Bryan Wittenmyer
Bryan Wittenmyer has been investing in real estate for the past 15 years. He's not the new kid on the block. In the past five years he has written extensively in the real estate field. His articles have appeared in Creative Real Estate Magazine and the Real Estate Entrepreneur. Bryan served on the board of directors of the Real Estate Investment Association of Berk's County for 3 years. Although Bryan hasn't attended formal university studies, he keeps himself educated reading a plethora of books, newsletter, journals, and listening to hundreds of audio tape lectures. He jokingly considers himself to be an information junkie. You can also benefit from his years of practical business experience, having managed several income stream businesses, ranging from automobile debt instruments to appliance paper. He also has bought numerous real estate debt instruments - he knows the income stream business.
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Why Low End Houses Make the Ideal Cash Flow Vehicle
June 18, 2020
The principles of creating a long-term, on-going cash flow can be applied to most kinds of real estate investments. Mobile home lots, apartments, garage/storage units, and houses all make excellent income producing assets. Houses, in particular, low-end houses, make an excellent vehicle for creating long-term profit-streams for a multitude of reasons. First, houses are abundant. …
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Tips For Developing Real Estate Technician Skills
June 18, 2020
If you’re a serious real estate investor, one of the best things you can do is work towards becoming knowledgeable in what we call Real Estate Technician skills. To review, a real estate technician is someone who understands the legal documents and flow of paperwork that accompanies a real estate transfer, or more technically, a …
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The Salesman Who Doesn’t Believe in His Product
June 18, 2020
Many years ago I worked for one of those large national real estate brokerage firms selling real estate. This was not my introduction to the real estate business, since I had been investing in buildings and property since 1984. My trainer was an older but highly successful real estate agent. One of the things he …
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The Hidden Secrets of a Real Estate Technician
June 18, 2020
If you wanted to learn how to prepare a deed, perform a title search, draft a strong option contract, or understand how to fix a bad title, where would you go? It’s hard to answer, because, frankly, this information is tightly controlled by title companies and lawyers. Go into any bookstore and try to find …
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The 3 Easiest Ways to Make Money In Real Estate
June 18, 2020
I once asked my handyman what was the easiest money he had ever made in his life. His answer was that although he had been in many small businesses and had done countless handyman/contracting jobs over the years, the easiest money he made was in roofing. He explained how that roofing work is higher risk …
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Recycle the Real Estate Oink
June 18, 2020
The grandparents from my mother’s side of the family had been in the butchering business for over fifty years. As a kid I visited their butcher house with great curiousity. The amazing thing they showed me was how virtually every part of the animal gets processed into some salable product. There’s a saying in the …
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Myths and Realities of Low Income Housing
June 18, 2020
Before I explain what I believe are myths about lower-income housing let me first clarify a few important points. First, low-income landlording, or even regular middle-income landlording is not for everyone. I’m not one of these guys who says everyone should be a professional landlord. A good portion of the population just isn’t cut out …
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Creative Real Estate Money Making Opportunities
June 18, 2020
If you have read my articles in the past, you know I am 100% sold on buying and keeping properties as a business, also known as professional landlording. I won’t go over all of the benefits of landlording that have been thoroughly reviewed by others, but I will just say, we landlords don’t know how …
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Creating Long Term Income
June 18, 2020
Landlording has become a negative word these days in many chatrooms and investment circles. It seems that landlords are often viewed as dingbats, who enjoy getting abused by tenants for a few lousy bucks at the end of the month. Frankly, I’ve met a few of the above and probably have fit that description on …
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Creating Additional Income From Real Estate
June 18, 2020
The beauty of real estate as a field and industry is that there are so many different way to make a living from it. The rental business is a great foundational platform to launch other ancillary services and profit centers. Your existing housing business (rentals) make an excellent platform from which to launch a parallel …