Commercial Real Estate Investment Articles

I was laid off last year from my corporate job of nine years. After a slow start, I found a good mentor program and started getting deals. I was excited to see that I was able to get deals signed up and cash flowing when I’d had so many people telling me this wasn’t possible.

After attending my first Creative Real Estate Online Convention in March 2002, I came home with three programs in hand ready to start my investing career.

I have been doing “Lonnie Deals” now for 4 1/2 months. I remember reading in one of Lonnie Scruggs’ books [Deals on Wheels and Making Money with Mobile Homes] about how he and his wife did a deal over Christmas one year. I had a similar experience.

My husband and I have studied real estate investing for over five years. We have looked at or owned virtually every real estate investment course known to man. Some were good, some were a waste of money. We have worked with a mentor, and he was quite helpful (and still is when we have a question!)

In June 2004 finally sick of the working class existence and an extended layoff in the construction industry. I wanted to find a way out of the rat race. After a lot of research, reading all the information from Lonnie Scruggs and Ernest Tew I could get my hands on, and along with hours of pouring over the Mobile Home Discussion Forum, I went for it.

INCREDIBLE! I’m still amazed…I purchased the Carleton Sheets course five years ago, but then got shipped overseas. I just got back to the good ol’ USA in September 2002. I finally started my real estate investing on October 13th.

Jean Vermillion & Gail Patten are equal partners in VAP, LLC. We started investing in real estate in 2002 by purchasing five single-family homes from one seller all at once with seller financing for the down payment. We went to a bank for a regular loan.

My husband and I have studied real estate investing for over five years. We have looked at or owned virtually every real estate investment course known to man. Some were good, some were a waste of money. We have worked with a mentor, and he was quite helpful (and still is when we have a question!

I just wanted to tell you about the deal that I got yesterday. A motivated seller has a house in great area in my community.

This letter is long overdue. However, it’s partly your fault for providing such an excellent workshop on creative financing [How to Get Lenders Fighting to Give You Money]

First of all I would like to say “thank you” for such a great site to share and gather information on such a great business.

Although I have dropped by the CRE Online website every now and then, I have never submitted anything. I am a fence-sitter who has enjoyed some success at real estate investing and also got a little big headed and suffered through a couple of deals that proved to be less than profitable.

I am a high school English teacher whose wife wants to quit work when we have kids. Being that I have summers off, I decided to look into investing in something. I can’t remember how I heard about it, but after buying and reading Deals on Wheels, I knew that I would be investing in mobile homes.

I’ve been reading and learning all I can on this site. After making the decision six months ago to start investing in real estate, I just closed my first deal that netted $13k. I’m thrilled to say the least! CRE Online has been an excellent source of information and has helped me become more creative in my thinking and putting together deals.

I have been coming to CRE Online for over two years. I have read books, talked to people, partnered with people, and until this past Friday, I have never done a deal. I was the ultimate procrastinator. Well here it is, and if you think you have seen all the reasons a person can be motivated, then read on because I still cannot believe it.

First of all I would like to say “thank you” for such a great site to share and gather information on such a great business.

This success story is long overdue and with the help I have got from CRE Online, I hope my story can encourage people in their own journey.

I started educating myself about real estate investing in mid-2000, almost entirely by studying CRE Online. I created a Sub-S corporation in June 2001 and started marketing in the local paper with “We Buy Houses” ads in July. Had a lot of calls and finally settled on two deals.

I was a recently laid off tech worker with over 10 years experience in the field. Even when I had a cushy, high-paying job, I never felt I had job security and hated relying on others for a paycheck.

A few visitors of Creative Real Estate Online asked me to share this story with you. They think it should be put on the success stories. Please feel free to do so. I would love to share it with everyone. Thanks for this wonderful site.

Picture this: A new investor with $15K college savings for kids learns about buying a second as the way to get a foreclosed property. He finds a vacant foreclosed property with a second note, takes kids’ college money (First kid going to college within a year. No problem; I’ll be in and out in 3 months), and buys the second.

Just like everyone else it seems, I read Deals on Wheels by Lonnie Scruggs and decided to give it a try. This, of course, was after going back and forth with the idea, going to look at some homes, and thinking, “I just can’t believe how some people can live.”

In June 2001, I had contracted to buy a duplex in a low-income area of town for $100,000 as one of two replacement properties in a 1031 Starker Exchange. After further personal examination of the property’s condition, I consulted with my agent, Jerry, to apprise him of what I’d found. He then “officially” advised me to get out of the deal.

I just wanted to write and thank Lonnie Scruggs and CRE Online for helping me get started. First, I want to say that I’m one of the biggest skeptics you’ll ever meet. But after ordering and going through Lonnie’s material, I did my first deal!

I bought Deals on Wheels back in early part of 2002. I did research by driving the speed bumps in mobile home parks in my area for a couple months. We finally realized we needed to just quit talking and do something.