| This Article is about how to start in a Real Estate | | | | I know this sounds like a lot of money. |
| Investment Company from scratch. | | | | I think the percentage of people without vehicles are |
| Most people now have heard of renting to own, Lease | | | | very small, so most people have them or will get them. |
| with an Option, How to assume a mortgage, and the | | | | So, when you purchase your vehicle, make sure it has |
| various other techniques that go along with being a | | | | three things. |
| Real Estate Investor. | | | | 1. Space for people to ride in, your clients need a place |
| What most people never consider is HOW you have | | | | to sit when you show them their new house. |
| to set up when becoming a Real Estate Investor. You | | | | 2. Make sure it has a place for signs in the back. |
| can believe that it will just be handed to you on a silver | | | | 3. Find Something that is good on gas, finding deals |
| plate, but This will never happen. | | | | means driving through town looking. |
| You have to roll up your sleeves, dig in, learn, then | | | | Suggestions: Any Family seven-person Van (solid and |
| follow that learning down it's path's, finally change from | | | | usable), Newer station wagon that is fuel efficient. (not, |
| not looking, to always looking for deals. | | | | I repeat not, anything over ten years old your clients |
| No Distractions! | | | | look at what your driving), get the best you can for |
| A big thing to have is your OWN Workspace | | | | now and watch how in a few month's even your |
| This sounds trivial and not very smart to put into a | | | | vehicles will become nicer looking, more fuel efficient, |
| Real Estate Investment Manual, but I have seen so | | | | and as impressive as the rest of your life. |
| many people lose deals, forget about hot leads, or just | | | | Here are four places you may not think of as |
| look completely unprofessional over their lack of | | | | workplaces but they are. |
| organization of a Workspace. | | | | 1. Buildings you show clients. |
| Your Workspace will look like your Business. If it's | | | | Always make sure any building you show someone is |
| messy, unorganized, and hard to find things in then | | | | clean and presentable. |
| chances are your business will be the same. | | | | Sometimes the ugliest house on the block can be sold |
| Consequently your clients will never feel like your on | | | | as long as inside it has a nice smell, has no garbage on |
| top of things. This leads to loss of profits, a bad | | | | the floor, or just has a new coat of paint. |
| reputation, and therefore I have realized my manual | | | | 2. Restaurants you take Clients to. |
| needed to touch on this aspect of the Real Estate | | | | Again we never think about this, but remember that |
| Business. | | | | your client is looking at your lifestyle as well as your |
| 1. Have a proper Office. | | | | house. He/she wants to see that your life is good and |
| This doesn't mean, go out and rent an Office for $1000 | | | | eating at decent restaurants goes a long way. |
| a month in an exclusive part of town. Wait till you can | | | | Never, I repeat NEVER take clients to shabby |
| buy the property for those offices. | | | | establishments. |
| Just simply, make sure you have an organized desk, | | | | 3.The Residence you Live in. |
| with a computer ready to draw up contract/deals. | | | | I'm not saying you have to buy a new house here. But |
| Install Microsoft Office (preferably Office Premium so it | | | | if your renting and the paint in your apartment is in |
| has all the extras), Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, and have | | | | need of refreshment, then paint it. |
| access to the Internet. | | | | Spend a couple of hours and the thirty dollars to make |
| There are many free downloadable forms you will | | | | it look nice. Your clients will notice if your home isn't in |
| need to make the contracts you will be signing. | | | | decent shape. |
| 2. Have a decent Printer. | | | | 4. Supplies you use and where you buy them. |
| There are many printers that are Copy machines as | | | | Remember that when you have to paint a building, put |
| well as printers. | | | | in windows, carpet, shades or curtains, try to go to the |
| HP All in One's are perfect and cost effective for ink. | | | | proper stores for each. |
| Any kind of laser printer is good but then you usually | | | | Don't take your client to Wal-Mart for paint, curtains, |
| do not get a copy machine built in, which is needed | | | | and everything else the building needs. |
| because you will be making copies of your contracts | | | | The client will think your not knowledgeable enough or |
| everyday. | | | | too cheap and wonder if your truly going to help them |
| 3. Have boxes of yellow Legal Pads and printer paper. | | | | or scam them. |
| Legal pads are for jotting notes down, ideas, address's | | | | These are designations you do not want. Look for |
| of homes, phone numbers of clients, and whatever | | | | ways to present a professional manner in everything |
| other creative idea's you come up with looking and | | | | you do. |
| thinking about deals. | | | | Your bottom-line will mirror how much the clients |
| Once your mind embraces my system, your brain will | | | | respect you and your opinions which relate to your |
| continually think up idea's for Business's, deals for | | | | taste in the good things. |
| house's, you will be amazed what's in there. | | | | Remember they are buying the house anyway |
| 4.Have a decent Vehicle. | | | | I hope this article will help you to start thinking about all |
| You don't think about this, but most Real Estate | | | | that is involved in the Real Estate Investment Industry. |
| Investors homes become their vehicles. | | | | Enjoy your ride if you choose to go on it. |
