John Casmon

How to Buy Real Estate without Cash or Credit with Chris Prefontaine, Episode 106

If you’re looking to invest in real estate, but you don’t have cash or good credit, Chris Prefontaine has a strategy for you. He focuses on buying real estate on terms and teaching others his strategies. He is the author of Real Estate on Your Terms – Create Continuous Cash flow now without using your cash or credit. On this episode, Chris goes into more detail about rent to own strategies, sandwich lease options, and how to determine if a seller is open to creative financing.

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Key Market Insights

Lease purchase or seller financing, gives buyers time to save and fix their credit
80% of buyer pool can’t get a traditional loan today
Some people do this for tax planning or estate planning
About 30-40% are open to seller financing
Most of these sources are expired listings
Strategy works for owners who want the best price and can wait for it
Chris met two students who spent $100,000 and never did a deal
Chris will do the deals with the buyers and sellers
If you’re going to have a system, put the blinders on and get a deal done
Every single deal has 3 distinct pay days: Cash Now, Monthly, On the Exit
Other names: rent to own, sandwich lease options
Cannot do sandwich lease in Texas
What if a buyer beats up the property, – this is the concern
Many teach you to build a buyers list first, but you can use Craigslist, rentlinks and find buyers
Appfolio is for 50+ units, syndicates to multiple portals
Starts paying the mortgage payment directly
Tenant puts a non-refundable down payment, manages repairs, monthly spread
Massachusetts and Rhode Island are fairly hot, Connecticut has a high tax rate
Students are cranking out 1+ deal plus month – 500-600 month