You Can't Wait!

Guess What? You Can’t Afford to Wait!

If you had a crystal ball and could see what direction interest rates and house prices where going you wouldn’t be reading this blog. Now that you have had a chance to think about that and agree with me on that premise, let’s move on to the bigger issue which is “You Can’t Afford to Wait!”

If interest rates go up while you are reading this blog you will lose money! Why you ask? Because you could have locked into an interest rate for a period of time and by waiting you may have missed that opportunity.

What are you waiting for? When are you going to:

Purchase your first home?

Purchase your next home?

Invest in real estate?

Refinance your home?

Get a home equity loan to improve your home or pay off bills?

Do anything?

If rates go down while you are reading this you will lose money. Why you ask? Because now you will get greedy and wait for them to go down further. By the time you figure out they are at their lowest point they will be on the way back up again. Remember, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

If you don’t make an offer on that house you like, someone else will. Maybe not today, but sooner or later someone will purchase that house. The sooner you do it, the sooner you get a chance to lock into building equity and creating wealth. I subscribe to the theory that there is a house out there for everyone and sometimes you want to buy the wrong house. But that is why you should have a good buyer’s agent representing you. They will make sure that you buy at the right price for this time and that the house is the right house for you at this time.

If you are thinking about buying investment property, what are you waiting for? The next 12-18 months will be the best time to purchase single family investment property here in the United States for at least the next 20 years. Every day that you wait to start you are passing up the chance to build your real estate fortune!

If you wait to get that home equity loan it might not be available to you when you want. The loan programs that were available in March 2007 have changed. Credit score minimums have changed, loan to value limits have changed. House prices may have fallen your area limiting how much you can borrow. Waiting will cost you $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

For comments on this or other postings please contact Chris Scheer at cscheer@cornerstonestl.com or 314.223.9824.

Income for Life

When every door closes a window opens. The rash of foreclosures brought on by people taking out loans that they were not able to comprehend or not able to afford is creating a huge opportunity for people to purchase investment property. As more and more people are forced from their homes, those people have to live somewhere, why not be there landlord. In fact, most of the people want to own their own home, and hopefully they have learned the lesson that exotic mortgages are not the way to finance a home, especially for the first time homebuyer. How wonderful would it be if you could buy a home out of foreclosure, rent the home to someone with a lease option and then sell the house to them in two or less years?

With the “Income for Life” program you can do just that. I have a Realtor here in the St. Louis area that specializes in helping you get started on your path to owning investment property. Visit http://www.rent2ownlistings.com/MO-StLouis-West/homepage.aspx to learn more about this concept!

Special Thanks to Kip and Jackie Poling for being a repeat customer!

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