As a young real estate agent or investor, it is important to understand the key to success. In this video I share my top 4 ways to get listings and find real estate deals as follows:
1. Calling the Folks with the deals
2. Door Knocking
3. Sending Letters
4. Auctions
When you’re first starting out in Real Estate, you don’t have a ton of cash to spend on marketing. These 4 strategies don’t require much financially but they call for maximum effort, grit and discipline. If you engage at in these activities at a high level, you will succeed. It you are consistent and commit to out working the competition, nothing will stop you from succeeding. You must have the right mindset! Focus on the process not the results. I hope you enjoy this video and stay tuned for more!
Boston Flips
How Young Agents and Flippers Can Build Their Business
As an experienced real estate entrepreneur, I see a lot of young agents and flippers alike struggling to build their business. In this video, I provide a few quick tips for what new real estate entrepreneurs can do to grow their business and make more money!
In this quick VLOG I tackle the state of the Boston Real Estate Market in 2018 for Buyers, Sellers and Renters. It’s a crazy market out there and you need to know what your doing in order to succeed in this market. Rents are through the roof, values continue to soar as bidding wars have become the norm for buyers. Despite this obstacles there is still hope! With the right strategy you can master this market and come out on top. I share my tips and insights on how to do this in this quick VLOG. Stay Tuned For More!!!
Real Estate agents can be of great value to real estate investors. Form finding off market deals to running comps and helping to sell for top dollar. Some investors and investment gurus view real estate agents as the enemy and it just doesn’t make sense. Investors and agents make a great team.
Many Investors think that foreclosures present the best buying opportunities but in Boston there aren’t many. As a result, Short Sales present the best buying opportunities. This is a tour of a South Boston short sale that will be gutted and completely restored. Stay tuned for more videos of the project as the home is transformed.
When it comes to financing the purchase of real estate, many investors opt for hard money over traditional financing. The advantages of hard money include, quick closing, easy access to capital, minimal down payment based on the value of the asset and no credit check. The downside is high interest rates and it’s only a short term loan. While traditional financing offers lower rates and better terms, it is much tougher to qualify for a loan, and the process can take a months instead of a few weeks. When it comes to purchasing properties quickly hard money is your best option. Many investor use hard money to acquire properties and then refinance to a traditional loan if they plan on holding a property long term. It’s the best of both worlds.
Basic Skills Needed To Flip Houses
Many new investors gravitate to flipping houses because they think it is a quick way to make easy money, but in reality, there is nothing easy about it. Flipping homes starts with education and acquiring the skills you’ll need to be successful. These skills include, marketing to finding deals, financing, contract negotiations, construction management, design, analyzing deals, marketing a property to be sold and numerous other skills that will be required to overcome unforeseen obstacles along the way. There are tons of free resources online to get educated on the process and a good place to start is http://biggerpockets.com.