Most real estate investors want to use other people’s money (OPM). Why use their own, when they can use OPM to put into deals? Why risk your own money, when you can push it onto someone else? Find real estate investors willing to lend money, especially to flippers. Today, Clint Coons of Anderson Business Advisors talks about lending with Paul Jackson and Rick Morgan of Residential Capital Partners.   

Highlights/Topics:

Expertise, knowledge, and relationships with investors and banks allowed Rick and Paul to offer a lending service to make profits vs. doing the buying and flipping themselves

Accounting is the language of business; dollars are going out and coming in

Residential Capital Partners: Originated in 2009, during the downturn when banks sold bad assets and took in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) money

We Buy Ugly Houses: HomeVestors attract new franchisees and grow its business; Rick and Paul use franchise to underwrite debt acquisition of single-family distressed paper

Millenials want to rent, instead of buy a place

Problems for Property Flippers: Hard money lender puts deal together; shock sets in when money for rehab isn’t available

Residential Capital Partners offer consistent delivery, clear communication, description of how money is priced and structured, and do what’s promised

Keeping the cash in borrower’s pocket is key to staying healthy in fix-and-flip business

Residential Capital Partners primarily do cosmetic types of rehab loans

Residential Capital Partners’ Loan Process: Citizens profit, protect, and act as collateral

Why do flippers fail? First rule of business: Whatever happens, live to fight another day

Take this to Heart: Paul and Rick want people to be profitable and successful

Resources

Residential Capital Partners

HomeVestors

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Trulia

Zillow

House Hacker

HUD

Clint Coons

Anderson Advisors

Tax and Asset Protection Event