Alan Cowgill

The following recommendation may sound like a lot of work, but if you learn to be efficient, you will find that is not. On average, I consider 167 properties for every house that I buy. That may seem like a lot, but let me explain how this doesn’t take as much time as you [...]

I’ve struggled with the best way to do this for years now. And I’ve finally figured out a method that makes sense for me.
Let’s say that you have a rental property that will appraise for 0,000, but you are willing to sell it to another investor for ,000. That investor wants to buy the [...]

Good deals can be found in any market through listed properties; however, the consistency of finding such deals is different from market to market. This plan cannot be adapted to all other markets with the same success
Duplicating deals is a method that works if you are able and willing to work diligently on learning [...]

If the seller has enough cash to do the transaction this way, there are a number of ways to have the new buyer refinance quickly. I recommend having the new buyer get an equity line or a six month line of credit. There are 6 reasons why one may want to start with an equity [...]

I’ve read over an over not to use your own money in real estate deals. I don’t understand this advice. Here is my take on that advice. Deciding whether to put your own money into real estate deals depends on a five things.
1. Do you have money to put into the real estate deals?
2. How [...]

We like to get as many equity lines as possible. By equity lines, I mean that I want loans that I can pay down and borrow against every day if I want. The reason that I want to do this is that if I have a lot of equity lines, I can take my profits [...]

Once you personally know 20 REO agents, it is imperative that you stay front of mind with them. I have developed a system for doing this that takes only about 5 minutes per week. I recommend this system as a supplement to your strategy.
Here’s my system. Take your favorite 20 REO agents and put them [...]

I got the opportunity to leave my J-O-B in 2001, and devote all
my time taking my real estate business to the next level.
At that time I had (2) private lenders. These lenders were
delighted with the monthly checks they received from me and
I loved the quick cash it provided me to buy houses.
I knew this program [...]

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Travis is the founder of Patriot Properties Group. He and his company are currently focusing on curing the vacant house epidemic that is plaguing Detroit’s neighborhoods by strategically purchasing vacant houses in concentrated neighborhoods and rehabilitating them.

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