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Five Tips To Wiser Investing
One of the most common requests I receive is for investing help. In this article, I try to present just a few basic investing tips to remember when you plan for your future through investing. 1. Have a plan and know where you are going with your...
Investing vs. Trading: Who Cares Anyway?
The mutual fund industry requires customers that buy their funds
and never sell them. So naturally, they disseminate a lot of
editorial decrying any trading, market-timing or re-allocating
that includes selling their mutual funds. This...
Investing Without Brakes Is Hazardous To Your Portfolio
The business of investing in stocks is an inventory "buying &
selling" business. Naturally, the companies that sell stock to
the public want you to buy and hold it forever in order to
maintain its value. But if you are buying without any...
Property Investing: People Have 2 Reasons For Not Doing It...
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Take Away Power For Real Estate Investing
As a real estate entrepreneur, you must decide to learn the
secret power associated with the takeaway. Maybe, you've already
used it before. You may have used it and didn't even know it.
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Learn Creative Real Estate Investing
With a job that paid $3.40 an hour, I saved $5,000. I used $3,500 of it to buy my first piece of real estate - 2 acres near where I lived. As you can guess, this was many years ago.
A few hours removing brush, and it was ready to sell. I hand-painted a sign, and two weeks later sold the land for $4,750, with $250 down, $100 per month, at 11% interest. With the capital gain, my annual return on investment was over 20%. Not bad, for my first time investing in real estate.
Creative Investing Means Solving Problems
I bought the land a little under market, because the seller needed fast cash. Problem one solved. I sold the land a little over market value because the buyers needed easy terms. Problem two solved. Creative real estate investing is about solving problems.
Radio stations and others need hill tops for their towers, but can't tie up their capital. One creative investor got options on hill top properties for a few hundred dollars, then found those who needed them, and signed long term leases. With the leases in hand, it was easy to get financing to buy the
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properties. He invested a few hundred dollars to create years of income.
Lumber mills need trees. A friend of mine helped solve this problem by letting a company cut trees on his small property. They paid him $4,500, and you know what? I couldn't see the difference when they were done. The property is residential, and was worth as much the day after the cut as the day before. He lived there, but a creative investor could buy property like his, sell half the trees, maybe clay or gravel too, and then re-sell the land.
What do people need? Easy terms? Cleared lots? Lumber? Better access to a piece of property? Smaller pieces of land? Condos instead of apartments? The list goes on. When you think creative real estate investing, think problem solving.
About the author:
Steve Gillman has invested in real estate for years. To learn more, and to see a photo of a beautiful house he and his wife bought for $17,500, visit http://www.HousesUnderFiftyThousand.com
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