World Wide Property Sales
The Wonderful World of Wholesaling
by Lou Castillo
Wholesaling is an incredible way to generate fast cash, and keep it flowing.
Here’s a story that happened to us recently that demonstrates how great
wholesaling truly is…
Through our marketing, a motivated seller called us (we no longer do outbound
sales calls looking for motivated sellers) about a house they had in a very good
neighborhood. Joe spoke with the seller on the phone and assessed that it was
worth going to see the property.
It was in really good shape – already had new electric and HVAC – but needed a
new roof, kitchen & bath updates, and general cosmetics. The only problem was
that it had a tenant, and the Seller didn’t know how to get rid of the tenant.
We told him not to worry, that we have an friendly way to entice tenants to
move. Joe spoke to the tenants and offered our moving allowance of $250 if they
move by a certain date and leave the property in broom clean condition. Joe, not
being such a great negotiator (ha ha), had to go up to $300. This technique
always works, and it did here again. The tenants left with no problem, and they
left the house clean. (Is there a better way to have tenants move out?)
Joe had negotiated with the Seller to close within 30 days after the tenant
moved out. As soon as the house was vacant and we had a key, we posted an ad on
our wholesale buyers website. Within 24 hours we had a full price contract. We
verified funding with the buyer's hard money lender. And the house closed a
little over 2 weeks later for a $20,000 profit. Is that great or what? That’s
why we love wholesaling and think it should be part of every investor’s
portfolio. How many of those deals do you have to do in a year to replace your
current salary? And oh, by the way, that’s not a “special once-in-a-lifetime
deal”. That's not far from our normal average everyday profit on a wholesale
So what's the lesson here? What other business can you do from home, at your own
pace, and earn $20,000 in 2 weeks with almost no money, no ownership, no repairs
or tenant headaches!!
We’re not saying all of this to brag, but so that you can see all of the
potential of real estate investing. If you’re not wholesaling houses now, you
should be. What’s stopping you?
Bio:
Lou has been successfully investing in real estate since the early ‘90’s, and is
now sharing his vast experience with investors around the country. Lou’s
students are earning tens of thousands of dollars monthly on their deals using
his system. Unlike many of the speakers and mentors in real estate, Lou has both
an undergraduate and a Master's Degree in Business and Marketing, and for 12
years he worked managing a 50 million dollar business for American Express.
He was on his way up the corporate ladder until he recognized that real estate
offered a greater opportunity for financial freedom, and for the lifestyle he
desired. Using his powerful formulas Lou was able to retire from his corporate
job at age 37 and follow his passion - his first love - which is investing in
real estate.
Lou has developed proven systems that create massive wealth through real estate
investing. His unique approach with students is to focus on implementation of
techniques rather than the theory. He teaches the “how” of this business – not
just the “what”.
He has authored more than 7 books and courses about investing. His latest
development ‘Online Real Estate Empire' has been helping investors around the
country achieve financial freedom through real estate.