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How a Reality Check Made Me Over $100,000

Monday, June 29th, 2009

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Reality Check Real EstateIn today’s post, Julie Broad of RevNYou tells us how a reality check has made her over $100,000 . . .

The best real estate investors can spot opportunities where others just see problems. They can see past bad décor and overgrown yards. They see trends emerging and can get ahead of them to make money before most people realize the trend is here.

Sometimes experienced real estate investors miss really obvious opportunities.

I know, because I almost missed out on a deal that’s made us $100,000 and counting!

I’m talking about a little house that looked more like a tool shed than a dwelling. It’s just a 600 square foot wood structure that sits on a concrete slab – there’s no basement and no garage.

When my husband took me to see the property, I had visions of constant repairs and never-ending tenant troubles. I really couldn’t imagine living there and figured it was a waste of time to even think about buying it.

But my husband told me to do a reality check – because there were a lot of reasons to like the deal. That area, and specifically within a block of this property, is being totally redeveloped with mixed use properties. We were going to be able to pick the property up without using any of our money, and it was one of the cheapest properties we’d ever seen listed in the City.

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How to Find the 6 Hidden Real Estate Bargains

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

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Real Estate Investing BargainsIn today’s post, Julie Broad of RevNYou is going to discuss how to find the hidden deals that you may otherwise be overlooking . . .

The next time you’re looking up at the clouds in the sky ask someone around you what shapes they think they see. I’m pretty sure they will see something different from what you see. But, once they explain why they think the clouds have formed a shape like a little bunny rabbit or a cup of steaming hot coffee, I bet you will be able to see it too.

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend”, said Henri Bergson, a French philosopher. The same can be said for finding hidden bargains in real estate. While many would-be real estate investors spend a lot of time chasing foreclosures or wholesale deals, the easiest deals may be passing them by because they aren’t watching for the hidden deals – the hidden deals that become so obvious when your mind is prepared to see them.

I’m not saying you can’t find great foreclosure deals or good wholesale deals. One of our best purchases was a foreclosure – but we didn’t set out to find a foreclosure – we were just looking for a good deal.

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    Patrick grew up in Lexington, South Carolina. Went to Clemson University for several years studying civil engineering and wound up doing real estate investing in Charleston, SC.
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