The volume of higher priced homes that are being sold in either short sales or foreclosures is creating an opportunity for investors.  The previous owners of these homes are now in need of a place to live.  Most have been homeowners for years and have no desire to move back into an apartment or multi-family setting.  These new tenants probably have good income and a strong desire to remain in the neighborhood.  They may have simply had a blip in their financial lives as a result of a job loss, medical problem, divorce or other temporary situation that led them to be unable to pay their mortgage payments.

This type of tenant can be fantastic to have as they understand how to maintain a property, they pay their rent on time as they have good jobs, and there are looking to put root down somewhere.  With this opportunity in the market, we want to teach you how to rent to these types of tenants.  How do you find someone that is willing to pay $2000 or even $3000 per month for rent?  What types of properties work best?  How can you command that rent?

Steve Rajavuori, from REI Property Management, will be sharing his experience with renting properties in this price range (over $1500 per month).  Come to this free seminar and learn from an expert.

This seminar is meant to delve into the Cash Flow of a property and the different ways to analyze investment potential of a property, future cash flow, or current price. Brian Peterson, who has been analyzing investment properties for years, will go over many of the ratios and ways to look at your property financially. This seminar is meant for people wanting to take the next step, maybe looking to have several properties, or those who need a refresher on the tools and methods to analyze these properties.

There will be a special interest in multi-unit properties and commercial properties and ways to come up with prices, cash flows, or to compare to other investment properties. We have special guest Rob Bonahoom to talk a little about the current financial environment for approving loans. Come take it to the next level with this anticipated seminar on January 12th. You never know what you can take away from these events, but they have proved very valuable to investors in the past.

From his experience of owning 15 rental properties, Ryan O’Neill will teach you a concrete, non-infomercial way to build wealth through real estate. This seminar will be a one and a half hour presentation in regards to wealth building through real estate. There is no charge at all, no contracts you sign with us, no consultation fees, no hidden agenda.

The seminar simply will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about our process: how you get pre-approved, what type of low-down loan product to choose, and then how we step you through the process of finding the home and helping you get it rented out. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced investor, this will be a great chance for you to learn more about how you can build your long term wealth through buying real estate.  Our team leader, Ryan O’Neill owns 15 single-family homes, and our mortgage coach Rob Bonahoom has over 20 properties. All of us have experienced the benefits of real estate, and we’re excited to share a free seminar with you on how you too can get into the game (or continue on).

This is an invaluable seminar for anyone that is serious about owning investment properties.  It will fill up fast so sign up on our registration form or call 612-281-5419 for more information.

Are you still using excel spreadsheets to track your rent amounts from each tenant?  Are your bills sitting in huge piles on your desk waiting to be turned into your accountant?  Are you unable to track your monthly cash flow or see if you are even turning a profit at this rental property thing?  Maybe you bought QuickBooks, but never could get past installing it (the software can have a steep learning curve).

Maybe this should be one of your New Year’s resolutions; to start using QuickBooks in 2010.  Attend our Free Investment Property 201 seminar series on January 26 at 6:30 in Burnsville.  Deborah Beneke, CPA, from Olsen Thielen will be helping you get started and answering your questions.  She will show you how to set up your accounts, where to classify expenses, and how to automate those monthly mortgage payments and rent collections.  Don’t be intimidated or disorganized any more.

This is an invaluable seminar for anyone that is serious about owning investment properties.  It will fill up fast so sign up on our registration form or call 612-281-5419 for more information.

Attend our free, non-infomercial way to build wealth through real estate. This investment property seminar will be a one and a half hour presentation in regards to wealth building through real estate. There is no charge at all, no contracts you sign with us, no consultation fees, no hidden agenda.

The seminar simply will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about our process: how you get pre-approved, what type of loan product to choose, and then how we step you through the process of finding the home and helping you get it rented out.  This will be a great chance for you to learn more about how you can build your long term wealth through buying real estate.

Our team leader, Ryan O’Neill owns 15 single-family homes, and our mortgage coach Rob Bonahoom has over 20 properties. All of us have experienced the benefits of real estate, and we’re excited to share a free seminar with you on how you too can get into the game (or continue on).

Register for the seminar by filling out this quick registration form or call 612-281-5419 for more information.

Have you always thought about buying investment properties? Have you read all the books, bought all the tapes and watched all the infomercials, but still can’t seem to get started with investment real estate? Attend this FREE one and a half hour seminar. There is no charge at all, no contracts you sign with us, no consultation fees, no hidden agenda. The seminar simply will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about our process and meet a team of investment real estate professionals that can hold your hand through the finding, financing, buying, renting and owning your first investment property.

Let our experience get you started!

Register for the seminar by filling out this quick registration form or call 612-281-5419 for more information.

For a real estate investor, finding good tenants is almost as important as finding good properties. Having good tenants makes the property management part of real estate investing easy. Having bad tenants can make you frustrated and leave you with a hole in your bank account. We will be discussing how to screen tenants. What to look for on their credit report, how to confirm they don’t have evictions or criminal records from other states, all while staying within the credit information laws.

Unfortunately, every real estate investor will need to do an eviction some time in their career. The hardest part of an eviction is simply making a decision to do it. We will discuss when it is time to file the eviction and how the legal process works. Also, we will show you how you can streamline the work, minimize your time involvement, and insure it is done properly so that you can take your property back as soon as possible.

This seminar is geared for both the newer investor or the investor that feels like they need some help in these areas.  Register for the seminar by filling out this quick registration form or call 612-281-5419 for more information.

Rent to own contracts go by many names (and take many forms):  rent to own, contract for dead, lease option, etc.  These are creative ways that landlords and tenants/buyers have put together to allow someone with marginal credit (tenant) to buy the house they want.  Depending upon how the relationship is constructed and documented, it can be a win/win or a lose/lose for both parties.

On Wednesday, October 21, the Minnesota Real Estate Team will be holding is next Investment Property 201 seminar.  We will have Attorney, Matt Engel discussing how to best architect these relationships.  He will demonstrate the pitfalls and common mistakes that many landlords make and how to avoid them.  Matt will explain the best design for these relationships to minimize the legal ramifications if the relationship goes poorly.

Join us on October 21 at 6:30 pm if you have previously written these deals or have always had an interest in them.  Contact us now by filling out the registration form or call me at 612-281-5419 for more information.

The Minneapolis Public Housing Association is putting on a series of workshops for landlords that are new to the Section 8 program.  I recommend that anyone that has a new Section 8 tenant or is interested in renting to Section 8 tenants attend this orientation.  It has good information and you can get your questions answered.  Registration is not required.  Just show up!

• September 15 @ 1:30 pm
• October 13 @ 1:30 pm
• December 8 @ 1:30 pm
• December 15 @ 1:30 pm

All workshops are being held at the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority office at 1001 Washington Ave N, Minneapolis, MN  55401.

From his experience of owning 15 rental properties, Ryan O’Neill will teach you a concrete, non-infomercial way to build wealth through real estate. This seminar will be a one and a half hour presentation in regards to wealth building through real estate. There is no charge at all, no contracts you sign with us, no consultation fees, no hidden agenda. The seminar simply will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about our process: how you get pre-approved, what type of low-down loan product to choose, and then how we step you through the process of finding the home and helping you get it rented out. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced investor, this will be a great chance for you to learn more about how you can build your long term wealth through buying real estate. Again, all of us at www.InvestmentPropertyGuys.com own rental properties. Our team leader, Ryan O’Neill owns 15 single-family homes, and our mortgage coach Rob Bonahoom has over 20 properties. All of us have experienced the benefits of real estate, and we’re excited to share a free seminar with you on how you too can get into the game (or continue on).

Contact us now by filling out the registration form or call me at 612-281-5419 for more information.