Comments on: How To Buy A House Like A Real Estate Investor: Part 6 – Finding The Right Property

By: Henderson

Henderson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:49:44 +0000

This is in my opinion one of the most important steps. I cannot stress the importance of researching before you even begin to look at homes. What’s surprising is that so many buyers just rush into looking at properties without a basic idea of area information, and usually the result is some sort of surprise later they had no idea was in store for them. Why take the chance? Do the research.

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By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:46:49 +0000

Yeah, it was a late night for me. I knew I could sleep in, so I was clearing out my reader.

Thanks for the reminder. Last night I thought “this post is worthy of a Stumble”, then I started clicking on the links, got tired and spaced it out. I’m headed to SU

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By: John Hoff

John Hoff — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:31:54 +0000

Oh and if you have an account, a stumble or digg would always be nice if you think others can learn something

By: John Hoff

John Hoff — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:32:11 +0000

Hey, it’s 1:15am. Aren’t we suppose to be early risers? Yeah . . . I can’t sleep, too.

I hope people find those links useful, I do.

Yup – sold my last house on Craigslist Las Vegas. My dealings with Realtors and that house is a story. Maybe I’ll talk about it in my “selling” series.

Here’s how I sold it.

I advertised the property for sale by owner on Craigslist. I advertised the property at market value price but offered excellent terms. I offered to pay up to 3% (all of) my buyer’s closing costs and as a down payment I would except a 5% down payment in the form of a Zero-Coupon Municipal Bond (bonds you can buy for half the price of it’s face value).

So, she made a 5% down payment to me for spending only 2.5% of her money.

Took me 3 months to snag a buyer.

Perfect example of how most people don’t understand the benefits of offering or getting good terms vs. low price.

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:11:58 +0000

Hi John, I love the show "What Not To Wear". The transformations are phenomenal. This sure is a value based post. I have heard of a few of the links you listed, but not all of them. I'm going to check them out and see what I can learn. So....you sold your last house on Craigslist? How cool. Will you be sharing your story on that as well? Barbara Swafford's last blog post..Be Inspired By Nothing