David Hamilton
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7-Step Lease Option Refinance Strategy
June 10, 2016
Unlike many strategies out there, my 7-Step Lease Option Refinance Strategy achieves what is my biggest investing priority: preserving my capital and minimizing my risks! There are lots of ways to use lease options as a refinance investment strategy for homeowners in need, but most of them do not sufficiently focus on mitigating risks. But …
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Time To Buy Rental Real Estate?
May 09, 2016
Trying to crystal ball where the North American real estate markets are heading is like trying to predict where currencies will be on an hourly basis. It’s extremely difficult if not impossible to pinpoint when is the best moment to jump into an investing market, niche or area. What does all this mean to the small …
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When Your Real Estate Investments Explode
April 22, 2015
No one enters into real estate investing with the hope of losing money. One of the main reasons we get into real estate is to make money, sometimes a little and sometimes a lot. But do you notice how little information is available about what happens when your real estate investments don’t work out? The …
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This Simple Lease Option Fix Will Save You A Ton Of Trouble
April 10, 2015
In the early hurly burly days of lease option rent to own and refinancing – sometime back in the 2000s – managing clients in need, the lease option contracts, and generally all the many moving parts seemed to many of us like the rootin’ tootin’ wild west. There were so many overnight companies springing up …
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Top Ten U.S. States For Foreclosures
March 30, 2015
Mortgage figures are in for January 2015 and although the overall U.S. economy is picking up, the number of mortgages in arrears and foreclosure is still remarkable. While this is certainly tragic for the homeowners facing foreclosure, it is also a wonderful opportunity for real estate investors. The numbers do show us a few things. …
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Mortgage Foreclosures = Investment Opportunities
March 24, 2015
The number of mortgage foreclosures can provide insights into the general economy and real estate markets. While this is obviously bad news for some homeowners, this is also good news for real estate investors because those of us who look for below market opportunities need a large pool of potential properties. But, like unemployment, there …
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The Sandwich Lease Option
October 13, 2014
The Sandwich Lease Option is another lease option strategy that some real estate investors have had success with. However, there are more risks here than a straight lease option refinance so it may not be an appropriate strategy for a novice investor. Still, if you’re having trouble coming up with investment funds or perhaps if …
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Going Through The Motions
September 12, 2014
The expression “going through the motions” epitomizes the way we sometimes think about our jobs, our relationships – in fact, our whole lives. We get trained like monkeys to do things certain ways until we reach the point where we can do them without thinking. This is great efficiency, but what does it do to …
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Investing In Rent To Own Condos
September 05, 2014
Putting a rent to own deal together is not easy. There are a lot of moving parts and with that comes a higher risk of something going wrong. A rent to own lease option is typically used to put someone into a home for which they do not have a sufficient down payment – or …
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Top 5 Ethical Lease Option Investing Tips
August 25, 2014
What does ethical lease option investing mean? Basically, a tenant – either a current homeowner looking for a mortgage solution through lease option refinancing, or someone who wants to purchase a home but does not sufficient down payment funds – signs a lease option contract stipulating that, for a fee, they will retain the first …