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I’m in the middle of buying property that we intend on flipping. The house has an above-ground pool and it’s three-quarters full of stagnant water. What’s the best way to empty the pool so we can demo the pool?
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Velva in Apoca, Florida says, Happy Holidays Lou, the Brown family and wonderful staff.
She says, recently you advised if a Tenant Buyer is going to lease option and only has $3,000 down to take a Promissory Note for $10,000. How much time would you give to pay back that Note and how much a month?
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How would you suggest a rookie get their first deal?
Answer:
This is such an important question for so many folks. Because whether you been in business for a long time or your just getting started. It is so important that you really rev up your buying machine. That means that you have to do a significant amount of marketing in the beginning in order to get the attention. In order to get the leads coming in. In order to get the momentum in your business. So, I recommend that if you do not yet have your marketing ordered. If you do not yet have your marketing placed that is an appropriate use of time.
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My partner and I acquired a house under subject to the mortgage. We were going to fix it up and sell it before it went to the courthouse steps. It was taking of the records for a while for whatever reason.
I guess you mean taking a while to record the deed, maybe.
I was checking periodically to make sure it did not go to sale before we could refinance the home. I checked at the end of June and there were no court dates set for auction. I checked again last week and it had been sold back to the bank without us being notified. Is there anything I can do to get this back so we don’t lose the money we have put into this home.
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Bernardo who says he has a short sale question, how to get the lender short sale approval in a down market when the BPO is higher. Now for those of you on the call who don’t know what a BPO is, that’s a broker price opinion. That’s what the lender has ordered from a agent or realtor to go ahead and tell what the value of the property is and what Barnardo is asking is when they those “experts” in the industry have told the lender what the property is worth and suddenly you come in at a greatly reduced price, what do you do about that. He says, “I sent the short sale package. I negotiated with a lender and the BPO is higher based on the old market at higher prices.
Question:
I have purchased your study material and it is packed with great information. As you know, it is a lot of information, and I am just getting started. When you talk about real estate, people always say, run the numbers to see if it works for you. What I need is a formula so I can run the numbers. If there is a spreadsheet that walks you through it in your study material, please tell me where to find it. If not, would you please send me one along with instructions on how to make a good decision once you run the numbers?
Answer:
We have got exactly what you need. In your Buying System, there is a form; it is called Property Acquisition Worksheet. Now, that Property Acquisition Worksheet helps you to find exactly what you need. It guides you through all the questions you need to be asking, and all the details that you need to put together in order to determine what is the best deal, and what’s the best structure.
DQuestion:
There is an empty house in my neighborhood. The tenant who had a life lease died recently. This home would make a great investment property, perhaps a sandwich lease option…maybe even owner financing deal. I would like to contact the owner to discuss various opportunities. In your opinion, is it best to approach the owners as an investor or as an individual who is interested in purchasing lease optioning the home?
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Let’s start off with a management question this time and we hear from John Meddle, and John says: How is a promissory note for a lease option structured? For example, a $2000 note at 15% interest:
A: Would it be all due as a sum at the end of the length of the note, or would monthly payments be made?
B: Is it amortized?
Or,
C: How about a larger promissory note?
Answer:
Question:
The reason for this note is to inquire how to handle this wonderful situation I have pending. We have a $269,000.00 house currently in the owner financing rent to owner category. We have an interested couple with $15,000.00 to put down and able to pay $1,500.00 per month. As you can see, the down payment fits our program perfectly and the $1,500.00 payment is about $500.00 to little to actually cover the payment on the underlying loan. Please advise how you would structure this one-year deal.
The couple Charles Sr. plans to cash out within 6 to 9 months once their credit issues are resolved. I was told that their son Charles Jr. has crummy credit and it has ended up on Charles Sr.’s credit report. Can credit wiz help straighten this out?
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Joe was asking a question; I’ve looked through everything I have but I didn’t notice the answer if it was there. What percent of the monthly rent and option fee go toward the payoff of the house? I’m working on a lease-option deal now for one of our houses. The house is worth $250,000. He’s willing to pay a 5% option fee, but wants to know what percent goes toward the purchase price. Thanks.
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