How To Use Social Media For Real Estate Investing

How To Use Social Media For Real Estate Investing

Author: Lolita Sheriow
Date posted: Mar 31, 2010
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Every day, millions use social media for real estate investing to generate new leads, build relationships and find investors.

For years, one of the biggest challenges investors faced was finding deals and getting more leads. No matter if you were investing in a foreclosure or a short sale, finding investors to buy your property was always a challenge. Generally, investors placed newspaper ads to build their lists and hired bird dogs around the country to find properties.

Today, it's much easier. Now, all you have to do is go on popular social networking sites such as Craigslist, Backpage and other real estate sites to find properties and potential investors. Why place newspaper ads and make phone calls every day when you can go online and search for leads, even down to specific zip codes? (I'm not saying phone calls aren't important; they are, but there are other tools that may be more effective.)

Social Media For Real Estate Makes Business Easier, And It's Often Free!

Most social media sites are absolutely free and draw millions of visitors from around the world. With the click of a button, anyone in the world can see your lead generation website, blog or ads on sites such as ActiveRain.com. Amazing, isn't it? You no longer have to spend lots of time looking for leads and real estate investors; if anything, they'll come straight to you.
And popular social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn expose your real estate investing business to the world even more. It doesn't matter if you're in Anaheim, California or Annapolis, Maryland, social media gives everyone the same tools to succeed. For real estate investing professionals, it's a new day.

You might never meet a real estate investor in Singapore, but you might have a relationship with them because you follow them on Twitter and are a fan on Facebook.

Social media is a common thread, connecting people of different backgrounds and in geographic areas.
One thing is for sure: With 640 million users on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, social media is here to stay.

Here are a few social media tips:

1. Create free profiles on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube. It's FREE, but make sure you link your website. (You do have a website, right?)

2. Add social media videos to your strategy. Buy a $30 web camera and do quick, two minute videos. Upload them on sites such as YouTube, your website and your blog to drive traffic to your site.

3. Contribute. Contribute to online groups, forums, discussions, write articles and comment in blogs. This helps establish you as a real estate authority and can drive traffic to your website. You get out of social media what you put into it.

Social media for real estate investors makes it easier to build more leads, land more deals and build new relationships.

Manuel “Consultant” B
Nosotros compramos casas al contado, en Renta con Opcion de Compra, y damos consultoria para ayudarle a vender su casa, en 30 dias o menos.
Tel. 909-319-0332 E-Mail: mbhomessolutions@gmail.com
Sitios: www.megadiscounthomes.co.cc/ y www.mbcbuyshomes.com

That’s when it hit me: “Why not wholesale lease options”?!

That’s when it hit me: “Why not wholesale lease options”?!

Let’s look at some facts…

1) There are TONS of sellers out there who can’t sell their home. They either have very little equity or they aren’t willing to discount their home to 70% of ARV to compete with the banks.

2) There are TONS of buyers out there who can’t buy a house.
So I thought to myself, why not stop throwing away all those leads and do something with them? Why can’t I put “Lease Options” and “Wholesaling” together and make the same money with them as I was making with regular wholesaling?!
The Quick and Dirty of Wholesaling Lease Options…
Here are the basic steps:

1) Find a motivated seller who wants to sell their house on a Lease Option…
2) Get the property under an “Option To Lease Option” contract…
3) Find a qualified tenant-buyer who has a good down payment and a good chance to get a mortgage in 6-12 months…
4) Sign the Lease Option paperwork with the Tenant-Buyer…
5) Assign the Lease Option docs back to the seller…
6) Keep the Option Consideration / Deposit and give the Seller the first month’s rent…
7) Put the Tenant-Buyer in a credit repair program with your mortgage broker…
8 ) Deposit your money & move on to the deal!
Real simple… really! That’s why I love this business so much. Almost anyone can easily do 1-2 of these deals a month.
Imagine what you could do with an extra $3,000 – $10,000 in “Hip Pocket National Bank” every month! And if I can do it – anyone can!!!

- Manuel “The Mentor” B.
Ontario, CA
I Mentor and Consult people that don't have the money for an agent's commisions.
call or e-mail and ask how? 909-319-0332 or mbhomessolutions@gmail.com

Mentoring one on one just for you!!!

I am a real Estate Investor, I am a profesional on Wholesaling and Lease Optioning, doing deals and mentoring people that want's to get to the next level on they're real estate investing or having a problem selling a property, I can mentor or consult a person to sell they're property in 30 days or less. And save a lot of MONEY, by having a large list of people with a need of house I can move houses fast and thats one other way of helping by either buying or renting houses. so if you need help on buying or selling a home I got your solution contact me at 909-319-0332 or e-mail at mbhomessolutions@gmail.com also visit my sites at www.megadiscounthomes.co.cc/ or http://www.mbcbuyshomes.com/ because I know that there is people that just can afford to pay commision to a real estate agent and I know how to help people on that matter I become available with this knowledge and services to make any bad situation in to a solved one.

Hola soy Invercionista profesional en Real Estate y pongo a su dispocicion mi experiencia y servicios ya sea comprandole o rentandole su casa, yo tambien se que hoy en dia hay mucha gente que no puede pagar los servicios de un agente de real estate, por lo tanto yo tengo programas de tutoria en Inverciones o simplemente acsesoria para hayudarle a vender o comprar su casa en 30 dias o menos si decea mas informacion simplemente valla a los sitios de aqui arriba y comuniquese con nosotros para hayudarle con su problema cualquiera que sea recuerde que si usted tiene un problema con su casa lo mejor es preguntar porque por supusto por preguntar no se cobra, gracias.