Commercial Real Estate Investment Articles

I still consider myself a “newbie” in the real estate investing world. I often hear the “gurus” say to find a technique and perfect it before moving on to a new one; that will keep you from trying to do too many things at once. It seems like the deals that come my way, though, each require a different approach.

I remember the night I first found CRE Online. I stayed up until 5:00 am reading all the how-to articles, money-making ideas, and success stories. I was totally blown away with all of the free information available! I knew that one day I would be successful and submit a success story of my own! Well my dream finally came true

Four years ago I, like so many others, FINALLY broke down and bought the Carleton Sheets course. After being exposed to the numbers involved in real estate investing, I knew that if there was one field to make big money working for yourself, real estate was it.

We purchased a 5-bedroom/2.5-bath house for $87,000. We spent $6,000 in rehab (interior paint, all new floor coverings, misc cleaning and yard work), and put the house on the market for $119,900. Similar houses in this plat are selling in the $130,000 – $150,000 range, and we put this one on the market at a price to sell quickly. In three days, we had a full price offer, and the deal with the buyer closed today.

The broker’s assessment of their value was $60K and $110K respectively. The asking price had just been reduced from $165K to $155K. I thought a deal could be had (since it had been on the market for five months and one was vacant), so I offered $122K.

I am not a big fan of so-called creative financing only because it requires so much work and a lot of risk. However, creative financing can work, though I have never done a “no money down” deal.

I am a 25-year-old school teacher in the sunny state of Florida. I always have my hands in something that generates profits on the side. I play a lot of tennis, and thank God, because one night I was in the club house chatting with someone who really knew how to make a living in this creative real estate stuff.

I just wanted to offer thanks for the information available on this website and tell you about the two real estate investments I’ve made in the last month that made me $30,000 with no money down! I found the CRE Online website about five weeks ago and read all of the How-to Articles in that afternoon.

Just sold my first investment property for $37,000 net profit. Man, I’m fired up about this business. Here’s how it went down

On a Thursday, I looked in the paper under “investment property.” The ad read: “Great income potential, 3-4 family apartment $18,500, needs work.” So I called the number and went to look at it. The apartment did need some work. I went home, punched some numbers, and saw that I could make a lot of money on the rentals (two 2 bedrooms and one 1 bedroom).

This past May, I purchased Deals on Wheels from this site. When it arrived I read it all at once. After reading the book, I decided to refinance two of my rental condos and use the cash to buy some mobile homes.

I’m a part-time real estate investor. I frequently read the success stories on CRE Online to gain knowledge and for the motivation it provides to me.

After reading posts on CRE Online and after finding motivated sellers then screwing up the deal, I have finally met with some success. After about a year of looking and trying, I landed three deals in three weeks. Here are the deals, the specs, and the current situation:

This is a real estate investing success story form a part-time “oldie” who finally found that little diamond in the rough. The opportunity came from my involvement in tax lien certificates.

A few months ago, I purchased Ron Legrand’s, Quick-Turn, Fast-Cash Real Estate, course from this site. I studied it, then tried to apply it. After a short time, I gave up. It wasn’t until about a month ago that I gave it another try. This time, I struck gold (literally and figuratively). I completed my first lease option deal. Here are the terms…

I have owned rental property for twelve years now. Just collecting rents and doing what “investors” have done forever: Letting my tenants pay my mortgages and build my equity.

After seeing a recent post on the Main Real Estate Forum, I thought it may be nice to share what I have been able to accomplish as a new investor working the real estate investing arena part time while holding a full-time job in the military. The six deals I will outline all took place in a 58-day span working part-time hours.

Many people say that you can’t make a dollar on every deal, but my very first deal proves them wrong. I was a new real estate investor with nothing but ambition when I found this beautiful new home in an affluent suburb of my county. The home was built by a local builder who was unable to sell the home and the bank foreclosed.

This success story has a few beginning points. This whole process makes more sense when you know what those points are

Marilyn and I just closed another mobile home deal. We found a “don’t-wanter” 1991 16 x 80 Gateway. After having two family members die during the time the lady owned it, she was ready to sell the memories.

I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico knowing no one and nothing about the real estate market. I also knew little to nothing about creative real estate investing, although I had purchased a couple rental properties the traditional way in the past. You know, large down payment, pay market price and wait for it to appreciate.

or seventeen years, I was a “company man.” But with each passing year, I was becoming more disillusioned with the corporate lifestyle. After watching many friends and family members lose jobs due to plant closings and “right-sizing,” I decided that NOW was the time to take control of my future BEFORE someone else took care of it for me.

On January 1, 2000 I called on a mobile home listed in the paper for $6,500. During our conversation, I learned that they had just moved back home to Louisiana and the home was vacant. He informed me that the home would be able to remain in the park.

Please accept a heartfelt “thank you” for this awesome site. I sincerely believe it is the extra encouraging push I sorely needed to do my first deal. I first became interested in creative real estate investing a little over a year ago when I ordered the Carleton Sheets course.

This story is not just about a great deal, but rather an attempt to help you realize one of many ways by which your dream of may be achieved. To those of you who are acquainted with what I have been doing since 1995 let me say this: Thank You. You’ve been a great support system. To those I haven’t met yet or who are just beginning down the road to financial freedom and do not know what I’ve been doing, this story is for you.