Dodge These Nine Bullets That Kill Short Sale Deals
Josh Cantwell and partners Greg Clement and Jeff Watson have been working like maniacs to revise Strategic Real Estate Coach’s (SREC’s) Short Sale Manifesto and release an up-to-date condensed version of his innovative and influential ebook, aptly titled: Short Sale Manifesto 2.0: The Revolution.
A lot has changed since March 2007 when the first Short Sale Manifesto was written and released to mark SREC’s initial launch. Way back then, the mortgage market and housing values were topping off but not yet plummeting. Sub-prime loans were drying out and demand for houses was only beginning to drop off.
Since that time Josh says, record-shattering foreclosure rates and plummeting housing values necessitate that real estate entrepreneurs who want to make tons of cash should deploy new strategies to build stronger businesses.
Man with a Mission
“I wrote this second version of Short Sale Manifesto to provide more of a ‘meat and potatoes’ experience for new and experienced investors,” Josh says. “By reading both, you’ll have a macro and micro perspective that I believe accurately represents the short sale business.”
Josh really nails the essence of the deal in Short Sale Manifesto 2.0: The Revolution. And he packs more crucial, intriguing and inspirational material into his 70 pages of text than I’ve received from paying for — and completing– expensive and time-consuming training seminars.
Inside the Real Estate Investor’s Brain
The information Josh shares in both free ebooks in his Manifesto series is so intuitive, and well-tailored to the real estate investor’s brain, it’s like it’s written by part entrepreneurial clairvoyant and part real estate visionary.
Short Sale Manifesto 2.0 provides a detailed outline to guide investors through the essential steps of the short sale process and how to use the latest strategies to build your own thriving real estate empire. Here are some of my favorite topics that Josh covers:
- How to do a short sale deal in current market conditions and what red flags to watch for;
- All the hottest techniques that the Strategic Real Estate Coach and students are using for referral-based marketing;
- The relationship between short sales and FICO scores;
- A concise explanation of why savvy short sale investors are avoiding Land Trusts;
- How short sale techniques are evolving – including a proven-effective option contract that’ll make your dream broker price opinion (BPO) deals a reality; and
- How to work with real estate agents and why developing these relationships will score you deals that your competition hasn’t yet even imagined.
Kevlar for Short Sale Investors
While Josh gives great guidance on the steps you need to take to make the deals happen — and keep a constant flow of new deals in your pipeline, Josh also tells you, in unembellished, plain English, all about the pitfalls you need to avoid.
If you only have 10 minutes to spend reading this ebook, check out the details Josh provides regarding the Top 9 Mistakes even the best real estate investors make and how you can avoid them. These investment fumbles include:
- Paying too much for a property,
- Underestimating the cost of repairs,
- Neglecting to stage property,
- Failure to build a workable buyers list,
- Failure to secure private money,
- Failure to plan multiple exit strategies,
- Failure to focus on revenue producing activities,
- Lack of a coherent system to organize your business, and my favorite,
- Failure to implement an effective and consistent marketing strategy.
Some of these errors may be all too familiar, while some may be new to you, but in all cases, Josh offers clear strategies to protect your business and build wealth by keeping your wits — and your money — about you while you’re investing in short sale real estate.
Visit the Short Sale Manifesto 2.0 page now for a free download of this timely money-making and money-saving report. At these prices, you just can’t beat it! Stay tuned to this blog for the latest on SREC’s Special Giveaway Bonanza slated for Thursday at noon EDT.