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The first step for anyone wishing to embark on a real estate career is to get licensed. But to get licensed, candidates need to successfully complete the required education courses—online or in-person—from an education provider approved by their state licensing board.

But the education requirements don’t stop upon licensing. Real estate agents and brokers, like other licensed professionals, must complete continuing education requirements to keep their licenses in good standing.

Founded in 1996, Colibri Real Estate (formerly known as Real Estate Express) is a real estate education provider offering online real estate pre-license and post-license courses across a nationally accredited platform.

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It’s possible to make good money in the real estate industry through wholesaling houses. Some real estate gurus teach wholesaling as a way to get wealthy without capital. Generally, real estate wholesaling can be a great business. However, it’s not easy and it requires an investment of time and effort.

With the right systems and processes in place, even a beginner can learn how to wholesale houses profitably. So, let’s dive in.

• What Is Wholesaling Houses?
• How Does Wholesaling Houses Work?
• Is Wholesaling Houses Legal?
• Do I Need A License to Wholesale Houses?
• What Does A Wholesale Real Estate Investment Company Do?
• What Types of Property Can I Wholesale?
• How To Make Money Wholesaling Houses
• Wholesaling vs Flipping Homes (Rehabbing Houses)
• How To Start Wholesaling Houses
• Is Wholesaling Real Estate Worth It?
• Pros And Cons Of Wholesaling Houses
• Where Can I Find Houses To Wholesale?
• How To Get A House Under Contract For Wholesaling
• What Are Wholesaling Exit Strategies...

If you are eager to start making money in real estate quickly, real estate wholesaling might be the solution for you. Wholesaling is the perfect way for individuals to get their feet wet in the real estate investing industry.

Wholesaling is an opportunity to make quick cash without the hassle of buying properties and taking possession of them. Although, with any new business opportunity there are pros and cons to the process so doing your research is essential.

If you are passionate about how you too can take this leap of opportunity, follow along as we will teach you how to wholesale real estate step by step!

• What Is Wholesale Real Estate Investing?
  
• How To Wholesale Real Estate Step By Step?
• How To Wholesale Real Estate With No Money?
• Is Wholesaling Real Estate Easy?
• Is Wholesaling Real Estate Legal?
• Can You Wholesale Real Estate Without A License?
• Pros And Cons Of Wholesaling Real Estate
• Wholesale Real Estate: FAQ
• How To Create Win-Win-Win Scenarios When Wholesaling Real...

If you’ve been in the real estate industry for a while, then you’ve most likely heard of “Real Estate Comps.”  If you haven’t heard of “Real Estate Comps,” then it’s time to get fully acquainted right now!

What you are about to learn in this article will teach you several different things, like how to find comps in your area or neighborhood, how to find comps without a realtor, how to look up comps online for free, and the Comp Criteria we use at Real Estate Skills. The Real Estate Skills Comp Criteria has been responsible for accurately analyzing property & generating millions in real estate investing profits for years.

By the end of this article, you’ll be able to find real estate comps to determine the value of any house, and you will fully understand the principles that the best real estate investors in the world use to determine home value estimates.

Whether you are a Real Estate Wholesaler, Fix &...

In real estate investing & wholesaling, having an up-to-date & legit proof of funds letter is a necessity! If you do not have this, then you are investing like an amateur! Every single wholesale and fix & flip deal I’ve ever completed have all had a Proof of Funds attached along with my offer. Having a Proof of Funds on each & every offer will significantly improve your chances of getting & closing the real estate deal! In this article, we’ll go over what exactly is a proof of funds letter for real estate, why you need it, and how to get it!

What Is A Proof of Funds Letter In Real Estate?

A Proof of Funds Letter (POF) is a letter, bank statement, PDF, screenshot, or other document showing that a person or company has the financial ability to close a real estate transaction. Essentially, it’s your “PROOF” that you can close the real estate deal.

I want you to think of the Proof of Funds like “the Golden Ticket,” because...

Once your wholesale real estate business starts to bring in more deals, doing all the work alone will be increasingly difficult. Since sealing each wholesale deal entails completing many tasks, you’ll have to wear different hats. However, some tasks can be very challenging while others will be more mundane. Once work starts pilling up after sealing a few deals, you will find it important to build a wholesale real estate. Doing so will relieve you some workload while allowing you time to build and grow the wholesale real estate business.

Wholesale Real Estate Team Analogy: Investing and Football

Look at your wholesale real estate business as a football team. While growing your wholesaling company, you have to bring the best players and coaches into the team.

The first season entails playing all positions in the team including the position of the owner, head coach, and the general manager. This will help you to develop more skills and get you more involved. However, you...

The Commercial Real Estate industry is HARD.  Commercial Real Estate is not for the weak hearted; however this article offers 3 pieces of advice that will help cut down your learning curve and perform FAR above the majority of your competition.

FACT: Per Tom Ferry’s website (one of the top producing real estate brokers in the United States) 87% of all real estate agents FAIL and get out of the industry within the first 5 years of being licensed.  My guess is that in the Commercial Real Estate space, that number a lot higher, likely in the mid 90% range.

So why do the vast majority of new commercial real estate agents fail?  Is there not enough business to go around?  Has every property owner already forged their relationships with existing brokers and thus all clients are already spoken for?  Is it a lack of experience in doing deals?  Lack of network, creativity, hustle, etc?

The brutal truth is: it can be a combination of all...

Real Estate Skills went LIVE recently with Alex Martinez & Stan Gendlin to discuss How To Invest In Real Estate With No Money!  Alex & Stan have bought, wholesaled, and fixed & flipped more than $90M in Real Estate since 2012.

The best real estate investing businesses use “Other People’s Money” & creative financing strategies to grow & scale their businesses which are covered in this discussion. 

In this LIVE discussion, you will learn:

• How to invest in real estate without using your own money and without having any credit (or having bad credit)
• What Hard Money Lenders are and how to find them
• What Private Money Lenders are and how to find them
• What JV Capital Partners & Equity Partners are
• What Seller Financing is
• What a non-recourse loan is and why you want all of your loans to be non-recourse
• How Alex & Stan borrowed capital for their first fix & flip deals so that they could do deals without using...

Are you a Real Estate Investor and ever wonder the question of: "Do I Still Make Offers Even If There Are Offers Higher Than Mine?"

From this video, you will quickly LEARN WHY it makes completes sense to submit offers on properties you are looking to wholesale and fix & flip EVEN IF there are higher offers than yours!

This video is a sneak peak of the Q&A Mentor Calls that take place with those in our Pro Wholesaler Program.  The Q&A Mentor Calls take place every other week where all students in the program get to ask questions about the wholesaling process, contracts, specific deal questions, real estate negotiation, and any other questions regarding wholesaling and fixing & flipping real estate.

In case you enjoy reading, here's a transcription of the video:

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Would you make an offer even if there is an offer higher than what you would pay? Would you keep sending offers for what you think it's worth even...

The most important thing as a real estate investor is including an inspection contingency on every contract. This is how you protect yourself and are able to invest with as little risk as possible! Be smart - use the inspection contingency. Check out the video above if you're interested in:

• learning how to make your offers more desirable
• seeing what an inspection contingency is
• why you need an inspection contingency on every single offer you send!

Here is a transcription of the video if you enjoy reading:

Hey, everyone, it's Alex Martinez, and today, we're going over the most important thing as a real estate investor.

When a lot of people look at real estate investing, and look at entrepreneurship, they look at it as something that's a little risky.

What we do, as real estate investors and entrepreneurs is, is mitigate and lower our risk as much as possible, and then, make calculated decisions after that.

The most important thing, as a real estate investor, when...