Private Money Lender Loans- Investing Just Got A Whole Lot Easier
Never before has there been such an exciting, effective method for financing residential real estate investment property. If you are an investor, or would like to be, you must take a few minutes and read this brief introduction to one of the most flexible, powerful, creative ways to find the money for just about any kind of real estate deal you want to do. Using the leverage of private money will put you on the same level as investors having twice your experience, because you’ll have nearly limitless capital. Below you’ll find a few preliminary steps to get you ready to create your own private money for real estate investing empire.
Your first step to gaining access to all the private money you could ever need is to take stock of yourself. In other words, sit down and write out a brief business plan, outlining your method of operation. Answer the questions an investor would be likely to ask such as, what are your investing goals, and how do you plan to reach them? Be specific, and state what types of properties you will buy, whether you will hold them or sell them, what kind of discount you will be able to get, and what your profits look will like.
The time you spend on this step will pay handsome dividends down the road, because your business plan will become the outline of your elevator speech and your seminar presentation, both of which I’ll cover in detail in another article. Just be sure to be brief and to the point, and think like a potential investor as you work on your plan. Include specific results you have already seen in your investing endeavors, if you have any. If not, estimate, but be conservative in your estimates. Potential investors have seen too many pie-in-the-sky promises, and they can smell them a mile away.
Your second step is to write a list of every single person you know. This will be your “list of possible lenders” and will be a very valuable tool for you. You’ll keep it and add to it forever. No time for judging now whether someone is worthy or able to lend you money. The rule is, if you know them they go on the list, no matter how long or how well you have known them. When a name occurs to you, write it down. Get help from others to remind you of people you forgot you knew, and try hard to make as complete a list as you can.
Take your time and don’t speed through this. Then, after getting a good start on your list, put it away for a few days, even a week. When you pick it up again, you’ll have thought of a whole slew of names you forgot before. Finally, carry the list around with you for a week or so, adding names as you think of them.
Once you have what you believe is a complete list, start adding contact data such as email, street address, and telephone #. The goal is to have at least one way to contact each individual on your list, and you want to make sure the data you have is good and current. Once you start getting in touch with these people, you won’t want to stop to get addresses and such. You’ll be too excited! A little extra time spent here sets you up for massive success later!
OK, last step. Using your business plan as a template, write a letter to your list of possible lenders, telling them what you are doing, how you are doing it, and what you are looking for. Lay it all out for them, and be straightforward. Ask them to think about becoming one of your private lenders. Most important of all, tell them clearly why they should want to do it. In other words, what are the benefits? What’s in it for them?
Some might be scared of this step, but you won’t be! All the preparation you’ve done up til now will give you confidence to carry through to the finish line. Go for it, and write the best letter you possibly can, no matter how many re-writes it takes. this letter is going to be the cornerstone of the future work you do to build a stable of private money sources, eager to stuff cash in your pockets for real estate deals. In your letter, add at least five benefits for the lender to participate, and make them pop! Now that your letter is finished, you are prepared to move on to the next step of finding actual lenders for your private money lender loans program.