Josh Cantwell
Josh Cantwell has been actively investing in real estate, partnering in hundreds of deals, since 2003. His meteoric success led him to share his real world knowledge with thousands as co-founder of Strategic Real Estate Coach. His unique business approach has allowed him to create work/life balance, allowing him time to focus on what's most important - his wife Lisa Marie and 6-month old daughter Giuliana. A recognized short sale and business building expert, Josh has authored three widely popular, and highly downloaded ebooks: "The Short Sale Manifesto," The Short Sale Manifesto 2.0," and "The Referral Renaissance." He has also authored two courses: "The Short Sale Success Blueprint," and "The Short Sale Referral Magnet." He also manages coaching programs with over 3000 students across the U.S., Canada, The UK and Australia.
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Real Estate Investing – What Is A Letter Of Intent?
What exactly is a Letter of Intent? Well according to Wikipedia, it can be defined as is a document outlining an agreement between two or more parties before the agreement is finalized. The Letter of Intent or (LOI) is typically used to define a offer from a real estate investor to a seller/home owner, it could also be sent from the investor to real estate broker agent/broker. Most of the times it is used to open communications and express your interest in an investment property or business opportunity.An LOI can come in many different forms. But they will all contain…
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Private Lending – Tax Free Wealth & Self Directed IRA’s
My First Private LenderOnce upon a time, I was an inexperienced real estate investor. The first private lender I ever got was my brother’s mother-in-law. I had no job, $15k in credit card debt and ZERO EXPERIENCE. The first note (non-IRA) I ever did was in Spring of 2004. It was a 5 year note for $60k with 18% interest paid annually. I got lucky because I had a family member who trusted me even though I had almost no experience.If you don’t think you would be so lucky as to get a family member to hand over some cash…
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Fix & Flip – 7 Things To Do Before Closing
Nothing sucks up money and eats into profits like a house sitting vacant so it’s an enormous mistake to buy a house and then have it sit for days, weeks, months before the repairs and work gets done. Trust me, I’ve made this mistake before and all of a sudden I’ve spent $1500 just on interest payments.DON’T make this mistake. Get prepared to flip your property fast using the “7 Steps to Prep for a Fast Fix and Flip.”So lets first assume you’ve found a bunch of good deals and you’ve made offers on several properties. Next an offer is…
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Drive Buyer Leads Using Facebook Ad Campaign Plan
Some of you might be reading this post and thinking, “Facebook advertising? For real estate?” and not really see how it’s relevant to you and your career.That is understandable and I am here to explain. Think of your Facebook ad as a virtual bandit sign – one that you might place around your neighborhood near freeway exits, but with one MAJOR benefit. You only pay when the ad WORKS.DO YOU WATCH THE COMMERCIALS?Question for you – do you watch live TV or do you wait until it’s recorded so you can watch it at your own convenience and fast forward…
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Buying HUD Properties
Buying HUD properties is a simple, fast way to make consistent profits – quickly putting thousands of dollars in your pocket over and over again. Before we find out some of the tips to working with HUD properties, let’s define what a HUD property is.What Is A HUD Property?A HUD property is one that used to have an FHA mortgage, but the homeowner was in default and was foreclosed on. The government owns the home (they insured the mortgage), so the seller is HUD. HUD’s process for liquidating their inventory of foreclosed homes is to list all homes at or…
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7 Tips To Finding Off-Market Properties
The game has changed – once again – and the competition is huge. In order to stay ahead of your competitors and keep on top of your market, you have needed to have a comprehensive package and automated business set up for yourself.You have to have a competitive edge – so what does this mean? You need to look elsewhere for the deals than just the MLS or Trulia. It’s time to start looking off-market.What Are Off-Market, Vacant Properties?Off-market properties are not actively marketed online or within the MLS. They can also be in pre-foreclosure and not yet advertised publicly,…
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7 Steps To Searching For Comps
Today I wanted to talk to you about an important piece of the real estate investing puzzle that a few of our students and subscribers have had questions about – Comparative Market Analysis. You can use these when finding new deals to see if they are in a good area and will sell quickly and for your asking price AND you can use them to figure out what to list your newly rehabbed property at.My brother Mark is not a real estate agent and he has been very successful in this industry, so I will be sharing with you how…
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7 (Free) Ways To Find Killer Real Estate Deals Offline
As a serious, full-time real estate investor, you need to constantly have your feelers out for new methods to find good real estate deals. I can almost guarantee that you won’t be able to find a sufficient amount of deals just by looking on Zillow.com and your local MLS.There are a ton of different ONLINE methods you can use, but what about the OFFLINE? I am going to share with you seven methods that I use myself to find hidden deals and stay ahead of my competition.7 (Free) Ways To Find Killer Real Estate Deals Offline1. Buyers AgentsOne great free,…
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6 Free Methods For Finding Off Market Deals
In this competitive real estate investing market, I know no one is going to turn down some FREE methods to help them find deals, so I’m going to continue with my previous topic on creative ways to find leads and deals for your real estate invsting business.Previously, I shared 7 Tips To Finding Off-Market Properties to help find deals and I’m now giving you 6 more very easy, practicle and proven methods for finding great investment deals.6 FREE OFFLINE TIPS FOR FINDING OFF-MARKET PROPERTIES1. AttorneysProbate, General Practice, Real Estate and Divorce attorneys all have clients who are going through divorce,…
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5 Strategies To Build Your Investor Buyer’s List
So you found a steal of a deal property and got it under contract, so now what? If this isn’t your first real estate rodeo, then you probably have a solid buyer’s list put together, but what if you don’t?It’s time to put in a little extra work and get one together so you can get your property unloaded quickly and painlessly. Whether you plan to rehab or wholesale, you’ll need to build a buyers list. Your buyers list will be made up of the investors to whom you’ll sell properties.If you are serious about becoming a real estate investor,…
