Tag Archives: buying foreclosed homes

The Members of Your Team

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Bernie

Real estate investing is a team sport. You cannot go far sitting in front of your computer and clicking. You have to deal with people. Your first team member is of course your mentor. If you have not read the … Continue reading →

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Rehabbing a Single Family Home to Rent

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Bernie
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If you have not read the post on getting a mentor please do so here. In this post we are going to talk about rehabbing – or fixing up a foreclosure to make it ready for rent. The rehab process … Continue reading →

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To See or Not to See – Before Making the Offer

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Bernie

We will discuss tons of material in these posts but there’s no substitute to getting a mentor who has done this a few times. So go here to read about it and get one first. I mentioned before that as … Continue reading →

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Making the Offer on a Bank Foreclosure

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Bernie

If you are new to the blogs here, please read the post on getting a mentor. For those who are following blog after blog, please pardon my insistence on this in every post. To me it’s crucial that people who … Continue reading →

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Setting Up the Search for Foreclosed Homes

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Bernie

If you are new to this blog, please read the post on getting a mentor first. Let’s dive into the steps involved in buying a foreclosed house. If you want to read the broad steps, follow this link. I’m going … Continue reading →

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What’s a Good Rental?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Bernie

If you are new to this blog, you may want to read the page on getting a mentor first. In the post on yield play vs value play, I mentioned that there is such a thing as a typical rental … Continue reading →

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Buying a Foreclosed Home. Step by Step.

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Bernie

As always I urge my readers to read the page on getting a mentor. There’s no substitute to having a knowledgeable resource who can hold your hand and take you step by step, for at least the first few deals. … Continue reading →

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What to Buy? Yield vs Value

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Bernie

If you have not read the introductory posts on Getting a Mentor and First Steps, I suggest you read them first, so that we have a flow. Yield Play and Value Play After you find an agent, as talked about … Continue reading →

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