The Most Common Investor Pitfalls

By Gary Bailey | February 8, 2012 | new investors experienced investors seasoned veterans strategy

Avoid these common mistakes to greatly increase your chances of selling your new-renovated property before your competition. If you are a real estate investor who is struggling to sell your newly renovated properties as quickly as you once did, there is a very good chance that you are falling into one of these common “pitfalls.”  What defines a pitfall?  We describe a pitfall as a mistake or misstep made by an investor that will result in project results that deviate greatly from the mean.  In other words, pitfalls cause your property to take longer to sell than other comparable properties, prevent it from selling for its full value, or prevent the property from selling at all – regardless of how much you reduce the asking price. Build has ...

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What is Your Buying Strategy?

By Gary Bailey | April 26, 2011 | new investors experienced investors strategy

It's 5pm on a Friday evening and your real estate agent calls you with good news.  The home-run house - the one that you've been diligently scouring the market for - just popped up on the market this afternoon.  "Finally, these last 6 months of searching have paid off!" you say to yourself.  Not wanting to waste a minute, you sneak out early from work, call your contractor, grab your clipboard and flashlight, and meet your real estate agent out at the house less than an hour after she called you.  As you roll up to the house, your stomach sinks. The place is crawling with other investors who also have their contractors and real estate agent with them looking at the property! Hoping for the best, you spend the next 2 hours going over the repair estimate with ...

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