Susan Lassiter-Lyons, TheInvestorInsights.comSusan Lassiter-Lyons is the founder of TheInvestorInsights.com, twice voted the #1 real estate investing blog. An investor since 1994, Susan has closed more than 600 transactions and raised $26.2 million in private capital.

Susan is a passionate teacher, growth strategist, and private money coach. She is also the author of Getting the Money: The Simple System for Getting Private Money for Your Real Estate Deals

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Key Takeaways:

[2:58] If the bulk REO purchases are even available anymore

[6:20] The size of bulk REOs that you’re looking at with the big banks, and how a smaller investor can find REOs of their own

[10:15] The quality of house you can find in the REO market

[14:20] The art of financing a deal

[16:05] Susan’s 2 prong system to financing

[20:22] The types of rate Susan has been able to get ( for her and her students) when going through agencies and private investors

[23:09] How a hard money lender turned Susan down for a loan and changed her investing for the better

[26:27] The paradigm shift that needs to happen in terms of how real estate investors think of private money

[29:24] The question Susan asks to private money investors that helps her get low rates while helping them stay happy

Websites Mentioned:

www.theinvestorinsights.com