Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-06-01
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The Case-Shiller Indices are out and home prices are rising… over 10% this year. In other news, foreclosure inventory is down 24% from a year ago. And we’ve included two commentaries to shed perspective on the overall picture.
4 Easy Steps to a Great Wholesale Deal
The real estate market is roaring back! And today’s market can be good news for wholesalers who learn to capitalize on these opportunities.
Wholesaling works with all asset classes of real estate including single family, duplex, multi-family, mobile homes, commercial, and land. Here’s a case study of an actual wholesale deal I completed on an apartment complex….
The Art of Setting Your Real Estate Goals
Setting your real estate investing goals is essential to your success in real estate. I hope you won’t require convincing of this fact. Setting goals works. Period.
But are you setting your real estate goals correctly? Is it possible that you may be missing a few details that could help you goal set even better?
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-05-18
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Single family building permits increased 27 percent from a year ago and more home price increases are expected 2013 to 2017.
New home sales increase, distressed inventory declines, and another Housing Index posts record April price increase.
Why Commercial Real Estate Values Are Now on the Upswing
In spite of our shaky economy, residential and commercial property values have improved in many parts of the country.
Cheap money and easier underwriting lending guidelines are two of the main reasons why property values have appreciated right along with our increasing rates of inflation.
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-05-11
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The “good news” continues…
Home prices increased 10.5 percent in March and foreclosure filings decreased 23 percent from April 2012. But 48% of real estate experts surveyed say another housing bubble is a moderate to high risk.
What's Better for Creative Real Estate Investors — an IRA or 401k?
As many creative real estate investors know, mutual funds aren’t the only investing options for your nest egg. You can buy real estate, tax liens, notes, and even become your own private money lender.
Most people set up a Self-Directed IRA, but you’re about to discover what most real estate investors will never know about investing in real estate in a retirement account. Introducing, the Solo 401K….
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-05-04
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Real estate news highlights include: House prices are still rising; bad mortgages hit their lowest level since 2008; foreclosures have decreased 16%; and much more…
How to Overcome Real Estate Investing Roadblocks
All of the real estate market news is positive: reduced inventories, faster sales, strong rental demand, and increasing prices in many metro areas. The time to invest in real estate is NOW.
Here’s how you can overcome the roadblocks to your success.
Real Estate Investors: Are You Paying Too Much for Title Insurance?
If you’re investing in real estate, you are probably paying too much for title insurance on every real estate transaction, and you didn’t even know it. Here’s a simple way to saving hundreds on title insurance that most people are never told….
Shadow Inventory vs Declining Home Listing Inventory
Home listing inventories have fallen in many regions by 30% to 70% year-over-year, despite our ongoing sluggish economy. At the same time, many homes have increased in value by 5% to 20%+ just over the past year.
Are banks hiding millions of foreclosures as “Shadow Inventory”?
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-04-20
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This week’s real estate news highlights include: Home prices are still increasing while the number of MLS listings keep falling; The boost in March housing starts is being bolstered by a surge in multifamily building; Both first mortgage and second mortgage default rates are falling; and more….
[VIDEO] How Real Estate Investors Can Reduce Taxes and Pay the Minimum
* Taxes will be the biggest expense you will pay in your business and personal life.
* Taxes will prevent you from taking more money home and putting it into your bank account.
* Taxes will eat away at your wealth.
So start thinking about how you can reduce your taxes by “being in business” so you can take the maximum deductions and put more money in your pocket.
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-04-13
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We have a hefty amount of real estate news this week:
Home prices increased 10.2 percent on a year-over-year basis, first quarter foreclosure activity is at the lowest level since Q2 2007, housing inventories picked up modestly in March, the housing industry is making important progress across many key indicators, and much more…
Investing in Real Estate: An Exceptional Hedge Against Inflation
Historically, investing in real estate has been one of the best investments to counteract high rates of inflation.
Today’s record-low interest rates and increasing inflation are leading to increasing home prices once again.
3 Myths That Keep Investors from Buying and Holding Rental Property
Rental demand is the highest it’s been in several years, and although prices are inching upward, there are still great deals for diligent investors who know how to buy houses at discounts.
What prevents most investors from building their portfolio is fear. The fear is typically based on myths, not reality. Are any of these myths holding you back?
How to Analyze and Target Your Foreclosure List
Learning to analyze your foreclosure list can help you determine your marketing tactics. This is why it is crucial to have the most current or “freshest” list you can get.
The fresher the list, the better the results…
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-03-30
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We have a bunch of real estate news this week, including:
Home prices are up 8%, shadow inventory is down, new home sales are dropping while housing permits increase. Foreclosure inventory is up 9% and much, much more….
Real Estate Investing: How to Get Started
You recognize that today’s real estate investing opportunities are the best that we have experienced in many years. But real estate appears to be so complicated and so risky that you never do your first deal.
How can you avoid the mistakes and risks associated with being a new real estate investor?
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-03-23
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Top stories this week:
Freddie Mac brought suit against Barclays, Bank of America, Citibank, and several other institutions for investment losses related to alleged rate-rigging practices, home values climbed for the 16th straight month, new construction rose 28% in the past year, and owning a home costs 44% less than renting…
Are Low Interest Rates and High Inflation Good For Real Estate Investing?
Question: Which investments have benefited the most over the past century as a result of low interest rates and increasing inflation?
Answer: Real Estate
After the end of “The Great Depression” (1929 – 1939), many investors created wealth by picking up assets for a fraction of their values. Will history repeat itself any time soon?
Real Estate Investors, Are You Investing Blindfolded?
Many real estate investors either don’t know how to accurately assess value or they think they have the right values when, in fact, they do not. If you don’t know how much a house is worth before you buy it or flip it, you’re just asking for trouble.
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-03-16
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We have four important stories this week:
Home price gains could be threatened, foreclosure starts increased 10 percent from the previous month, bank REOs decreased 11 percent from the previous month, and housing inventory is now at its lowest level since January 1994.
7 Ways to Fix and Flip Your House Fast with Curb Appeal
When you buy houses to fix and flip, one key to your success is to buy the worst house in a nice neighborhood.
If you can buy the house at the right price and create value with the right renovations, you’ll have the opportunity to sell the house and create a nice payday for yourself….
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-03-09
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This week’s news is short and sweet.
Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year-over-year by 9.7 percent in January.
RealtyTrac lists the top 15 markets for buying REO’s and the top 15 markets for short sales.
Are You a Real Estate Investor or a Speculator?
A real estate investor uses education and skill to make sound investments with substantial returns. A speculator invests with the hope that the investment will actually work and make money.
Sometimes a speculator gets lucky and makes money, but the real estate investor sleeps much better…
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-03-02
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This week we have good news, good news, and more good news: The Case-Shiller Indices are showing the fastest price gain in six years, new home sales have posted the strongest gain in 20 years, and pending home sales rose 4.5% in January.
Completed foreclosures are down 17.8% from January 2012, and foreclosure inventory is seeing a 21% year-over-year decrease.
Why Mobile Home Parks Can Be a Great Investment
Mobile home parks are some of the best investment options today. Consistent monthly income and lower maintenance costs, as compared with other investment properties, make them an ideal investment.
Few real estate investments today generate more net cash flow than mobile home parks.
How to Connect With a Motivated Seller in 5 Easy Steps
What do you say to the seller who calls you on the phone? Don’t waste your time with people who aren’t motivated to sell.
Here are 5 specific steps to make sure you maximize your experience and find out the seller’s true level of motivation.
The seller will soon realize that you’re a pro–you know what you’re doing….
Real Estate Investing News This Week 2013-02-23
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* Nearly 2 million homeowners were freed from negative equity
* Home construction is off to a strong start
* Foreclosure starts and the foreclosure inventory rate made history with their decreases
How to Triple the Number of Real Estate Deals You Close
Great negotiation skills will make the difference between being an average investor and one who achieves real wealth in a relatively short period of time.
Building rapport is an overused term, but it is important because “people do business with people they like and trust.” Look for conversation starters, photographs on the wall, and compliment them on their home. If you dive right into business, it will…
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2013-02-16
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It’s very positive news again this week:
* Foreclosure starts fell to a six-year low in January
* The Delinquency Rate fell 14% from 2011
* The national median price – biggest annual gain in seven years
The Biggest Mistake Real Estate Flippers Make
The biggest mistake most flippers make can be so easy to avoid, yet so costly when it occurs. Newbies and veterans alike make it, and unfortunately, flippers rarely recognize it as a mistake at all. Instead, they tend to blame the economy, the market, or just plain bad luck.
But this mistake has nothing to do with outside factors like the economy and everything to do with….
Why Apartment Buildings Are Such Popular Investments Today
In recent years, apartment buildings have become a popular investment option for investors interested in finding good yields for their money.
Do you want to work for your money, or do you want your money to work for you? Apartment buildings are some of the best ways to generate exceptional monthly cash flow for investors today.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2013-02-09
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We have two positive real estate investing news items….
Home prices nationwide increased by 8.3 percent in December. That’s the biggest increase since May 2006.
The Improving Markets List grew to 259….
How to Get a Hard Money Loan: A Guide for Beginners
So, you just got that great bank-owned property under contract and now you need a loan to buy, fix, and flip. You went to three hard money lenders and they turned you down.
Why? Because you STINK at selling your deal. That’s right, you need to learn how to SELL your deal to a lender. Start by getting a binder from the office supply store with a set of tabs you can print on….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2013-02-02
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The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are now available; the Pending Home Sales Index records a sharp drop; and foreclosure activity is up in 57 percent of metro areas.
Also, research points to strong multifamily sector this year….
5 Characteristics of Highly Successful Real Estate Investors
A lot of people are jumping into real estate again. They’ve heard the news that the market has reached the bottom and that this could be the best market of our generation. They’ve heard the good news that there is still a lot of distressed housing out there and that real estate can be purchased at big discounts.
One big hurdle that everyone has to get over before jumping into today’s market is FEAR…
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2013-01-26
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The Milken Institute just released its “Best Performing Cities 2012.” Is your city on the list? Get your copy (inside).
Zillow’s fourth quarter Real Estate Market Reports™ shows a 5.9 percent appreciation rate, the largest annual gain since August 2006. And foreclosure loans in shadow inventory decreased….
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Is Flipping Houses Ethical?
If you define flipping as buying a dilapidated property, completely renovating it and then reselling it, then such a noble act as turning a neighborhood eyesore into a beautiful home is hardly an ethical question.
Flipping houses is perfectly legal as long as there is no fraud involved. But there is the other side of the coin, and law and ethics can be two very different things…
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2013-01-19
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Corelogic has released its January MarketPulse Report and RealtyTrac® has released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™.
The CoreLogic Home Price Index rose 7.4 percent, the number of improving markets spikes in January, foreclosure inventory falls, and a whole lot more…
Buy Houses at Prices from the '70s, '80s, '90s and Rent Them at 2013 Prices
If you could learn to buy houses at prices from 1970s, 1980s or 1990s and rent them for prices from 2013, would that interest you?
I believe that history will show that in the next five years more real estate wealth was created than any other time in the past several decades.
You may be wondering how it is possible….
A 5-Step Plan for $100,000 in Private Money for Real Estate
Private money is simply using debt and equity partners to form investment partnerships. It’s my #1 funding strategy. In fact, since 2004 I’ve raised $26.2 million in private money for real estate investments from individual investment partners.
I’ve leveraged that money (other people’s money) to $400,000 in broker and syndication fees, ownership interest in 740 units, 5-figure monthly cash flow, and 7-figure net worth. It works.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2013-01-12
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We have only a few real estate news items this week:
Foreclosure starts are at a 71-month low; Annual bank repossessions increased for the first time since October 2010; and 29% of homeowners own their home free and clear of a mortgage.
Real Estate Investing Success in the New Year
People are lured to real estate investing because of the quick buck that it promises. An “overnight sensation” usually takes about five years.
Most of the people who take a seminar quit after three months.
This is a business like any other. You need to treat it like any other business. Give it time, effort, attention and professionalism, and it will flourish before you know it.
Are You a Creative Real Estate Investor or Traditional?
Do you consider yourself a creative real estate investor or a traditional investor?
What is the difference between them? Which one is better? Which one is right for you?
You’ll discover the answers to these questions and much more….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2013-01-05
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Residential shadow inventory continued to decline in October, down 12.3 percent from a year ago. And the national foreclosure inventory has fallen 18 percent from a year ago.
Be sure to download your complete copies of Corelogic’s Shadow Inventory Report and the National Foreclosure Report.
3 Ways to Accelerate Your Real Estate Investing Goals
New real estate investors often struggle getting started in real estate. There is so much opportunity that they try to quickly jump in, then struggle with a lack of focus on what they really need to do.
All investors should invest first in themselves, so they can focus their investing model into a solid plan to achieve their cash flow and wealth goals.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-12-29
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The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, released on Wednesday, showed home prices rising over the past year. The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales jumped to a 3-year high. And RE/MAX’s National Housing Report shows home sales were up 15.7 percent year-over-year in November.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-12-15
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The big news this week is that rental income produced from residential properties increased 12 percent year-over-year in September 2012.
Also, foreclosure starts dropped 28 percent from a year ago to 71-month low, but annual bank repo’s increased….
14-Year-Old Real Estate Investor, Today a Few Houses, Tomorrow…
A girl named Willow is now an inspiration to real estate investors all over the country. In January 2012, at the tender age of 14, she purchased her first property, a short sale in Port Charlotte, FL, for only $12,000.
Where did Willow get the money and what inspired her to get into real estate investing?
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-12-08
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Home prices have increased for eight consecutive months, with a 6.3 percent increase in October.
Foreclosure starts plummeted in October, and national foreclosure inventory has decreased 17 percent from a year ago. Foreclosure sales increased 21 percent in the third quarter….
A Quick Nickel Beats a Slow Dime… Any Day
Made famous by reality TV shows, a REhab is when a real estate investor renovates a dilapidated property into a sparkling home, so it can be sold to a retail buyer at top dollar.
Far less known is the PREhab. Rather than selling to an owner occupant, with a PREhab the goal is to sell to a special type of investor-buyer at a discount.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-12-01
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Good news and optimism for the real estate market continues.
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are in, home prices are up for the sixth straight month, October marks the 12th consecutive month of monthly home value increases, and pending home sales surge. And much more…
5 Must-Have Apps for Real Estate Investors
Have you joined the masses and become a smartphone or tablet junkie? If so, there are a ton of great apps for real estate investors that will help you improve your ability to quickly access information right on your smartphone or tablet.
The nice thing about the apps is they are mobile and can easily travel with you while you are out meeting with sellers and looking at houses. Here is a list of five must-have apps….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-11-17
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The real estate market is looking better and better for real estate investors. The big news this week is in the single family rental market.
The strong demand for rental houses continues, while the supply is declining. If you’re still waiting to get some rental houses….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-11-10
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Good news and optimism continue for the real estate market: The number of housing markets across the country showing lasting improvement expanded by leaps and bounds.
Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased on a year-over-year basis by 5 percent….
Where Are the Private Lenders? Sitting Right Next to You…
Some people invest their money in a savings account or CD with a very low interest rate that barely covers inflation. Others have money in a 401k and realize the returns are small and the risk is large.
There’s an endless number of people who want to make a good return on their money–potential private investors for your deals. The question is…how do you find them?
IRS Challenges to the Real Estate Professional Status
The IRS has been stepping up their audits of anyone who takes a real estate loss on their tax returns. Some of their arguments against the taxpayers are valid and a lot of them are not.
Here are some of the recent challenges to the real estate professional status by the IRS and what you can do about it.
How Real Estate Investors Can Quadruple Productivity
Would you like to be more productive? The most successful people in the world have the same amount of time in a day as you do. You’re about to discover a very simple way to be more productive. Plus, this technique can relieve stress, reduce headaches, and help you achieve your goals faster.
What is this magic productivity pill? Put this simple yet extremely powerful tip into practice…
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-10-27
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Good news and optimism continue for the real estate market. New-home sales rose in September to the highest level in more than two years, and 62% of metros showed a decrease in foreclosure activity for the third quarter.
Here’s what we think is the BIG news: Zillow has decided to make things easy for thrill-seeking investors who are trying to track down unlisted, invisible inventory….
10 Top Ways to Market in Your Real Estate Investing Business
Marketing is the most important part of every business. But don’t be discouraged if you don’t have money for marketing to seller leads.
You can start cheap, and you’re only one deal away from a nice marketing budget. Here’s a “Top 10” List of Ways to Market Your Real Estate Investing Business.
3 Ways to Buy Houses with No Money Down
This market is the perfect storm for real estate investors. Don’t let the balance in your checkbook hold you back from investing.
The good news is you can still invest in real estate with no money down. Structure deals directly with sellers, use private lenders, and be ready to capitalize now…
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-10-20
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Welcome to our weekly edition of Hot Real Estate Investment News. We’re getting more good news and optimism this week for the real estate market. The BIG news is in new housing construction…
Housing starts and permits jumped in September to their highest levels since July 2008. Existing home sales declined 1.7% but are still up 11% from last year….
Top 5 Tax Tips for Real Estate Investors
Are you maximizing your tax savings in your real estate investing business? Now is a great time for you to make sure you have structured your investing operation properly, so that you take full advantage of the tax benefits of being a real estate investor.
These tips are intended to form the basis for a solid fiscal foundation, so you can pay the least amount in taxes each year.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-10-13
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Welcome to our weekly edition of Hot Real Estate Investment News. We’re getting more good news this week for the real estate market.
“The wave of foreclosures hitting the nation’s housing market has been much less severe than anticipated, with foreclosure filings at their lowest level in five years last month…
Should You Invest in Foreclosures Right Now?
Deciding whether to invest in foreclosures involves several factors. If you can find the foreclosures creatively, have the earnest money and ability to pay cash or get access to some quickly purchase money as well as are willing to deal with rigid banks, you can make investing in foreclosures profitable.
Foreclosures aren’t for the faint of heart, but for the experts and full time investors, adding a few foreclosure deals to the mix every year can be a solid plan.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-10-06
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The big news this week: We’re seeing a lot of optimism and predictions of recovery for the real estate market.
Home prices are up, foreclosure inventory is down, and economists are saying the housing recovery is finally here.
Here are the real estate investing related news items that caught our attention this past week….
How You Can Help Victims of Wrongful Foreclosure
If you or anyone you know had a mortgage in the foreclosure process in 2009 or 2010 on a primary residence, and it was serviced by one of 27 companies, including Bank of America, JP Morgan, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo, you may have money waiting for you.
In the wake of the greatest foreclosure avalanche in American history, federal banking regulators settled with 14 major mortgage servicers over alleged foreclosure abuses in the Spring of 2012.
3 Ways Real Estate Investors Can Use YouTube for Marketing
Real estate investors should always focus on effective marketing–to find motivated sellers, to find great tenants, to build a wholesale buyers list, for finding private lenders, and to sell houses. Your effort needs to focus like a laser, deliver a strong message for the audience, and reach a lot of people.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video should be worth a million words. Here’s how you can deliver “millions of words” through video…
3 Tricks to Winning the Material Participation Test
According to the material participation rules, you must spend 500 hours or more in activity with your property. You and your spouse can combine your hours.
The IRS is going to challenge what they consider “investor” activities with the property. Specifically, if all you do is read financial statements and look things up on the Internet, they will disallow those hours. They want to see you active.
How to Safely Take the Real Estate Professional Tax Deduction
One of the hottest real estate tax strategies is the Real Estate Professional. The IRS is on to this one, though, so make sure you follow the rules.
If your income is over $150,000, you can not take advantage of your real estate passive losses unless you are a “Real Estate Professional.” If you want to get the tax advantage, though, you’re going to want to be a Real Estate Professional….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-09-22
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New this week:
* Home builders are more confident than in six years.
* August existing home sales rose 7.8 percent.
* Home inventory dipped 29.7 percent compared to year ago.
* Economists are more bullish on the future of housing prices.
Top 10 Reasons Real Estate Investors Fail to Take Action
Real estate investing is like learning how to hit a baseball. At first you are scared and you can’t hit anything. But the more practice swings you take, the more likely you are to hit one out of the park. So get out there and start swinging.
See if any of the following reasons real estate investors fail to act are holding you back, and take steps to correct it.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-09-15
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New this week:
* Sales are up, mortgage performance and prices are improving.
* Foreclosure starts in August decreased 13% from year earlier.
* Bank repos (REOs) in August were down 19% annually.
* Trulia says buying a home is 45% cheaper than renting.
12 Bizarre but True Real Estate Horror Stories
As if the real estate investing market wasn’t tough enough, check-out these 12 Bizarre but True Real Estate Horror Stories! Be it owner, seller, buyer or investor, there’s a lesson to be learned here for everyone.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-09-08
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New this week:
* The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showed positive annual growth
* Completed foreclosures declined
* July Home prices – biggest increase since August 2006
Section 8 Rentals: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Do you remember the Clint Eastwood western movie, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”? Investing in real estate and renting to Section 8 tenants is much the same. A lot of landlords love Section 8, and a lot of landlords try it out and find it is bad and ugly to deal with…
How to Find Real Estate Deals…the Old-Fashioned Way
Let me tell you about an old-fashioned tactic that is still widely in use today: The “Bandit” Sign. You see them all over the place, on every major road in every city in the U.S. Bandit signs allow you to reach your local marketplace for a very small cost, and they will generate lots of leads for your real estate investing business.
Whether you want to buy or sell, people will call you….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-08-25
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Here’s the new real estate investment news this week:
* We’re getting new short sale guidelines on November 1
* Only 1/2 of Fannie Mae REOs are on the market
* Existing home sales are up, but not where they should be
* Q2 saw the largest growth in home prices in nearly 7 years
How to Buy Mobile Home Parks Without a Bank
You want to buy a mobile home park with little or no money down. But how do you finance it? Banks are just one source of financing, and not nearly the best one. Here are other ways to buy a mobile home park without a bank….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-08-18
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As the end of the summer gets closer, real estate investment news has slowed down considerably, and it will probably continue that way until after Labor Day.
New this week: The Freddie Mac House Price Index showed a 4.8 percent gain over the last quarter and housing starts in July are up 21.5% from starts in July 2011….
How to Build a Portfolio of Rentals Without a Bank
Building a portfolio of rentals is the single biggest wealth-creating opportunity of our lifetime. Real estate investors who rely on bank financing are struggling and failing because the large down payments required and underwriting criteria make it very difficult to buy investment real estate.
Those of us who have figured out a way to eliminate banks from our investing equation are succeeding massively…
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-08-11
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The big news this week: Home prices increased 2.5% in June 2012 compared to June 2011, non-distressed sales is at its highest level since August 2008, and national foreclosure activity dropped 3% in July from June and down 10% since July 2011, BUT foreclosure starts increased annually for the third straight month.
Here are the details about real estate investing related news items that caught our attention this past week….
Real Estate Investors: Get Lazy and Start Making More Money
I am a full-time real estate investor and generally a lazy person. I found that when I embraced my lazy side and stopped trying to do everything myself, that my real estate investing really took off, and I started making real money.
So stop wasting time doing things that someone else could be doing for you. Here’s how to do it….
10 Steps to Successful Short Sales in Today's Real Estate Market
While many people think that short sales are a lost technique or too difficult to do, they really are as strong as ever. Just watch your step and do them right.
Don’t get locked into doing things one way. As real estate markets change, so should your investing and exit strategies. If you can’t adapt, you can’t survive.
Follow these 10 simple steps, and you’ll close more deals.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-08-04
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News this week: home prices are rising; there’s a 24% drop in completed foreclosures; shadow inventory of homes likely to be sold after foreclosure declined by 35%; and the Fed will keep interest rates low at least through 2014.
Here are the real estate investing related news items that caught our attention this past week….
How to Find Profitable Mobile Home Parks
Mobile home parks are tremendous investments, but how do you find the motivated sellers that make profitable deals possible?
If you are new to the industry, you’ll want to look close to home. The closer to home, the better. I’d look within 50 miles of home to expand the number of opportunities, but hope you find a park much closer.
What Type of Real Estate Investor Does the IRS Think You Are?
Real estate tax can be tricky. One of the first challenges is determining what kind of definition the IRS gives you. There are five terms you need to know.
You could be one or all five. You could have one property that qualifies you under one definition and another property that qualifies you as another. Let’s look at these in more detail….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-07-28
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The big news this week: New home sales dropped to a five-month low, prices are up but could decline, foreclosures decreased again in June, but a new crop of foreclosures is coming.
Here are the real estate investing related news items that caught our attention this past week….
5 Ways to Get Seller Financing from Motivated Sellers
When I am meeting directly with a motivated seller, I always make four offers to buy their house. The first offer is a low cash price and I hope they do not take that offer.
My other three offers all include seller financing at prices higher than my cash offer. When you negotiate seller financing, your goal is to have a very minimal down payment and very little or zero interest….
Mobile Home Investing Trumps Single-Family Houses
In today’s economy, people will be trading down in housing far more than trading up. Mobile homes are the most affordable “single family homes” available, and they generate far more income at a fraction of the cost….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-07-21
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The big news this week: Home prices are up, but home sales are down. Housing starts jumped 6.9 percent, and home builder confidence soared to a five-year high.
Here are the real estate investing related news items….
Turn Real Estate Investing Losses Into Cash
The best of all worlds is when real estate creates a cash flow and you don’t have to pay any tax on the money. Not only that, there is a paper loss created that you can use to offset other income. And by the way, the asset that creates all these things is going up in value.
That’s why we love real estate….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-07-14
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Welcome to our weekly edition of Hot Real Estate Investment News.
The big news this week is that foreclosure starts are rising – 1,045,801 foreclosure filings in the first six months of 2012, and FHA mortgage delinquencies are soaring.
Here are real estate investing related news items that….
Top 3 Cities to Invest in NOW
As real estate investors, don’t we all wish we had a crystal ball to forecast the real estate market future? With that crystal ball, we could confidently invest in certain areas, strategically buying and selling in some markets, and using buy and hold strategies in other markets.
Here are some interesting facts, figures, and opinions on what cities are showing the best recovery in housing….
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-07-07
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Welcome to our weekly edition of Hot Real Estate Investment News.
Home prices are up, rents keep rising, vacancies are drying up, and at least some markets are making a strong comeback.
Here are real estate investing related news items that caught our attention this past week.
Hot Real Estate Investment News This Week 2012-06-30
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Much of this week’s news revolved around the highly-anticipated S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which was released Tuesday. Great news or much ado about nothing?
Here are the other real estate investing related news items that caught our attention this past week.
9 Ways to Eliminate Real Estate Investment Risks
Investing in real estate can be a little scary at times, especially for beginners. But real estate investing doesn’t need to be risky in order to provide tremendous returns.
Don’t let your fears hold you back from jumping into the very best real estate market we have seen in decades. Instead, use these 9 steps to minimize your risk and feel good about your real estate investments.
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