Double Closings Explained and Why You Shouldn’t Attend Them

Posted on by Cameron Dunlap

Double closings – not to be confused with assignments – aren’t as complex as they seem.

Simply put, a double closing in real estate investing is the simultaneous purchase and sale of a property that involves three parties:

  • The seller
  • The investor
  • The end buyer

It’s essentially two transactions commonly referred to as the “A to B & B to C” strategy and looks like this:

  • Person “A” is the distressed/motivated seller
  • Person “B” is you, the real estate investor
  • Person “C” is the final buyer.

During the

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How To Use This Unoccupied Property Insurance Strategy To Get A “YES” From A Vacant Home Owner

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Did you know that out of nearly 139 million residential properties nationwide, more than 1.5 million are vacant? Now you can use this Unoccupied Property Insurance Strategy to get more of them to say “yes” to your offers fast. If you’re wondering if you live in a city chock-full of unoccupied or vacant properties, here is your answer… According to USA Today, these are among the country’s most vacant cities:

  • Gary, IN: 19.4%
  • Hilton Head Island, SC: 16.9%
  • Flint, MI: 15.7%
  • Detroit, MI: 11.2%
  • Baltimore, MD: 8.1%

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9 MUST KNOW Factors For Pulling Real Estate Comps You Can Trust

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Sooner or later, you’re going to have to pull comparables on the properties you’re considering buying. It’s an important part of every successful Real Estate Investor’s day… So let’s define a couple of terms before we dig into this… First, the “subject property” is the one you’re considering buying. Comparables are your absolute best tool to determine the value of the subject property. Real estate agents and investors like you and I will “run or pull comps”, to determine and justify the value of a subject property based on comparable properties that have sold recently within the area. In other words, properties

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26 Must Know Tips That’ll Help You Get Started In Real Estate – Part 2

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Today, I am going to reveal the remaining critical tips for learning how to get started in real estate and become the successful investor you desire to be. In my last informative post, we covered everything from recognizing opportunity, to accepting failures, to understanding the real reason why you’re in the real estate investment business. Today, we’re going to discuss the final 13 tips and best practices. As I mentioned previously, knowing and understanding all of these keys will help you achieve REI success and then continue to grow your business. They are that important, friends.

So let’s get

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