Wendy Patton discusses two popular ways to purchase real estate with little or no money down!
Author Archives: Wendy Patton
Points to Consider for the Rental Agreement, Part 1
August 30, 2010 – 7:32 pm
Wendy Patton walks you through the important points of a rental agreement.
Helpful Negotiating Tips
August 1, 2010 – 3:05 pm
Everyone likes to negotiate! Here are some tips to keep you sharp.
How to Control the Emotions of Home Buying
June 1, 2010 – 4:54 pm
Buying a home is almost always an emotion-based process. Once you find a home you like, you become emotionally attached to it. Emotional attachment can cause you to make unwise decisions when making an offer, handling negotiations, and so forth. Once you’ve fallen in love with a house and visualized it being your home, you’ll [...]
The Top 3 Ways to Determine a Home’s Value
May 1, 2010 – 4:39 pm
In most states there are values determined by the tax assessor’s office. It might be called your tax value, assessed value or something similar. That number might not be 100% of the property value. Usually there is some type of formula that each city or state uses.
The Top 3 Ways to Find Lease Option Tenants and Buyers
April 1, 2010 – 9:49 am
As you know, I’ve been doing Lease Options for many years now. I’ve seen down markets, up markets and everything in between. Having survived all kinds of markets I can tell you I LOVE doing Lease Options in down markets. Why is that? Because there are SO MANY deals just waiting for me. In a [...]
The Top 3 Terms Sellers MUST Know to Negotiate a Lease Option
March 1, 2010 – 4:09 pm
Typically buyers won’t try to negotiate price. They often accept your asking price (which includes a rent-to-own premium) because of the flexibility they receive by doing rent-to-own. However, should a buyer try to negotiate on price (and they will if they read my book, Rent-to-Buy) there are a couple of ways to counter them.
• You want to emphasize [...]
Discover the TOP 3 Deadly Mistakes Investors Make in Down Markets
February 1, 2010 – 4:00 pm
Down markets are without question one of the best times for real estate investors. Down markets contain the best opportunities and the greatest ability to make money. Any truly successful real estate investor will tell you that they do more deals and make more money in down markets than they do in up markets.
Here is [...]
Lease Options in a Soft Market
December 1, 2009 – 5:14 pm
I am amazed when markets turn soft the number of would-be real estate investors shrink. The common misconception people have is that it’s impossible to make money in down real estate markets. I try very hard to get people to understand that is just NOT TRUE. I co-authored a book titled Making Hard Cash in a [...]
