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Trent Conaway

Trent has been with us on the show before and we asked him back to tell us about his real estate investing activities over the last year.  Trent is a personable guy who is very down to earth and takes a conservative approach to real estate investing.  But don't let that fool you he has been very successful over the past couple of years.  We find out what he is up to and also how he is overcoming his biggest obstacle in this market, financing properties.

Greg Simo

Fellow investor and listener Greg Simo shares all that he has going on and it is quite a bit.  Greg is a Real Estate Broker, property manager, investor, rehabber, dad and oh yeah he has a full time job too! Listen in as Greg shares the best ways he has found to get free real estate investing education and what he did to get started.  Greg is going to share an REO deal with us too.

Nancy Braun

We have focused on capitalizing on the huge foreclosure market we are faced with today.  As real estate investors we need to come up with a competitive advantage.  Knowing the ins and outs of buying foreclosures is the key.  Nancy Braun specializes in helping banks sell their foreclosed homes.  Get the inside information on how to find and buy the best deals in your local foreclosure market.

Q&A

We have some good questions this show.  Since it is foreclosure month at Get Real we tried to work in some questions about foreclosures too.  Our questions included;

• How to structure an owner financed deal
• How can you become an REO agent for the banks
• How are lease/options structured
• Getting started in real estate
• The difference between a wholesaler and buyer's agent

Andy Heller - Financing Foreclosures

It is sooo easy to find bank owned foreclosures that are really good deals.  With the flood of homes coming back to the banks and them sinking quickly they are ready to deal.  The issue has been how do you get them financed in today's mortgage market.  Andy Heller joins us this week to pull back the curtain on how he has been able to not only survive but swallow up many foreclosures in the current market.

Kathy Thigpen

Landlords are always looking for ways to get their units rented as quick as possible and to the best candidates possible.  Kathy has been a successful landlord for 12 years and has been renting to tenants with Section 8 vouchers for 10 of those years.

If you want to learn more about the basics of government assisted rental programs and would like your rent check deposited directly to your checking account on time every month then make sure you listen in to this episode.

Mary Thompson

Mary is an experienced appraiser and real estate investor that has been appraising for more than 15 years.  As the markets have changed recently it is extremely important to have a good idea of what our purchases will appraise for and even more important to understand what our rehabbed homes will appraise for when they are refinanced.  Join us as Mary breaks down the process and how to get the most bang for your buck on your rehab projects.

Todd Huettner

Todd is a long time real estate professional and owner of Huettner Capital. This week Todd shares with us some of the ins and outs of current underwriting guidelines for residential real estate investors.  Times have changed but Todd is going to tell us how we can still work with mortgages even in this market.

Greg Scott

Greg is a long time listener and first time investor who was brave enough to come on the air this week and share his first deal with us.  Greg did a whole bunch of things really well on this deal and he also learned a couple of lessons along the way.  Listen in as we all learn some creative ideas for selling real estate in this market.

Dan Schar

Listen in this week as fellow listener Dan Schar shares his experience purchasing a home recently with a business line of credit.  Dan has been investing for a while and has real opened up his business to learn about how he acquires properties and his niche area, student housing.  There is some really great info for investors at all levels.