REI Wealth Monthly Issue 6 | Page 13

HOW TO MAKE $72,000 BUYING A HOUSE FOR TOP DOLLAR RICHARD ROOP Monthly payments on their note are determined The IRS publishes “Applicable Federal Rates” by the available cash flow generated from the each month. This is the minimum interest they property. The “net” cash flow is the market rent want a seller to charge you on a real estate note. less expenses like taxes, insurance, Home The current rate on a 9 year note is 0.92% a year! Owner’s Association (HOA) dues and a fixed By using this low rate you will rapidly pay down the amount we’ll set aside for ourselves to cover note principal each year -- paid for by the income future you get from your occupant. vacancies, re pairs and maintenance. Remember, we do not want any of our money put into a property, now or in the future. Avoid the Normally there will be a balloon payment due to mistake of feeding properties. Only offer a seller a the seller on the “maturity date.” So, on a 9 year monthly payment that the property can easily note you’d sell or finance the property by the end afford. of the term to pay them off. Of course you have the option of asking the seller to extend and can give Ask sellers to take the lowest possible interest them some incentives to do so, if desired. You can rate on their note. This reduces our expenses and also pay off the seller sooner if you sold or therefore increases our offer price. We can also refinanced early. But they must agree to a demonstrate to a seller that they will pay less in discounted "Early Pay Off Schedule” upfront to income taxes by taking a higher price and a lower ensure you make your desired profit. interest verses a lower price and higher interest. That’s because interest is normally taxed at a How to Lock In Your Guaranteed Profit higher rate than any gain they get. Your profit on free and clear deals equals the total received in cash now, cash flow and cash later: 1) You always collect $10,000, $20,000 or more when buying for cash now. One way to generate huge profits per deal while offering sellers top dollar, is by using the “free and clear real estate investing strategy.” 2) You then add up your total positive cash flow over the years, taking into account increases in market rent for your cash flow. 3) You then project what you could sell the property for at the seller note maturity date, taking into account some modest and conservative appreciation. Your backend profit, or cash later, the future resell price less selling costs and loan payoffs.