Investing In Real Estate With Lex Levinrad

This is the third podcast episode in the "Flipping Your First House" Series. Please make sure that you listen to the "Flipping Your First House" Parts 1 and 2 podcast episodes BEFORE you listen to this episode (which is part 3). On the previous two podcast episodes I spoke about direct mail and marketing to motivated sellers. I discussed action steps to get started and how to incorporate a direct mail campaign into your real estate marketing. I also spoke about your marketing budget, tracking your performance, call tracking and key performance indicators (KPI's) you should be keeping track of. On this podcast episode I am talking about the types of direct mail that you can mail out to motivated sellers. I break this down into three major categories: 1. White Letters 2. Yellow Letters 3. Postcards I speak about the pros and cons of each method including the mailing costs associated with each method and the results. Direct mail works. Don't let anyone tell you that it doesn't. I can tell you for a fact that the largest house buyers in the country all have massive direct mail campaigns. As a new real estate investor it is important for you to understand that the most important thing for you to do as a new investor is to start taking action steps instead of thinking about taking action steps. Don't get caught in paralysis analysis. Start taking action steps that will create revenue for you in the near or immediate future. Once you start making money, then you can start scaling. Remember the ultimate goal is financial freedom. And in order to have financial freedom you need to be making money (and lots of it). Direct mail is a great action step to take if you are looking to get started in real estate. Here is the link that was mentioned in this podcast: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/yellowletter/ If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

Flipping Your First House Part Two On this podcast episode I talk about direct mail marketing to motivated sellers. Make sure you listen to the previous podcast (Flipping Your First House - How To Get Started) before you listen to this one, since it follows up on the previous episode. On this podcast I drill down into the details of direct mail results and what the typical results would look like from mailing to a list of 8,000 absentee owners over a period of 8 weeks (mailing 1,000 postcards a week). I broke down the mailing costs and showed a real example of mailing $500 a week for 4 weeks and spending $2,000 before my student got a house that he flipped for a profit of $12,000. I talk about getting out of the trading your time for a paycheck mindset and how the key to generating motivated seller leads is to be marketing. You cannot afford to skip this step - especially if you have a full time job. I also speak about scripts, talking to motivated sellers and knowing what to say. The ultimate goal is to go on an appointment with a motivated seller and to get their house under contract. Once you have a house under contract you have a property to flip. I discuss typical response rates and how on average you will only get 2 seller appointments for every 1,000 postcards mailed. That is why you need to make sure every seller appointment counts. Make sure before you go on a seller appointment you know: 1. the ARV and comparable sales 2. the repair estimate and how much it will cost 3. how much to offer in order to make a profit I also offered a script for you to download which you can get when you attend my webinar on wholesaling webinar (the link is below) If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode, I talk about the action steps that you would need to take in order to flip your first house. I start out by introducing wholesaling and talking about assignments of contract compared to double closings and the pros and cons of each method. I also talk about the difference between wholesaling and flipping versus fixing and flipping and the difference between wholesaling and "wholetailing". Finally I talk about the action steps that you would need to take to move closer towards your goal of flipping your first house. I use an example of mailing out postcards to a list of absentee homeowners, and discuss the type of list, postage costs and returns on investment. I also talk about why so many beginners quit because they have a mindset of trading their time for a paycheck. Enjoy the podcast! If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode, I talk about investing in section 8 rental properties. Section 8 is a government backed housing program which offers rental assistance for low income families. There are a lot of myths and stigmas associated with investing in section 8 rental properties. A question I am often asked by investors is which properties are eligible for section 8? The answer is that almost ANY property can be a section 8 rental since section 8 is determined by the tenant NOT by the property. As long as the tenant qualifies for housing assistance and they can find a landlord willing to rent to a section 8 tenant then that property can be a section 8 rental. In order to qualify for section 8, tenants have to apply with their local Housing Authority. In most cities there is a backlog of tenants looking for housing and only a limited number of vouchers are released each year (based on need). Tenants have to show that their annual income is below a certain level and this amount is adjusted depending on many factors such as their income, how many children they have etc. If they apply for section 8 and are approved, then they are eligible to receive a housing voucher. Their housing voucher may pay all of their rent or only part of their rent. The rent is paid to the owner of the property via direct deposit (or check). The section 8 tenant receives their voucher and is given a certain period of time (typically 45 days) to find a rental property. There are NOT many section 8 properties available and there are many more tenants than there are houses. There is a very high demand for section 8 properties which makes these properties very easy to rent for landlords. The annual rent is determined by the Housing and Urban Development of the U.S. Government (HUD). Each city has their own housing authority. And each housing authority assists tenants (and landlords) in matching up rental properties with tenants. Landlords can advertise their properties for rent at their local housing authority. They can also post these properties for rent on the section 8 web site. In order for you to see the types of returns that are possible as an investor here is an example below of a current turn key rental property for sale: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/rentalproperties/ If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I talk about private lenders and hard money loans. If you want to fix and flip properties, there is a good chance that you will need a loan from a private lender or a hard money lender. Hard Money Loans are meant to be short term bridge loans and because they have high interest rates, they are NOT meant to be a long term financing option. For this reason, most hard money loans are short term interest only loans for a period of 1 year. I discuss using hard money loans and borrowed money from private lenders, and why this is the perfect instrument for fixing and flipping houses. When you use borrowed money to finance the purchase of a fix and flip your goal is to buy, borrow, fix and flip the house within 6 months or less. Private lenders and hard money loans are a very useful tool for rehabbers that fix and flip houses for a living. Every professional rehabber that I know (including myself) uses borrowed money to finance their fix and flips. The reason is that borrowing money will allow you to do more flips, will increase your leverage and will also increase your returns. If you are just getting started out as an investor then I recommend you start out by learning how to wholesale and find wholesale deals before you dive into a fix and flip (especially with borrowed money). Enjoy the podcast. If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

This podcast episode follows up on the Wholesaling Real Estate Podcasts Parts 1, 2 and 3. Please make sure you listen to those 3 episodes before listening to this podcast. On the previous podcast I spoke about making your first offer, knowing how much to offer, and how your exit strategy is important when determining your offer price. On this podcast episode I talk about constructing and submitting your offer. Remember that submitting your offer assumes that you know what the After Repair Value is, and how much it will cost to repair the house. You cannot determine an offer price if you don't know the ARV and what it would cost to fix the house (repair estimate). On this episode, I talk about the type of purchase contract you should use and why you want to use a "wholesaling contract" for direct to seller purchases and a standard contract for bank owned properties. I also talk about inspection periods, deposits, cancelling your contract and how important those numbers can be if it comes to wanting to cancel your contract. There is a lot of meat and potatoes on this podcast episode for new wholesalers. Enjoy the podcast If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

This is part three of the How To Get Started Wholesaling Real Estate Series. Please make sure you listen to Wholesaling Real Estate Part One and Part Two before you listen to this episode since this podcast builds up on the information contained in the previous two podcast episodes. On episode one, we spoke about how you need to have a property to flip, a cash investor to flip the house to, and the money to fund the deal. On episode two, we spoke about After Repair Value, Estimating what the property is worth, comparable sales and repair estimates. On this episode I talk about making your first offer, submitting bids, knowing how much to offer, exit strategies and why you should get your real estate license. If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On the previous podcast episode (Wholesaling Real Estate Part 1) I spoke about the three things that you need in order to wholesale a property which were: 1. having a property to flip 2. having a cash buyer to flip the house to 3. having the money to fund the flip On this podcast episode (part 2) I am following up on part 1 and digging deeper into the first item in the list above which is learning how to find a property and evaluate a property in order to have a house to flip to another investor. This is the essence of wholesaling. You can have the best web site and tons of leads but if you don't know how to evaluate what a property is worth and how much you can flip it for then you will be constantly facing an uphill battle. In my opinion this is what happens to the majority of new wholesalers who focus on lead generation and websites before understanding the basic fundamentals. In order to flip a property to a cash investor, you will need to know what the house is worth retail, completely fixed up for sale to an end buyer. We call this After Repair Value or ARV. In order to establish ARV you need to have access to and know how to interpret the comparable sales. And then finally you would need to know what it would cost to fix the house up (this is called the repair estimate). To summarize, in order to make offers on properties you need to know: 1. After Repair Value (ARV) 2. Comparable Sales 3. Repair Estimates It is much more difficult to flip houses when you don't know what it would cost to repair the house or have an accurate ARV. You need this information in order to be able to talk intelligently with other wholesalers and cash investors that are looking for wholesale deals. I always tell new investors that want to learn how to wholesale to focus on action steps that put money in their bank account. If you can learn how to identify a wholesale deal then the money will follow since finding cash buyers or the money to fund your flips is not the difficult part. The part that is most challenging for beginners to wholesaling is learning how to identify great deals, knowing which properties to make offers on and how much to offer. Enjoy the podcast If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad https://plus.google.com/+LexLevinradrealestate DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I discuss how to get started wholesaling real estate. This is part one which is basically an introduction to wholesaling. I talk about the 3 main components of wholesaling which are: 1. Finding Houses To Flip To Investors 2. Finding Cash Buyers To Buy These Houses 3. Finding The Money To Fund These Flips The above 3 items are the essence of the foundation of wholesaling real estate. I find that far too many beginners that are new to wholesaling, spend way too much time focusing on things that don't make them any money. For example: setting up their business, opening LLC's, setting up checking accounts, creating web sites and business cards, mailing postcards, setting up CRM's and phone systems etc. While you will need all of the above in order to be a full time real estate investor, if you are a beginner, spending money without making money is a recipe for disaster. The number one most important criteria for a business to succeed is cash flow. If you spend 6 months or a year and have only expenses going out and no income coming in then you will constantly be losing money and will probably quit at some point. And that is exactly what 95% (or more) of new investors do. And that makes it easier for the seasoned investors that stick around to scoop up all of the deals. Have you ever wondered why there are only a handful of wholesalers making most of the money in each market? It's because the ones that stay start making a lot of money and the more they make the more they can spend on marketing, advertising and lead generation. What I want you to spend your first few months focusing on, is how to find houses and how to evaluate what these houses are worth. If you can do this well, then there are many cash investors (like me) that would be very happy to buy these houses from you for a fee. I used the example in the podcast of if you could find houses at 50 cents on the dollar and sell them to me at 60 cents on the dollar I would buy every house you showed me. The trick is finding those houses - not finding the cash or the cash buyer. There is no shortage of cash and there is no shortage of cash buyers. What everyone is looking for is a great wholesale deal. So focus on learning how to find deals. Once you find deals and flip them to cash investors you will start making money. When you start making a profit, you can deploy some of that profit into setting up web sites, marketing, advertising and lead generation. And then you too will be one of the contenders in your market. Your biggest challenge is not quitting before that happens. And the easiest way to make sure you don't quit is by focusing on profit first. Focus on making some money flipping a house and the rest will fall into place. The foundation of wholesaling (and real estate) is learning how to find a good deal, and knowing how to evaluate what you should be offering on that deal. If you know how to do this then you can be making offers all day. And the more offers you make, the more deals you will get. The more deals you get, the more deals you will wholesale. Enjoy the podcast.

We have a lot of questions coming in asking about rental properties and turn key rental properties. Today's podcast episode talks about Turn Key Rental properties in Florida. On this episode I discuss a typical turn key rental property that we sell to our investors with property management included. The example that I used on this podcast is a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house in Port St Lucie, Florida. This house can be purchased for $175,000 and would rent for $1,350 per month. At this price assuming a 20% down mortgage and an interest rate of 5.25 percent, the annual total return on investment would be a little over 10%. This includes cash flow, tax savings and principal pay down. If you would like to see pictures of this property you can them on my web site at: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/turnkeyrentalproperty