Read the latest articles on everything from foreclosures, wholesaling, landlording, mortgages, rehabbing and more! http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-articles.html Our Article feed has moved to http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles.rss Please update your feed to this location http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles.rss Thu, 20 Aug 2008 17:28:21 GMT Do you know anything about Hard Money Loans? This article answers in 10 questions enough to give anyone an idea on how Hard Money Loans work. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/21/10-questions-on-hard-money-loans/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:36:21 GMT If you are averse to paper work, formal agreements and legalese, get over it. You can’t avoid it and it’s vitally important. Find out more about the contract phase of real estate investing. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/19/first-time-real-estate-investing-the-contract-phase/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:28:32 GMT There are several basic methods that you can use to find foreclosures or pre-foreclosures. We've outlined 5 ways to find foreclosure properties. http://www.biggerpockets.com/find-foreclosure-homes.html Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:18:32 GMT A foreclosure occurs when a property owner cannot make principal and/or interest payments on his/her loan, typically leading to the property being seized and sold. Learn about the entire foreclosure process. http://www.biggerpockets.com/foreclosure-process.html Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:04:32 GMT The five critical mistakes listed here are certainly not the only mistakes private mortgage investors make, but they are common mistakes that are repeated over and over until a hard lesson is learned. Avoid these critical mistakes and you will be a much better private mortgage investor. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/mistakes-mortgage-investor-pw.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:13:34 GMT Thought about hiring a contractor? Asking these questions will give you a good idea if someone is worth hiring or not. All newbies should read this before working with contractor on a remodel. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/remodeling-contractor-lg.html Wed, 03 Apr 2006 05:22:58 GMT The net operating income number is the key number in multifamily investments. This number is used to determine value, profitability, and overall strength of the multifamily unit . . . http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/net-operating-income.html Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:22:58 GMT What is Wholesaling? It is simply finding a bargain property and passing it on to a bargain hunter. That bargain hunter will be an investor who will either purchase the property to resell it or purchase it to hold it for rental income. . . http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/wholesaling-strategy-help.html Buying properties in pre-foreclosure can be the most profitable segment of a real estate entrepreneurs business! Unfortunately, it is the most misunderstood. http://www.biggerpockets.com/buy-pre-foreclosures.html When you talk to a motivated seller, what do you say? What do you write in a marketing letter to find creative real estate deals? How do you negotiate creative real estate terms for your deals? Find out how . . . http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/finding-motivated-sellers.html Real estate appraisal is an estimate of the value of property using various methods. An appraisal is determined with one of three approaches, a cost approach, a comparison approach, or an income approach. . . http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/real-estate-appraisal-lw.html I want to try again to help the new birddogs and those "pros" that are getting frustrated because their contracts are not closing, see what they can do differently to ensure that most if not all of the properties they place under contract will be assigned and will close. Here are my rules of bird-dogging . . . http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/bird-dogging101rb.html Though price is a consideration, you should be more concerned with value, that is, getting the best contractor you can find and the highest quality work for your money. Read the 11 important things to consider when choosing your contractor. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/choosing-contractor.html Any way that you can increase your income on a property is worth looking into. There are many ways to increase your income without increasing the rent itself. You may know some of these and you may not but sometimes it is just as important to be reminded, as it is to learn something new. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/raise-your-income-lg.html If you need to earn some extra cash to get started investing in real estate, wholesaling is a great way. Even if you are not sure of values, repair cost, potential rents, etc. you can still wholesale as many properties as you can find as long as its a deal. http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/wholesaling-properties-lg.html