Real Estate Investing
Financing for your next real estate investment deal
ListingSpark works to help our investor clients get their next deal funded. There are plenty of creative ways to do this, from all cash to zero down. Here we will explore what we’ve seen work best for our clients, and point you to some of our favorite ways to find…
Read MoreTop 3 Reasons Your Home Is Not Selling
1. Price – the reason we all want to ignore We’ve sold thousands of homes through our platform, so our analytics are top notch. When we hear from a client with concerns about being on the market too long, we can almost always point to price as the culprit. Aaron…
Read MoreHow Important is the Seller's Disclosure Notice?
How important is the seller’s disclosure notice for a home seller? Short answer, VERY! More issues arise for home sellers after closing from failing to disclose a latent defect than anything else. Often times it could have been avoided with a simple check in a box and brief explanation. The…
Read MoreThe Hoarder House – A case study
Recently we did an interview with Yale Hamrick; a North Texas investor who recently made over $50k in profits from a property he bought for only $112,000. This case study is rather short and gets right into the details of why he chose this property to rehab, the numbers, and…
Read MoreCommon Mistakes Investors Make when Selling their Flips
The time has come to sell your flip. Months of hard work and hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line and now it’s time to cash out. Too many investors make simple mistakes that can end up costing them big. Here are a few of the most common. 1)…
Read MoreHow to get into Flipping Houses – Common Flip Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
Real estate investors get into the competitive world of house flipping to make money, I think we are all in agreement with that. But things don’t always go as planned. Mistakes will happen, and they will cost you money. There are countless books and resources about all things real estate…
Read MoreAudiobooks for Real Estate Investors
For most real estate investors, the overarching goal is to make as much money as possible in as little time as possible. The same likely holds true for your goals in building knowledge in real estate investing… learn as much as possible in the most efficient way possible. That means…
Read MoreChecklist for Selling Your Flip
You got a great deal on an investment property. You spent countless hours going back and forth with contractors and subcontractors. You’ve matched and picked out paint, the perfect paint. You’ve pulled teeth to get permits. All the new appliances are in and the final touches to the landscaping have…
Read MoreHow Photos Can Increase Flip Profits up to $11,000
Real estate investors are required to make hundreds of decisions when it comes to selling a property. Everything from renovation choices like flooring, fixtures and paint colors, to marketing strategies must be carefully chosen in order to achieve one specific goal, maximize profits. One of the quickest and most surefire ways…
Read More7 Social Media Tricks to Increase Flip Profit and Home Equity
As a real estate investor, you have plenty of things to keep track of without having to worry about creating an entire social media strategy. Of your total time spent working to sell your properties, you should spend more time on finding and improving the actual properties and less time…
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