REI Wealth Monthly Issue 6 | Page 11

HOW TO MAKE $72,000 BUYING A HOUSE FOR TOP DOLLAR RICHARD ROOP How to FIND Great Free & Clear Deals My best method for generating calls and emails from prospects is to send small, cheap postcards The first step is to find sellers who own free and with my proven “free and clear owner” message. clear homes. You can order a mailing list based on Once you create an account with a good mailing property type, loan to value, market value, zip list provider you can download a list and mail a codes and owner type. Then you can target these batch owners using direct mail. www.click2mail.com in about 30 minutes. I’ve even of postcards all online using hired a staff member to do it for me and my clients, Think about it. Even folks with free and clear so it can be all “done for you”. houses have to compete against distressed properties being offered at a discount, not to How to Raise Cash for Free & Clear Deals mention the challenges of finding a qualified buyer with today’s stricter bank lending guidelines. With this strategy you’ll never have any of your own money tied up in a property. We fund each Our primary “target” is absentee owners. This has deal with a small private money first mortgage and always been a good list (for all types of investing a larger owner carryback second. strategies) and you’ll get the bonus of finding “retiring landlords” with multiple free and clear Every deal needs some cash, so we raise this cash properties. from the small private money first. This amount includes