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Home - Investing in Real Estate Easily with Private Money Lending
In this economy many investors are looking for an alternative to the stock market and it is surprising that so few investors are familiar with private money lending as a way to invest in real estate. Private money lending is a very safe and easy way to get very healthy returns on your investment.
It isn't hard to figure out that there are record numbers of foreclosures, short sales, REOs (real estate owned properties), wholesale properties, rehab properties, commercial properties and many other types of discounted properties out there for the taking right now but many investors would rather not go through all of the steps involved with the purchase and sale of foreclosures, short sales, REOs (real estate owned properties), wholesale properties, rehab properties, commercial properties and many other types of discounted properties... and understandably so.
Many investors don't realize this, but the guys that everyone considers to be "real estate investors" are constantly in need of outside funding in order to secure the deed on all of these foreclosures, short sales, REOs (real estate owned properties), wholesale properties, rehab properties, commercial properties and many other types of discounted properties and are able to pay out very healthy returns to private investors that loan them "private money".
Of course we don't recommend just going out and giving a private loan to any Joe off the street that claims that he can "flip a house", but there are many real estate investors and real estate investing companies out there that are very honest and can pay out up to 25% returns on these private loans. These types of investments can be very lucrative and now is a better time than ever to get into private money lending.
With the current state of the housing market, we are seeing all time low prices on all kinds of foreclosures , short sales, REOs (real estate owned properties), wholesale properties, rehab properties, commercial properties and many other types of discounted properties. By having private money lenders in place, it allows the real estate investor to have more buying power and allows them to purchase properties at very low prices and allows them the ability to pay very nice interest rates.
Most people automatically think, "how can I trust this guy with my private money?". Of course that is the most important question. The answer to this question is what makes private lending so great. Normally when you loan a real estate investor private money, the deed from the property is actually put into the private money lender's name until the property is resold at a hefty profit. The real estate investor then pays the private loan back along with the percentage of return that was agreed upon.
Of course, as with any investment, there are risks so we recommend that you thoroughly research whoever it is that you intend on giving a private loan to, but investing in private money loans for real estate is a fantastic alternative to the stock market as well as an easy way to take advantage of the great deals in real estate without all the headaches.
REIhomesales Homebuyer Theme
In my last article about WordPress sites and how to use them for real estate investing, I explained some of the basic features in WordPress and some of its advantages. In the weeks after writing this article, I looked for some other information that would be helpful to pass along that was a little more in depth, and more relevant to real estate investing.
I came up with some pretty good advanced usage techniques to discuss in the future, but I had a hard time with deciding on the “next article in the series”. At first I thought I would make some lists of helpful resources that would make it easy for you to get a WordPress installed on your server and places to get some WordPress Themes.
After kicking around a few watered down ideas for this article, and searching for free themes and plug-ins that might be good for real estate, I decided rather than tell you where to get stuff to make your WordPress into a lead generating site for real estate… I would create the perfect WordPress theme for generating real estate leads and give it away for free. It took a few weeks, but with the help of the REIcreator web development team, I was able to create a WordPress theme unlike any other theme out there… the 100% FREE REIhomesales WordPress Themes Collection… Merry Christmas.
So what is so special about the REIhomesales WordPress themes?
First and foremost, the best thing about our WordPress themes for real estate investing is that they are totally free. If you already have a WordPress, just download them and install them, set your settings in WordPress’s admin on our special theme settings page in the appearance section, and you are ready to start receiving leads directly in your email inbox.
Second, I wanted to make the setup as simple as possible. I wanted the theme into a lead generating site with as few steps and the least WordPress knowledge needed as possible. Our themes require no installation of any special plug-ins in order to activate the lead generating possibilities of the theme. Simply install the theme and fill out the simple settings in your WordPress admin and you will be up and running. Just enter the email address you want your leads to get sent to and any time someone fills out the form on your site, their information is emailed right to you. Easy as pie with no plug-ins required.
Third, we wanted to allow you to easily add Google Adsense and other banners to your site. On our theme settings page in your WordPress, you can easily add your Google Adsense codes to your site without editing any html. Simply paste in your Adsense codes (or any other banner codes) into our easy to use settings form and hit save.
Next, we decided that we wanted to allow you to easily add things like Google Analytics and other scripts to your site without the need to edit the html. All you have to do is paste your Google Analytics code into the box on our settings form and your Google Analytics will be automatically installed onto your site on every page.
Since video is always cool, and everyone has a video on YouTube.com, we decided to make an easy to edit spot on the right side bar of the theme that will hold a YouTube video, playlist, or channel. Simply paste the embed code from Youtube.com into the box in the admin settings and you are able to edit your video, playlist, or channel from YouTube.com easily. Again, no editing of html is needed for this.
After all that was built, we wanted to make the things look cooler than any prebuilt lead generating sites that we have seen. Our team of professional web site designers and developers were able to make a really great blend of great looking graphics, ease of use, and SEO optimized html. Not only do our themes look great, but they will out perform many of the WordPress themes that are out there as far as search engine results and they will crush any pre-built real estate investor website system out there in conversion.
Of course, if you want a custom theme created just for you, REIcreator.com can design and build any custom WordPress or Website that you can dream up. Since the core of our WordPress themes is so solid, we are able to make custom layouts and graphics in a very short time, enabling us to deliver spectacular looking, high performance sites for a very affordable price.
Basically, we wanted to eliminate the need for editing any html, and we wanted to not rely on any plug-ins. Of course you can install all the plug-ins you want, and I will be writing another article on all of my favorite plug-ins and how I use them… but our themes are ready to generate motivated home seller leads and other real estate leads right out of the box.
These first themes are just the beginning. We are already working on more graphics and layouts as well as enhancements and upgrades for future releases.
If you don’t have a web server or you have no idea how to get a server or get WordPress installed, we are also now officially offering WordPress installation and hosting on REItrainer.com. Check out our very affordable WordPress installation and hosting packages. We will get you setup in no time and get you online generating leads for next to nothing.
Check back soon for updates on the new REIhomesales WordPress Themes for Real Estate Investors by REIcreator.
