Helping People with Real Estate Investing … featuring Jim Pellerin, Author of "7 Steps to Real Estate Riches"
Tuesday September 7th 2010
Simple Real Estate Investing advice by an everyday Real Estate Investor. I will post my ideas and advice on many topics related to Real Estate Investing. This information is based on my many years as a successful Real Estate Investor and will cover such topics as Lease Options, Buy, Rent and Hold, Property Management, Financing, Business Planning, Sales and Marketing and much much more. These posts will also be organized by my "7 Steps To Real Estate Riches" which are Educate, Control, Plan, Analyze, Invest, Manage and Sell. I look forward to your comments and feedback.

Jim Pellerin, Investor, Advisor, Speaker, Coach, Writer

‘referral’ Archives

You Don’t Really Need a Good Credit Score

But with better credit there are more opportunitiesI tell people that you don’t need good credit to invest in Real Estate. I explain that you can do all kinds of things without any money and without a good credit rating. For example, you can do referrals, assignments, sandwich lease options, and maybe a couple of more strategies. Where you start [...]

A Deal Saved is a Deal Earned

Get Control of The Property Before You Show ItWe had an interesting turn of events that happened today with our Lease Option business. We do sandwich lease options where we Lease Option from the Seller and then Lease Option to the Buyer. We had a property that we were showing our potential buyers. We had received this property from one of our [...]

When Deals Start To Find You

The Real Estate Investing Power of AttractionWhen we first started our Lease Option business we did a lot of mass marketing. We ran ads in Kijiji and in the local newspaper. We were looking for motivated buyers and motivated sellers. It wasn't long before people started looking for us.We started getting calls from home owners, investors, [...]

You Can’t Make Money in Real Estate Investing Where I Live

There are good deals everywhere. You just have to look. I hear this all the time. “I can’t make money in Real Estate Investing where I live. All the good deals are gone. Real Estate Investing doesn’t work. There are too many people already doing it.” Depending on where you live will determine your investment strategy. For example, [...]

Your Network is Your Net Worth: Your Real Social Network

The more people you know, the more money you will make.I have said this many times, and I have heard other people say this many times. But until you experience it, you don’t really realize how powerful your Network can be. We started our Real Estate Investing business like a lot of people. We were running ads looking for properties, looking for [...]

Can I be a Real Estate Investor with bad credit and no money?

Absolutely. I do it all the time.It still amazes me how many times this question gets asked. I have purchased all my properties with nothing down and I continue to do so. I used to have bad credit and I still don’t have great credit. The problem with my credit now is that I have so many mortgages. If you have no money, you can acquire properties [...]

How much time does Real Estate Investing take?

How much time you put into your Real Estate Investing business depends on what your goals are and what you are trying to achieve. It also depends on how much risk you are willing to take. Here is a list of the different Investment Strategies and their related risk, effort and return. 1. Mortgage Holder – Very Low Risk, Very Low Effort, [...]

Lease Option Referral Program

Implement a referral program and you will never have to look for deals again. When I first started my Lease Option business we did a fair bit of advertising. We ran ads looking for buyers (e.g. Why Rent When You Can Own). We ran ads looking for sellers (e.g. We can sell you home fast.). What we found is that people started calling us because [...]