by Phil Pustejovsky | Jul 29, 2013 | Miscellaneous
You may be overpaying in property taxes without knowing it. Property taxes are based on the value assessed by the local Tax Assessor and, in the aftermath of the biggest real estate collapse in recent history, it’s entirely possible that the current assessed...
by Rick Tobin | Jul 16, 2013 | Miscellaneous
Mortgage interest rates are moving higher in spite of a sluggish U.S. economy. The 30-year fixed rate recently increased the most in one week since mid-April 1987. Freddie Mac reported that the average national Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) reached near 4.5% as compared...
by Jim Ingersoll | Jul 8, 2013 | Miscellaneous, Real Estate Investing Strategies
“We don’t need to keep score, let’s just have fun today.” That is exactly what my wife, Cheryl, said when we went golfing recently. She always has fun putt-putt golfing, but neither of us wanted to carry that score card and sharp pencil around for...
by Jim Ingersoll | Jun 18, 2013 | Creative Real Estate Investing, Miscellaneous, Real Estate Investor Resources
Have you heard the great news about Google? It has the answers to almost everything these days. Put the words “real estate invest” into Google and you receive 128 million results! How can we focus on the best of the best for real estate investors on the Internet?...
by Rick Tobin | Jun 4, 2013 | Miscellaneous
When it comes to investments, nothing is more powerful than the magic of compound growth. In today’s world of incredibly low savings rates, it’s challenging to find investment options that provide any decent positive net returns after factoring in taxes,...
by Phil Pustejovsky | May 21, 2013 | Miscellaneous, Real Estate Investing Strategies
Setting your real estate investing goals is essential to your success in real estate investing. 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...