The Mexican coastline from Baja California to Cancun is dotted with beautiful developments and spectacular development proposals that offer in-house financing to real estate buyers.

This type of financing can be attractive for buyers when they are dealing with reputable developers who are financially sound. Yet in the sometimes shaky world of Mexico real estate there are risks involved to some in-house financing, but those risks can be managed.

Having a reference or document to refer to is a very important part of any business agreement. Most contracts between you and a property manager will detail that he/she is responsible for collecting rent from all tenants and forwarding the rent to you. The contract may also state that he is responsible for routine maintenance or needed repairs.

Real estate transactions are governed by a wide body of federal statutes and state statutory and common law.

The requirements established by state law often differ significantly from one state to the next. Real estate brokers are employed as the agent of the seller in order to obtain a buyer for their property.

Rent to Own is simply as it says: a piece of property is rented to a person, and if the person completes the period of rent, the ownership of the piece of property is turned over to him or her.

Rent to own is applied differently in the Philippines, as living spaces can be leased under this type of agreement. Apartments are offered on a very long-term lease to qualified tenants, and if they complete the contract – 20-30 years or so – the deed for the apartment can be turned over to them, making them the owners of the property.

The tenant then pays no rent for the duration of the contract, usually two or three years. At the end of the contract, the landlord returns the entire deposit to the tenant.

Cheonse is most often used during times of high interest rates. The landlord is free to use the deposit, as long as the same amount is returned to the tenant.

This term simply refers to a property that’s being offered for sale at a lower price than what it should normally get, because the property needs a number of repairs to be restored to its best condition.

A house with a large floor area and significant improvements may still be called a fixer-upper if, for example, the house has been neglected or abandoned for several years, needing to be remodeled to be fit to live in again.

This allows the seller of a property to accept a buyer’s offer for that property, which the seller continues to sell. If the seller gets another offer, he or she can also accept that offer, and then activate the clause by notifying the original buyer of the second offer.

The original buyer now has a specific period of time – which can be more or less than the stated 72 hours – to complete the requirements to buy the property. Failure to do so will mean the original buyer loses the property, and the second buyer can purchase it.

by Andrea Mella

When you are selecting your would-be clients for a lease-to-own property offering, it is prudent to look at all circumstances separately and then come about with a best  conclusion if you believe and feel that the person will be prepared and clever to make the acquisition when the time comes. If you know someone who in a short time went through a break up and yet has a committed job and excellent past history with wealth, they might be a budding customer. On the contrary, if you are looking at someone who has revealed ghastly credit history and is wobbly in the job market, you may feel like to eliminate them as a likely buyer of your asset. 

by Andrea Mella

The solution to a first-class lease-to-own deal is selecting your clients in a good way. The majority of people who are looking at least-to-own property are doing so for the reason that they have a concern with getting a credit loan from a traditional lender, and who are even looking to buy a property within the next few years. Often times, these prospective buyers have a current bankruptcy on their credit, or a new divorce, or some other foremost life event that cause them a high risk for a traditional loan, and as well makes them short of first installment money.

While we all want to buy the first property we find out that is available for sale, it would be wise to survey and outsource in the process for other choices that we can make. With a wide open market today, we are sure to find more than one property that will catch out eye.

Secondly, it is best to check out the place and see if it is indeed worth the price that is being asked for. We cannot discount the issue of overpricing these properties since people have a certain amount in mind which may not coincide with the property itself.