Whether you’ve never raised private money before or do it regularly, you can structure that money as a loan (debt) or by giving the investor ownership in your deal (equity). Today, we are going to talk about when to use debt versus equity when you’re raising private money to fund your real estate deal. So,... Continue Reading →
How to Use Notes to Get Better Real Estate Deals
The road to me discovering notes wasn’t always easy to navigate. In some ways, it was a long and arduous path. A lot of it had to do with it taking so long for me to find them! Over the years, on my path toward the institutional note business where I work today, I saw... Continue Reading →
How I Find Private Money Lenders to 100% Fund My Deals (& How You Can, Too)
The #2 question I typically get from people I meet is this: “Dude, where do you get the money to do your deals?” I mean, their initial thought is that I have hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting around, waiting to be used on deals I get. I don’t have that kind of money sitting... Continue Reading →
4 Non-Hard Money Sources to Raise Capital Fast
It’s a common fallacy that you need large amounts of money to get started in real estate. Sure, if you’re doing bigger deals, you need larger sums of cash, but buying real estate with no skin in the game is a fairly common real estate investment structure. For years, that’s what the big billionaire developers did. Be that... Continue Reading →
How to Obtain Seller Financing in Real Estate
What is Seller Financing? Seller financing is a type of arrangement between a homebuyer and seller where the buyer purchases the property in installments—usually including principal and interest—until the property is paid off in full. Unlike a traditional mortgage, however, seller financing is often short-term in nature. The transaction is usually completed in, say, five... Continue Reading →