{"id":1126,"date":"2014-06-16T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2016-06-16T17:24:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:24:45","slug":"investing-in-real-estate-by-using-other-peoples-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/2014\/06\/16\/investing-in-real-estate-by-using-other-peoples-money\/","title":{"rendered":"INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE BY USING OTHER PEOPLE\u2019S MONEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)   })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');   ga('create', 'UA-52007426-1', 'settlesteam.com');   ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>My preferred way to invest in real estate is cash. Many investors do not have that option or they do not have enough cash on hand to finance their investment. For investors like that there are other options out there to make their real estate investment dreams happen.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure you have heard the saying \u201dusing other people\u2019s money\u201d to invest in real estate and that is what I am talking about. Many of you would think of using the banks or credit unions money but creative financing has been a long time a tool in the investor\u2019s tool box. There are other ways out there to finance your investment dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that any form of investing comes with risk and before you begin investing you should educate yourself about the different forms of financing. With any real estate transaction it is also advised to contact an experienced and competent real estate attorney and CPA.<\/p>\n<p>When you have found a property to invest in, and you have already found a buyer for the property, before you closed on it you might consider doing a <strong>double closing <\/strong> before you get a loan. During the <strong>double closing<\/strong> you buy and sell the property at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1128 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/06\/money_3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Macro focused in on &quot;In God We Trust&quot;\" width=\"256\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/06\/money_3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/06\/money_3.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>One of the options could be <strong>seller financing<\/strong>. During the closing not all of the money is collected that is due to the seller. The seller is taking a promissory note and the title is still transferred to the buyer.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is to <strong>take over the seller mortgage<\/strong>. Where the buyer agrees in writing to make the sellers mortgage payment directly to the seller\u2019s mortgage servicer. The mortgage servicer has to agree to the arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>You also can use <strong>private money<\/strong> to finance your investment. With all of the restrictions that are put on a mortgage servicer for them to be able to write loans, a source of private money would come directly from wealthy investors who are looking for another way to invest their money other than a bank or the stock market.<\/p>\n<p>Another form of investing is the <strong>lease option<\/strong>. The key to this form of financing is to already have a second lessee lined up before you finalize your original lease option agreement. This will keep your money out of the deal. How it works is that you lease the property with an option and you turn around and lease the property to another potential buyer. Both of you have the option to purchase the property for a set price within a certain amount of time. Some investors also call this having a note.<\/p>\n<p>When you already have other investment property you might be able to <strong>leverage the other property<\/strong> to get a loan to purchase your investments. It has been very popular in the past and not so much in today\u2019s market.<\/p>\n<p>When you have any question about investing in real estate feel free to<a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/contact-us\/\"> contact the Settles Team<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My preferred way to invest in real estate is cash. Many investors do not have that option or they do not have enough cash on hand to finance their investment. For investors like that there are other options out there to make their real estate investment dreams happen. I am sure you have heard the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/2014\/06\/16\/investing-in-real-estate-by-using-other-peoples-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE BY USING OTHER PEOPLE\u2019S MONEY<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,5,7,8,9,11,13,14],"tags":[32,36,37,35,23,33,34],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buying","category-commitment","category-communication","category-education","category-inspiration","category-organizing","category-planning","category-selling","category-team-work","category-tips","tag-investing-in-real-estate","tag-lease-option","tag-leverage-property","tag-private-money","tag-real-estate-acquisition","tag-real-estate-investing","tag-seller-financing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1209,"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/1209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.settlesteam.com\/blogspot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}