| My main wealth building strategy has been investing in | | | | investment property, we realize that we’ll have to |
| tax liens. Now I love investing in tax liens for lots of | | | | find another way to buy properties other than getting a |
| reasons. You can watch a short video about Why | | | | conventional mortgage. Now I’ve been to various |
| Invest in Tax Lien Certificates on my web site at But | | | | real estate trainings for different methods of |
| I’ve always wanted to be a real estate investor. | | | | purchasing real estate. I’ve taken trainings from |
| Regardless of what you may have seen on a late | | | | different experts on short sales, subject to deals, |
| night infomercial, tax lien investing is a great wealth | | | | foreclosures, etc. But I haven’t actually purchased a |
| building strategy but it’s not a good way to | | | | deal using any of these methods. Most of them, |
| purchase real estate. In my experience a tax lien on a | | | | except for purchasing property “subject to,” |
| good piece of property will almost always redeem. | | | | require that you have some cash, which I won’t |
| That means that you don’t get to foreclose on the | | | | have after we close on this property. So my focus |
| property. What you do get is a great interest rate on | | | | now is to purchase investment property without using |
| your money. | | | | my own cash and without bringing in other investors. |
| The problem with investing in real estate as a wealth | | | | Even though I have taken courses on how to |
| building strategy for me has been that usually you | | | | purchase property “subject to” the current |
| need a lot of money, so I’ve been researching | | | | mortgage, the method that I learned did not really work |
| ways to purchase real estate without having to put | | | | in my state so I abandoned this method before I even |
| down a lot of money. After all, I’m used to investing | | | | tried it. Then I heard a tele-training with Wendy Patton |
| small amounts of money at a time – in tax liens. | | | | on lease options and subject to deals on I wanted to |
| We finally did purchase our first investment property. | | | | listen to the training because we intended to sell the |
| We bought it at a real estate auction and got a great | | | | property that we’re purchasing using a lease option, |
| price. But what a rude awakening when we went to | | | | and I thought that was what this training was about. |
| get the financing! Things have really changed in the | | | | But it was actually about how to purchase properties |
| past few months when it comes to getting a loan. | | | | using lease options and subject to deals without having |
| Sure there are still some great programs out there for | | | | to put any money down. |
| first time home buyers and even for people who are | | | | Wendy was awesome! I just had to have her training |
| not first time buyers, but are purchasing a home to live | | | | course that consisted of 4 separate real estate |
| in. The problem is that banks do not really want to lend | | | | investing courses: Buying with Lease Options, Selling on |
| to investors. | | | | Lease Options, Working with Realtors, and Taking the |
| Fortunately my husband and I have a really good | | | | Deed Subject To. Wendy offered these 4 courses |
| mortgage broker and a good credit scores, but we still | | | | and personal coaching with her for under $1000. I |
| had to put 20% down in order to secure a mortgage | | | | jumped at the opportunity to purchase this because I |
| on this property. Last time we applied for a loan on an | | | | had spent more than twice at much for just one of |
| investment property (on a house that we ultimately | | | | those courses from other real estate gurus. The good |
| decided not to purchase), we only had to put 10% | | | | news is that if you act now you can still listen to |
| down and we were able to lock into an interest rate | | | | Wendy’s free tele-training with REIBlueprints.com, |
| 1% lower than what we were able to get now. And | | | | and get in on this special offer, but hurry because I |
| that was only about four months ago. | | | | don’t know how long this offer will last. |
| Because we intend to purchase more than one | | | | |