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Today’s real estate marketing isn’t what it was a few years ago. The number of homeowners across the country falling behind on their mortgage payments is at an all-time high. In many areas of the country, there are currently as many foreclosure properties as resale listings for sale on the market. The foreclosure boom has sent the entire real estate market into a downward spiral, with one exception – THE SHORT SALES NICHE!

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Basics in where to begin real estate investing. Buying rental properties. Start out wholesaling and rehabbing until you build up significant capital reserves. Understand and spend significant time studying how to find deals. Finding deals significantly below market value is the number one job. The best investors understand marketing. Wholesale properties to build cash cushion. Rehabbing for large profits.

Being able to quickly and accurately evaluate real estate deals is one of the most important skills one can acquire as a real estate investor. Five Initial Essentials for Evaluating Real Estate Deals.

Three core traits of all successful real estate investors. The key to becoming a successful real estate investor is to build up a very large knowledge base before you take action and purchase your first investment property. Create wholesaling systems in order to create stability. Educate yourself, build business systems then take action.

At many of my real estate seminars I am often asked the question “what does it take to become a successful real estate investor?” More specifically what are the intangibles that separate successful real estate investors from their less successful counterparts? If I had to boil it down to three components it would be knowledge, systems, and action.

Competition is everywhere. Knowing and understanding your competition is crucial. Knowing the benefits they are offering that you are not, what their reputation is compared to yours, and how they are structuring their deals are all things you need to know. By knowing what your competition is doing, it can help you establish an advantage. One of the best things you can do to gain a competitive edge immediately is research your competition. The old saying “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” always rings true in this competitive world of real estate investing. I am constantly on the lookout as to what other investors in my area are doing. If you are new to analyzing your competitors, let me tell you it is pretty easy to do.