How To Buy A Home Like A Professional Real Estate Investor

It’s a fact most first-time home buyers make mistakes that are not only easily avoided, they are also sadly costly. I bought my first property when I was 21 years old and quite frankly, I didn’t know what I was doing, and I didn’t really have someone “holding my hand” in the process that would have saved me a lot of frustration, time, and money.

One smart thing I did relatively early was obtain a real estate broker’s license. Not everyone is interested in about a month of schooling to get an agent’s license and then move on to the broker level, but you really don’t have to. If you pair with the right agent who knows what they’re doing and cares enough to share the knowledge with you as you work your way through the labyrinth known as the real estate market, you’ll be very glad you did.

I shot a quick video to express my thoughts and provide key tips on what to look out for, as well as what to look to get when you buy a house, condo, apartment, or even in many cases, commercial properties too.

Let me know what you think, and if you’ve run across any of the tricks some home sellers employ to raise the amount of the selling price.

Robert Weinstein

Robert is a father of three sons, married to the same wonderful girl since 1996, grew up and lives in the Eau Claire area, and has a deep passion for real estate that becomes patently obvious with during any conversation regarding home ownership and especially using real estate to build wealth.After graduating from Menomonie High School, Robert stated in real estate at the age of 21 when he bought his first commercial property in Eau Claire. At the young age of 23, he bought his first residential property in Eau Claire that consisted of a three-plex. Several purchases and sales of both commercial and residential properties years later, he's now available to share his knowledge and real-world expertise as applied to both investment real estate and for your primary residence.Primarily a listing agent and investment buyer's agent, if you would like to sell your property and receive high quality marketing and unique strategies to transact at the high-end of the range, you owe it to yourself to give him a call. Robert has generated millions of pageviews from the over a thousand business, real estate, and financial articles that have been published in the most widely distributed websites available. His articles have been seen or discussed on CNBC, Forbes, Barrons, The Street, Chicago Sun-Times, Yahoo Finance, Fidelity and even foreign country official "State Media" newspapers and websites.He has bought homes, multi-units, and commercial properties using creative financing including, sellers providing a second mortgage to the buyer, rent-to-own, land contracts, and other strategies to bring together a winning deal with and without money down from the buyer.Robert's military service includes serving in the US Navy on Submarines, and being stationed overseas while holding a security clearance. Needless to say, someone who has the temperament and composure to serve on a military submarine has the full capacity to calmly and intelligently handle almost any crazy possible "surprise" that may come up with a property transaction.Never wanting to stop his education as part of his "Kaizen" (continuous improvement) view of life, he recently received his Juris Doctor law degree in 2020. Proof you can teach an old dog new tricks.After becoming a Wisconsin licensed real estate agent, he followed the path to improving himself by obtaining a real estate broker's license in 1997, Robert brings to the table many unique marketing and sales qualities to direct and aid in your full valuation offer potential if you're ready to list your home or commercial property. Robert also holds licenses for property insurance in many states.In short, regardless if you've bought and sold many properties or you want to buy your first multi-unit apartment or are selling the home you lived in for the past 30 years, give Robert a call and have a conversation to see if there's a good fit for your real estate transaction.