Wholesale Houses and QUIT Your Corporate Job
by Scott Rister
Be real here for a minute and ask yourself, "why are you investing in real
estate?"
- Long-Term Wealth Accumulation
- Cash-Flow Opportunities
- Large Capital Gains----Rehabs & Subject To Loan Payoffs
Those are excellent reasons to be in real estate whether you're wanting to make
a little more money on the side while having your corporate job….but do you have
larger aspirations in life??
That's exactly what I'm getting at here and I'm asking those of you who are
truly seeking a
LIFESTYLE CHANGE!!
What would it be worth to you to plan your own schedule? Just how much value
could you possibly place on determining your own income level rather than a 4-6%
cost-of-living adjustment?
That key to a true lifestyle change can be closer than you realize being a
FULL-TIME real estate investor. You're probably thinking, "just how do they do
it and make a living at it day after day?".
It's not a secret to be revealed and is summed up in one word:
CASHFLOW!!
If you can't pay the bills from your real estate profits, then you'll be
clinging to the myth of job security in corporate America. Cynical?-Yes, but
true and I've experience first-hand that "downsizing" is a nice word meaning
expendable asset.
I did all the "right" things in life for financial security that society has
conditioned us to believe as true:
- Go to school and get a degree
- Get a great job and work longer, harder, and better than anyone else and you'll
make a ton of money
- Stay with the same company being loyal and they will be loyal to you
In my experience there is a corporate ladder and you eventually fall off the
other side when you make it to the top! In no uncertain terms I wasn't going to
be "caught like a deer in the headlights" ever again....nope, no way, not ME!
So I took the journey in creative real estate and now lay a pathway for YOU.
I've graduated from the "school of hard-knocks" to become a FULL-TIME real
estate investor---and so can YOU!
The answer for you is not "rocket science" and lies in CASHFLOW!! I was soooooo
hard-headed until this concept painfully set in with me and just a few ways I
unsuccessfully tried:
- True rentals with no-money down techniques (because I didn't have any) making
marginal cash-flow
- "Home-Run" rehab and subject-to deals that were great but at the time too far
and few between
All too often I'll advise and counsel new investors away from hitting the
"home-run" deals and to take care of paying the bills! I know because I use to
scramble in between each big payday trying for weeks and months to put the next
one together.
For me it was a vicious cycle for years going back and forth from a wannabe
full-time real estate investor and then back to find a corporate job with my
tail between my legs. Talk about despair!!
It all changed when I mastered one technique:
WHOLESALING HOUSES!
So just how did it happen for me? I had just been to an appointment meeting a
truly motivated seller but he just wasn't budging on all-cash needed; the price
was right though! I left the appointment somewhat disappointed because my credit
was tapped out and this guy had to sell like yesterday. M-O-T-I-V-A-T-E-D !!
I knew if I didn't do the deal, there was a line of investors that would
probably be running over each other bidding the property up. I could just hear
the guy shooting me down and calling another investor: NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then, it hit me! Right around the next corner I was driving and I saw a rehab
crew working on a house. Thought I'd stop in and just get a rehab crew number in
case anyone would ever lend me money on a rehab again (right!). Come to find out
the owner of the property just happened to be there looking in on his crew and
the guy was cordial---SURPRISE!!!
In casual conversation we talked about being both investors but he just simply
said that if I knew of any other deals like the one his crew is working on to
let him know---GEEEZ!!! You could have knocked me over with a feather because I
just left the deal with my payday written all over it.
I got back on the phone calling the seller of the deal I just left "tieing" it
up under contract and literally begging that my $100 earnest money check be held
by my attorney (that I hope didn't bounce). Literally within the hour I had two
contracts in hand: one to purchase for $12,000 and the other to sell for
$14,000!
FINALLY I GET IT!!!! You make TRUE money in real estate by using your brain.
It's not about how big of a credit line you have, how much financing you have
lined up, how great you swing a hammer or even how good looking you are. That is
all a bunch of G-A-R-B-A-G-E! You get paid consistently month after month for
being SMART!!
To be honest with you I didn't even know what wholesaling was! I just knew that
in a matter of days I had a $2,000 check in my hand and there was no stopping me
now!
Now, $2,000 isn't going to get you to retirement but from that first deal and 10
months later led me to 72 deals. Some I made more on, some less, but the
principles were the same.
I can remember it vividly that day my boss got fired at deal #29 and this time
it was for good! I now had my own cash machine that was on autopilot and freed
me finally for all the "home-run" deals to get coming my way.
Wholesaling houses can put quick cash in your bank account and if you're looking
for the quickest way to become a FULL-TIME real estate investor....then please
challenge me to any other more sure-fired way to get there than wholesaling
houses!
We're talking about:
- ZERO credit needed
- ZERO down payment money needed
- ZERO liability
What part of ZERO don't you understand??? So, what's your excuse now for not
wholesaling houses?
Bio:
Scott Rister is a successful full-time investor living in Dallas, TX. Closing 72
deals in one 9 month period, Scott's property acquisition company, One-Stop
Realty, LLC maintains current holdings in four states.
After building a sizable portfolio of keeper properties that was not getting him
where he wanted to go, he discovered the art of wholesaling. Since that time
he's done hundreds of deals and focuses exclusively on motivated sellers using
technology and a targeted marketing approach.
Scott Rister's approach is based on the belief that the successful real estate
investor will leverage the best use of his/her time by implementing systems that
can run on auto-pilot with minimal maintenance.