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Huge profits in property using other people's money.

Many people fail to make profits in the property market because they think it takes a lot of expert knowledge, experience, and much capital. Now having capital of your own will always make life easier no matter what business you are in, but surprisingly, fortunes have been made by people who have used money which is not theirs.

In order to raise capital you can always borrow, assuming you have a suitable credit rating, but better still, buy property for a third party using their money, and take a commission from them for your services.

You need to be able to find properties, like repossessions, which you can buy at a far lower price than the market price. Find clients who are after a particular type of property. The reason why they will allow you to aquire property on thier behalf is that you will be able to supply them at a substantial discount off market value.

Let us say that you can obtain a property, a repossession which you can buy for $80,000, but you know the market value in that area for that type of property is more like the low $100,000 mark. Get a professional valuer to value the property and survey it at the same time. The survey will save you finding out about any structural problem after it's too late, and the valuation will give you written confirmation of its value; lets say $110,000. The valuation and survey cost will be around the $245 mark.

You now need to negotiate a contract with the mortgagee to sell you the property for $80,000, and find a buyer who is willing to buy the property off you for say, $104,000, giving the purchaser a saving of $6,000 off market price. A further incentive is to pay the purchasers 5% deposit making your offer far more attractive - in fact saving him around $11,200. Nevertheless, after your own legal fees, you will still come out of this transaction with around $12,000 profit. This is a popular method with people in the know, on making profit without any capital.

Regarding the $5,200 deposit, the buyer' lending bank or building Society will require this amount o be paid to them in order to release the full $104,000 to you, you will have to pay this amount, on behalf of the buyer, directly to his lender. If you do not have this deposit in cash, you can raise it using methods described in the other guides in this series, using credit cards. Ultimately you get this deposit back once the transaction for $104,000 is completed.

This transaction is called a "back to back" deal, and the selling and buying from the original mortgagee is carried out on the same day. Therefore, you will not actually ever own the property - the deeds are transferred from the original owner to the new buyer and you, as the original owner's agent simply collect the profit.

Another method is to raise finance through personal loans or a second mortgage on your home, if applicable, and buy the property for cash.

Property auctions are a very good way to buy, usually at a price well below true market value. You could use this method to obtain a property for a buyer who will committ himself to buy from you once you have secured the property.

At auction you can secure a property for a deposit of 10% of the sale price, and after having paid the 10% you have between 6 to 8 weeks to complete the sale. In this time you arrange for a final buyer to raise his finance of 90%, and buy the property off you. Your selling price is likely to be 20 - 30% greater than the price you secured the property at.The final buyer's incentive is that he has purchased a property at 10% lower than the market price, and has no deposit to make.

When you aquire a property, do have it cleaned and any minor defects put right. Often, by having the property simply decorated will increase its value and make it far more attractive to a potential buyer. Get onto friendly terms with a local surveyor and negotiate a discount for putting work his way on a regular basis. Call into local estate agents and ask them to keep you informed of any suitable repossessions, and if there are points you need to know about, pick the brains of your estate agents and surveyors.