Andrew Ikeda

LOL. Bernie who? (Thanks MC).

Congratulations Steve, I was actually surprised because I thought you were already retired!! LOL. But regardless, like everyone else here I think you deserve it and I also think you'll do well. I may be joining you soon in this department as I'm not renewing my contract with the school I'm at here in Korea. All the best! Andrew

And thank you Michael. By the way, the lines of credit do NOT report to the Personal Credit Bureaus and rates are as low as 8.99%. It's a great alternative to hard money. I've personally been approved for over $100,000 for my investing purposes. Best Regards, Andrew

Hi Dennis, I don't personally have any but would like to recommend you take a look or contact Mike Woo at loganxoxo@hotmail.com. He's got 2 for sale that might meet your criteria. Below is a copy of the info I have from him: I am looking to sell 2 notes next month after I have seasoned them for a total of 3 months A grade borrowers- 9 and 12% rates on 7 year balloon notes, 30 year amoritized payments, 30%+ down on collatorilzed performing cashflow properties. Small notes at around $25 and $35K each. I live in Tx but the notes are on proeprties in Indy. I have quote at $0.80 for both right now, just wating for seasoning. They are both very solid borrowers.m Does this fit your notes buyers guidelines? ..you can post the information that I gave you on the notes, they are brand new so have their entire debt service to collect on, they are A grade borrowers. I currently am getting quoted $0.80 on them now. If you're interested, please contact me at: taxlienquestions@gmail.com and I'll reply. Thanks Andrew

Hello Fellow Naked Investors, I have recently started my own business as a business credit consultant. I have funding programs for all types of businesses including real estate. As an investor and long time naked-investor, I've taken great pains to ensure that what I offer is legitimate, legal, and honest. I believe that I have found what I'm looking for. Three programs that my partners provide are full doc funding, start up business funding, and working capital funding. I also have access to unsecured business line of credit for borrowers with as low as 500 FICO, but the business must be in good standing, make $5,000/month with a checking account balance of $3,000/month. Even if any of this is a problem, we also have 'shell' corporations for sale for as little as $3,500 (up to around $9,500). These corps have seasoning and credit already established and I will assist you in registering them with the state(s) if you purchase them through me. I also have a free excel spreadsheet for analyzing commercial properties for the asking. It emphasizes cap rate, cash-on-cash, DCR and DTI ratios. Feel free to contact me for more information. There are no up-front fees for applications or appointments. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, Andrew Ikeda Investor and Business Credit Consultant Email: pnwcorpfunding@gmail.com Website: www.bestbusinessfunding.com Phone: (360) 727 - 7808

Hello Fellow Naked Investors, I have recently started my own business as a business credit consultant. I have funding programs for all types of businesses including real estate. As an investor and long time naked-investor, I've taken great pains to ensure that what I offer is legitimate, legal, and honest. I believe that I have found what I'm looking for. Three programs that my partners provide are full doc funding, start up business funding, and working capital funding. I also have access to unsecured business line of credit for borrowers with as low as 500 FICO, but the business must be in good standing, make $5,000/month with a checking account balance of $3,000/month. Even if any of this is a problem, we also have 'shell' corporations for sale for as little as $3,500 (up to around $9,500). These corps have seasoning and credit already established and I will assist you in registering them with the state(s) if you purchase them through me. I also have a free excel spreadsheet for analyzing commercial properties for the asking. It emphasizes cap rate, cash-on-cash, DCR and DTI ratios. Feel free to contact me for more information. There are no up-front fees for applications or appointments. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, Andrew Ikeda Investor and Business Credit Consultant Email: pnwcorpfunding@gmail.com Website: www.bestbusinessfunding.com Phone: (360) 727 - 7808

Hi Steve, Good for you! I'm also happy to hear those props we refied way back when are still cash flowing. Thanks for the kind comments regarding my website. I think it's terrible and am in the process of creating a new one with a much nicer template. Should be done in the next couple of days. I'm hoping to be around here more often, but life is keeping me busy. I'm tired of Korea now and want to return back to the states. These days I've got the bug to do lease options again but this time I'm going to try to do it with an apartment/multi-family units. I'm in contact with three lenders for private money to do this. So far, things look like it's going to happen. I'm going for owner financing as well on a second mortgage. I know the lenders don't like this so I'm also contemplating an owner 'cash-out' refinance for their desired downpayment and then doing a wrap on the whole friggin' thing. We'll see what gives and takes with all this. Take care and let's keep in touch. Andrew

Hey Steve, Good to hear from you! Ok, first, I'm still in South Korea trying to get back to the US for good. I was in the States in 2009 for about 10 months but couldn't find anything. I'm working on an online business teaching others to invest in tax liens since I've been having some great success since then. http://www.taxlieninvestingsimplified.com. Been on another job search from here and hoping to land something stateside soon. So how about you? What are you up too? How are your investment properties doing?

Welcome back Everyone!!

Excellent question!! And very excellent choices posted here. Mine would be (for real estate investing): 1. The Holy Bible 2. The Slight Edge - Jeff Olson 3. Trump Style Negotiation - George H Ross and Donald Trump 4. The Art of the Deal - Trump 5. Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial I.Q Other than the Bible as #1, the other 4 are not in any particular order. Thanks for sharing everyone! Andrew

I utilize Windows and Skype and use the free MP3 Skype Recorder (http://voipcallrecording.com/) for recording calls and it works great. I've also used the free version of the PrettyMay Call Recorder with good results. This is good Adam. I will check this out. As for me, I do have a skype account and I use www.Pamela.com. They have a free service and it records up to 15 minutes (with the free service). The one thing that annoys me is that it automatically records EVERY call you make on skype - even to your mother, which isn't always that needed, appreciated or wanted. But, for free ... who am I to argue? Hope this helps. Andrew

Should be good news for the keen real estate investor. There are critics out there saying that r.e. investors are vultures ready to pounce on helpless victims but with some love, we can help those who need help and make a profit at the same time - legally and ethically. After all, there are companies like Johnson & Johnson that have been doing it for decades.

Thanks Ryan, I've been looking for this type of material, especially for free. Definitely interested in Allan Cowgill's material. I've briefly looked at Lautensack's stuff but haven't looked at it closely enough to make a comment on it. For those of you looking for hard money and private lenders, these two sources should be very helpful. Andrew

Hey Bev, Do you have a standard text that you blast out to people or do you do each one individually? What I'm asking is if this method takes a lot of time or can it be done quickly? Thanks, and don't be a stranger. Andrew Greetings to you to too I also have used email in the past but I have learned that email is becoming old to me maybe because so much email scams out there these days that recipients are not taking them serious any more and just toss them which explains why we don't get as much deals via emails as before for most. Now, I'm using a different approach which is different (not too saturated.. yet), free, interesting, excellent icebreaker, and so far it has worked pretty well for me The approach I'm using is "Texting" the recipient directly to his cell phone (yes, most ppl these days have cell phones with text feature), and if the phone they place on the ads is not a cell or does not take text, I still text them and then follow up with a phone call or email asking them if they got my text (great icebreaker here), they will say something like.. "no, I don't have txt capability, but what was it about?".. BANG! Green Light! If they get my text, they reply via text right away (all free online texting) BEV!

Hi Jonathan, I unsubscribed after 3 days and used up my $100 worth of free leads. As mentioned, I did get one lead and if all goes well this week, we should be getting this under a l/o contract. I'm thinking of doing this again. It's $49.95 for the cheapest and they give you $100 worth of leads. After that you gotta pay for the extras but it might be worth the while. There are a lot of motivated sellers on there. In any case, I'll keep everyone here posted if and when I decide to move forward with this and the results. All the best, Andrew