What is a Land Trust? Land trust is a title holding trust. It is revocable or changeable. There is a grantor, a beneficiary, and a trustee. The benefits of a land trust are: Land Trusts can offer the following benefits: keep things private, avoid probate court, keep the purchase price secret, keep the sales price […]
Why Land Trusts? Why Land Trust? The Land Trust is a device for holding and conveying title to real estate which is more desirable and advantageous than some of the more familiar forms of real estate ownership. Under a Land Trust agreement, title to real estate is held by the Trustee. However, the use and […]
So what is with a subject to contract always? Well one of the things that we got all the time is paperwork to transfer the property into a Land Trust. Land Trust help subject to Deals and help many other types of deals like seller financing and land contracts protect the seller and protect the […]
Operating Land Trusts Here’s some pointers: You can operate a Land Trust on a kitchen table without lawyers. It’s always good to have witnesses and notaries present when you are transferring property in and out of Land Trusts. Land Trust have great flexibility in buying and selling interest and property. For a list of benefits […]
Rent to own concept Well, rent first then own, right? If you are going to rent a house, and then buy it, you would need an agreement for that. First agreement is to rent a property with a lease, that would discuss how long and how much. Let’s say that you had a term of […]
Homeowner and training is a saying for rent to own tenants, as they are preparing get a mortgage, There are three hurdles: DTI which is that to income ratio of 43% Down payment Credit rating To be able to qualify for a mortgage, these hurdles are important to understand. A good resource is at the consumerfinance.gov […]
An option to purchase contract means that you have a right to buy the property anytime during a. Of time for a certain amount of money. This right cannot be taken away from you. Generally you can sell this right by assigning the option, unless it has stated that you cannot assign the contract. So […]
Negotiating with Renters for Lease Option Negotiating with renters or tenants for a lease with option take some practice. But it is about positioning… USP USP means unique sales proposition, what are you offering? Decoding Tenant Buyer Positioning: A Guide to “Easy Acceptance” Source: Excerpts from “Positioning Tenant Buyers For Easy Acceptance of Y.txt” Introduction: The […]
Negotiating the Deal for an Assignment We assign deals for a fee there are several types of deals that we assign for fee. Wholesale deal, house that needs work, we need to figure out a price that we can assign the paperwork for a fee, But generally wholesaling deals are 65% of the after repair […]
Selling on lease with option compare renting the property out to attend as a landlord, and showing the property on a lease option Sure, let’s compare the two scenarios: Renting the Property Out Landlord Role: As a landlord, you retain ownership of the property and rent it out to tenants. Income: You receive regular rental […]
Finding lease options sellers See https://reiskills.com/tag/marketing-sellers/ The perfect lease option seller is a three or four or five bedroom house in a good location and they have great urgency to sell. They may have tried to sell with an agent so that’s an expired listing, or for sale by owner, or a landlord that’s out […]
Negotiating the Deal for a Sandwich A sandwich is a sandwich lease option or a sandwich land contract. You’re acting as a middleman. So here’s an example. Let’s say the property is worth $100,000. Market rent is $1,000 a month. When you do the sandwich, you have to negotiate a sales price less than $100,000 […]
Lease option then assign We enter into a lease with option with the seller then sell the paperwork to a buyer for a fee. This is similar to wholesaling where you enter into a Sale and purchase agreement or an Option to purchase agreement and sell the paperwork for fee. Lease option assignments are a […]
Lease Options to Control Using a lease with option to control a property is one of the easiest ways to make money in real estate. Let’s say that you find a seller that needs to sell, and they don’t want to rent it out and they don’t want to list it with an agent. You […]
Buying on lease option This is where you lease with an option from a seller (you have an option to buy), and your exit strategy is to sublease and sub-option. This is called a sandwich lease option. See Sandwich Lease Option
Seller carrying a second note for their equity Many times we will buy a property and not give “cash for Equity” but give a “note for equity” and “have the seller carry a second”. I don’t like paying retail for property, and I don’t like going over 90% of comps for a sales price. Why […]
A note is a promissory note, a promise to pay a debt, evidence of a debt. A lot of people think a mortgage is a debt but it’s a security device. So is a deed of trust. To be a legal note, all you need is to identify the parties, who is paying the debt […]
Mortgage or Deed of Trust A mortgage or a deed of trust is a security device. It depends on the state that you’re in. 4 pages pdf
What is a Wrap-Around Mortgage? A wrap-around mortgage (or “wrap loan”) is a type of seller financing where the seller creates a new, larger mortgage that “wraps” around the existing underlying mortgage. The buyer makes payments to the seller, and the seller uses a portion of that money to continue making payments on the original first mortgage. […]
Use Payment Servicer My payment servicer is someone that takes a payment, and then pays others with that payment. When we do seller financing, we’re going to take the payment from the person in the property and then make sure that the mortgage payment and the taxes and insurance are paid and then any balance […]
Due on sale clause There’s a due on sale clause in a mortgage, A lot of people think it means that the lender is going to foreclose if you don’t do the right things. The lender is going to call the loan due and payable. What it means is the lender has the right to […]
“There is no due on sale jail”, this means that if you do a subject to or wrap around mortgage and do not tell the bank, it’s a civil matter, and the bank can call the loan due and payable. We use Land Trusts to be able to do subject to existing financing transactions and […]
Land Contract or Contract for Deed Buying or selling on a land contract or contract for deed This means that you put some money down, you get possession, you get Equitable Title but not legal title like a warranty deed, then you make payments over time with generally a balloon payment in the future. It […]
Like Car Loan A land contract, contract for deed, agreement for deed, these are contracts that are like a car loan. When you buy a car you put money down, you make the payments, then you get the title when you finish the loan. So these contracts are similar, you put money down, you make […]
Sub2? What is that? Well, sub 2 is short for subject to the existing financing. It is a popular way to buy property without using a bank. We also use Land Trusts. We can couple subject to purchase with a note. This note can be no payments for 5 years and then a balloon payment. Some people are […]
Subject-To Real Estate Investing FAQ 1. What does buying a property “Subject To” mean? Buying a property “Subject To” the existing mortgage means taking ownership of the property without officially assuming the existing loan in your name. The loan remains in the seller’s name and on their credit report, but you make the payments. It’s […]
Not liable for a loan means don’t sign a personal guarantee, and don’t cosign for anyone. Personal guarantees are nicknamed “PGs”.
Private Lender Loans We use private lender loans in our business. It’s important to understand self-directed IRAs to get private lender money. Many people have hundreds of thousands of dollars in their retirement. It’s important to understand what a custodian is, which is a company that’s approved by the IRS to do real estate investment […]
What is the joint venture Silent Partner loan? This is where someone will fund the acquisition of a property and also fund the repair costs of the property and maybe even fund some marketing dollars for the property to resell it. They are what we call a silent funding partner. We only use joint venture […]