We have all seen the late night TV commercials
on buying investment Real Estate, with other peoples money, and having a
buyer for them before you even close!!!! Right???? Wrong...
These "programs" that they will helpfully sell
you, are simply ways for them to sell more of their own magic "systems"
than they are to help you do anything.
Does anyone ever stop to think that perhaps, if
they had this "never before seen" million dollar idea, that just maybe
they would not tell everyone??
A much more realistic approach, would likely be
someone (You) that had some interest in making additional money from
investment Real Estate, either from the traditional rental property, to
the higher risk "Flip" property... some considerations that you
should take involve questions like "Do I live in a 'flip' market?", "can
I afford to carry this house for a few months before it sells?" or "Do I
have the time to devote to getting this house ready to sell?"
Another consideration, is that if you find a
"deal" on a house, that there are many people that have seen the magic
videos, or have bought the "program" that tells them how to purchase
homes for flipping, not to mention the people that are looking to buy it
for a traditional rental property.. these people are all competing
with you to buy this "deal" of a house. If it is a good enough
deal for flipping, it is easily a good deal for a longer term investor
to pick up, he can outbid you on a home, and still have plenty of equity
left to make it worth his while, whereas you have to take a lot more
into thought on purchasing.. carrying costs, realtor fees for selling,
repair costs, making up your closing costs from the purchase and so on.