4th Type of Person Most Likely to Be a Private Lender

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In a previous article, I discussed the . . .

3 Types of People Most Likely to Invest with You

1) People that know and trust you

These are your long term relationships . . . friends, family, etc.

2) People that know a good deal when they see one

Could be anyone whose profession is related to the real estate industry . . . real estate agents, mortgage brokers, home inspectors, appraisers, etc.

3) People that know people who have given you private money

This one is pretty simple . . . referrals. This is your best source once you get people in your program that have benefited from being a private lender.

For more info, read the full article, 3 Types of People Most Likely to Invest with You.

And now for the . . .

4th Type of Person Most Likely to Give You Private Money

When I started combing through my list of private lenders that I’ve cultivated over the years, I started to see another pattern. Another type of individual that’s a good prospect for becoming a private lender.

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How to Get Private Money for Your Real Estate Deals

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I get more questions about financing deals in today’s market than anything else. And specifically about getting private money . . .

Here are a some of the private money questions that I’ve received lately:

“Can you show me some of the paperwork from a sample loan?”

“If you have collateralized a property with an investor and you sell it, do you have to pay off the investor at that point? Can you hold the funds for a certain time period to try to get more property to assign as collateral?”

“Can you suggest where to find some legit private money lenders? The ones I’ve contacted wanted $250.00 non refundable just to present the project with no guarantee of getting the funds . . .”

“What do you advise are the best avenues to solicit private money?”

“Can I use your information to apply to investors that I need to invest in apartment buildings with me?”

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Tags: Financing, private lending, Private Money, private money resources, real estate investment financing
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3 Types of People Most Likely to Invest with You

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Due to the results of the most recent poll on the blog, I wanted to write a quick post on financing strategies.

In today’s market, it seems like every investor is searching for creative financing solutions. Most traditional means and methods that investors have used to close deals have all but disappeared. Which leads us to a question that I am hearing more and more . . .

“What’s the best financing strategy to take advantage of the HUGE opportunity in today’s real estate market?”

If you were following along on the blog about a month ago, you know that we are big proponents to the power of using private investors. We did an entire video series on how to get private money. Below is a breakdown on who you should approach to become one of your private lenders.

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Tags: creative financing, creative real estate investing, Private Lender, private lending, Private Money, real estate financing strategies, real estate investment financing
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