6 Tips to Landing a Discount Property
While you may know a few of these, I believe these 6 tips can help you focus your real estate energy and acquire some great deals. Remember that when you are looking into investing in real estate, the most important factor is to buy right, which means finding and negotiating a heavily discounted property. This [...]
Handyman Special?
Have you ever seen an advertisement that read “Handyman Special”? I sure have. But often it is not a deal. In fact, most people, especially if they have a realtor involved in the transaction, will price a home for market less repair costs. And even then, the “repair costs” that they estimate will likely not [...]
Real Estate Rehabbers Making a Critical Mistake?
While they are some real estate investors out there that are making good money even despite the declining home market, many of them are going about it the wrong way. I’m talking about investors who approach lending organizations and expect to acquire loans that consider the property’s value after repairs. So when they find out [...]
“Green” Real Estate Developments?
While I am appalled at the animal rights and environmentalists view points of placing nature and creatures over people, there are definitely some advantages to developers that plan real estate developments with some “green” things in mind. One thing that can come out of it, especially in east and west coast cities that are heavily [...]
Picking the Wrong Real Estate Partner: A Huge Mistake
I want to caution you, if and when you pick a partner in business, make sure this partner is everything you need them to be. When I started, I chose a partner who I knew little about, who had the same general goal, which was to make a lot of money in real estate investing. [...]
Real Estate Rehabbing 101: Know Your Costs
When it comes to buying real estate investment property, fixing it up and reselling it, the big variable is the cost of repair. Now, in following my Magic Pill of Real Estate Investing, the overall most important thing when you are buying investment property is evaluating the total cost of acquisition, including repair costs, and [...]
Real Estate Investors: It’s Time to Buy
It’s almost like the perfect storm when it comes to real estate. I just read that home prices declined again in December 2010, another whopping 5+%. Mortgage rates are ridiculously low (hovering in the high 4% to low 5% range). When you add those things up, you’ve got the recipe for some monster deals on [...]
A Quick Tip to Remember When Selling Investment Property
I think back to some of my own real estate deals, and often when I am evaluating a property for a potential investment, I will go through several financial steps to figure out what it is worth, how much I can sell it for, how much money it will take to fix it up (if [...]
Short Sale Definition
If you have heard the term short sale thrown around in real estate investing seminars, networking opportunities, etc. but you don’t know what it means, this post will give you the definition, in non-legal terms. Basically, a short sale occurs when a home owner needs to sell their property, but cannot sell it for what [...]
3 Reasons Why Mobile Home Investing Slaughters Traditional Home Investing
If you thought that mobile home investing was just for slum lords, and not worth it…think again! This market is big, and there’s room for you to get your slice of the pie. But before you can make money investing in mobile homes, you’ll need to get these three things down first. So here are [...]




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