Getting started in Real Estate acquisition could be a scary and daunting undertaking. When you break it down into small action steps the elephant in the room can get smaller and smaller.
Before considering any Real Estate acquisition, especially for investment purposes, consider first building your real estate advisory investment team. On our Settles Team website we have some great information listed for experienced or first time Real Estate investors.
After you have your advisory team in place you need to make some crucial decisions.
For example:
- How to pay for the investment?
- Are you planning on holding or turning the investments?
- When you hold the investments who will manage them?
- How to take title of the property.
There are many more questions you should consider before looking and buying any investment property.
You need to take real estate investing serious and you should consider it as a full time job and not a hobby. Make a business plan with goals, action steps, and an exit strategy.
When you are planning to get into Real Estate acquisition for investment purposes contact the Settles Team. We will be happy to help.
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When you build your own home with a builder there are a few things you need to take into consideration before you start. For example, Do you just use a builder layout and style or do you plan on making changes to this plan? If you do plan on making changes, keep in mind that this might add to the building cost of the home. Making these kinds of changes would mean you are moving from a builder speck home type of arrangement to the custom built type and many times that will add time, labor, and building material cost to building your dream home. An example of making changes to the builders plans is upgrading some of the features compared to the features a builder is offering in their speck homes. Things like kitchen, flooring, countertops, bathroom, windows, and bathrooms. Anytime you make changes to builder’s speck home plans, whether inside or out, there will be a higher cost to building the home.
Many of us are still working through the aftermath of a short sale, foreclosure, or some other financially devastating event. Rather than buying another house you need to rent till you get back on your feet.
When you have found the right person to room with, and the perfect home or apartment to make it work, you two still would have to pass the prying eyes of the landlord and get past the rental application process. When the application and screening process is completed and both of you have signed the lease agreement with the landlord, have you discussed or considered having a roommate agreement in writing between the two of you?
You are all exited and ready to move in and move on from your current place, stretching your wings for the first time. Being so excited to get out of the smaller apartment to a larger unit you might forget that you should keep several things in mind while you are signing the lease.
For starters do not advertise that you are going to be gone. In the time of social media most of us tend to announce that we are leaving. One thing you should consider doing before you are leaving is creating a 
Not knowing what they can afford in the beginning they begin looking at homes online that are priced higher than their financial ability and sooner or later they become disappointed when they discover they cannot have the home of their dreams. With so many homes now listed as a short sale and REO’s (bank owned), a pre- approval is a must to submit an offer.
How many times do you find yourself unable to follow through with commitments you made to others? This could apply to work or personal commitments. Every day I see good people who have great intentions but don’t follow thought with a commitment they made.