Great article. As an investor and a certified instructor of JKD (Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee's art) I'm glad you made this article. Stop by my blog sometime and make some comments. Are you into real estate investing as well?

Sincerely,
Scott Buendia
Certifed JKD Instructor
Certified Filipino Martial Arts Instructor
Certified Shamrock Submission Fighting Instructor

Hey!

Just noticed that you used my article here:

I don't mind if you use it but expect a link back to my blog.

You could put “Patrick Riddle” as the author and write “For more information, check out Patrick's creative real estate investing blog.” It would be great if you made “creative real estate investing blog” the link to my blog.

Thanks!

When a property gets foreclosed on, and it's the first lien holder that is doing the foreclosing, then the second and third and fourth (etc.) will get wiped out at the foreclosure auction. What an investor will do is to buy/tie up the property from the defaulting owner and see if he can discount the first and second. The second will most likely agree to a small amount (usually 7-10 percent) because they will lose everything once the property gets foreclosed on. The first will usually accept a 20 percent hit.

Now what you quoted is that the second note holder was stating that he will own the property by buying it from the person in default and take over the first position's loan payments and make it current. Therefore, he is not interested in selling his note to the investors. The investors in that example were idiots for not controling the property first or the owner didn't want to sell. The investors were hoping to buy the second note at a discount and bid at the auction and own the property with at least 15 k equity plus whatever the homeowner had in equity.

You can buy any note by approaching the lending institution that holds the note and making an offer to buy it. You will need cash to do so.

Also, to clear up the quoted reference, you can purchase property "subject to" existing liens/loans. Taking property "subject to" means that you will take over the payments, but the old owner is still responsible for the loan(s). So if you stop paying the mortgage/trust deed, the lending institution will go after the old owner and start foreclosing on the property. Buying property "subject to" existing loans is one way where someone with no money and/or credit can get into a home and own it. The second note holder was buying the property from the defaulting owner using the "subject to" clause.

I either confused you or helped you. Either way, I just saved you hundreds of dollars in late night real estate infomercials!

E-mail me if you have any questions.

Regards

You're a decade late for that particular bogeyman.

I love the series of books. First of all, you don't need to be wealthy/have money to invest. However, you need to invest to be wealthy. I used bank loans to start my investment portfolios, thanks to Kiyosaki's tips. B4, I had the mindframe of saving money in order to invest.

Nowadays, I realize you can use the banks money to invest. Bank managers are often willing to give people money for a good investment. Money always follows a good investment, though you have to learn about them, invest to gain experience. Also, it's important to have mentors who've achieved whatever you want to achieve. They're a good source of guidance.

I like the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of books because the tips have been helpful to me and are helping me achieve my goals.