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HOW TO MAKE $72,000 BUYING A HOUSE FOR TOP DOLLAR RICHARD ROOP collect a good size down payment and finance the rest. Their loan “wraps” the underling loans that you continue to pay on -- so you can further reduce your management and create a spread on the interest or monthly payment. How to Make $8,000 on Every Offer You Make So to construct offers for a seller you take your resell price and subtract all your expected expenses for buying, holding, selling and profit. As you can see, there is a bunch of numbers to crunch when using this investing strategy. So I created a software program that calculates This will determine your “maximum allowable everything in minutes. I would not do it any other offer” with terms or Terms MAO. way. Enter a few numbers and it spits out multiple offers. How to Increase Your Income while Reducing Expenses 9 Year Note Example: Assume a single family home in Florida needing $5,000 in work valued at $180,000 after repaired. Market rent is $1,295 and Normally you’ll occupy each property with a we offer it with flexible terms to a buyer for tenant, tenant-buyer or terms buyer. I prefer $187,500. We’re going to target a total profit of dealing with “buyers” to avoid landlording hassles $72,000 including $10,000 now and the rest over and expenses. But I do not rely on them to close. time. If they do, great. If they don’t, great. After calculating the numbers we buy it “as is” for: Most of my properties are occupied by tenant- buyers. They agree to buy the property at a future 1) $214,000 with no money down and $800 a month date and maintain the property themselves. I give 2) $202,000 with $15,000 down and $700 a month them different credits toward closing in exchange 3) $182,000 with $40,000 down and $500 a month for keeping their agreements, paying on time and -- never calling me. Each offer gets the seller a quick sale -- well above what they might net selling through an agent down You can also offer “no bank qualifying” owner the road. And we get at least $72,000 from the financing to a “terms buyer” using an installment cash now, cash flow and cash later. land contract, agreement for deed, all-inclusive deed of trust, or wrap around mortgage. Here you And if on average we close 1 out of 10 offers it’s