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Great Event
Posted by: | CommentsI didn’t get home from the
Financial Enlightenment Club/
Real Estate Investors Club Meeting
tonight-until 10:00pm and it ended at 9!
Listen to this, when I left the Doubletree, there were still 7 people there networking, laughing and getting to know one another.
In case you missed it, tonight’s meeting was a great one. People got there early and the real estate investing buzz and humm began…
I love that feeling.
There were those familiar faces as well as
people I’d never met- everyone was warm, enthusiastic and energized- we learned,
we shared, we had fun tonight…together.
Everyone got a chance to meet Chuck, Kristy and Shanna- what a great team! Chuck gave a mini power point presentation on the 203 (k) loan, Shanna talked about what she’s been seeing out there as an agent and Kristy….? Kristy was a natural at the door and the drawing!- I’m so glad that
she’s a part of our group.
Forrest Jinks was a huge hit at the FEC Club tonight- he rocked it with some good solid opinions and a heck of a lot of bare bones economical common sense about the real estate market in his presentation.
I think it went very well– and there was a
great deal of “audience participation”, whether
itwas questions, comments,laughing etc.
That’s always a good sign of an awesome meeting, don’t you think?
THANK YOU Forrest!

The adventure will continue next meeting!
Remember that the goal is to build up our investor community here in the North Bay and if tonight was any indication…that will most certainly happen.
If you missed it tonight- we got you covered…
I hope you can join us at the next meeting, which will be March 25th with Warren Racine.
Thanks for coming out everyone-
I really enjoyed it very much.
To your success,
Karen
CALL TO ACTION: Seller Financing
Posted by: | Comments**CALL TO ACTION – LAST DAY**
The following information is extremely important!
“HUD Issues Problematic Rules Interpreting SAFE
Mortgage Licensing ACT HUD has proposed to eliminate
ALL seller financing unless the seller lives in the home
or becomes a licensed mortgage originator.”
Seller Financing for Residential and Commercial properties
is a HUGE way for investors to flip properties.
We desperately need for thousands of real estate investors
across the country to go on record with HUD on this issue.
How YOU can help:
1. Call your US Congressman or US Senator…otherwise,
according to one government insider, your emails to them will
be read by a lowly staffer.
To find your local US Congressman and US Senator’s line, go here
For US Congress: use (202) in front of the phone numbers listed
here http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mcapdir.html
For US Senate: use (202) then the “22″ prefix in front of the phone
numbers listed here
http://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf
2. Tell them what you feel about the proposed law and how
that would negatively impact the real estate business their area, and for you.
Your message should include that you would like the definitions
in the proposed rules to be changed so that private individuals
can originate and service loans on properties they personally own.
Opinions must be in by tomorrow.
Which means we have less than one day left to flood this system
with comments.
Please forward this info to those who need to know. Action must be taken quickly.
Here is the link to HUD to read the law:
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Here is the link to HUD for you to post your public Comments:
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The FDIC Plot Thickens
Posted by: | CommentsIf this is accurate,
the Plot Thickens via this
INSANE FDIC Formula !
According to this, One West Bank will actually
EARN MONEY on any Indy Mac Loans that go to
Short Sale or Foreclosure and it’s set up in such a
way that they can’t lose.
It makes you wonder if the Government really
wants to clean up this mess or not.
You should be aware
of this and share it with people
that you know in order to shine the light
on this “arrangement“.
This is a “sweetheart” of a deal…
just in time for Valentine’s Day right?
You’re not even going to believe this one…
Humor me…Just watch anyway.
Check the video out>>> Click Here
and please share it and share any
thoughts or opinions you have about it, below.
Does this make you question why so many Loan Mods aren’t going through?
Karen
Hard Money Convention Coming Up
Posted by: | CommentsOn February 25th in Las Vegas The 20th Annual National Hard Money Convention is taking place.
Network with hundreds of private investors, hard money lenders, portfolio managers and hedge funds attending from all over the country.
The February 25th hard money event in Las Vegas is Almost Sold Out.
In order to secure your seats, please visit their seminar registration page.
Teaching Mortgage Brokers to become Hard Money Lenders.
Here’s what they had to say….
My experience is that most mortgage brokers spend 50% of their time finding a hardmoney lender that can fund their loan scenarios. The basic flaw with the traditional mortgage broker lending model is that you are only good as the last mortgage loan you acomplished. Wouldn’t it be refreshing earning a residual income annually in addition of your loan origination fees? This can be accomplished through creating a hard money mortgage pool and private placement memorandum (PPM). The mortgage broker or real estate investor gains considerable control of your lending business and gain control of the underwriting loan process. In addition, you earn loan service fees and lending management fees as the hardmoney fund manager. Essentially you become a hard money lender portfolio manager. In plain English, you upgrade from being a mortgage broker to becoming the banker. We have created an entire lending program to show you how this can be accomplished.
Pitbull Mortgage School specializes in training mortgage brokers, real estate investors and hard money lenders, prospering in the lending industry through our training program.
If you are interested in a career in hard money lending , our hard money school and training is a must for every mortgage broker, real este investor and lending professional. In order to compete in the competitive environment of mortgage banking and mortgage lending, learning all aspects of hard money lending is essential. Pitbull mortgage school is the definitive answer in creating a high income career in real estate banking and hard money lending. Our California based seminar series has trained mortgage brokers, loan officers, private investors, hard money lenders and attorneys in the lucrative field of private money lending.
They claim to host the most powerful and dynamic seminar on hard money training and lending ever taught and always sell out with standing room only.
Pitbull Mortgage School teaches you specifics not hypotheticals.
Below is a sample of what you will learn at our national hard money training seminar:
- The creation of a REG D 506 Federal Filing.
- Starting and creating a private placement memorandum (PPM)
- Start and create a mortgage pool
- Education on the creation of a fractional investment mortgage pool
- Brokering mezzanine and conduit loans
- Start and create a hard money mortgage company
- Asking the right questions of the borrower
- Managing your borrower
- Where to place your loan scenario
- Determining the value of the real estate property (the Pitbull Hard Money way)
- Packaging and selling your loans to the real estate investor
- Brokering raw land loans and hard money commercial loans
- Learn the secrets of buying REO (bank owned properties)
- Brokering residential hard money loans
- Brokering rehab hard money loans
- Funding commercial hard money foreclosures
- Funding residential hard money foreclosures
- Assessing the value of the real estate asset
- Funding second mortgages and home equity lines of credit
- How to become a hard money lender
- Being successful in commercial hard money loans
- Being successful in hard money rehabs
- Training secrets to hard money email marketing.
To get more info>>> click here
Realtor News: Meet Shanna
Posted by: | CommentsWelcoming Shanna to FEC
“Creating relationships for life” is the motto that Shanna Ponce lives by.
As a realtor, Shanna is able to assist buyers and sellers at a very important stage of their lives and believes that it is essential that she bring them valuable information and guidance to support them. Her goal is to make sure that her clients understand how much their relationship means to her and that she will go the extra mile to make sure that her service exceeds their expectations.
Shanna is dedicated to bringing customer service back to her industry and is doing so one transaction at a time.
Shanna first fell in love with real estate when she and her husband purchased their first home in 2001. They went on to buy five other properties and learned many great lessons along the way. Shanna began her hands on education by working at a real estate law firm and later for a title company. She found her calling when she began her career as a realtor in 2006. While temporarily working in Arizona, she sold both single family dwellings and apartments to investors from Southern California. Shanna found that she loved working with investors because her mind worked similarly.
Creative deals and closing the “impossible transactions” seem to motivate and fulfill her creative nature. In 2007, she returned to Sonoma County where she joined Remax Central Santa Rosa for 2 years. In December of 2009, she had the privilege and opportunity to join Keller Williams Realty where she is supported by a large and innovative team.
When Shanna is not helping others attain their goals, she is spending quality time with her supportive husband Hersol, and their four kids. Hersol and Shanna are raising their children to work hard for what they want and to give back along the way. She visits Honduras, Central America often with her family to visit her in-laws and is determined and dedicated to better the living conditions of their loved ones.
Shanna feels extremely blessed and believes that the most important thing to remember in life is ‘that it’s all about the lives that you touch along the way.’
Shanna can be reached in her office at : 707-484-4811 and by email: shannaleeponce@msn.com
Visit her Website http://shannaponce.com/ to know more about Shanna and her works.
Hey! That’s my property!
Posted by: | CommentsHave you ever heard of Property Fraud Alert?
I think this is a handy little service to have as part of your real estate tools because things happen- especially when we get really busy juggling multiple properties, we can miss something until we go to sell t he property.
Well, this handy little service can ward off a few un-welcome surprises.
It was designed to ward against mortgage fraud. It could be something as simple as someone recording a document to have it appear that they own your property-without your knowledge.
Property Fraud Alert is offered in certain counties. Should you decide to check out the site, it’ll ask you for the name(s) you’d like for them to monitor and the email address where you’d like to receive document alert notification.
If ever something is recorded in your name, you are immediately notified via an email alert with the following information:
- County Location
- Document Number
- Document Type
- Recorded Date
- Party Name(s)
The only downside that I see to this service right now is that it’s not offered everywhere.
If this sounds like something that would help you- Head on over to Property Fraud Alert and enter your zip code to determine if yours is a county that they serve.
Property Fraud Alert might be just what you need to help you protect your valuable property investment.
Karen
Do You..no regrets
Posted by: | CommentsAs you know, I really like to laugh and have fun but I have a serious business side too.
If I hadn’t, I would never have gotten off disability and realized my dream to become a full time real estate investor. Because believe me, when I was faced with that “do or die” situation…it was anything but funny.
So on that note, this is serious and I want you to join me.
When I got into the game of real estate, the money was flowing like crazy, we flipped land in other states (sight unseen) we bought pre-construction projects and road the appreciation like it would never end, we did many, many things.
The market has changed and this is what I know….alot of things that worked in the past are gone and successful investors change with the times, they tweek this and alter that in order to thrive….not just survive.
Surviving is no fun, thriving is what life is all about.
If you are or have been in a place of confusion or if you’ve lost faith in real estate- pick yourself up and START AGAIN. This time, do it with every ounce of passion, do it with no regrets, give it all you got.
Powerful forces will muster on your behalf.
Reclaim the present and shape your future in accordance with the dreams
you have for it. You can do this!
When expectations aren’t realized, we regret our decisions, wishing we had done something different- sometimes resulting in sadness, anger, self-pity or even despair.
Regrets arise from unfulfilled expectations, from shattered hopes,
lost dreams, failures, mistakes and misjudgements.
The process goes something like this
If only I had…
Why didn’t I?…
I can’t believe I didn’t…
If only I had it do it again…
I’d give anything if…
Things would be different if…
If only I had known…
If only I could…
If, if, if….well- you get the picture.
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Network Your Way To Millions
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by Preston Ely
Let’s cut to the chase.
The goal is a few hundred leads per month. You want billboards, commercials, and mass mailers going out in the tens of thousands.
There is only one small problem…
You currently have $327 a month available for marketing.
What do you do?
You have champagne taste and a malt liquor budget.
Simply put, you must start where you are and work your way up. And where you are is broke, by the way. Let that both embarrass you and motivate you at the same time. Don’t like it? Oh yes, you do. If you really didn’t like it, you’d change it. It’s comfortable to you, and you’re scared of anything else. You don’t want the responsibility.
Isn’t that true?
How does that make you feel?
You need to become a networking machine. You need to start networking so consistently and constantly that you literally hand out 95 business cards to imaginary people in your dreams at night.
Doesn’t sound fun, does it? Well how much fun is being broke? Which one is less funner to you?
The answer to that question will determine whether or not you get off your lazy arse and DO something about your life.
You gotta get in the mix, man. Mix it up. Stir it up. Put it in the oven and bake it till a cash cake appears out of nowhere.
Then eat it.
Eating the cash cake is so fun, let me tell you. Oh how glorious when cash cakes just come to you every day. What a life.
But you gotta pay your dues.
No dues? No cake. No cake for you!
Your entire community needs to know that you buy houses and close fast. That you’re the “go to” guy or gal when someone needs their house sold quickly.
How do you plan on accomplishing this?
If you have lots of money then this is easy. If you don’t, then it takes work and high levels of creativity.
Are you willing to work? How willing are you to put in some 15 hour days to really get this thing off the ground? Are you all talk by any chance? Or are you one of those rare souls who actually make something happen in this world? Who are you really?
Get out there and make some friends. Hand your card out to every single person who comes within a 3 foot radius of you. The exact card to use and the unbelievably easy conversation you need to have with these people are in my digital book that you should already have by now.
I was just having lunch with a friend of mine who has been in the real estate investing game for years already. He still hands his business card out to people in an effort to get new leads. As a matter of fact he just recently did a deal that he made over $20,000 on, and he got it from handing his business card out to a stranger at my office – Starbucks!
It is more comfortable to do nothing. It feels better to stay home and watch tv. But does it feel better really? How do you feel about yourself? About your life? On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you think your spouse respects you and what you have accomplished in life? How does that feel? Do your kids respect you or pity you? How does that feel?
Are you really safer doing nothing?
Me personally, I would rather die doing something than live doing nothing.
Get out there and mix it up. Shake it. Flip it. Bake a cash cake. Eat it. Smash it in your boss’ face. Whatever.
Until you have the funds for the big time marketing…network your way to millions.
HAMP Guidelines Updated to Improve Conversions to Loan Modification
Posted by: | CommentsThe Treasury Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have announced another attempt to streamline procedures under their Home Ownership Made Affordable Program (HAMP.)
The program has enrolled over 850,000 homeowners who are seriously delinquent in their mortgage payments in a trial modification period but has encountered significant problems in converting those trials into permanent loan modifications. Today the two departments released updated guidance for the mortgage servicers who initiate the modifications and monitor the trial periods. The guidance refines the documentation requirements and other procedures in order to expedite conversions of current trial modifications to permanent ones.
Earlier reports on the progress of HAMP have indicated that many of the conversion problems result from missing documentation. Servicers have reported that borrowers are not providing the requested information while borrowers and consumer advocates have maintained that the servicers are mishandling or losing the paperwork.
The guidance issued today is in the form of a Supplemental Directive (Number 10-01) for servicers. In an attempt to mitigate the missing documentation problems, the directive makes a series of significant changes to that part of the process.
Beginning June 1, a borrower’s eligibility for a modification must be fully verified before the borrower enters the trial period. An earlier directive gave servicers the option of placing a borrower into a trial period based on verbal financial information supplied by the borrower which was subject to verification during the trial period. New applicants will now have to supply an Initial Package which will include a request for modification including a hardship statement and optional demographic information; acceptable evidence of income, and IRS Form 4506-T, Request for Transcript of Tax Form. The servicers must send written confirmation of receipt of these documents within 10 business days along with a description of the evaluation process and a projected time line, and must maintain evidence of the date the Initial Package was received in its records. The servicer then has 30 days to review the package and notify the borrower of any missing data. The directive also establishes deadlines for the borrower to supply the missing information before being dropped from consideration by the program. If the package is complete, the servicer must then either send the borrower a Trial Period Plan Notice or determine that the borrower is not eligible for HAMP and notify him of that ineligibility and of any other mitigation possibilities.
Another frequent complaint about the program from borrowers has been that rules are unevenly or even unfairly applied. Last month the Obama Administration required most trial modifications be placed in a temporary review period to ensure that borrowers were being fairly evaluated. Servicers were temporarily banned from canceling an active trial modification during this review period for any reason other than the eligibility of the property. During the review period the total number of conversions more than doubled. The new directive sets out firm conditions to be met to establish eligibility such as acceptable forms of income verification and application of rental income. It is hoped that this change as well as the upfront documentation will make it easier and quicker to move trial modifications to permanent status and use resources more effectively.
Another change under the new directive is that servicers are not required to forbear more than the greater of either 30 percent of the unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loan or an amount resulting in a modified interest bearing balance that would create a current mark-to-market loan-to-value ratio equal to 100 percent. If the borrower’s monthly mortgage payment cannot be reduced to the target monthly mortgage payment under either of these options, the servicer may consider the borrower ineligible for a modification. This does not, however, bar servicers from exceeding those amounts in order to achieve the target 31 percent ratios for both NPV-positive and NPV-negative loans. The directive also clarifies the way in which Net Present Value is to be determined in order to have consistent results at both the beginning and end of the trial period
Once the borrower is deemed eligible for the program there will be a two-step process for modifications. In step one, the servicer will send out a Trial Period Plan Notice to the borrower describing all terms and payment due dates. The first payment by the borrower will be deemed as evidence of acceptance of the plan. If the borrower is, in the servicer’s judgment, current at the end of the three month period then Step 2 is the permanent modification of the loan. The directive also sets out firm guidelines for current trial participants who were admitted to the programs before their eligibility was determined in order to compensate for this and move them to conversion.
Phyllis Caldwell, Chief of Treasury’s Homeownership Preservation Office said, “With more than 850,000 homeowners in trial and permanent modifications, we are providing immediate relief to struggling homeowners. Today’s guidance represents our commitment to more efficiently move qualified homeowners into permanent modifications.”
5 Steps to Getting Started Investing in Real Estate
Posted by: | CommentsReal estate investors are usually depicted in stories or movies as being financially well off- especially in late, late night infomercials. This image has enticed many people to attempt a career in real estate, only to end up discouraged and frustrated. To be successful as a real estate investor, you have to begin with the end in mind and implement these 5 basics right from the start:
1. Planning
This is the key to the success in of business. The plan will serve as your guide so that you don’t stray way from the path to your goal. You may be an expert in making real estate deals, but you will not really go far or you’ll just go in circles without the plan
For example, have you decided on the type kind of real estate investments that you’ll get into? Real estate investing does not always mean that you own properties. Take wholesaling for example, the niche where you are paid by other investors for assigning real estate deals to them, is a form of real estate investing although you are just babysitting a property and selling a piece of paper.
2. Building your Team of Experts
To complete a successful real estate deal, an investor will need the services of experts in various areas, such as someone to make repairs to the properties, someone to oversee contracts, assess deals and someone market and sell the subject property..
You can’t be looking for your team of experts when you land upon a deal. Be smart by preparing ahead of time- identify your team before making any investments. The team will assist you in determining the right property. With the right team, you have a greater chance of succeeding at more deals at a given time.
Your power team of experts should include the following: an attorney who has a working knowledge of real estate deals, an experienced escrow company, an insurance agent, an accountant, a mentor, contractors, financial partner or lender and a solid real estate agent..
As your operation grows bigger, you’ll definitely need to add to your team, which is great.
3. Keep yourself and your staff, if any, educated
You should always be updated about new laws, ordinances regarding real estate.
4. Join and attend Real Estate Investor Clubs
Networking is the lifeblood of this kind of business. Always stay connected and in the loop with the right people – those that you will more than likely meet in real estate investor clubs.
5. Treat real estate investment as a business
Like most businesses, it will take time to generate leads and build your buyer database to actually close some deals. Be persistent .Create a system to follow up with your ongoing deals and prospects so that you don’t lose them. You have already generated this lead and spent some effort already, so you may as well follow up with it at a later point. It might bring in some referral profit if nothing else.
Get started the right way from the beginning and manage your real estate investing business with the attention to detail and the consistent effort that it deserves, so that it will prosper.
If you treat it like a business, you’ll get paid as a business would but if you treat it like a part time hobby- you’ll get paid to that scale.
Happy investing,
Karen Roberts
“The Dealmaker”










