Jump To Last Impression

The second jump is the last chance for the medal contender to make up for lost time by getting some distance or by throwing down a serious trick for some added points. Having a good knowledge of the race you have ran so far and how well you landed your first trick will help you.

Your Rehab needs to give people a reason to STOP the car. I used to think that outside landscaping did not sell a house. Boy was I wrong. If people don’t like the outside you will never get them in the inside. Now don’t overdue it! Again look around the neighborhood. You only need to be the same or a little better than you neighbor. I make up for this by doing little or nothing in the back yard. If they like the front yard and they like the inside they can do their own work to the back yard. You have to know when to throw down a serious trick and when to just go for the speed. This is a serious judgment call that can not be overlooked.

You don’t have a second chance to make a first impression. As a real estate investor you have to look at homes the way buyers do. Buyers are looking for the best home, for the lowest price in an area they are happy with. Although you may not think that you are in competition with homes in other areas you are wrong. Buyers are thinking am I willing to drive an extra 15 minutes to work if I can have double the size home? Or would we rather be in the city and have a smaller home but no commute. In being successful you need to look at what buyers are looking for in a home. Simply, you need to be the nicest home with the lowest price in your area and the home will sell. Homes sell every day and your home will sell if it is the lowest home and in the best condition.

Point Your Ski Tips Down!

Continuing on our Olympics of Real Estate Investing, Judges look for you to always have your ski tips pointed down. Why? It is less about the form as it is showing the quality of the technique and also the courage to take on controlled risks. This creates a lot of speed that has to be controlled. We watched several of the U.S. Free Style contenders go out of control last week and not get a score. Don’t let the speed increase more than you can handle.

As a real estate investor this means not to take on more than you are able to handle. I am really, really good at homes under $150,000 in a certain area of town. Really good. Any time I go out of that area I get an education that I don’t want. When I say I get an education I mean it costs me time and money. Kind of like going to college. I would rather make money then go back to college. I did not particularly like hard seats and boring professors.

Knowing how to point your real estate ski tips in the right direction will make you successful as a real estate investor. Keeping your turns under control and not getting out of the speed you are able to handle. There is such an allure for higher priced homes. Many investors think that homes in the million dollar range have so much profit potential. What many investors don’t realize is that with great profit comes great risk. The higher the price the higher the risk, if you think about it, what does a 1.2 million dollar home have that a 1 million dollar home does not? The answer is simple, it is up to interpretation. Now let’s take the same example. What is the difference between a $150,000 home and a $180,000 home? That answer is A LOT. Typically a different neighborhood, different quality of work, size, garage and many, many other things!

It is also important to think about how many buyers are in that price range. The higher the price range the fewer the buyers pool there is. Meaning if there are 10 potential buyers for a million dollar home there is 100 potential buyers for the $150,000 home. This drastically increases your speed and price of getting your home sold.

Keep Your Ski Tips Down!

How Real Estate Investors are Helping the Economy Part 9

9. Real Estate Agents

The local buyers and sellers agent will get a commission upon the sell of the property. Again, this money will be in turn spent by the local agents in the market place that will help local business in the area increase their revenue and continue to employ wage earners.

The Truth is that Markets go down and Markets go up. I just want the markets to move, because movement creates opportunity<--->