13: Buying Real Estate with Seller Financing and Speculating with Leon Yang

<p>Traditional cash flow investing and bank loans are the most common methods used for buy-and-hold investors, but it’s not the only way.</p><p>Today’s episode of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Podcast</a>&nbsp;looks at some alternative methods of real estate investing that we haven’t covered in great detail yet on the show, but may help you pick up new skills and ideas for your investing plan. On today’s show, we sit down with&nbsp;Leon Yang, a young investor from the Las Vegas area who fills us in on his strategy to buy homes using seller financing. We also learn how he closely watches the real estate market to ride the “speculation wave” to build wealth through appreciation and time.</p><p>A BiggerPockets Podcast Milestone!</p><p>Before we get to the show – we want to give a big thanks to everyone who has&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/biggerpockets-podcast-real/id594419649" target="_blank">left us a review in iTunes</a>– we are up to 175 five-star reviews and counting! Also – we have reached 100,000 downloads of the podcast since we started – which is really, really incredible! Thanks so much to everyone who has helped us reach this milestone and supported BiggerPockets on this journey!</p><p><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/bpp13-leon-yang-podcast-transcript-seller-financing-speculating" target="_blank">Read the transcript for episode 13 with Leon Yang here</a></p><p>In This Show, We Cover:</p><ul><li>How to&nbsp;get started&nbsp;when living in a city with high prices</li><li>Why&nbsp;Leon chose Las Vegas to invest in</li><li>How to use&nbsp;seller financing&nbsp;to fund your purchases</li><li>Leon’s&nbsp;primary source&nbsp;for finding seller financing.</li><li>How to&nbsp;approach&nbsp;sellers and&nbsp;negotiate&nbsp;the best deal.</li><li>Two things&nbsp;more important&nbsp;than “selling price” in a deal.</li><li>Speculating&nbsp;in real estate: is it ever okay?</li><li>Leon’s view on the&nbsp;future of inflation&nbs