Real Estate in an IRA Offers Agents New Way to Sell Houses

Commentary by Charlie Bross Print Article

RISMEDIA, April 28, 2009-Real estate agents looking for additional ways to sell homes have a new tool for their arsenal: showing clients how to purchase real estate in an IRA.

With the current stock market woes, most homeowners have seen the value of their stock market portfolios drop by 30% or more. And since homeowners already understand the value of investing in a home – and are familiar with the process – it is an easy, receptive idea to pitch.

How to Participate in Today’s Up-and-Coming Market Niche

Investing in real estate through an IRA is poised to be one of the hottest new areas of investment. Why? Because the stock market has tanked and investors have lost confidence. Even with the recent rallies, it will be a long time before investors regain their confidence completely.

And in the meantime, even though real estate is down, it has been proven historically to be a good investment. Plus, with the right properties, some of the rentals can bring enough return that appreciation doesn’t matter. The tax benefits and cash-on-cash ROI is sufficient enough that any appreciation is the icing on the cake.

How to Follow-Through on this Idea

Buying real estate in an IRA is a great new way to open up a new marketing niche for yourself. And – it’s easy. At Real Estate Training Center, we offer free marketing materials to assist.

1. To get free marketing materials from the Real Estate Training Center go to: (http://www.retrainingcenter.com/Real-Estate-IRA.asp)

2. Call current or past clients, or post the free marketing materials on your website

3. Start selling houses.

When you use the free materials and system set up to do this through Real Estate Training Center, everything is handled for you. The Real Estate Training Center offers several PDFs and/or text and tile ads for use on your website and marketing materials. Simply use them on your website or marketing materials, and/or call your clients and prospects about this new idea – and you’ve created a new stream of income.

And this is just for the people you already know or who visit your website. More opportunities exist through holding seminars on this topic, attending an investor’s meeting with this idea or talking to your CPA’s and financial planner’s clients. When you have something valuable to offer, it’s worth putting yourself in front of people – people you would never have had access to before. It can open up new worlds in your business.

With sales prices and interest rates at record lows, now is the time to buy – there is no denying it.

Get started now – before some other faster-moving agent in your area does – by going to http://www.retrainingcenter.com/Real-Estate-IRA.asp and selecting the PDFs or text and tile ads that work best for you.

Charlie Bross is a principal with The TrainingCenter Group. He can be reached at 770-410-7569.

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