Investing In Real Estate With Lex Levinrad

On this podcast episode I talk about buying rental properties with no money down. No money down real estate investing is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood aspects of investing in real estate. I have had real estate agents and mortgage brokers tell me that it is impossible to buy real estate with no money down. Even my own mortgage broker who refinanced my rental properties could not quite grasp the concept of what I was doing. But the topic is incredibly simple. If you find a wholesale deal at a huge discount to ARV, for example a $100,000 ARV house that can be purchased for $50,000 then you will be able to buy the house with no money down. Most people get confused and think no money down means no money down. What it really means is none of YOUR money down. In the example on this podcast we talk about how you would need around $37,000 in cash to buy and repair this house with a hard money loan, but after refinancing, you would get back that same $37,000. So effectively, none of your cash would be in the deal (after you refinanced). But yet you would own the rental property, and have $20,000 of equity in that rental property. After you get your $37,000 in cash back, you could use the same $37,000 to buy rental property number 2. You could keep doing this until you owned 10 rental properties which is the current Fannie Mae limit. After 10 properties you would need to get creative and start using LLC's or other entities to purchase. The first 10 houses is actually the easiest. The key is to understand that you have to buy the property at a deep discount to ARV. That is the part that is most challenging for new real estate investors to understand. It is also the most important concept that I recommend that you learn first before you start diving into mailers, web sites and other things. That is why I focus on teaching this at the Wholesaling Real Estate Boot Camp. The reason I say this is the most important thing is because if you can find deals at huge discounts, you will make a lot of money. You can wholesale them, fix and flip them, or fix and rent them. Everything is predicated on being able to find good deals at huge discounts to market value. Learn that first. It would be helpful for you to have a notepad and pen in order to follow the examples in this podcast. When I do this exercise at my boot camp, it usually takes the students around 30 minutes of explaining it a few times for them to really understand the concept Once you understand this concept, then you will realize that you really are just one deal away from financial freedom. Why? Because if the only thing stopping you is that $37,000 then one flip could make you that $37,000. Or 1 or 2 wholesale flips could make you that money. Once you have the experience of a few fix and flips, or buy, fix and rents under your belt you will find it relatively easy to find private lenders that will lend you money at 10% interest. Many of these lenders will be okay with lending you 100% of the rehab money as well. In fact even institutional lenders lend 100% of the repair money. So all you really need to get started is 10% down. And that one great deal! So focus your energy on learning how to find that great deal. It is the first step towards your financial freedom. Enjoy the podcast!

On this podcast episode I talk about the pros and cons of Wholesaling, compared to Fixing and Flipping and Landlording. If you are a beginner then wholesaling is the easiest and best place to start out since it involves very little money, does not require credit and has no risk. Fixing and Flipping requires more money, borrowing hard money and has much more risk but also much higher profit potential. And buying rental properties provides you with passive income and positive cash flow - but you have to deal with tenants. Listen to this podcast to find out the pros and cons of wholesaling, fixing and flipping and landlording. 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 and flipping houses training at this link below: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar If you want to learn how to fix and flip I have a fixing and flipping training at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar PLEASE SHARE AND LIKE THIS VIDEO DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY PODCAST 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 HOUSES Download my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode, I talk about how new real estate investors have a tendency to focus on the wrong things. Many real estate programs tell new investors to start out by setting up their LLC's, opening checking accounts and setting up their website and business cards. As a new real estate investor, the only thing you should be focusing on is making money. The most important thing as a new real estate investor is to focus on action steps that will make you money. Any items that will not make money should not be your focus since the longer it takes you to make money the more likely you are going to want to quit. When you wholesale your first house and deposit that check in your bank account is when you realize that this business of wholesaling is real. Until that moment of making money, it is all theoretical. It is something that other people are doing. It is something you heard at a seminar or on a podcast. But when that check gets deposited into your bank account. When you can pay down your credit card debt, then that is when you realize how real it is. Once you make money flipping your first house, after you deposit that check is when you begin to realize how you can replicate the action steps that you took to make money. At that point, all you have to do is do the same action steps over and over again. And when you come to that realization, and you start making real money, then it won't be too long before you start thinking about quitting your job and focusing on real estate full time. The key point is to focus on action steps that will make you money. Enjoy the podcast!

On this podcast episode, I discuss buying real estate with other people's money and how you should be using private lender's to fund your real estate deals. I give you examples, including the first house that I purchased with no money down, and how that deal was structured. We discuss the advantages of borrowed money and why the leverage of tapping into other people's money is crucial to increasing your returns. Make sure you take note of the advice that I give at the end of the podcast of what to say when you are sitting down with a potential private lender. Enjoy the podcast

On this podcast episode I discuss bidding on online auction sites like Hubzu, Auction and Xome.

Online auction sites that list bank owned properties (REO's), and short sales are an excellent resource to find good deals at wholesale prices. Many of these deals have enough profit potential for you to be able to wholesale the property to rehabbers or fix and flip the property yourself.

For example, I recently posted a video of myself standing in front of a house with a Hubzu sign. That house was purchased by a wholesaler and flipped to me (for a $10,000 profit to the wholesaler). I then fixed the house (which cost $25,000) and sold it a few days ago for $175,000 and netted a profit of $34,000. (See tomorrow's episode of the checks and HUD's from this deal).

So there was $44,000 of total profit in this deal. And it was on a free online auction site that you or anyone else could have bid on!.

Before you bid on online real estate auction sites, make sure you know how they work. They are all different and have different bidding requirements. For example presently Hubzu does not require a credit card to register (but they did 6 months ago). Auction and Xome both require a credit card. This difference is huge because what it means is that if you bid on a property on Xome or Auction, your credit card gets charged for $2,500.

Another issue on some of these sites is that they are feeding retail MLS listings into their sites (which are not wholesale deals). And watch out for the foreclosure trustee sales. These are not REO's owned by the bank. They are properties being sold at the county court houses and you should not bid on these if you don't have an attorney or title company running lien and title searches for you.

Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about bidding on online auction sites.

If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to fix and flip houses then please register for the free fixing and flipping houses training at this link:

https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar

For more information about the Fixing and Flipping Houses Boot Camp please visit this link:

https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixing-and-flipping-boot-camp/

DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE

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

Download a free copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at

https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I discuss bidding on online auction sites like Hubzu, Auction and Xome.

Online auction sites that list bank owned properties (REO's), and short sales are an excellent resource to find good deals at wholesale prices. Many of these deals have enough profit potential for you to be able to wholesale the property to rehabbers or fix and flip the property yourself.

For example, I recently posted a video of myself standing in front of a house with a Hubzu sign. That house was purchased by a wholesaler and flipped to me (for a $10,000 profit to the wholesaler). I then fixed the house (which cost $25,000) and sold it a few days ago for $175,000 and netted a profit of $34,000. (See tomorrow's episode of the checks and HUD's from this deal).

So there was $44,000 of total profit in this deal. And it was on a free online auction site that you or anyone else could have bid on!.

Before you bid on online real estate auction sites, make sure you know how they work. They are all different and have different bidding requirements. For example presently Hubzu does not require a credit card to register (but they did 6 months ago). Auction and Xome both require a credit card. This difference is huge because what it means is that if you bid on a property on Xome or Auction, your credit card gets charged for $2,500.

Another issue on some of these sites is that they are feeding retail MLS listings into their sites (which are not wholesale deals). And watch out for the foreclosure trustee sales. These are not REO's owned by the bank. They are properties being sold at the county court houses and you should not bid on these if you don't have an attorney or title company running lien and title searches for you.

Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about bidding on online auction sites.

If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to fix and flip houses then please register for the free fixing and flipping houses training at this link:

https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar

For more information about the Fixing and Flipping Houses Boot Camp please visit this link:

https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixing-and-flipping-boot-camp/

DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE

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

Download a free copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at

https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I discuss bidding on online auction sites like Hubzu, Auction and Xome.

Online auction sites that list bank owned properties (REO's), and short sales are an excellent resource to find good deals at wholesale prices. Many of these deals have enough profit potential for you to be able to wholesale the property to rehabbers or fix and flip the property yourself.

For example, I recently posted a video of myself standing in front of a house with a Hubzu sign. That house was purchased by a wholesaler and flipped to me (for a $10,000 profit to the wholesaler). I then fixed the house (which cost $25,000) and sold it a few days ago for $175,000 and netted a profit of $34,000. (See tomorrow's episode of the checks and HUD's from this deal).

So there was $44,000 of total profit in this deal. And it was on a free online auction site that you or anyone else could have bid on!.

Before you bid on online real estate auction sites, make sure you know how they work. They are all different and have different bidding requirements. For example presently Hubzu does not require a credit card to register (but they did 6 months ago). Auction and Xome both require a credit card. This difference is huge because what it means is that if you bid on a property on Xome or Auction, your credit card gets charged for $2,500.

Another issue on some of these sites is that they are feeding retail MLS listings into their sites (which are not wholesale deals). And watch out for the foreclosure trustee sales. These are not REO's owned by the bank. They are properties being sold at the county court houses and you should not bid on these if you don't have an attorney or title company running lien and title searches for you.

Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about bidding on online auction sites.

If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to fix and flip houses then please register for the free fixing and flipping houses training at this link:

https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar

For more information about the Fixing and Flipping Houses Boot Camp please visit this link:

https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixing-and-flipping-boot-camp/

DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE

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

Download a free copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at

https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I discuss bidding on online auction sites like Hubzu, Auction and Xome. Online auction sites that list bank owned properties (REO's), and short sales are an excellent resource to find good deals at wholesale prices. Many of these deals have enough profit potential for you to be able to wholesale the property to rehabbers or fix and flip the property yourself. For example, I recently posted a video of myself standing in front of a house with a Hubzu sign. That house was purchased by a wholesaler and flipped to me (for a $10,000 profit to the wholesaler). I then fixed the house (which cost $25,000) and sold it a few days ago for $175,000 and netted a profit of $34,000. (See tomorrow's episode of the checks and HUD's from this deal). So there was $44,000 of total profit in this deal. And it was on a free online auction site that you or anyone else could have bid on!. Before you bid on online real estate auction sites, make sure you know how they work. They are all different and have different bidding requirements. For example presently Hubzu does not require a credit card to register (but they did 6 months ago). Auction and Xome both require a credit card. This difference is huge because what it means is that if you bid on a property on Xome or Auction, your credit card gets charged for $2,500. Another issue on some of these sites is that they are feeding retail MLS listings into their sites (which are not wholesale deals). And watch out for the foreclosure trustee sales. These are not REO's owned by the bank. They are properties being sold at the county court houses and you should not bid on these if you don't have an attorney or title company running lien and title searches for you. Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about bidding on online auction sites. If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to fix and flip houses then please register for the free fixing and flipping houses training at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar For more information about the Fixing and Flipping Houses Boot Camp please visit this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixing-and-flipping-boot-camp/ DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE 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 Download a free copy of my best selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

One of the biggest challenges for new investors who are looking to get into fixing and flipping houses, is the fear of not having a good contractor to do the work for them. I have seen this fear stop investors dead in their tracks, even when they have a good house, and the money lined up to buy the house. The fear of not knowing a contractor that will do the work or how much it will cost will prevent many new investors from pulling the trigger and moving forward on the deal. Don't let this fear of paralysis analysis stop you from doing your first fix and flip. The best way to overcome fear is with education and knowledge. Start out today by learning the basics of estimating the material costs by taking a visit to your nearest Home Depot or Loews Store. Allow yourself around 2 hours for this exercise and make sure you take your notepad and a calculator. Go through each aisle and take note of the material components that you will use for each room in the house. Write down the costs of flooring, cabinets, faucets, counter tops, toilets, vanities etc and go through the store aisle by aisle to make sure you don't miss anything. Make sure you take pictures of all of the items with your smartphone. Save all of your notes into Dropbox or Evernote or Google Drive or somewhere where you can easily access the information in the future. Once you understand the cost of each component of your materials costs you will be able to add up all of your materials and have a good understanding of the total cost of your materials. Knowing the cost of the materials is 90% of the battle because once you know the cost of materials, you know how much you are being charged for labor when you get an estimate. Your job, is to shop that labor estimate! You can download a copy of our "Repair Estimate Cheat Sheet" at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/estimating-the-cost-of-repairs-for-fixing-and-flipping-houses/

On this podcast episode I discuss the importance of understanding full retail value when calculating the After Repair Value. As an investor it is very important for you to understand what a house would sell for once it has been fixed up. In order to know this, you need to understand the difference between full retail price on a property that has been completely remodeled with granite counter tops, nice cabinets and stainless steel appliances versus a house that is at retail price in great condition but occupied by the owners and that has not been remodeled. The difficulty for new investors is understanding how much to offer on a house that is in less than perfect condition. For example, a house that has not been renovated in 20 years and has a tenant living in the house. How much should you offer on that house? Listen to today's episode to learn how buying the exact same house can have different exit strategies for different investors depending on whether they are planning on keeping the property as a rental property or fixing and flipping the property for a profit.