Class Group: Creative Financing

Overcoming Hurdles to Real Estate Investing

Most real estate investors face similar challenges, hurdles and obstacles: Where do I get my next down payment from? How do I overcome negative cash flow or improve the cash flow I have? How do I qualify for the best loans? How do I find what I’m missing (deals, dream team, partners, tenants)? How do I commit to achieving my real estate goals, get the courage to act despite fear, gain the capabilities I need or eliminate fears? This class helps you solve those challenges and more. Listen to the audio of this for free on the real estate investing … Read more

Creative Financing and Real Estate Entrepreneurship

A deep-dive into the strategy of creative financing and real estate entrepreneurship including: Owner Financing Wrap Financing Loan Assumption Rent-To-Own, Lease-To-Own, Lease-Option, Lease-Purchase Agreement For Deed, Contract For Deed, Bond For Deed, Installment Land Contract Subject To Includes a qualitative class discussing what the strategy is and how to do it plus quantitative, numbers-based discussions showing how the strategy performs toward a goal of achieving financial independence. Topics discussed include: Money, credit and skills required The style of this strategy (investor/entrepreneurial) The stability and scalability of this strategy What is your risk exposure and profit speed doing this strategy Finding … Read more

Real Estate Investing Strategies

What are all the different ways to invest in real estate? In this class you’ll learn: A detailed list of different real estate investing strategies from buy-and-hold, Nomad™ and house hacking to fix & flip, BRRR, creative financing like subject to more unusual strategies like option-auction, tax liens/deeds and much more. An exploration of whether the strategy is typically an entry strategy, a way to hold or an exit strategy (or some combination). Channels when buying (how to find each type of deal) Channels when selling (how to get out of each deal) Financing when selling (how to cash out … Read more

Pros and Cons of Every Real Estate Investing Strategy Compared

Creative Financing FAQs Matrix What are all the different ways to invest in real estate? What the pros and cons of each? In this class you’ll learn: A detailed list of different real estate investing strategies from buy-and-hold, Nomad™ and house hacking to fix & flip, BRRR, creative financing like subject to more unusual strategies like option-auction, tax liens/deeds and much more. An exploration of whether the strategy is typically an entry strategy, a way to hold or an exit strategy (or some combination). Channels when buying (how to find each type of deal) Channels when selling (how to get … Read more

Strategies to Get the Lowest Monthly Payment When Buying – 2020 Edition

Maximizing cash flow is about two things: minimizing expenses and maximizing income. In this class, we will focus on the Lowest Monthly Payment Checklist™ and strategies to get the lowest monthly payment when buying investment properties. In this class you’ll learn: See Cash Flow Explosion and other classes on maximizing income to see the complementary classes on improving cash flow Introducing the Lowest Monthly Payment Checklist™ Minimizing monthly payments with your lender Why and how to discuss these strategies early with your lender (well before you need them) Reducing your monthly payment by manipulating your down payment Reducing your monthly … Read more

The Two Best Investing Strategies For Our Market Right Now

Creative Financing What are the two best real estate investing strategies for the NoCo real estate market right now? Owner financing? Subject to? Lease-Options? Straight options? Wrap financing? Agreement for deed? Contract for deed? Installment land contracts? Traditional buy-and-hold? Nomad™? House hacking? BRRR/BRRRR? Hard money lending? Fix and flips? Wholesaling? Short-term rentals? Something else? In this class you’ll learn: What strategies could you be doing? Sources of deals Our current market conditions that suggest these two best strategies What does “best” mean? Best in what way specifically? What do we have an ample supply of? What does NOT require EXTRAORDINARY… … Read more

Amazing Financing Strategies for Real Estate Investors

Estimated Monthly Payments – All Loans How do you finance buying your investment properties? In this class you’ll learn: Lender selection – going beyond just the lowest cost Different lenders, different loan programs – not all lenders are the same A brief discussion of Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) as it applies to investors and Nomads™ (see full class on Private Mortgage Insurance for the 2 hour version) What financing is Nomad™ approved and which to avoid Nothing down loan programs we can use in our current market A brief discussion of funding fees Down payment assistance programs The what, how … Read more

Arguably the Best Class of the Year – Part 1

Some topics are too short to be their own full two-hour class, but too important not to cover. We combine several mini-topics into one class that we call “Arguably the Best Class of the Year”. Part 1 A brief market stats update What is depreciation recapture, how does it work and why you should care What is the creative deals matrix, what are the characteristics of different types of creative real estate deal-making Three Myths and Three Biases An overview of the steps for doing “Off Market Deals” “Will You Be My Mentor?” and information on finding a local mentor … Read more

Low and Nothing Down Strategies That Work In Today’s Market

Creative Financing There are low and nothing down strategies that buy-and-hold real estate investors, Nomads™ and house hackers can use to acquire rental properties. What’s working in our current market? Let’s dig in and find out in this special class. In this class you’ll learn: A discussion of risk: is it riskier to put down more money to improve cash flow and build in a margin of safety or to put up less money to reduce the amount you’re risking to begin with? Nothing down strategies Low down strategies Creative transactions and creative financing Comparing these strategies to 20% down … Read more