Owlio Discount Real Estate Search Engine

Homeowners, investors and real estate professionals can search over a million listing throughout the nation at www.Owlio.com and automatically analyze each listing for discount, cash flow and even cap rate.

Owlio is a national discount real estate search engine that uses proprietary software to find hidden deals on the MLS and from other discounted home sources, like foreclosures, lenders, short sales, REO’s, auctions and real estate wholesalers.

Home buyers can open a free account at www.owlio.com and set up an automated alert to be notified as soon as a new listing in their target price range and area hits the MLS.

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Social Media Marketing Camp is a GO!

SMM Camp = Social Media Marketing Camp.

It’s official! The first ever SMM Camp will be held on December 9, 2009 from 10am to 2pm Mountain.

 And it’s FREE! Read more..

I’m thrilled to join 27 real estate social media experts who will be presenting at the first Virtual Real Estate BarCamp on November 17th.

The RE BarCamp is a one day, all day webinar event that covers everything from Twitter to  Facebook. Read more..

Real Estate Tool of the Week – The MLS Donkey

One of the best free real estate tools for real estate investors and real estate agents is the MLS Donkey.

The MLS Donkey searches the MLS for investment grade properties and sends you a list of qualified listings – all on autopilot. Read more..

Build Your Own Real Estate Website

In the internet economy every real estate professional and investor needs a real estate website.

The easiest, quickest and cheapest way to build your own website, with no help from anyone, is to build a blog.  Read more..

Creative Finance -The Wraparound Mortgage (Wrap)

One of my favorite creative finance techniques to buy investment real estate is the wraparound mortgage (WRAP).

A wrap is exactly what it sounds like – it’s a mortgage that wraps around an existing mortgage. In a wrap, the seller leaves the existing mortgage in place, sells the property to the buyer and gives the buyer a mortgage on the property that is subordinated to the existing mortgage.  Read more..

Creative Finance – Owner Finance or Seller Carry Back

 A great source of creative finance is owner finance or seller carry back. 

This is particularly true if the seller has equity in the property. Owner finance or seller carry back occurs when the seller agrees to provide you with a loan to help you purchase the property. Read more..

Creative Finance – Find a Hard Money Lender

The easiest way to use creative finance is to get a real estate loan from a hard money lender.

There is a simple rule in real estate that if you find a great deal then finding the money is easy. The reason for this is that hard money lenders will fund 100% of your deal if it is a great deal. Read more..

Creative Finance – Sometimes the best Mortgage is no Mortgage at all!

One thing I’ve learnt as a real estate investor  is that sometimes the best mortgage is  no mortgage at all. 

If this sounds cryptic, let me explain.

In many real estate deals you don’t need a loan or any real finance.

If you are wholesaling a property it is almost always to your financial advantage to not close on the deal but rather flip or wholesale it to another real estate investor. Read more..

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