R&G #2: Retail Buyers vs Investors
Rants & Gems Real Estate Podcast
EYL Network
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we're taking a deeper dive into the difference between a retail buyer and a real estate investor. When you purchase your home you are essentially investing in real estate. But a true investor is not looking for retail opportunities.
There is a big difference and we're here to set the record straight. Let's talk about it!
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| 0:00.0 | All right guys welcome back to another episode my name is Matt Garland and I'm a last |
| 0:08.8 | number five eight seven zero zero better known as MG the mortgage guy and we're back with |
| 0:14.8 | my girl Kiana Watson. Hi everybody how are you Kiana Watson Atlanta real estate broker |
| 0:20.7 | extraordinaire Liza's number three one seven five seven six you know I mean I got to be on my |
| 0:27.1 | mat thing you know I'm sure anybody coming up after me got to stay compliant. We got to stay |
| 0:31.7 | compliant. Welcome to Ransom Jim so we're going to give you everything real yeah we're going to |
| 0:36.8 | give you real estate invest in news strategy education we're going to be drinking red wine |
| 0:43.5 | parental discretion is advised please if you're watching with children just understand I have a |
| 0:48.4 | party mouth I apologize in advance my apologies it's okay I'm used to it Matt I'm used to it |
| 0:54.8 | what it is and it ain't what it ain't what it ain't all right so what we're talking about today Kiana |
| 0:59.1 | so today we're going to be talking about investors so everybody wants to be an investor which is |
| 1:04.6 | admirable I honestly you're in even if you buy your first property you're an investor because you're |
| 1:10.3 | investing in something but there is a real difference between being a first time or second time |
| 1:15.7 | traditional retail home buyer and a true investor okay speak on it the point of the matter is |
| 1:24.4 | let me look at you guys these 70% rules you got these 80% rules you got those are for real investors |
| 1:32.1 | they're using hard money or cash to buy a property flip it put it back on the market buying hold |
| 1:38.1 | but let's just say that's not who you are let's just say you're like hey I'm buying my first house |
| 1:43.2 | my second home I'm putting my minimum down payment of 3.5% on FHA 5% down conventional maybe 3% |
| 1:51.4 | if you can do the home ready programming I know the programs I can keep going 100% FHA if you |
| 1:57.1 | know if you really want to know if I really knew but if you're looking in the retail market with |
| 2:03.6 | resale properties that are on the multiple listing service system which is a system we use |
| 2:09.2 | as real estate agents to list our properties our MLS there's not a true investor that's a buyer |
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