Charles Sells
When the absolute truth seems too good to be true, how do you know whom to trust? That statement is the most-often-cited reason investors give for why real estate investors have not yet gotten involved in tax lien and tax deed investing. Many aspects of this strategy just seem too ...
Most analysts agree that we will see a recession in the next 12 months. Will it be on the par of “The Great Recession” that followed in the wake of the last housing crash and subsequent global financial meltdown? Probably not, but real estate investors must accept we are overdue ...
Flipping Homes in Your Spare Time?
I always say in my presentations that flipping houses is not as easy, glamorous or routine as today’s “reality” TV shows make it look. The truth is that this increasingly popular investment strategy can be downright scary! I have been involved in buying, rehabbing and reselling homes for 21 years ...
In a recent article in The New York Times, a would-be home-flipper recounted his first attempt to fix-and-flip a property. He recalled how he had recently sold a thriving tech company and was relying on the proceeds from that sale to stay home and care for his wife and toddler ...
Despite serious competition for the good deals, the tax lien real estate sector definitely rewards effort. Investing in tax liens and acquiring properties through tax sales is a highly effective way to build a big, profitable portfolio, if you are willing to put energy toward developing a strategy and understanding ...
3 Steps to Learning Your Investment Manager’s True Identity
The internet has truly opened up a “brave new world” for real estate investors. However, with this blessing that enables us to put our money in markets that make sense rather than just in our own backyards comes an identity crisis of sorts because the people who would like to ...
3 Reasons to Fix and Flip Outside Your Local Market
There is such a boom of television broadcasts and investment managers pitching about all the great profits we can make doing fix and flips these days. Nearly all of what you see and hear is about doing it “in your hometown.” While flipping in your hometown sounds wonderful and, furthermore, ...
6 Truths to Know Before Buying Tax Liens
So, you want to start investing in Tax Liens, but have no idea where to start? If you’re like most investors, you’ve seen the late-night infomercials and read gobs and gobs of information online about what an incredible opportunity tax lien investments are. Unfortunately, most of the things you’ve read ...
5 Actionable Rules for Buying Foreclosures at Auction
To say we have seen everything there is to see at foreclosure auctions would probably be an understatement. We have seen fist fights on the courthouse steps, guns pulled, people not having a clue as to what they are buying, or even what it is really worth. You name it, ...
