Barstow Real Estate The Jewel of the Desert Land Misconceptions about Land Article Part 2

Typically, banks do not loan on Barstow land because there are no improvements. Sellers provide financing for several reasons. Seller financing makes the sale easy, the seller can save taxes and financing provides an income stream.

If they can make the payments. The seller is not concerned about income or assets because the seller holds title and the land foreclosure process is simple. Since buying Barstow land costs a less than homes, the payments are low with a simple down payment. Low payments gives the buyer more opportunities to leverage into more land. Land is easy to finance and leverage.

> Barstow Land is a hard asset, meaning you can't move or wear it out. Other investments, like stocks, are soft assets. Most investors have recently experienced soft assets and this requires no explanation. The ownership of land controls both hard and soft assets. For example: Businesses need facilities, therefore Barstow land controls the business and the facility it occupies.

Is a key to making money in real estate. All metropolitan areas start small and then grow outward. It's like dropping a stone into water and the ripple moves outward from the center. Here, Los Angeles is the center and the ripple (rings of progress) have moved through the San Fernando Valley, Orange, Riverside and so on. Barstow Land is a good investment once you understand how to buy. Land will always be in demand because you can't make more of it...

The basic concept is to buy Barstow land by the acre, add value and sell land by foot. There are two proven investment strategies for buying land: 1) Return-on-Equity (ROE) and 2) Buy-and-Hold (BAH)

(ROE) requires that we only buy land that will double our money in three years. Before we buy the property, we need to know our target buyer, selling price, all cost, etc. We do not buy Barstow land unless we have a plan to sell it. Once we know our selling price and our cost, we know how to calculate our purchase price. This is called Investing, not speculating.

(BAH) sounds like speculating, but not if we hold the Barstow LAND FOR FREE. Using this strategy, we have decided to keep the land longer than three years. So we buy a large lot, sub-divide and sell the smaller lots. Payments from the small lots will pay for our remaining lot. Once the smaller lots are sold, our lot is free. Since we have no cost, time is not a concern. We make 100% profit on our lot.

Tom recommends Barstow (ring of progress) is the place to invest. The conversion of George Air Force Base to Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA) will provide major corporations with logistics needs with a logistics gateway to the Western United States. The areas is growing. The population is has already grown from 300,000 to 400,000+ residents this past year.

Have Barstow land listed on the MLS. Most agents are very experienced at selling homes, but land is unique. Buying land as an investment requires knowledge. Who are the potential buyers, zoning requirements, easements, soil content, potential neighbors, building permits in progress and the list goes on. Without this information you are speculating. Tom can provide this information, so you can make intelligent investment decision.

For Barstow land you must have parameters to target properties that just fit your needs. Parameters like: residential or commercial - Number of acres - Total amount of money you want to spend - Build today or Buy and Hold and so on. Then Tom can search for the 5 best properties that fit your needs. Because of the preparation work, Tom only works by APPOINTMENT so Tom can prepare this list of properties.

Barstow Land Part 2

Land Financing