MAREI Newsletter June 2013

The Road To Success
RE N E W S
June 2013
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CONTENTS
cover story
22 The Road To Success

Is Easy
If you have a plan And follow it.
8 Title Insurance
Is Misunderstood
26 The top 9 Mistakes
Real Estate Investors Make when Dealing with Short Sales
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March Market Report

Is it a Flat Market?
June2013
5 Signs
You are Ready to Invest In Real Estate
PUBLISHER Kim Tucker
Mortgage Interest Tax

Deduction in KS In Jeopardy
KCMO Water Department

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Welcome to RE Investment News
Welcome to the RE Investment News, the monthly publication of Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors. We are an organization of more than 392 local investor members and service providers that are here to help each other take advantage of the incredible opportunities offered by real estate investments. Property prices and investment cash flow potential have not been this good in over a generation. A wise and educated investor can purchase properties that can bring larger and safer returns that bank deposits and many stock market investments. Smart investors also understand that catching a real estate cycle at the bottom of the curve on its way up, is the best place to start. Most experts agree we are in that phase right now. We meet several times a month for educational presentations, workshops and seminars. We also meet face to face to facilitate networking so members can conduct business
with each other through real estate transactions, providing services and mentoring each other through the business. At meetings you will find both highly experienced investors as well as beginners. People that wholesale, rehab, hold for rental and flip. You will also find lenders, realtors, title people, contractors and other service providers to help round out your real estate investing team. Remember, you cant do this business all alone. We suggest you seek out knowledge and contacts from our group or a similar group in your area if you are not in Kansas City so you can find people who are more than willing to share their goals and success. Last as we always remind our members to perform their own due diligence in all transactions, you will find the resources and connections included in membership a helpful tool in your investment making decisions.
Advocacy
April Real Estate Market Report

Sales Prices Up, Sales Up, Inventory Down
Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS reports that inventory is down and prices are up across the metro area. Sale Price: All counties except Platte & Wyandotte experienced an increase in the average sale price of existing homes and new homes were up all except Johnson Counties over last year. Overall both showed a 5 % increase over April 2012. Home Sales: All counties experienced an increase in the total number of existing homes sold at 6 percent as well as new homes at 23 percent with an over all increase of 8 percent this April over 2012. Home Inventory: Existing home inventory is down by 15 percent and new homes are down by 8 percent with an overall decrease of 15 percent from April 2012. Pending Sales: Existing home pending contracts are up 27 % over April 2012, New Homes up 19% and Overall they are up 26% over last year. Supply of Homes: Supply of homes is the calculated by dividing inventory by the 12 month average number of sales. A 5 to 6 months supply is a balanced market. Existing homes have a 5.5 month supply and new homes are at a 5.3 month supply with an over all 5.5 supply compared with a 7.3 supply this time last year. Read more about market data at www.KCRAR.com
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Signs you are Ready to Invest in Real Estate
1. Got Cash: You have funds available to invest in a property. 2. Found Property: You have a property with potential for profit. 3. Have Time: You have time to devote to putting deals together. 4. Solid Team: You have assembled your team of advisors. 5. Market: The Market is in your favor.
Advocacy Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction
In Jeopardy in Kansas
KCMO Water Department

The Landlord Legal Defense Fund Continues to raise money in an effort to stop bad billing practices by the Kansas City Missouri Water Department.
Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction is still in danger of being reduced or eliminated in Kansas. An earlier compromise in the state that would have tied reductions in Mortgage Interest Tax Deductions to reductions in the state income tax is in jeopardy. A memo from the Wichita Area Builders Association President & CEO Wess Galyon on May 23rd says: Unfortunately, an effort is underway. . . To abandon and revers the good-faith compromise reached earlier. . . . The latest proposal from the Senate does nothing to eliminate the state income tax in the short-term and could result in a massive tax increase on over 400,000 Kansas taxpayers who currently have and want to protect their ability to reduce their tax burden by itemizing deductions such as the mortgage interest and property tax deductions. The vice president for governmental affairs, Luke Bell said that the proposal by the Senate would make the phase out of the deduction more quickly that previously agreed upon. The senate wants all deductions, except for those for charities, phased out by 2018, but the state income tax would still be at 3.5 percent and have no guarantees to take it lover. Bell said the House still supports the original compromise that would reduce deductions by 25% and be retroactive to this tax year and phase the reduction down by 50% by 2018. Reported by the Wichita Business Journal
Case Filed: The attorney filed the court case on March 19th in the 16th Judicial Court of Jackson County. After assignment of the judge, a motion was filed to change judges. City Attorney: Filed a motion to have the case moved from the State Court to the Federal Court. As this issue applies to Missouri Constitutional Law, the LLDF wants to keep this in a State Court Dismissed Case: LLDF had the original case dismissed and added two more Landlords to the case, one with actual damages of over $62,000 due to the Water Department and their practices. Refiled: The New case was refiled on May 17th, attain in the 16th Circuit Court for Jackson County Missouri. The city is no doubt hoping the fund runs out of money before the case ever gets to court. If you have property in Kansas City Missouri, or are a fellow property owner in the metro, please support the Kansas City Property Owners by donating to the Fundgo to LandlordLegalFund.org
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Title Insurance Is Misunderstood

One of the most misunderstood insurance policies is a title insurance policy. Most consumers regard it as a waste of money and just adding to the high closing fees on their purchase or sale. This is far from true, as according to the American Land Title Association, about 25 percent of all residential real estate transactions have issues with the title. Most are resolved prior to closing; however, some claims and challenges can crop up after you have become the new owner. Examples include a mortgage which has been paid off but never released or a deed without a marital staus. There are two types of title insurance policies that you will be offered at your closing. The Lenders Policy protects the bank against possible title problems and you will be required to purchase this policy if you are financing your home. It does not, however, protect your interests. For your protection you will need to buy an Owners Policy. Unlike other forms of insurance, title insurance covers what has happened in the past instead of the future. The current owner is liable for these past events through their equity and liability in the property and an Owners Title Insurance Policy will protect you. Title insurance is paid through a one-time premium, usually at closing. Given the cost of insurance in general, this single premium is relatively low cost while affording significant protection to the property owner. If a title claim arises, merely consulting a lawyer to defend the claim can cost a property owner more money than the policy premium. The policy continues as long as you have any interest in the property. This means if you warranty the title (file a Warranty Deed as opposed to a Quit Claim Deed) to a future purchaser, that Owners Policy covers you in the event that a previous issue affects their ownership interest. Almost all title insurance policies in the United States are issued on universal forms approved by the American Land Title Association, although some states have modified them. Following are items that a Basic Owners Title Policy would cover, if not disclosed and listed as an exception: amination and closing
Unrecorded documents that may give other individuals or entities an interest in the property Encroachments by fences, driveways or other structures Forged documents Invalid or fraudulent probate of wills and estates Improper foreclosure Incorrect marital status of owner Invalid or contested divorces Liens filed by contractors or others who have not been paid for labor, materials or services provided on the property Previously undisclosed heirs with claims to the property Tax liens Transfer of the property by a minor or mental incompetent Property line disagreement
Mistakes in the public records If you dont understand an exception, ask your title agent or your attorney. Additional coverage may be negotiated for an additional fee, but remember, title insurance only covers past issues that may surface later. The title insurer has the right under the policy to either provide legal defense or pay you the amount of your loss, up to the amount of your policy, which should be the amount of your purchase price. Owners Title insurance does not cover matters that happen after you take title to the property or if you create the issue to the title. Examples would be if you dont pay your contractor and he files a Mechanics Lien or you dont pay your taxes and a tax lien is filed against you, title insurance will not cover actions you created or agreed to. It does also not cover anything your lender does as this event most likely occurred after you took title to the property. Unlike most other forms of insurance, title insurance is coverage for PAST matters. A Lenders policy which is sometimes called a loan policy is issued only to mortgage lenders. Generally speaking, it follows the
Documents recorded during the time period between title ex-
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assignment of the mortgage loan, meaning that the policy benefits the purchaser of the loan if the loan is sold. For this reason, these policies greatly facilitate the sale of mortgages into the secondary market. That market is made up of high volume purchasers such as Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation as well as private institutions. In general, the basic elements of insurance they provide to the lender cover losses from the following matters: ditions. Additionally, one of the most important exclusions is the policy excludes matters agreed to or suffered by the lender. A lenders policy only covers the lender and an owner is not covered which is why if you are purchasing you should always make sure to get an Owners Policy. Most people dont understand that you have right to shop around for title insurance (some states set the rates) and it is illegal for someone to tell you that they will not sell or give you the loan unless you use a specific title insurance company. In some areas you can request a discount if you have a copy of your recent title insurance policy. It depends on what part of the country you are purchasing property who would pay for either title insurance policy. However, the final determination would be what you negotiate in your contract. In the case of a refinance, the borrower usually pays the premium but some lenders have programs where they pay the closing fees, including the cost of the Lenders title insurance policy. If you feel you have a title insurance claim, be sure to file it with o your title insurance company, not that of the individual claiming the title to your property. First, get your owner title insurance policy in front of you. Make a copy of it to submit with the claim. If you cant find your policy, make a copy of your HUD-1 Settlement Statement. The HUD-1 is proof that you paid for an owner policy. Look for the name and address of the actual title underwriter, not the agent. Some but not all policy jackets will have this information prominently posted, some will not. If you cant find it, look for a large office of the title underwriter in the closest metropolitan area. You can find it on-line if you Google their name. In many cases the underwriter will have a form on their web page to file a claim with explanations. Included in a title insurance claim is a written document explaining what your claim is about, and forms provided by your insurance company. Any additional information, such as letters back and forth regarding the dispute, receipts for the title to your property, and demands for payment should be included with your title insurance claim. The company that ensures your title to property will usually respond to you within a few days of receiving your claim. Any further information or instructions will be included in this response. By law, title insurance companies are usually required to respond to your claim in a timely fashion, and issue an acceptance or denial of your claim along with any appertaining information. Many times, however, losses incurred due to title disputes are not covered under title insurance. If you feel as though your title insurance claim did not adequately cover you in the event of a title issue, you can contact a lawyer who will advise you as to how to continue claim proceedings. The opinions stated in this blog are those of the author, and should not be construed to be a statement of fact or conclusion of law. Any statements herein should not be relied upon in any litigation, arbitration or mediation. Statements herein have not been approved by the American Land Title Association, its officers or members.
The title to the property on which the mortgage is being made is either
Not in the mortgage loan borrower, Subject to defects, liens or encumbrances, or
Unmarketable. There is no right of access to the land. The lien created by the mortgage: is invalid or unenforceable, is not prior to any other lien existing on the property on the date the policy is written, or
Is subject to mechanics liens under certain circumstances. As with all of the ALTA forms, the policy also can cover the cost of defending insured matters against attack. Elements 1 and 2 are important to the lender because they cover its expectations of the title it will receive if it must foreclose its mortgage. Element 3 covers matters that will interfere with its foreclosure. Of course, all of the policies except or exclude certain matters and are subject to various con-
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Jackson County Missouri

Informal Appeal Deadline to Appeal June 14th
If you are not satisfied with the 2013 market value placed on your property or you feel your reassessment notice is incorrect, you may file an informal appeal with the Assessment Department by calling (816) 881-4601
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Real Estate Tax Bill

Jackson County Tax Assessor Issued New Tax Bills Update on How to Protest them
Donald J. Swartz, ASA
CBIZ MHM, LLC
State Tax Bills In Missouri The State of Missouri authorizes counties to re-evaluate all real estate parcels as of January 1st, every other year. 2013 is a re-appraisal year in Missouri and the news has been inundated with information regarding the significant increases on several real estate parcels in Jackson county. Respective counties have been gathering sales data since 2011 to determine if market values for all types of real estate (commercial, industrial, residential, vacant, ag, etc.) have increased, decreased or remained flat since January 1, 2011. Your Rights As a property owner or as the person responsible for paying real property taxes, it is important to know your rights to insure you arent paying more than your fair share of property taxes. The review you perform now will have an impact for at least the next two years, so take the time to analyze your property valuations. The process of reviewing and potentially appealing your valuations should not be a daunting or harrowing experience. Informal and formal opportunities exist for taxpayers to provide information to support a fair market value. Remember, Jackson County alone has over 160,000 parcels of real estate, so it is conceivable a notice of assessment may be issued that is not reflective of market value of your property. Here are a few tips when deciding whether to
You have the right to appeal the 2013 market value on your assessment to the Jackson County Board of Equalization (BOE). Appeals to the BOE must be filed on or before Monday, July 8, 2013. Hearings will be scheduled after July 1 and thru August 31, 2013. The Board of Equalization may increase, decrease, or maintain the current market value at your hearing.
Formal Appeal
Deadline July 8th Hearings July 1 to August 31
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appeal your property in Missouri. Deadlines First, be aware of the deadlines. In the greater Kansas City area, taxpayers have until the 3rd Monday in June, June 17th this year, to appeal their 2013 valuations to the respective County Board of Equalization. This deadline applies to Platte, Cass and Clay counties; however, Jackson County has elected to use the same deadline as 2nd Class Missouri counties or July 8, 2013. Several counties encourage taxpayers to call the county assessors office directly to discuss valuation issues in an effort to minimize disputes before the Board of Equalization. This time frame varies by county, but generally the next 2-3 weeks (May 15th June 7th) is a great time to discuss your valuation concerns with a county appraiser. Data Next, gather the appropriate data to support an appeal. If you believe your current assessment is excessive, it is important to research comparable sales between 1/1/11 12/31/12, to determine if your property is in line with sales activity. For single family residential properties, this is the most important information
you can gather. Be sure to research sales within a short radius of your property, this provides you with a guide to determine the value associated with comparable homes and their selling value. This information can be difficult to obtain, but there are several residential real estate brokers who may provide this information to you upon request or for a small fee for their time or use of the MLS real estate service. After reviewing the sales data, make sure the sales are comparable to the subject property in terms of age, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, baths, finished basements, etc. If a county appraiser had a $1.00 for every person who marched in with the argument, Ill sell it to you tomorrow for the value you have on my property, the county appraiser would own a lot of property. Comparable sales and making adjustments to the comparables will give you your best chance for success. If you have commercial or industrial property, other methods are also reviewed to determine if an appeal is warranted. Income producing properties should be reviewed on an Income Approach to Value, so be prepared to analyze and provide income
and expense information associated with the property for at least the last two years, along with current rent rolls. One particular item to note relating to income statements is the analysis of debt service, depreciation and amortization. Counties are only interested in operational expenses associated with the property. Accounting and finance expenses such as interest, depreciation, amortization and debt service are not necessarily relevant to the valuation of a property for property tax purposes. When these items are excluded from an income statement, net operating income can increase dramatically, which in turn could significantly increase the value of a property. Be careful when analyzing all income and expense information. Consultation Last, consider working with a property tax consultant. Many taxpayers find the use of a property tax consultant to be the easiest and most efficient way to protest values. While most consultants focus on commercial, industrial and multi-family properties, situations arise where consultants may often help in single family residence situations. There are several reasons and advantages to using
Donald J. Swartz, ASA

Managing Director CBIZ MHM, LLC
Don is a Managing Director in the National State and Local Tax Practice of CBIZ MHM, LLC. With over 25 years of experience in property tax appeals, he has worked with 1,000+ clients assisting in property tax reviews. You can reach Don at (913) 234-1310 or via email, dswartz@cbiz.com.
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consultants, but the single biggest reason to engage a property tax consultant is for their experience. Property tax appeals and reviews are their primary business. Consultants perform this service every day and have familiarity with not only the process, but also the various appraisers and assessors. Most consultants have the credibility and experience of working with the local jurisdictions and generally, consultants are effective in achieving results for their clients in an efficient and professional manner. If you choose a consultant, make sure that consultant understands everything about your property, so when representation occurs, they are prepared for questions from the Assessors Office and Board of Equalization. The taxpayer and their representative will be more familiar with the property than the county. As a result, the additional information and knowledge should pay dividends if an appeal is warranted. Again, the review you perform on your 2013 valuation will have an impact for at least the next two years, so take the time to analyze your property valuations and if you believe your valuations are excessive, dont be afraid to appeal for an equitable and fair valuation.
Property Tax! It may be the largest tax your company pays. There are more than 80,000 different taxing jurisdictions in the U.S. How many are you familiar with? This year, most companies will overpay. Will you? What Can Taxpayers Do?
Pay attention to valuation notices received Remember Time to Appeal is Usually Short Go Online to Find Values Look at Market Transactions for Like Kind Properties Look at Market for Lease and Rental Rates File an Appeal if you Believe Value is Excessive Consult a Tax Professional Remember: If you wait until you receive your tax bill
Its generally too late!
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For Landlords
Property Managers
Communicate Your Standards
"I have hired a new Property Manager (PM) for some of my rentals
that are far from me and he has placed two residents in two rentals I have recently. He kept the deposit in the company and I paid him one month's rent to find the residents as usual. Problem is, both residents are deadbeats, they have not paid rents for the last two months they have been there, and they have not even transferred utilities in their name like they were supposed to. Now I have to evict them both and find new residents and re-do the houses again. My question is, should the PM be charging me again to find new residents? I think the PM failed in his job to find good and paying residents. What would you do?" Some landlords responded to the inquiry, but one response in particular is one I wanted to share that offered several excellent points when working with Property Managers (locally or long-distance). The following response was provided from one of our regular contributors to MrLandlord.com, and this contributor was also a prior workshop instructor at one of the MrLandlord.com National Conventions. Thanks, Katherine (TX)! I ran my properties in Missouri for about 5 years from Texas. Now I am in MO (local to the properties) but I still use a PM because I travel so much for business so I really still need one. When I first started out with a PM I was very clear about requirements for my rentals. I specified credit scores, income requirements, pet terms, criminal and credit checks, etc., etc., etc. I insisted on these things in our contract although I only had 2 rentals at the time. The first PM I had got fed up with me because I required too much time of hers (because she was not concerned about the quality of the person she was placing, she just wanted the fees and to be able to keep her crews busy cleaning and repairing other people's property to her advantage.) Needless to say we parted ways quickly. Now I have a PM who I've had for years. This brokerage gets all my business, on the transaction side and the management side, and they managed my apartment building for 2 years for FREE while I did major rehab work. And when I had totally negative cashflow, they put up with me for being very "hands-on" as far as resident selection. As a result my portfolio has grown nicely and the apartment now mostly carries itself. I now have 23 rentals instead of 2. So their percentage each month I'm rented up has increased nicely as I have grown my business. There are some good PMs on this board. But the best PM out there will never manage as tightly as an owner. Some do come close in fairness, but that is part of the business. Some PMs, like other service people, are great on the sales side, but less great on the service side, so they may make promises they don't keep. Only you know what sort you are dealing with, but to be very honest with you - I am not surprised about your outcome be-
From MR Landlord.com
A long-distance landlord recently asked a question on LandlordingAdvice.com regarding the expectations and performance of his property. Here was the question:
cause you did not set any boundaries about what was acceptable insofar as your standards. So what happens in a case like that is this: The PM places better renters in houses where the landlord requires better renters. You did not insist on certain standards but you are surprised when no standards were applied. Added to that might be that if you only have 1 or 2 rentals, you are not a top priority with the PM as someone who has 10 or 20 rentals. Basic economics there. Your 1-2 rentals requires as much management as 10-20, but the income your few rentals generate is much less than the guy with 20 rentals, and a vacancy at your rentals likewise affects his bottom line less than the vacancies with a bigger client. Ask me how I know :) I've been the little guy and I've become a bigger guy and so now I enjoy higher priority at my PM. That's going to be true anywhere, but in your case you have further placed yourself at a disadvantage by not requiring standards. If I were you, here's what I'd do: Go to your rentals and see them and talk in person to your PM. You may need a new PM, you may not. If I were you I'd find someone else though because this is going to be tough for your professional relationship to recover from. You think he did a bad job, but really you didn't require any standards, so there is plenty of blame to go around. If you do decide to stick with this guy, get your standards in a written agreement and have some sort of repercussion if an eviction occurs or if a resident gets behind, etc. in your updated agreement. If the PM balks at this, you must find a new PM. Be matter of fact but diplomatic. If I were you I'd say, "Well it looks like this didn't work out as well as we had hoped, I'm going to require some standards moving forward to avoid this happening in the future, and here is the list of requirements and the fail-safe mechanisms to help us work together and to keep the properties rented to responsible people", and then give him your list of policies and requirements. You'll need to pay for him to place additional residents if your contract doesn't say otherwise, but going forward you can have a remedy if this happens again after your standards are contractually in place via a signed agreement. If all this sounds too tough, then you might want to consider selling. You have to be willing to draw these kinds of lines when you have long-distance property. You have to be able to trust the PM, and never forget that the PM is in a position to steal from you in several different ways, including charging too much for repairs with their inhouse people or preferred vendors. You need a PM who respects your bottom line. Not all of them do.
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Home Buyers and Sellers Should Test
From the EPAs Home Buyers and Sellers Guide to Radon
You cannot see, smell, or taste radon. But it still may be a problem in your home. When you breathe air containing radon, you increase your risk of getting lung cancer. In fact, the Surgeon General of the United States has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today. If you smoke and your home has high radon levels, your risk of lung cancer is especially high. You Should Test for Radon Testing is the only way to find out your home's radon levels. EPA and the Surgeon General recommend testing all homes below the third floor for radon. You Can Fix a Radon Problem If you find that you have high radon levels, there are ways to fix a radon problem. Even very high levels can be reduced to acceptable levels. If You Are Selling a Home... EPA recommends that you test your home before putting it on the market and, if necessary, lower your radon levels. Save the test results and all information you have about steps that were taken to fix any problems. This could be a positive selling point. If You Are Buying a Home...
EPA recommends that you know what the indoor radon level is in any home you consider buying. Ask the seller for their radon test results. If the home has a radon-reduction system, ask the seller for information they have about the system. If the home has not yet been tested, you should have the housed tested.
If you are having a new home built, there are features that can be incorporated into your home during construction to reduce radon levels. The radon testing guidelines in this Guide have been developed specifically to deal with the time-sensitive nature of home purchases and sales, and the potential for radon device interference. These guidelines are slightly different from the guidelines in other EPA publications which provide radon testing and reduction information for non-real estate situations.
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Im not suggesting that becoming successful requires no work and that there are no struggles, but when I say that The Road to Success is Easy, Im suggesting that when someone has a plan and they follow it, that success is attainable to all, and it can be done in a relatively short period of time. Shaun McCloskey
The Road to Success
. . .Is Easy
Shaun McCloskey
When I hear someone say that success is easy, it always raises my BS sensors. It really concerns me when someone says this, but then I have to look at myself because I say this as well. The difference is, I really mean it. But in order for success to become easy, youre going to have to play a different game than most. Im not suggesting that becoming successful requires no work and that there are no struggles, but when I say that The Road to Success is Easy, Im suggesting that when someone has a plan and they follow it, that success is attainable to all, and it can be done in a relatively short period of time. We live in a world in which we idolize success and as a result we pursue it with all that we have. As a culture we have defined success as having a lot of money. We want it so badly that we look for shortcuts, well compromise our values, and well tear down things that are important to us in order to attain it. Well go into debt. Well buy things we dont need to impress people we dont care about. What we all really want is life. We want freedom. We want to be able to spend time doing and experiencing the things in life that provide the most fulfillment, however, most of us today have given up any hopes of this life in pursuit of the almighty dollar. What we teach at Lifeonaire is that if we will simply follow a plan, that success is easy. Its an easy road. What we have found is that the world around us is pursuing success every other way, that what makes pursuing the path to success difficult is that we have to go against the grain and do things differently than those around us. The path is easy, but getting to the the right path and living and doing things differently than others around us is the challenge. Its a challenge for a number of reasons:
The biggest reason it is a challenge is because we have few examples of people to follow. The masses are striving for success, seeking to make more and more money. Money is the primary focus of many peoples lives today, however, this seems to be the wrong path as evidenced by the results. How we define success may be different. Being successful at making a lot of money doesnt guarantee us that were going to live a great life. There is plenty of evidence around us that demonstrates this. Have you ever heard of or known someone that has a lot of money and is still miserable? Their goal in life is to make money, not to live life so they get exactly what they are pursuing.
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Shaun McCloskey & Jason Roberts relaxing on mission trip to Guatemala Lets be very honest for one moment. What does success mean to you? To me it means having the freedom to live the life that I want to live. To do what I want when I want. To be free to experience relationships with those closest to me. When I talk with others their definition of success tends to boil down to something similar. Take the time to imagine the life that you want, and now think of everyone that you know personally. How many people do you know who are living the life that you would like to live? If you are like everyone else I know, youre struggling to come up with names. Everyone is out there pursuing this life, however, very few people ever get there. This is evidence to me that the reason success seems difficult is because most people are on the wrong path. If they were on the right path, wed be able to come up with a list of names of people in our lives who are experiencing that ultimate freedom that everyone wants. At Lifeonaire, we show you how easy it is to achieve prosperity and success. It starts with getting on the right path, and then following a simple plan down that path. It also starts with setting the game up to win. Thats especially tough for most people today since their game is loaded up with a lot of obligations and no vision for what it is they really want. Getting on the right path means creating the vision for what you want your life to look and then establishing a plan to get from where you are to where you want to be. Sounds simple enough, however, the problem with most of America today is that even if they had a vision and a plan, most are so bogged down with existing obligations that they dont have the time to pursue their vision even if it is clear. Debt is one of the biggest obligations people have which hinder them from really living life. Most people mistakenly believe you cant run a legitimate real estate business without incurring debt, but Im here to tell you otherwise. Because of this, get prepared to learn new strategies that you can implement as well at MAREI at the Short Sale Wealth and Debt Free Investing Seminar this coming Saturday June 15th. Were going to pull back the curtain on what it means to design a business that has your life in mind first. Most people design their businesses with how much money theyll make, but were going to teach you the exact opposite of this. Well show you how to get on the right path, and then create a business that serves that path and purpose. And the best part? Well show you how to do that while being 100% debt free. I cant wait to share this with you and change your perspective forever. What youre going to learn absolutely changed my life just 4 years ago, and I cant wait for it to do the same with you. See you soon. Sean McCloskey
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See Saturday June 15th Seminar Afternoon Session: Debt Free Investing
Utilizing J oint Ventures To Build Your Real Estate Business Have you ever been told focus on your strengths, the money will come? Sounds great, but how much of your current business really focuses on ONLY your strengths? What if you could wake up every morning knowing that youre only going to do the things that youre the most passionate about? Do you think youd wake up differently that you wake up now? What if you could make more money by not doing the things that you are not totally pumped about, without costing any additional money to hire others? Join us at the Bonus Workshop at the Northland MAREI meeting to Learn:
Were going to show you how to build, run and manage you entire real estate business without using any debt whatsoever. As a matter of fact, if you have any debt whatsoever right now, were going to show you how to eliminate all of it once and for all! (even the debt you have on your rental properties!)
We will be showing you: The Four Distinct Stages of financial prosperity and why 99.9% of investors are building their business in a way that guarantees failure. How Shaun and his business partner eliminated a combined $5.5 million dollars worth of debt in just a few short years How to set your real estate business up to where you absolutely can not lose. (Sounds simple but most investors have setup the game to be very difficult to win. Were going to show you how to set the game to win because you not only know the rules, you also know the perfect strategy to win!) How (and when) to leave your job feeling 100% secure in your decision, knowing you can not fail. How to run your entire real estate business without ever borrowing a single dollar again. How to get unlimited access to money for your real estate deals without ever having to qualify at a bank.
How to start leveraging other peoples time and expertise to help you make more money that you ever thought possible. Four specific game changer Joint Venture strategies that Shaun has personally implemented in his own business. How to implement Joint Ventures in your own business and to get unlimited access to funds. How to create an entire real estate business in literally ONE HOUR PER WEEK using joint ventures!
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Regardless of whether you decide to pursue your education in short sales through me or elsewhere, if I could offer you a little bit of advice - make education a priority in your life. The way I see it, if you re not growing, you re dying. And I don t plan on dying anytime soon! D o you?
The TOP 9 Mistakes Investor s Make

Regarding Short Sales
Shaun McCloskey
MISTAKE #1 - Ineffective or Lack of Marketing
First things first, without marketing your phone is not ringing. Without your phone ringing you have no deals. Marketing is the single most important aspect of your business. A combination of your message as well as how it's delivered will be the difference between zero phone calls a day and 10 phone calls a day. Your marketing message should be consistent with what you're looking to accomplish. If you're message is not to actually help other people, you're in the wrong business. The key to getting people to respond to you is to give them all of the information they could ever ask for FIRST. The law of the universe states that in order to receive you must first give. Contrary to this, I look at most other investors marketing pieces and the message is completely different. The message is more along the lines of, what can I take from you? Understand that these people are going through some of the toughest times of their entire lives. What most people facing foreclosure really want is peace of mind. They want to know what their options are. They get 15,000 letters from other investors saying the same thing over and over again, We Buy Houses. Who cares? The homeowner doesn't care what you do. The homeowner only cares what you can do for them. So, our marketing messages very simple. We simply show homeowners what their options are and invite them to speak what us with a free consultation. In our consultation, well custom tailor a solution depending on their exact situation. We also give them a ray of hope in the sense that they actually do have options. Most of these people think they have only two options, either catch up on their back payments, or lose the house to foreclosure. And the reality is that they actually have many other options. By being willing to give first, we naturally get what we want: more short sale deals. Trust me, people call us every single day completely willing to sign over the deed to their house to us with us barely even asking. There's no reason I can't offer help to the ones that we may never make a dime on. The point is, they won't call you unless you're sending the right message. And it's certain that they won't call you if you don't even market to them in the first place. I'm not suggesting that you have to start with a multimillion dollar marketing campaign. Marketing can be as simple as putting up a few bandit signs per week at a cost of 99 cents per sign. Marketing can be as simple as knocking on a couple of doors, or making a couple of phone calls, or networking with real estate agents, or handing out business cards. (Or if youre really smart finding someone else to do all of this for you.) This stuff is not rocket science, but you need to make it consistent in your business. Both the message and the manner in which you present that message must be consistent. This is the very first, yet most important aspect of any facet of real estate, not just short sales. You skip out on this one, you will fail.
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Often times, I see investors go after deals, and call me as an absolute emergency at the 11th hour. They'll call me and say, Shaun, I need Going After Deals that Aren't Deals your help. I have a short sale deal here that's a hot deal, and we need So many new investors call me with deals that they want to work on to act fast, because the foreclosure sale date is in two days!!! with me. And usually after a series of only a couple questions, I can Don't waste your time. There are exceptions to the rule, but if there is very quickly determine whether or not the property is worth even going not at least 10 days to the foreclosure sale date, you're wasting your after by breaking the deal down into two categories, the Seller and the time. This varies from lender to lender but for right now think of 10 Property: days as a guideline. Seller Do you have an effective exit strategy?
MISTAKE #2 - Improperly Screening Seller Calls
It's great to go after properties and get huge discounts on loans, however, it doesn't do you any good to get that kind of a deal if you can't turn around and sell the property later. I often see new investors go after deals that are in complete and total war zones. Some of them Is the seller being cooperative with your ideas and suggestions, or have been very successful in negotiating large discounts on these deals. Here's the problem: who's going to buy that house later on? are they fighting you every step of the way? Don't get me wrong, I have bought a ton of properties in lower income Are these people that actually deserve your help? What do I mean neighborhoods, and you can make a lot of money in these types of here? Well, in order for people to deserve your help, they must be neighborhoods. But what I'm talking about here is the house that's in willing ready and able to assist you in helping them. It doesn't do any that TOTAL war zone area. If you are afraid to go into this neighborgood to try to convince anyone that you're their best option. Your job hood to go on the first appointment, how many buyers to you think are is to give them their options and then let them decide. If you ever find going to qualify for a mortgage in that type of a neighborhood as well yourself in front of a seller, and you feel like you're talking them into as actually want to live in that neighborhood? something, know that you are in front of the wrong seller. Does the house need a lot or repairs? Or is it perfect? Property - Is the house worthy of pursuing? Here's another one I see quite often. In newer investor comes to me Is the loan balance already significantly less than the house is worth? with the property that has a mortgage balance of $200,000. The Here's an example that I hear from new investors from time to time. A house is an absolutely perfect, pristine condition. Every single compaseller has a house that is in perfect condition. Theres a mortgage on rable property in the neighborhood has sold for $200,000. The houses the property in the amount of $100,000. The house, in its current con- in this neighborhood are also selling in less than 30 days because it's dition, and in our current marketplace, is worth $200,000. Is this prop- a highly desirable neighborhood to live in. In this situation, the investor erty worth pursuing as a short sale? The answer is no. The house calls me and based off of what he heard at a seminar or read in a can solve its own problem. There is already enough equity in the deal, book, he thinks that he should be able to offer 70% of the current value so a short sale is not needed. Why would a lender take a discount on and it will be accepted. 70% of $200,000 would suggest making an this property? They don't need to. The lender could foreclose on the offer on this property in the amount of $140,000. Why would the lendproperty, take it back into REO status, and then turn around and sell it er except an offer like this? later on and actually make money on the deal. Why would they disWhile it's true that it does cost money to foreclose, contrary to what count their mortgage to you? some other courses might teach you, it doesn't cost $60,000 to the Enough time left before the sale date? lender to foreclose. The lender would be better off to foreclose on the First and foremost, does the seller have a legitimate hardship? Are they not able to pay their mortgage payment because they truly can't? Or because they don't want to?
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property and then sell it later. This investor is not thinking in terms of making his deals a winwin-win situation. The only person that would be winning in this deal is the investor Not the bank. On the other hand, if this same house needed a complete gut rehab, you would have much more of a justification for coming in at a significantly lower price. repairs, wouldn't it be a good idea to provide repair estimates with your offer? If houses in this neighborhood are taking on average six months to sell, wouldn't it be a good idea to include proof of that in your offer (or counteroffer) as well? the property, take pictures of the property, and give his or her best evaluation as to what the property is worth in it as it is current condition. If you're not there to provide your opinion and/ or justification on these issues, you may as well not even try to do a short sale at all. This is where 90% of investors who try short sales fail right off the bat. There are tactful, legal, and ethical ways to influence a BPO agents decision as to the value of the property. Remember, not only do you need to justify your offer to the bank. The BPO agent is the person is telling the bank how much the property is worth. Wouldn't it be a good idea then to relay the same justification information that we talked about above to the BPO agent as well?
Think of it like when you were a little kid - remember this? When you're a kid, and you want something really badly, isn't it true that you try to convince your parents up all of the Are there any other weird things about the reasons why you should have this one particuhouse that would affect its value? lar thing? Isn't it true that you'll bug them over and over and over until they say yes? And Is there anything else that you can think of about the house that might affect its value? Or you'll continue to think of more and more reaat least its perceived value? There is a differ- sons why they should let you do or have this one particular thing? (Im sure you all know ence, you know. what Im talking about here) Is it also true For example, are there railroad tracks running that when you didnt want to do something that right through the backyard? Is the house on a your parents have asked you to do that you busy street where it's difficult to raise children? would kick and fight and scream and think of Are their airplanes flying 10 feet above the every single reason why you shouldn't have to house every six minutes because its only a do it? Didn't you come up with excuses as to quarter-mile away from an international airwhy it wasn't a good idea to do what they were port? Did there used to be beautiful green suggesting that you do? In a way, you're kind grass fields around the house when the home- of doing the same exact thing with the lender, owner bought it 10 years ago, but now there's only in not quite as immature of away. a Wal-Mart in the backyard? These are all The point is you must be able to justify your things that have a negative impact on either offer to the lender. value, or perceived value.
MISTAKE #5 - Fear of Negotiating with Loss Mitigator

When I first got in this business, I was scared of talking to the loss mitigation rep at the bank. I was scared because I felt like I didn't know enough to be able to talk the lingo required. While it's true that you do need to have a solid base of education to be able to have an intelligent conversation with a loss mitigation rep, they are just people too! Don't forget that. To negotiate most effectively, you will do 95% of your negotiations on paper before you ever even have to pick up the phone. So don't feel like you have to be some slick salesperson to speak effectively to loss mitigator. All short sale offers are required to be written offers, with specific paperwork, in a specific order. The justification for your offer
MISTAKE #3 - Not Giving Enough Justification for your Offer
Another huge mistake I see newer investors make is that they don't give enough justification as to why they're offering what they're offering. If the property is now parked directly in front of a Wal-Mart, that doesn't help you out MISTAKE #4 - Not Attending the BPO in any way unless the lender knows about it. If This is an absolutely critical part of the short the property needs a significant amount of sale process. The BPO agents job is to go to
Justify it with repair costs. Justify it with information about mold remediation. Do so with pictures of the Wal-Mart in the backyard. And remember, if you put yourself in the bank's shoes, would the justification that you're relaying to them be enough reason for you?
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should be written down and included in the offer letter. This means that the negotiations can be well thought out in advance since you can obviously take your time and really think about what you're going to say when it's in written format. There's no need to feel like you have to be the slick salesperson with a quick comeback for everything that a loss mitigator says to you. For those of you that hate pushy salespeople, don't worry, you don't need to be one to be effective in this business. Remember, when you're working with people who are facing foreclosure, many times these people are going through some of the toughest times of their entire lives. You can either focus on what you can take from them at this point, or you can focus on how you can make a difference. YOU have an opportunity to influence people's lives for the better. YOU have the power to literally bring families back together again. None of this can be accomplished by focusing on the money you stand to make. I chose to focus on short sales in the real estate industry because this is the one aspect of real estate were I feel that I can truly make a difference. What about Walgreens? Imagine someone blindfolding you and dropping you off right in the middle of Walgreens. Isnt it true that you could open your eyes and immediately know where you are? Why do they do business like this?
MISTAKE #6 - Not Keeping Constant Communications with the Homeowner and/or Making False Promises
Your seller needs to be informed of where youre at in the process throughout your negotiations. Without you keeping them informed, they will, without a doubt, lose trust in you. The entire short sale process is exactly that. It's a process. And processes take time. So during that time, your job is to keep the homeowner informed and well educated as to what to expect next. We do this in our initial conversation with the homeowner so there's no question about it later on. We also let them know that there may not be new information to relay to them each and every single day, so we inform them that well call them to provide an update on their property every Friday. This way, theyll always know exactly where they stand in the process. This does a couple things: First it lets the homeowner know that we will keep them informed on a regular basis. This builds trust. Second, it frees up the rest of our week to do other tasks, work on their deal, and go after new deals. This one small change we made in our business free up a con of our time throughout the week. Every Friday, we sit down and call each of the homeowners for just a few minutes and let them know where we're at. This sets the expectation upfront and frees up valuable time to be spent on other aspects of your business.
MISTAKE #7 - Focusing on Money Instead of Changing Lives

This is a lesson that I had to learn the hard way. You've heard of motivated sellers? Well, when I got started I was actually a motivated buyer. Many brand-new investors are the same exact way. This is very obvious to others and comes across in the way you speak to people, and in the way you negotiate. If you're doing this just for the money, you may succeed for a certain period of time, but the long run you will fail.
The answer is simple. These companies have a system. As simple as this sounds, its the difference between a successful business and one that never seems to get off the ground. Having a system in place is fundamental to any long term reward in any business. The way McDonalds sees it, why reinvent the wheel every time they build a new restaurant? Why If there's one thing that you take away from this not just come up with a template, duplicate it over and over again, and let the system take section, understand this: care of the rest? The reason that McDonalds When you give other people what they want became so successful selling franchises is not first, the money will come automatically. because they have the best burger in the world. Lets face it Im no cook and even I can make True wealth (Short Sale Wealth!) in real estate a better hamburger on the grill than I could get comes not only from money. It comes from the at McDonalds. They are successful because quality of the relationships of people that you they have a system. They have a tested systouch each and every day. And you will be tem, and that system works. able to sleep much better at night because of it. It makes sense, doesnt it? Why cant we do MISTAKE #8 Not having a system in the same thing with residential real estate, you place ask? The answer is now you can. Theres no sense in reinventing the wheel every time Let's face the facts of this business. The real the phone rings with a prospective seller. estate game can be one of the most fun businesses that individuals can get into. This busi- Theres no sense in changing what you do eveness is a little guys business. Have you ever ry time you put a property on the market for sale. You dont have to take time figuring out noticed that there are no publicly traded resiwhat paperwork goes where when you submit dential real estate investment companies out an offer to a lender. This can all be a part of a there? Theres a reason for this. system that operates virtually identically every Real estate investing is a business that Ive time. Big companies do this all the time. It seen individuals start with literally no money seems like very few real estate investors unand end up financially free within a few short derstand this though. Not only does this make years. This business is one that just about your life much easier, but it also makes training anyone with the will and determination to sucother people so much easier! Do you think the ceed can do. I met a gentleman recently that CEO of Walgreens trains the cash register opmakes over $500K per year consistently buying erator at their stores? Heck no! Walgreens residential real estate. Before he started this has a training system in place that shows the business he was a janitor at a high school. cash register operator exactly what to do and Theres no doubt that investing in real estate what not do to in almost any situation that could can be rewarding. This business can also be possibly present itself. the worst nightmare of your life if you arent set When you have a system, your business no up properly. longer controls your life. The next time you go to McDonalds, take notice of something. Isnt the fryer always on the When you have a system, your business no left hand side of the restaurant? Isnt the drive longer relies solely on you to continue to grow. You can grow with your business rather than thru always on the left also? Arent the bathrooms always in the rear right side of the build- have your business control your every move. I have friends that are very successful in the real ing? (Are you picturing this in your head right estate business, but I also have friends that are now?) miserable and dont understand why. When How about Sams Wholesale Club? Isnt the you have a system, you can assign tasks to entrance always on the right hand side of the others so that you can take time away from the building? Isnt there always someone there business and come back to have it operating checking to make sure you have your Sams much the same as it was before you left. And card with you? Isnt the electronics section the lets get to the good stuff when you have a very first thing you always see as you walk in system, you can do more deals with less effort! the front door and to the left is the customer This equates to a bigger bottom line. service department?
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SHORT SALE WEALTH SEMINAR

Dominate the Pre-Foreclosure Market With or Without Your Own Money or Credit HOW TO CAH IN on Short Sales with NO Negotiation NEVER PAY for Marketing Again Learn from LIVE SELLER CALLS Demystify DEAL EVALUATION Effective NEGOTIATION TACTICS that Work Business Management Mastery UNLIMITED Deal FUNDING PLUS Bonus Session
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MISTAKE #9 - Lack of Continuing Education
Let's be real here for a minute... you absolutely MUST be dedicated to continuing education regardless of what business you're in. Times change, people change, the real estate industry changes. I'm sure you know by now that if you're doing real estate the same way you were two years ago, you're going to have a very different result. Real estate, just like any other business, has cycles. You can make overwhelming sums of money in both an up market and a down market if you have the proper education. there's abundance of opportunity and less competition. The only way you can do accomplish this, however, is by being committed to your education. Think I'm kidding? In the past 12 months alone, I have spent over $26,000 on continuing education in real estate. This includes books, courses, CDs, and live seminars Ive attended. I have a complete library of courses on real estate, and I absolutely love it! I believe that spending this money on education is nothing more than an investment in myself and in my familys future.
with a big check interests me though. Changing lives interests me. Making a difference in the lives of other people interests me Regardless of whether you decide to pursue your education in short sales through me or elsewhere, if I could offer you a little bit of advice make education a priority in your life. The way I see it, if you're not growing, you're dying. And I don't plan on dying anytime soon! Do you? See you in June. . . . Shaun McCloskey
Not only that, but isn't it just FUN when you learn something new? Isnt it FUN to learn one Many new investors have come to me recently new idea that takes your business (and life) to a worried about the economy, and worried about whole new level? It's kind of ironic that I was what's going to happen in the real estate market the guy that absolutely hated school growing up. over the next 12 to 24 months. I couldn't be I think the reason I hated it so much is because more excited about real estate right now. The I was learning about so many things that I wastruth is, if you're well educated, you can actually n't necessarily interested in. Learning how to make more money in a down market because create win-win-win situations where I walk away
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Lean how to build, run and manage your entire real estate business without using any debt whatsoever. As a matter of fact, if you have any debt right now, you are going to learn how to eliminate all of it once and for all! (even the debt you have on your rental properties)
Heres what you will learn: Never pay for marketing again: How to generate all the pre-foreclosure leads youll ever needfor the low, low cost of ZERO dollars! Pre-foreclosure deal finding strategies: Learn how to find and pursue ONLY the best of the best short sale leads in your area. Deal evaluation demystified: Learn the 6 stratetegies to quickly find (and pick) the lowest hanging fruit that equates to the biggest possible paychecks. Approved! Other structuring tactics designed to virtually guarantee the biggest discounts and most approved short sale offers. Effective negotiation tactics that work: Learn specifically how to structure your negotiations to maximize the discount the lender is willing to accept. Bank secrets revealed: Discover the #1 secret to uncovering the lowest possible dollar amount that a lender will accept as a short sale payoff. (This secret alone is worth thousands of dollars in cash in your pocket). Sell that house FAST! Discover the brand enw house selling strategy that virtually GUARANTEES you to sell any house in any market in 7 days or less. Business Management Mastery: How to set your real estate business so that it runs on AUTOPILOT, allowing you to put cash in your pocket in your spare time. Unlimited deal funding: How to access all the cash youll ever need to fund your real estate deals.
Bonus Session Includes: The four distanced stages of financial prosperity and why 99.9% of investors are building their business in a way that guarantees failure. How Shaun and his business partner eliminated a combined $5.5 million dollars worth of debt in just a few short years. How to set your real estate business up to where you absolutely can not lose. (Sounds simple but most investors have setup the game to be very difficult to win. Were going to show you how to set the game to win because you not only know the rules, you also know the perfect strategy to win!) How (and when) to leave your job feeling 100% secure in your decision, knowing you can not fail. Think its not possible to run a 100% debt free real estate business if youre a landlord? Think again! Find out step by step how to build a 100% FREE AND CLEAR rental portfolio of 12 - 15 properties in less than one year (NO ONE is teaching this right now!) How to run your entire real estate business and never borrow a single dollar again. How to get unlimited access to money for your real estate deals without ever having to qualify at a bank.
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Shaun McCloskey has bought and sold hundreds of investment properties. He has turned the art of the short sale into a science that virtually anyone can do by creating a system that is foolproof. Using the Short Sale Wealth system, Shaun has helped thousands of homeowners and lenders avoid foreclosures. Everyone says they want to be a millionaire, but what they really want is LIFE! The American Dream says that more money equates to a better life, however, I know a number of people that have made millions of dollars and are also miserable. I know because I was one of them. I want to show you how to have both money and LIFE. Shaun is also teaching at the MAREI KC North Meeting on June 6th: Shaun McCloskey has bought and sold hundreds of investment properties. He has turned the art of the short sale into a science that virtually anyone can do by creating a system that is fool proof. And by combining the short sale strategies with his Joint Venture Techniques he can do more deals with less time and other peoples money. Join us on June 6th to find out how you too can do more with less using joint ventures. See more online at www.MAREInet.com/ KCNorth. Jason Roberts is Shauns #1 Star Student. He is coming on the 15th to teach with Shaun. He is also joining us at MAREIs KC South Meeting on June 11th. In 2010 Jason was dead broke. He had just lost his mortgage business, his cars had just been repossessed, and now he was going through foreclosure on his own home, then to chapter 7 Bankruptcy at the end of 2010. He turned it all around in 2011 earning $3.6 MILLION DOLLARS HOUSES. Weve all heard you can do real estate investing with no money and no credit and Jason is going to show you step by step exactly what he did to make it happen and how you can too. See more online at www.MAREInet.com/KCSouth Be sure to note we have special pricing to attend all 3 eventslisted below and posted online. Special Pricing Runs through the end of the evening on Thursday June 6th.
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Learning Your Market
I want to get into this real estate investing. Where should I start? This is a question that I often receive and while many factors should go into where you personally start like time and money, I quite often recommend getting your start in this business by learning how to wholesale properties. It does not take a bunch of money to wholesale a house and all the tasks needed in wholesaling should be learned in just about any other type of residential real estate investing. In last months investment news we had a broad overview of Wholesale Real Estate Investing, that is an essential component of any type of real estate investing. If you can master the art of finding deals, evaluating properties, solving problems for sellers, finding buyers, and selling the deal - the key steps in Wholesaling, then you are ready to take on most real estate transactions. Today we are going to talk about the first step in wholesaling, which is learning your market. When you first start investing in real estate, any type of real estate or move to a new city, you need to learn your market for two reasons. First you need to be able to identify a good deal and Second you need to know what buyers want so you can sell it to them.. First Steps? So where do you start in learning your market? We will break these down, but you need to do some market research on the market as a whole.. Select the area where you want to focus. Then get into more specific online research of property values and rental ranges. Last is going to look at houses. Market Research: When you are wholesaling houses you want to find a market where houses are bought and sold. If you focus on a subdivision where people want to live and no one ever moves,, if you get a deal there, you probably have a killer deal But because everyone loves where they live and you basically have to wait for someone to go to the retirement home to be able to buy a house, you might of wasting a lot of time and money trying to find a deal that would work for an investor because houses will be very easy to sell. On the other end of the spectrum is an area where no one wants to live. Here in Kansas City this might be an urban core area where there are a lot of vacant and boarded up homes, very few owner occupied properties and a high number of rental properties. The ideal area for wholesaling will be an area where there is a good mix of owners and renters, where houses sell to both landlords and homeowners.. You will find when wholesaling that the number one buyer of your homes is other investors and you will want to do a bit of market research on what other investors are buying. Here in our office we have investors who are looking for turn key rental properties and properties that can be turn key rentals, but in areas where people do what to live. We also see investors buying in areas that are a bit better than renal neighborhood where they have several options with the house from renting it out, offering it on lease option, to potentially selling it to an owner occupant. Our last buyer is the rehabber who is looking for a house that they can fix up, list on MLS and sell to an end buyer. Other things to consider would be the availability of jobs in the area. The quality of the schools in the area. Access to amenities and transportation. If any of these attributes are negative, you may want to focus on a bit better area. Selecting Your Farm Area: After researching the various areas in your city, next is to pick the areas you want to focus on first. You cant learn the entire city at once. By picking one area and learning in well, you will be better able to talk to buyers and sellers about properties. You can always learn one area, deploy your marketing and then add in a new farm area. Just what is a farm area? This is the area where you will focus your marketing and community outreach. You will be sowing your seeds so to speak to grow a potential deal and in real estate focusing your efforts on a specific area is called farming. Online Research: After researching your area and selecting your farm area. Spend some time researching the values of homes in the area. One good way is to ask a Realtor friend
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to set you up with an automatic search of mls (the realtor listing service) and have it send you every houses that gets listed, goes under contract and sells so over time you can learn values. You can also spend a lot of time on for sale by owner sites and Zillow.com to see what houses look like, what a typical houses is and what they are selling for and also average rents. As you are researching your farm area you will notice that most areas have three price zones: Low or Bank Owned Sales Prices Average Home Owner Prices All Renovated Updated Prices Looking at Houses: Now you have your area and know roughly where you want to market and the average values. Now you need to get out in the field and start looking a houses. You may hit open houses, go see for sale by owner houses, and possibly hire an agent to go show you houses for the day. And as you market for motivated sellers, as you are first getting started, you might want to go look at everything, just to get a feel for houses. So what are you looking at as you look at these houses? First you want to learn just what makes up a typical houses. What are the home styles. How many bedrooms and bathrooms do they have. Are they on crawl space or do they have basements. Hardwood floors or tile. Formica or Granite. When estimating repairs, you want to make your average house look as good or a bit better than all the other houses. And when you come across a weird duck, you want to know its an odd house. An odd house is not the typical cookie cutter house in your neighborhood. It may be that all the other houses have hardwood and the one you are looking at does not, you need to figure someone is going to have to put in hardwood floors. If all the other houses have basements and 2 car garages, and your subject house does not, well then its going to have to be a lot cheaper than all the other houses. Second you want to look at the neighborhood itself. Where are different things that could be potential selling points or detractors located. And over all just become familiar with an area so you can use it in building rapport with a seller. Knowing the school is just down the block or something similar on an initial phone call can be very helpful. See you in our next installment we will learn how to build a buyers list.
So depending on how you intend to sell your potential deal you have the blow it out, fixer upper value. The average homeowner price or if it is a rental market, the average rental home price. And last the value of homes that are renovated and selling retail to homeowners.
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At our monthly meetings we host guest speakers, panels and roundtable discussions with industry experts providing insightful and current information for attendees. MAREI meetings are an essential tool for building a comprehensive team for real estate professionals. MAREI works to keep its members up -to-date with the latest information on the real estate industry. MAREI has built relationships with members and the community at large who provide our members with information they need to be successful in todays world. We are the place to go for the information you need from the novice to the experienced Real Estate Investor. Monthly meetings are the best place to connect and build relationships with like -minded people and learn a thing or two along the way.
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June 6th Meeting: Joint Ventures: Learn how to grow your real estate business or any business for that matter
with Joint Ventures from our guest speaker Shaun McCloskey. Plus networking 6 to 6:50
June 8th Workshop: Title Services from ordering title to closing the transaction, learn the process from start to
finish with the team from Accurate Title. 8:30 to Noon
June 11th Meeting: Flipping Short Sales: Guest Jason Roberts went from broke mortgage lender in 2010 to
earning millions in 2011 by flipping short sales . Plus Networking from 6 to 6:50
June 15th Seminar: Short Sale Wealth Seminar. Learn how to profit from PreForeclosures. Plus bonus session on Debt Free Investing. Guest Trainers Shaun McCloskey and Jason Roberts. All Day.
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