Overcoming 2 common objections to Owner Financing

by Mike Watson on July 10, 2009

As a buyer, how do you get the seller excited about offering you Owner (or Seller) Financing?

The answer to this question is you must take the time to understand seller financing and then you must take the time to explain the benefits to the sellers. Most people do not understand why seller financing is so valuable.

Even with all this information you may still run into some resistance. Over the years I’ve noticed a few basic reasons why sellers are leery of seller financing.

First, sellers might be hesitant to trust you. To overcome this objection, you can offer to give them other properties as collateral, have co-signers, or pay a higher interest rate. You can also find out what will make them feel comfortable and give it to them if it is reasonable. Or, you can offer the first few months of payments as earnest money or offer to pay a few months up front at closing.

I recently filmed a short video about overcoming this objection:

Second, I’ve found that sellers often fear that the only reason you want Seller Financing is because you can’t qualify for standard financing.

The way to overcome this objection is to show them a few of your plans for the property. Explain why you are excited about buying the property, and how you will make it cash flow.

Here is another short video about overcoming this concern:

Continue your education about Owner and Seller Financing, and it will get easier and easier to educate sellers about this powerful financing tool. Remember, this type of financing is better for the seller than it is for the buyer!

I recently filmed 20 short videos about making money with Owner Financing, you can check them out at www.OwnerFinancingAnswers.com.

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I keep hearing from investors that they are completely fed up with Short Sales. They know there is a lot of potential in these deals, but just cannot seem to get them to work. It doesn’t have to be like that!

Here are six of the main reasons I am seeing REALTORS® and investors avoid Short Sales:

  1. The cost and time it takes to find good short sale opportunities
  2. The massive amount of your time it takes to do a short sale
  3. The cost of marketing to get the house sold
  4. The high cost of holding while the house is on the market
  5. The need for private money in order to close on the short sale
  6. The RISK of buying the house without having a buyer in place

I found the answer to agents’ and investors’ single largest problem. The answer is getting the property sold quickly. One of the ways to make great money on Short Sales right now is to set up a system that allows you to sell the property BEFORE you buy it.

I’m hosting a free Webinar on Thursday, July 9th where we’ll be teaching how to set up a Short Sale system that allows you to easily create a Short Sale pipeline while others gladly do most of the work for you. Registration is free, but it will fill up, so reserve your spot today!

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