CREATIVE REAL ESTATE FINANCING AND ACQUISITION 101 MATT THERIAULT
Creative Real Estate Financing and Acquisition 101
By Matt Theriault
C reative real estate financing consists of just about any method of financing the purchase of real estate of which doesn’ t involve a traditional bank or an“ all cash” transaction. The more credit and money you have to invest, the less creative you’ ll have to be in building your real estate portfolio.
Nonetheless, even the investor with the most pristine credit score will hit a limit to qualifying for bank financing, and using“ all cash” to build your portfolio isn’ t typically the wisest use of your cash if another option is available, but in the end … it all depends.
In any event, it’ s in the best interest of your“ return on investment”( ROI) to arm yourself with some creative real estate financing and acquisition education. I cover 12 different creative strategies in a detailed stepbystep format in the EpicProAcademy, but let’ s begin with some basic creative real estate investing education.
So, we’ ll begin by assuming that you want to invest in real estate with little to no money. However, you should not restrict yourself to any one strategy in any one situation. There are many variables constantly at play in real estate investing as every situation is unique, as well is every Seller. The list below is to be used merely as a reference tool to assist you in your thinking through possible solutions to Seller’ s needs.