, I sure do. I got tired of it pretty quickly after I realized how much time and energy was wasted with these people. A question that we require a seller to answer is . . . “What are […]
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Price, Terms, And TVs : How’s That for Creative Real Estate
February 5, 2009
Have I got a story for you . . . I was having lunch yesterday with a couple local investors (good friends of mine at Charleston Home Buyers) and have an incredible deal to tell you about that they just closed on. And the first thing that was said to me was, “Thanks!” They said […]
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Real Estate Investing Short Sale Tips
January 29, 2009
I get a ton of questions from the blog from investors that have a lead that looks something like this: Seller owes $230K, and the property is only worth around what’s owed or less. The property is facing foreclosure. Homeowner just wants out from under the debt. And the investor wants to know how to […]
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