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Starting a single-family rental portfolio can be a great introduction into the world of real estate investing – but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. There is a big difference between buying a single-family property as a fix-and-flip and one purchased as a rental. There is a lot to keep track of when you invest in a single-family property for cashflow; from finding a good deal to finding and managing tenants.

Often, as you’re starting your single-family rental portfolio, you will be managing those first few properties yourself. Many first-time investors are not a natural fit as landlords and it requires thinking about your investment portfolio as a business – and running it as such.

Our guest this week, Augie Byllott, learned the hard way how to manage his single-family rental portfolio.

Augie and his wife became landlords by default. After getting married and buying a house together, they turned their respective homes into rental properties, never intending management of their rental investment to be their main focus. However, they quickly realized that single-family rentals don’t just manage themselves and that (surprise, surprise) tenants don’t always have the landlord’s best interests at heart.

Managing a single-family rental portfolio

Augie and his wife quickly learned that to successfully manage their single-family properties, they needed to think about their investments like a business – and manage them as such.

About Augie Bylott

Augie is a seasoned single-family investor and the founder of Creating Wealth U.S.A.

With over 500 deals under his belt without the use of bank loans, Augie has become an expert on tailoring his acquisition strategy to fit specific deals. He now share his advice and experience through books and mentor programs.

Contact Augie at (863) 255-5858

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We’ve covered just about every Florida real estate market on this show. From Naples to Jacksonville, we’ve covered all of Florida’s major markets at least once; except for one. The Florida panhandle real estate market has been one market that we haven’t really touched on.

We’d like to thank our guest this week for helping us change that:

Matt Robinson is a veteran real estate investor and a panhandle native. He is the founder of the Professional Investment Guild, which provides real estate networking and education to area investors. With nearly 15 years investing experience and homegrown insight, Matt is the perfect person to talk about what the Florida panhandle real estate market has to offer.

How much do you know about Florida’s panhandle?

Due to it’s virtual separation from the rest of the state, its often overlooked by investors looking for a potential market. However, the Florida panhandle real estate market has a lot to offer investors.

The panhandle has beautiful coastlines for vacationing and Pensacola is a major economic generator in the area. Plus, the various large-scale military bases throughout the panhandle offer a stable rental market.

If you’ve been wondering about the Florida panhandle real estate market, you won’t want to miss this episode!

• Strong military rental market:
  • Eglin Airforce Base (USAF)
  • Pensacola NAS (Navy)
  • Hurlburt Field (USAF)
  • Whiting Field NAS (Navy)
• Economic growth around $1 billion Navy Federal Credit Union Pensacola campus
• Investments seeing similar appreciation with Sunbelt, but home prices remain low
• Low inventory and increased demand having an upward pressure on rental rates

Want to learn more about investing in panhandle real estate?

Matt started the Professional Investors Guild in 2013 to help real estate investors network and learn more about current market trends. You can visit their website to find out membership information. Or, you can check their scheduled meetings.

You can contact Matt directly through email at matt@professionalinvestorsguild.com.

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Join us at our downtown office space every month for real estate networking and educational seminars! You can meet the hosts and past guests, network with real estate professionals and learn important investment tips from expert speakers.

For more information, join our Meetup!

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You probably know that an IRA is a great way to save for the future. You may even be making contributions to one set up through your work. But did you also know that an IRA can serve as a great investment vehicle? Investors use IRAs to hold a variety of assets, but many don’t know that you can invest in real estate with an IRA too. A self-directed IRA provides a lot of flexibility for real estate investing.

This episode is a special one for Invest Florida. We’ll be covering the many ways to invest in real estate with an IRA in front of our first-ever LIVE audience! Scott Maurer, of Advanta IRA, and investor, Dave Shaw join us for a special panel discussion on investing in real estate using a self-directed IRA.

Scott Maurer joined Advanta out of college. He has since become the Director of Business Development and regularly educates investors on the many advantages to investing through self-directed IRAs.

Dave Shaw is a real estate appraiser-turned investor who uses his self-direct IRA as a lending vehicle.

What You Need to Know to Invest in Real Estate With an IRA

• You can transfer funds IRA-to-IRA tax-free
• Funds can be transferred as-needed
• In Florida, IRAs are only protected against personal creditors, not real estate liabilities

Setting Up A Self-Directed IRA

• Advanta Costs:
  • $50 account-opening fee
  • One-time $95 investment fee (per investment)
  • $295 annual account management fee (includes payments and expenses)

Lending Through a Self-Directed IRA

• You cannot lend to yourself or immediate family through your IRA
• Flexible lending terms – you can write your own agreements
• Returns:
  • 12-15% on 6 month fix-and-flip
  • 10% on 3 year lends

Contacts

• To learn more about how you can invest in real estate with an IRA, call Advanta at (800) 425-0653 or visit their website. You can also check out educational videos and webinars from Scott on Advanta’s YouTube page.
• Dave is always looking for single and multifamily deals (4 units and less). You can reach him by email at daveshaw98@gmail.com

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Real estate investing is a big draw for many due to its strong ROI potential as well as its flexibility in investment strategy. There are a lot of ways to make money in real estate without keeping your finger on the main pulse of the deal. This is most evident when it comes to wholesaling and assigning contracts. Buying and reselling interest in a property allows for increased earning potential. It also allows for expedited turnarounds on deals.

Assigning contracts allows investors to sell interest in the property title without being responsible for following the deal all the way through. Essentially, investors can buy and sell properties without ever having to lay hands on the property itself. While this definitely has it’s perks, it is not without risks.

President-elect of the Central Florida Real Estate Investors Association, Todd Hutcheson, joins us today to discuss his experience starting out in wholesaling and assigning contracts. Listeners will remember Todd from episode 111, in which he discussed how investors can get into real estate with limited cash. Todd is an investing mentor. He is the founder of IBuyHomes and an active wholesaler in Central Florida. As he shares in this episode of Landlord Tales, assigning contacts can quickly become a snowball effect and your control over a closing can disappear before you know it.

What to Know About Assigning Contracts

• Understand contract assignment process before selling interest
• Write your control over closing into the contract
• Contract assignments do not show up under public records
  • A final sale price listed in public records will not record contract assignments
• Make sure to notify title companies of contract assignments when recording a title claim, otherwise it will not be insured

Contact Todd

• Email: todd@ibuyhomes.com
• Web: www.ibuyhomes.com

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Beginning real estate investors often get caught up in the appeal of high returns. However, the focus on high investment returns can come at the expense of a sustainable exit strategy.

A focused acquisition strategy can mean the difference between a profitable investment and a failed one. It is important to consider a seller’s circumstances when making a potential investment deal. By tailoring a deal to fit individual circumstances you have a higher tendency to close. By structuring multiple deals, you can easily see what acquisition strategy works best for your investment goals.

Augie Byllott is someone who knows the importance of acquisition strategy. The founder of Creating Wealth U.S.A. is a seasoned single family investor. With over 500 deals under his belt without the use of bank loans, Augie has become an expert on tailoring his acquisition strategy to fit specific deals. He now share his advice and experience through books and mentor programs.

Earning Exit Returns Through Acquisition Strategy

• SCOPE strategy: 5-part investment methodology using creative financing
  • Seller-financing – Careful of toxic deals from sellers. Don’t get stuck with short balloon terms.
  • Cash – Be careful of accounting for cash flow expenses when putting cash down.
  • Options – Control property with option to buy, or sell option. Pricing depends on specific deal. Couple options with lease to earn more cash flow
  • Private money – $7 trillion in private capital from retirement funds
  • Existing financing – Take over payments on existing mortgages (assigned mortgages). Though these are less frequent, properties can be put in land trusts and then sell beneficial interest on trust.

Investor Advice and Resources

• Beginning investors should seek out a mentor to structure investment plan and form acquisition strategy
• Check out “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey
• Augie Byllott’s Financial Freedom Formula Book

Contact

Visit www.creatingwealthusa.com for more info onthe SCOPE acquisition strategy and other services. You can also email Augie directly at augie@creatingwealthusa.com.

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All investors have heard horror stories from single and multi-family investing: bad tenants, rehabs gone wrong. Often these stories result in investors paying much more in out-of-pocket capital than was accounted for. This remains a major contributing factor preventing would-be investors from making the leap. Though there are successful strategies one can adopt to deal with bad tenants or to facilitate successful rehabs, many investors are still wary of residential asset classes.

However, there are ways to earn cashflow without having traditional tenants or making unneeded rehabs to the property.

Larry Goins is one investor that does not rely on having traditional tenants or doing property rehabs.

Listeners may remember Larry from Episode 106 where he discussed finding creative ways to make money in rising markets. Larry is a 30 year investor and investment mentor. He is an author, speaker and educator sharing his wealth of investment experience with beginner investors. This episode, Larry discusses his strategy of offering lease options instead of traditional tenant leasing.

Earning Cashflow through Lease Options

• Homeowners in Training
  • Prospective tenants are given lease with option to own
  • Tenants have stated intent to purchase property
  • Tenants put up non-refundable down-payment stating consideration to purcahse
• Lease Agreements
  • For Dodd-Frank compliance, tenant’s down-payment only goes to closing costs; no rent credits can be given during lease agreement
  • Make sure tenant is responsible for minor repairs and maintenance for “x” amount per occurance
• Resources
  • For more on Dodd-Frank compliance, check out Ep. 49 with Kevin Jurinski

For more information about lease options and earning cashflow without tenants or rehabs, contact Larry directly through his website.

For webinars, trainings, reports and other information, visit www.larrygoins.com

Visit the Invest Florida Show website for even more episodes and to check out our archives!

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Election years always have the potential to inject uncertainty into investment and securities markets… this year has been particularly interesting and it should be fair to say that the result of this election ties an enormous “?” to the end of 2016. Market uncertainty has been reflected in recent rate rises for investor mortgages.

Elysia Stobbe, NMLS# 146751 is not deterred by uncertainty. Elysia is not only a mortgage expert with NFM Lending, but with over 30 properties in her personal portfolio, she is also an experienced investor. She has shared her expert advice on numerous radio and television broadcasts and has authored a book on getting the best investor mortgages. She has been following changes to investor mortgages closely and is finding flexibility and continued promise for real estate investing.

3 Changes to Investor Mortgages

• .5% hike in mortgage rates driven 10 year treasury bonds post-election
  • e.g. $300k loan sees monthly increase of $90
• Fannie Mae (FNMA) loan-to-value down-payment requirement 25% up from 20%
• Multi-property SFR (up to 4 units) investors can hold up to 10 mortgages if purpose is to purchase investment properties

Other News

• Cash-out options have been increased for investment properties
  • Shows improved confidence in property equities
• Return of bank statement programs to bank portfolio loans
• Recent rise of investor rehab loans
  • Investors can save cash while making properties rent-ready

Finding Financing

• Lot loans
• Mortgage brokers/bankers
• Community banks
  • While they may not be offer as much community banks generally offer better terms than national banks
• Big banks
• Alt. options: seller-financing; hard-money

Contacts & Resources

• Call NFM Lending for more info on investor mortgages toll-free 888-574-7770
• How to Get Approved for the Best Mortgage Without Sticking a Fork In Your Eye
  • https://elysiastobbe.clickfunnels.com/sales-page
  • Amazon
  • Barnes & Noble

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Real estate investors have heard the news, they’ve seen the figures: by all accounts, real estate markets are tightening up.

In all the major asset classes, investors are reporting rapidly rising markets, which translates to increased competition for deals. Some investors are starting to wonder how far until they hit the ceiling and would-be investors are wondering how to make money in real estate if opportunity isn’t knocking.

Larry Goins stopped waiting for opportunity to come knocking a long time ago.

As a 30-year veteran of real estate investing, Larry has tried his hand at just about every asset class. Over the years, he has learned that opportunity may not always present itself, but it is always there waiting.

Larry has become a master of finding ways to make money in real estate through his many years of investing experience and he is helping others find the same.

Based out of South Carolina, Larry currently wholesales, buy-and-holds properties and offers seller financing in 12 different states, including Florida. In addition to his active investing lifestyle, Larry provides a remarkable resource for investors to learn the ins-and-outs of real estate investing. Through numerous books, seminars and his radio show, Larry gives investors the tools they need so that they can make money in a rapidly rising market.

Ways to Make Money in Real Estate

• Seller Financing under Dodd Frank
  • Dodd Frank affects seller financing for consumers only – read Larry’s report here (past Invest Florida Episode on Dodd-Frank Seller Financing)
  • Residential Mortgage Loan Officers specialized in seller financing should review loan applications – view Larry’s RMLO Directory
• Marketing & Finding Deals
  • HUD houses - HUDHomestore.com
  • Secondary markets
  • Craigslist
  • Direct-mailing
  • Agent/Broker networking
• Resources & Links
  • As a special offer, Larry is offering a free copy of his book, HUD Homes Half Off to Invest Florida Show listeners!
  • Check out Larry’s Filthy Riches investment strategy
  • Check out Larry’s BRAG Radio Show

To find out more about working with Larry on future deals or for other investment questions, visit larrygoins.com or call his office at (877) LARRYGO (527-7946)

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Most real estate investors starting out will try their hand at single family investing first. Single family properties are familiar, small-scale and generally easy to tackle for first-time investors.

However, many investors will find they have a limited ceiling for growth with single family properties. Juggling dozens of single family properties while actively marketing for new investments no longer becomes practical. Apart from wholesaling, flipping and other similar single family markets, the next logical step for many investors is to make the move to multifamily investing.

Multifamily investing may be intimidating to some, but while it is a different ball-game than single family, the two do share a few commonalities and the overall benefit of multifamily investing outweighs the risk.

Just ask Kurt Westfield.

Kurt moved to Florida from New York and, in 2008, co-founded an investment partnership, WC Equity Group. They then entered into Tampa’s single family investment market.

After doing 102 single family deals in his first two years, Kurt new it was time to make a change if he wanted to scale his investment growth.

Kurt turned to multifamily investing and has since expanded to also offer lending, management and syndication services under his umbrella firm, WC Companies. In addition to Tampa, WC Equity Group also has properties in Jacksonville, FL and Cleveland, OH.

Check out Kurt’s story going from single family to multifamily investing and what he learned along the way!

Tools for Multifamily Investing

• Market Timing
  • Understand where market could go, not where it is.
• Fringe Markets
  • Areas on edge of of hot market’s outward growth, i.e. markets around South Tampa
  • Similar tenant quality to class-a markets, better price points
  • Gentrification/community redevelopment occurring
  • Value-add opportunity
• Network
  • Working relationships with brokers
  • Like-minded investor base
  • Reliable team of contractors/sub-contractors
• Responsiveness
  • Be prompt and responsive for potential investment deals. Assure potential investors of trust-worthiness.
• Mentors/Inspiration
  • Tim Ferriss
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki

Kurt is always interested in working with bright, like-minded investors and brokers to expand his network in multifamily investing.

To contact Kurt with potential deals or to find out about the services his companies offer, visit www.wccompanies.com, click on any company tab and find the contact section.

Check out their Facebook Page!

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