Hi, Mark "The Land Geek" here. Let's talk about those three fatal mistakes
that I see the average real estate investor making every single day.
First big mistake, you've got to call the County Recorder and confirm that that seller owns the
property. So what do you do? First of all you find out exactly what county that property is located
in. Then you quickly go on naco.org. That's www.naco.org. That lists all the counties in the
country. Do a quick search. You can do the state, you can do the county, whatever you want to do,
but make sure you go there. Then all you need to do is if you don't want to talk on the phone you
can email the recorder and simply ask whom owns this property at this legal description. They'll
email you back or they'll tell you it's Frontier Equity Properties LLC when was it recorded and
that gives you a good clue as to how long did that seller even own that property are they buying it
for long term are they flipping it what's going on with that property kind of gives you a little
bit more than the story anyways so now you've got that information we're gonna email our seller now
and say hey can you fax me or email me a copy of your recorded deed for that property when they do
it we're good to go if it takes some time a little sketchy if they don't do it at all don't buy the
property what I've seen is people go online and they can just easily copy now whatever ad is
online and say hey that's my property they can use a fake PayPal account or a fake escrow account and
take people's money the typical term for this is a phishing scam that is the number one fatal mistake
that I see people make you've got to confirm that that seller owns that property otherwise who knows
what you're getting into now there are situations where I've actually sold property under an option
and that's a whole other ballgame because I'm just controlling that if that's the case then
you need to have a copy of the option agreement to see that they are controlling that property
otherwise look out not a good thing at all all right second most fatal mistake I see the average
real estate investor making online is they get real excited about a property they're gonna
build their dream home there or they're gonna put their RV on the property and they're just
gonna camp out and hang out six months out of the year or they're gonna raise sheep they're
gonna do something cool on that property but they don't confirm with the county planning Zoning
Commission if what theory use for that property is allowed and so they'll invest thousands of
dollars ultimately to be disappointed and 99.9% of the sellers out there they don't guarantee that
property you're stuck with it and now whatever dream you had to do on that property is wasted
and then you've got to go on and try to resell that property and it's a whole hassle and just
a big ball of disappointment so what do you do like we did with the first mistake we've got to
contact the county planning Zoning Commission we're gonna go back to our website WWN ACON a
co.org we're gonna find our county and we're gonna call or email planning and zoning we're going to
give them the legal description of that property along with an Assessors parcel number and we're
just gonna ask our questions what restrictions on this property what can I do on this property
can I build the house can I raise sheep can a camp can I put an RV all these things are very
important when trying to determine that your use for that property is allowed so it's very very
important that you do that the third most common fatal mistake I see buyers making every day and
being really really disappointed with their purchase is not calling the County Treasurer
to confirm that the taxes are paid current this one is really something that I've seen time and
time again by people on the tush so it's real real important that again we're gonna go back
to our site WWJ co.org na co we're gonna find our county treasurer and we're gonna shoot them
out an email again with the legal description and Assessors parcel number and that information you
should be able to get from your seller very easily and it should be on the ad if it's not you need
to email your seller and get that information and then you're simply going to confirm the taxes are
paid current if they're not paid current you need to email your seller and ask them who's
responsible for these back taxes I assume you are if they say oh you know you're responsible
for those back taxes then you've got a decision to make well how much are they if their owner s
you know you're gonna pass on that deal if they're reasonable and you're getting it at a good price
well maybe pay the back taxes big deal but you want to know what they are you certainly don't
want to go into it blind and then be disappointed when six months later you get this crazy tax bill
and again try to contact your seller and say hey I thought this property was clean clear as you
had advertised online and they say oh well you know you got it for a good deal or you know what
are you complaining about it was you know it's buyer beware we didn't guarantee anything there's
nothing writing you bought the property blah blah blah and you have no recourse except you know of
course never to buy from that seller again but technically if it's a large enough transaction
or even it's a small transaction money's money you've got to contact that County Treasurer and
confirm the back taxes if they're already and then contact your seller and see who's responsible for
these back taxes if they're free being clear and there's no are issues great you've got a clean
deal on your hands but if there are well now we got a choice to make but at least you know you
know so there you have it the three fatal mistakes number one not confirming if the celery of knows
that property number two you got a call planning and zoning confirm that what you want to do on
that property you can actually do and number three make sure there aren't any back taxes thanks a lot
now these are three of the fatal plan mistakes I see people making every day there's actually more
seven more I got this bonus information coming to you so be on the lookout for it thanks a lot