The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit - Getting Started as a Profitable Investor - How You Can Make $60,000 a Year Investing in Pre-Foreclosure Properties Part-Time

Sep 16, 2026

Aimed at prospective pre-foreclosure real estate investors, this section introduces the pre-foreclosure stage and explains why it can be a profitable buying window. It defines pre-foreclosure as the period from lender action in public records through scheduled trustee or auction sale, then positions “motivated sellers” as the key to consistent deals. It also outlines profit expectations using $60,000/year scenarios and discusses why current economic conditions may increase opportunities.

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Getting Started as a Profitable Investor

The Definition of Pre-Foreclosure

Why the Pre-Foreclosure Stage Is the Time to Buy during the Foreclosure Process

The First Step to Making $60,000 a Year Investing in Pre-Foreclosures Part-Time

Why Now Is One of the Best Times Ever to Invest in Pre-Foreclosure Properties

GETTING STARTED ASA PROFITABLE PRE-FORECLOSURE INVESTOR How You Can Make $60,000 a Year Investing in Pre-Foreclosure Properties Part-Time First off, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for investing your hard-earned money in a copy of The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor’s Kit. I also want to congratulate you on making a very wise investment decision! As you will soon find out, this book lives up to its title. It is packed with step-by-step instructions, ready-to-use worksheets, checklists, letters and agreements, and practical, no-nonsense advice on how to buy properties directly from owners with mortgage or deed of trust loans that are in default and facing foreclosure. The Definition of Pre-Foreclosure First things first: Before I begin to tell you how you can make $60,000 a year investing in pre-foreclosure properties part-time, I need to give you a brief description of what the term pre-foreclosure means. Pre-foreclosure refers to the period of time during the foreclosure process between when a lender files a foreclosure lawsuit or a notice of default in the official public records and the date the property is scheduled to be sold at a public foreclosure auction or trustee’s sale. The entire foreclosure process is covered in great detail in Chapter 4. 4 GETTING STARTED AS A PROFITABLE INVESTOR Why the Pre-Foreclosure Stage Is the Time to Buy during the Foreclosure Process The real trick to consistently making money in real estate is to find a steady source of readily identifiable property owners who have a compelling reason to sell their property. This type of property owner is known in the business as a motivated seller. And that is exactly why I like investing in pre-foreclosure properties. Pre-foreclosures provide a steady source of readily identifiable motivated sellers in the form of property owners with mortgage or deed of trust loans that lenders have publicly declared to be in default and facing foreclosure. As you will soon learn, the future looks bright for pre-foreclosure property investors in the know. The coming months and years could provide a record number of opportunities to buy properties, at a discount, directly from motivated sellers who have a very compelling reason to sell their property. In Chapter 2, you will get the lowdown on exactly why you should never bid on properties at public foreclosure auction or trustee sales or buy lender-owned repossessed properties. The First Step to Making $60,000 a Year Investing in Pre-Foreclosures Part-Time I do not know about you, but to me, $60,000 a year is nothing to scoff at, especially from a part-time job. And if you are willing to apply the information and advice that is contained in this book, and work hard, and don’t quit the first time you run into an obstacle, you can reasonably expect to earn $60,000 a year investing in pre-foreclosures part-time. The $60,000 annual income figure that Iam using in this chapter to illustrate the profit potential that pre-foreclosure properties can provide to hard-working investors is not based on wishful thinking or pie-in-the-sky logic. Rather, it is based on local foreclosure market conditions and how much time, money, and energy the average investor has to dedicate to investing in pre-foreclosures. For example, in lower cost housing markets, an investor might have to do six $10,000 deals in order to earn $60,000 annually. To accomplish this, an investor would have to buy and resell one pre-foreclosure property every two months. In more expensive housing markets, it could very well take an investor just four $15,000 deals to earn $60,000 annually. This would require completing one deal every three months. And, in high-end markets, an investor could do two $30,000 deals or even earn $60,000 from a single property. Please keep in mind that individual results will vary and that many people may not reach $60,000 in profits during their first year in business. But, what if you earn only a “m

FAQs

What does “pre-foreclosure” mean in the foreclosure timeline?

Pre-foreclosure refers to the interval between a lender’s foreclosure lawsuit or notice of default filed in public records and the scheduled trustee’s sale or public foreclosure auction date.

Why is the pre-foreclosure stage considered a good time to buy?

Pre-foreclosures can provide a steady stream of identifiable motivated sellers—owners with loans publicly declared in default and facing foreclosure—often creating discount opportunities.

How can an investor potentially reach $60,000 a year investing part-time?

The text describes profit scenarios based on local foreclosure market conditions, such as completing several smaller deals per year in lower-cost markets or fewer larger deals in higher-end markets, while noting results vary.

Sep 16, 2026

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