There are so many choices for Real Estate Investing Programs taught by a well known instructor these days. And many of these programs will teach you techniques to find good priced rental property. The instructors make you feel that you have to feel like you’re practically stealing real estate youre getting them so cheap if you use their techniques.

The reality is that most people do not have the time, energy or network it takes to make 100 offers in search of a cheap property. And, the truth is that while you are obsessed about finding that rock bottom priced rental property, you are missing out on really good deals that could be making you money right now!

Let me give you an example of this. When my husband and I purchased a duplex, we instantly added $20,000 to our net worth and $500/month positive cash flow to our pockets. And we did it simply by getting to the heart of the sellers problem and offering a perfect solution.

Notice I didn’t say anything about making low ball offers, hard nose negotiation tactics or crazy clauses to squeeze every ounce of blood from the seller? All we did was look for a problem to solve.

The property was bank owned. We learned the outstanding balance on the mortgage by digging through some public records. We pulled a bunch of comparable properties and analyzed that the property was worth about $20,000 more than the outstanding balance on the mortgage.

The bank had two problems. They needed to sell the duplex quickly to get rid of the debt, and they had to sell it at a price that would allow them to recover the outstanding mortgage amount. Most other bidders went in with low-ball offers and lost out on this high-quality income-generating property. But my husband and I took a different tack. We offered a quick close and a price equal to the amount of the outstanding mortgage and we had the winning bid.

This property puts $500 of positive cash flow in our pockets every month and added to our net worth the day we bought it.

When you are looking at buying a rent house, instead of focusing on making a steal of a deal, turn your attention to finding the sellers biggest challenge and figuring out how you can solve it. When you take a problem-solving approach to deal making, you are more likely to create an even better deal for yourself than if you had focused only on the price. And, no matter what, you’ll be saving yourself the headache and pain of making 100 different offers!

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