About the “I” in “I Buy Houses”

About the "I" in "I Buy Houses"

Donn C. Schaefer is the "I" in  the "I Buy Houses" and is the President of Homesellers Solutions Inc.  Donn is a full-time real estate investor, investing in single family and small multi-family properties in and around the Belleville, Illinois area.
He buys properties in Belleville, Collinsville, Swansea, Shiloh, Fairview Heights ,and O'Fallon.  He has purchased properties in as little as 48 hours from first receiving call from the seller.

Since 1978, Donn has been involved with the purchase and sale of real estate.  He began his real estate career as a Realtor® during the portion of our nation’s history when conventional financing interest rates were at 18%.  The only way to sell or buy was to think creatively.  This was the genesis of Donn’s ability to be a forward thinker and create solutions for all involved parties of each transaction.

When he became his own full-time business owner, he moved on to the next phase of his investing career.  He is now working  as a full-time investor and no longer as a Realtor® for other buyers and sellers.  Donn looks for “Win – Win” situations where the seller, the seller's bank, and the eventual homeowner can all “Win”.

Donn has served as President of the Illinois Rental Property Owner’s Association (IRPOA) as well as Regional vice president of that group.  He was instrumental in meeting with the Illinois Attorney General’s office in developing clarity to a significant foreclosure issue in the 2006 General Assembly. He is now President Emeritus of the Metro-East Landlords Association after serving for 15 years as president.

In addition, Donn:
  • Has over 35 years of experience in Real Estate Investing in the local area.
  • Is a Lifelong learner:  continues to attend training classes and seminars to enhance his  edge on the real estate market and business management.
  • Is a published Author of real estate and motivational articles for the real estate investing and landlord community.
  • Business, real estate coach, and legislative consultant.
  • Expert and source for newspaper reports and articles and often quoted in newspapers such as the Wall-Street Journal, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Belleville New Democrat, The Herald, Cahokia-Dupo Journal, and Collinsville Herald.