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This guide is the result of years of trial and error, real world experience, and thousands of dollars spent.
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1. Get the list of monies held. Without this, you will be hard pressed to find files with overages.
No, online lists do NOT usually work. The people telling you that you can get a list online and
work it from any State are LYING to you. We teach you to get an updated list, in your local area.
2. Determine who is actually owed the money. We teach you how to easily look at the debt that
was against the property and the last deed holder (owner) at the time of the foreclosure. NO,
the last owner is not always owed the money. Programs saying this is the case are LYING to you.
There is some research involved. We teach you how. If there was a lien or mortgage against the
property prior to the foreclosure that was not satisfied/paid off, that lien or mortgage holder is
entitled to the money, not the owner. You have to go to the courthouse to do the research.
3. Find the Claimant. WITH OUR SYSTEM, YOU CAN START AS A RESEARCHER AND WE DO THIS
FOR YOU! Finding folks aka skip tracing is an art. The full ebook gives you the ability to do
this on your own, but folks sometimes prefer to start as a researcher and let us do the heavy
lifting. We pay you a great commission. We pay 10% of GROSS amount held (and the average
surplus is $25K!) if you dont find the claimant, 15% if you find the claimant and use a simple
script to verify their identity. This is paid when the court grants the petition.
4. Strike the deal. You cannot just call someone up, say you know where they have money in their
name, and strike a deal. The response you get will be the sound of someone hanging up on you.
We use a two step process and scripts that work. AGAIN, WE WILL DO THIS FOR YOU.
5. Use a buyout method. Most States have finder laws. These finder laws limit what you can
make, usually to the point where you will be close to minimum wage. To get around these rules,
we buy people out upfront, eliminating the finder law requirements. And YES, WE WILL DO THIS
FOR YOU. THATS RIGHT WELL BUY THEM OUT FOR YOU, IF YOU START AS A RESEARCHER!
6. Hire an attorney. In some States, claims can be made without attorneys, but there are
notification requirements. Anyone trying to do this business without an attorney is an idiot. We
teach you how to hire an attorney, with minimum outlay. WE ALSO DO THIS FOR RESEARCHERS!
7. Get paid. That sounds simple, but without the right forms and system, you cant cash the check.
We cover the techniques to handle disbursement of the monies after the court grants your
motion. These methods work in Every State. Yes, we handle that too!
Lets start from the beginning Where do Surplus Funds come from?
The Surplus Funds and Estates course at surplusfundsriches.com covers monies available from:
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Lets cover each source separately, so that you understand how the money is created and what kind of
an opportunity you are looking at, with each source.
Mortgage Foreclosures
This is almost the exact same situation as the tax foreclosures, EXCEPT there are way more mortgage
foreclosures than there are tax sale foreclosures.
SO WHY ARENT OTHERS TELLING YOU HOW TO GET THIS MONEY? WHY DO THEY JUST TELL YOU TO
GO AFTER TAX SALE OVERAGES? The simple answer is that they dont know better. Theres more to it,
though. In tax sale overages, the court often includes the debt research title work in the file, so its
easier to figure out who is entitled to the money. BUT, there are way, way more mortgage foreclosures,
so the tax sale only approach is lazy and short sighted.
Special Mortgage Subset foreclosures
This is truly unique. And, honestly, there are as many as these out there as there are tax overages. This
is heating up and will continue to do so for years to come.
Why isnt anyone else going after this? Again, there is a laziness out there where course gurus are not
willing to learn different approaches and increase the incomes of their course buyers. These types of
foreclosures are included in the list for mortgage overages in most cases!
Weve seen MANY cases where a bank bought the property they were foreclosing on, and then forgot to
put it on the market. The property sat for years (yes, 2 or more YEARS!), and then a HOA or tax entity
foreclosed on it because the bank didnt pay their fees. Crazy.
Condemnations
Its not what you think. The majority of condemnations are on abandoned or unsafe properties that are
not occupied. It is not a situation where a slum lord is letting the property fall apart around tenants.
When it gets to the point where its a nuisance or where the County would like to own the property,
really it gets condemned. The owners are told to bring it up to code, or else.
With no income coming in on the property, the owners if they can even be located choose to let it
get condemned. The County then demolishes the property and puts a lien on the property for the cost
of the demolition. If taxes are not paid they usually are not the County then forecloses on the
property to recoup the taxes owed and the cost of the demolition and clean up. Even if taxes are paid,
the County can and will condemn and foreclose on the property to get their demo costs back.
These properties are usually located in high traffic or sought after areas, so they sell quickly at
foreclosure, often for more than the taxes and demo costs combined. As with other types of foreclosure
(yes, were grouping condemnation in with foreclosures), creditors are entitled to any overage first,
followed by the ex-owner.
think the sudden directional changes were there because the owner of the property straight ahead gave
the State such a hard time in court that the State decided to go around them. NOPE.
Weve come to believe/realize that the State looks for abandoned property when they are planning
highways. Why do that? First, the court process goes faster and smoother when no one argues. More
importantly, by targeting abandoned properties, the State can pay 5-10% of value. I just told you they
pay fair market value for the property, so how can they pay less?
The State pays the monies to the County to hold for the owner. The State then tells the County to send
the money on to the State to hold for the owners. THEN, the State is usually required to hold a small
part of these funds, in case the owners show up. In many cases, this is as little as 5 or 10%. THE STATE
CAN SPEND THE REST.
Check this out State exercises imminent domain and buys $1,000,000 worth of land to expand a
highway. Owners cant be found. State gives $1,000,000 to County to hold for owners.
County sends $1,000,000 back to the State to hold for owners. State only has to hold, lets say 5% in an
account in case the owners show up. So State only has to put away $50,000. State can do whatever
they want with the $950,000.
State just effectively bought $1,000,000 worth of property for $50,000. Think that could lead to abuse
of the system? AND, BECAUSE ABUSE OF POWER IS RAMPANT, YOU CAN PROFIT FROM THEIR ABUSE
AND MAKE THE EX-OWNER MONEY WHICH THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW EXISTED IN THE PROCESS!
Estates/Probate Cases
Were not in the 50s anymore, guys. Families are fragmented by divorce, kids and parents moving on
without regard to where the rest of the family is, and by an aging population seeking a warmer climate
and/or a better tax state. Kids move on, join the military, get in trouble, and lose track of mom and dad.
The beauty of Estate/Probate cases is that when there is money left, you can target those cases where
the court has decided who is entitled or where a will says who gets the money, and the County just
couldnt find the people. There are a TON of these cases out there, and the money is amazing.
Social Security Numbers - Personal Property Tax Records - Real Property Tax Records
Utility Billing - DMV licensing Records - Litigation Records - Criminal Records
Birth Records - Death Certificates - Judgment and Lien Records - UCC Records
Wedding Records - Voting Records - Assistance Records - Income Tax Records
Often, Checking Account Information
Any private detective on the planet will tell you this simple truth
IF YOU HAD ACCESS TO ALL THAT INFORMATION, YOU COULD FIND THE PEOPLE.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THE COUNTIES AND STATES SAYING THEY CANT FIND THE PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY STAYED IN THE STATE. AND YET THE STATES HIDE BEHIND THAT LIE, TO HOLD
ONTO THE MONEY, EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR.
THEY EVEN HOLD ONTO MONEY IN ESTATE/PROBATE CASE
FOR GOODNESS SAKE, SOMEONE HAD TO DIE FOR THIS MONEY TO BE CREATED!
THINK WORKING THIS BUSINESS WILL MAKE YOU A MODERN DAY ROBIN HOOD? YOURE RIGHT
Thats a big deal, guys. There are only so many tax sale deals that you can put together. Why would you
want to work a very limited pool of prospects with some competition when you can blow it out
working both tax sales and other forms of targeted deals that no one else is working?!
AND, why would you want to work a deed flip if you were limited to surplus funds? In that case, if no
one hits the bid for more than the debt against the property, you will not get paid.
To put a deed flip together, you do have more moving parts than you do with surplus funds.
Heres the list of what is done in a deed flip:
1. Get a list of upcoming foreclosures. Actually, youre working tax and a certain type of other
foreclosure, which are always readily accessible at the court house and often online.
2. Research the debt against the property, to determine the profit there. By the way, a lot of you
are reading this and thinking, The market tanked, so no equity. Thats not true. *In addition, if
the individual has a lot of consumer debt, that can be perfected into a lien on the property,
thats your hook to getting the deed for little or no money down. If they cant capitalize on
surplus funds because of their debt (which often counts against the surplus funds), but the deed
is in YOUR name, the debt doesnt count. They can ONLY profit if they work with you!
3. Contact owner to get the deed. YOU CAN WORK AS A RESEARCHER & WELL DO THIS FOR YOU!
4. At that point there are a number of options for you:
A. You can pay off the debt owed prior to the foreclosure being final (guys, for our purposes, a
tax sale is a foreclosure). Then you own the property for just the debt, which is often way less
than what it is worth. Then you can hold and rent, or resell, or fix and flip.
B. You can re-sell the deed to an investor bidding at the sale. The investor could then pay off
the debt and own it free and clear. It is frequently possible to sell your deed for $20K or more!
C. You can watch the bid go higher and higher, and simply wait for the foreclosure to be final in
order to collect surplus funds or excess proceeds yourself.
Heres a nice factoid that should get you really excited in many states, you can research property
mortgages and liens online. The stumbling block for many has been that in order to really check up on
the individuals debt, you have to go into the courthouse. HOWEVER, the majority of court houses allow
you to check judgments against the individual ACROSS COUNTY LINES. So if you are checking the debt
against someone in a county at the other end of the State, you can do so from your own local county
court house. Think that opens up possibilities? You bet it does!
C. Profiting from RedemptionSORRY, TOO LATE! WE WATCH THE COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR PROGRAMS AND
SHUT THEM DOWN WHEN WE FEEL WE HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS ACTIVELY
WORKING A SYSTEM.
You are looking for creditors that are due money. They are way easier to find than say someone
who is in, or was recently in, foreclosure.
It is an easy conversion. Youre usually dealing with small businessmen, or individual creditors
that are business savvy.
You work on contingency with no need for a buyout you pay them their portion when you get
paid from the bankruptcy court.
There is an insane amount of money being held, and bankruptcy is not going away funds are
being added quickly, and consistently.
You can work this completely from home.
No, we will NOT send you our documents or scripts without buying the system. And no, we will not
work with you as a researcher or partner up with you without you purchasing a system.
Thanks for taking the time to review this information. Hopefully, this will provide you with
information that can help you decide if you would like to become a part of this profitable, exciting
industry, with your eyes wide open as to what it takes.
We hope that, if it is a good match for you, we will soon be partnering up with you on deals, and/or
giving you first rate support so that you can succeed on your own.
To your success!
--Shawn
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Okay I promised to give you a better understanding of the differences in our system and how to
avoid pitfalls.
ONE: Give you a better understanding of the business so that you can make an informed decision.
Now that you know where the money comes from, how the heck do you profit?
Its really simple. You determine who is owed the money using a simple title worksheet, we teach you
how and then you contact the owner and make a deal for a portion of the funds. Read on obviously
theres more to it than that, but there are a couple of guys out there peddling systems that tell you its
really that easy.
Some courses out there tell you to just get the owner agree to give you a finders fee which involves
you becoming a registered finder in your State and agreeing to a very small fee, payable when the
owner recovers the money.
Heres the problem even if you do get the owner to agree to the finders fee, you are completely at the
mercy of the owner hiring an attorney to get the funds. They just went through a foreclosure, and
possibly bankruptcy. They dont have energy or money to do that. And, think youll be able to enforce
your finders agreement, when the claimant has the money in their account? Good luck with that!
SO HOW DO YOU PROFIT FROM THIS AND AVOID THE ISSUES?
1. You get a fresh list. That means you need to work local and not try to work an online list that
anyone can get their hands on. That also means you go to YOUR courthouse.
2. You dont take short cuts. You research the debt that was against the property and against the
last owner at the time of the foreclosure. You have to know who is entitled to the overage. If
someone out there tells you that you can work the program without doing this, theyre either an
idiot or lying to you.
3. You contact the folks. WE WILL DO FOR YOU, IF YOU WORK AS A RESEARCHER FOR US. If youre
going to do this yourself, you should get a subscription based system that gives you access to
reliable, updated information. It is difficult to do this using whitepages.com. If you want to do
this without our help, using our system, weve negotiated a no set up fee, and reduced rates,
with the company that we use ourselves! If you want to max out your commission and partner
up with us, youll make 15% OF THE GROSS MONEY HELD (we go after only $10K+ deals, and the
average is $20K+) if you find the folks and verify theyre the right claimant using our script!
*QUICK NOTE GUYS WEVE SEEN FOLKS OFFERING RESEARCHERS 30% OF NET, OR SOME
OTHER PHANTOM FIGURE. COSTS ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY, SO WHEN WE GIVE YOU A CUT OF
GROSS, NOT NET, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WILL MAKE.
4. You negotiate a deal. No, you cant just call and say, I know where theres money in your name.
Agree to pay me $x and Ill tell you where it is. Youll get hung up on. We use a two step
approach, use full disclosure (no, we dont tell them where it is, but we do tell them, on the
second call, how much). We negotiate a buyout upfront for the monies. Yes, well do this for
you if you work as a researcher.
5. Buyout. To avoid the finder laws, you offer a structured buyout and buy them out of their
interest in the monies upfront. WE WILL DO THAT FOR YOU, AS LONG AS WE NEGOTIATE THE
DEAL! If you dont do a buyout, youll be a finder.
6. You hire an attorney. You have the attorney double-check your title work to make sure youre
right about you is entitled, and have the attorney petition for the release of the funds. We have
changed the way we do this and now petition for the funds in the claimants name. The
attorney gets the check and can either cut our check out of their trust account, or send the
check on to us to cash. Using another form, we have the right to open, manage, and disburse
monies from an account in the claimants name. BE A RESEARCHER AND PARTNER UP WITH US
AND WELL HIRE THE ATTORNEY, TRAIN THEM AND THEIR TITLE FOLKS, AND GET THE
PAPERWORK DONE, AND THE PETITION THROUGH THE COURTS FOR YOU.
7. Get paid. As described above, this takes some knowledge and expertise. The funds holder
usually cuts the check in the claimants name, so you need to know how to convert that into
your name. WELL HANDLE THIS FOR YOU, IF YOURE A RESEARCHER FOR YOU.
TWO: Alert you to the pitfalls of some hard sell programs out there.
1. With Surplus funds, you have to do research at the courthouse(Unless you have our Hybrid
System and Hybrid Network!). You cant count on a list being updated (the money could already
be claimed!), and you usually cant research judgments against the ex-owner without going to
the court. If they (competing systems) are saying this is a work from home program, thats not a
reasonable expectation if you are going to do this correctly. If youre not going to do this
correctly, youll waste your time and never be successful.
2. You really need to use an attorney to petition for the funds, even in the rare instances where
this is not required. Notification of lien holders regardless of whether or not they are entitled
can result in the lien holder submitting a counter claim.
3. Skiptracing is an art. Finding people necessitates an accurate, updated system. Weve
negotiated special deals from the co. we use, or you can begin as a researcher and well do this.
People dont land on their feet right away. They are, after a foreclosure, off the grid. The
system we recommend is excellent, or you can just let us do this for you and take a commission.
4. Attorneys will tell you this money doesnt exist. I was a licensed Realtor for over 7 years before
I realized this existed(and even then I stumbled on it by accident). Attorneys have to be trained.
If you are doing this on your own, well talk to your attorney to help them through the process.
If you start out as a researcher for us, well hire the attorney, incur the cost, and train them.
5. Cashing the check can be an issue. We teach you how to do this. We dont use assignments and
get the money in our name. We get the money out in the claimants name through our attorney
eliminating finder law issues because we use a structured buyout, and resulting in a much
faster payout by the court system.
6. BLOGS some programs use blogs to facilitate the training process and allow course adherents
to learn from one another. We used to do that, until we realized a large percentage of the blog
universe is more interested in looking good than doing good. In other words, many bloggers will
give advice that is incorrect, just to look like they know what theyre talking about. We use one
on one email support.
7. UPSELLS unfortunately, some programs cant be worked unless you actually pay them more
money often monthly to figure it out. Dont fall into the upsell trap.
8. This business requires time usually a minimum of 2 to 3 months from when you first put a file
together until you get paid. If you are reading somewhere that youre going to get paid in a few
weeks, your bull crap warning system should go off. This is NOT get rich quick!