Foreclosure Viewing Instructions: Remove the Front Door Yourself!

Most experienced real estate investors and rehabbers have figured out a way to bypass being accompanied by a real estate agent when viewing vacant homes including bank owned properties.  Some investors have real estate agent friends that get the lockbox combos for them, while others sweet talk or persuade the listing brokers into offering up the combos.  This may not be legal in some cases, but it is a fact in our business.  Some agents listing vacant properties including REO’s, will actually instruct investors to bring a power drill with them to remove the front door to gain access to the house as long as the door is screwed shut upon leaving.  This is understandable given the number of real estate investors just kicking the tires and rarely ever buying anything.

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Rehab Financing Made Easy – Develop a Strong Relationship with your Local Community Bank

Find that investor friendly community bank located in the neighborhood where you will be buying and fixing foreclosures.  Be upfront, truthful, and communicate openly with your bank’s lending officer.  Develop a strong relationship based on open communication and most importantly consistent on time payments. Keep the lending officer abreast of your work so they get to know you and eventually the bank will treat you as a preferred customer.  They will be more willing to work with you in hard financial times or with special requests.  It makes smart financial sense for lending institutions to work with their borrowers during difficult financial times rather than enforce their strict guidelines with no flexibility.

3 Month Payment Deferral

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