Real Estate is a growing business and everyone wants a piece of a profitable pie. The main thing about this business is getting in touch with people. Newspaper ads and other paper classified ads can really cost a lot. Also, there are so many other people out there doing the same thing, that customers are tired of seeing the same ads in the paper every day. Craigslist offers a fresher prospect to people who are in this business. If you are a real estate broker and ads in the paper are not helping you, Craigslist may be your answer. Craigslist has a section called as “housing” under which people can post free ads. It doesn’t matter if you want to rent out your apartment or if you are an agent for someone else. Due to Craigslist’s no spam rules, you can come across people who will respond to your ads because they themselves trust Craigslist.

To get your business off the ground, first you have to register with Craigslist – which is a fairly straightforward and quick process. After that, you have the option to choose from nine categories under the “housing” section. If your client wants to sell his home you can post a few ads under “real estate for sale” in relevant areas. You don’t have to restrict yourself to one area because people from other cities and states may be looking too. On the other hand, if your client wants to buy a house in a particular city, you can look up ads under the same category and contact people who fit the criteria explaining your role as a broker. Craigslist has some amazing opportunities for those who want to get into brokering for property big time.

Another string to the bow of a successful real estate property investor is land. As an asset land investment can be very lucrative if you can find and develop the right plot. This must always be seen as a long term strategy, even more than residential property investment, as it often requires you to buy the land and then wait for planning permission to be granted so that the value increase substantially at that point. You can then decide to develop the land yourself, partner with a builder or sell on and take your profits.

Once your name has been taken at one or more property events then you will start to get e-mails and/or calls from a number of companies of various land property investment inc type names offering you deals. These plots of land are usually located in the green belt and outside of current planning boundaries, but the salesperson will always regale you with the fact that their team is now working on getting the permission changed for building houses. In the majority of cases, despite what has been seen by scaremongers in the popular newspapers, most of this land will not change permissions in the short or even medium term so you will be investing your money for the long term.

What you are looking for specifically are houses at the end of a street, but that have a sizable side plot onto which a 2/3 bedroom house could be built. This strategy is usually only applicable to terraced properties as adding a new end-terrace property will not affect the look or style of the street. You would need to build the new property in the style of the existing houses in the terrace and follow the design guidelines as laid down when originally built, but most local authorities are sympathetic if approached correctly. You can also look for houses with large and long gardens and see if a new detached house could be built in the space. Again here, if you can meet all the planning regulations, local authorities are sympathetic.