There are a lot of different ways to find motivated sellers.  Some approaches are better than others.  I will focus on a less well known approach to finding motivated sellers.  In many areas, you can gain access to a whole bunch of motivated sellers in the local courthouse. ...

Many new real estate investors or seasoned real estate investors entering a new market will struggle a bit to build a cash buyers list.  It is absolutely crucial for any property finders or real estate bird dogs to build acash buyers list as quickly as they can, so they can start making...

When you are wholesaling real estate, you need to understand how to successfully calculated After Repair Value (ARV) and Fair Market Value (FMV).  These  numbers help real estate investors determine what to offer for a property, so there is enough room in the deal to make a nice...

There are different versions of MLS listings.  You will receive the client version of the MLS active properties if you do not specifiy that you want the agent version or you are dealing with a retail buyer agent.   The agent version will give you a lot more details about the...

In some cases, you are going to be dealing with a real estate that is an experienced investor themselves or working for other real estate investors too.  In that case, they will have a pretty good idea of what to look for in the MLS.  .  Yet in other cases, you might need to teach...

Newbie and some seasoned real estate investors have a tendency to forget to calculate certain expenses into their offers.  In many cases, this mistake will be a very costly one that could turn a real estate deal from pofitable to financially detrimental.  Most property finders and real...

What do I mean by slow market?  Well, if you local real estate market has an average days on market of 90 or more days, you are in a slow market.  It is in any real estate investors best interest  to start making money from any property quickly.  The sooner we can...

I just wrote this article on Ezinearticles.  I think it breaks down the best and easiest way to be successful investing in real estate in a slow market.   These are princples that apply to most of the real estate markets across the United States.  The essentials steps...

Bandit signs are one of the best ways to find motivated sellers and credit challenged buyers.  You can use these signs to convey short targeted messages to your target audience.  You will place these bandit signs in locations that are outlined in my article "Bandit Sign...

One of the biggest mistakes I have seen new real estate investors make is where they place their bandit signs.  Many times I hear them say that these signs don't work or they keep on getting taken down soon after they place them.  It is not that the bandit sign is not effective, instead...