Investing in Real Estate Creatively

Creative Real Estate Investing is a term used to describe methods of buying and selling real estate that are non-traditional. Typically a buyer will secure financing from a lending institution and pay for the full amount of the purchase price with a combination of the borrowed funds and his own funds or his "down payment".

Some argue that the techniques below are not creative at all as they are commonly used by professional and commercial investors, however to the lay man they do appear to be creative and non traditional.

  • Birddogging
  • Seller Finance or "Subject to"
  • Options
  • Lease option
  • Sandwich Lease Option
  • Short Sale or Preforeclosure
  • Wholesaleing
  • Hard Money Lenders
  • Tax Liens
  • Paper/Notes/Mortgage Investing
  • Rehabbing

These techniques are the "bread and butter" of the true creative investor. There are many resources on this site, A RE Investment that explain each of these topics in full. So feel free to browse and begin your real estate investing journey today.

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