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Retire Rich From Real Estate - Book Review
How buying rental property and holding long term can enrich your retirement. Tips for cash flow, buying the right rentals, negotiating offers, finding financing and managing your rentals.
Foreclosure and Short Sale Taxes -
Home sellers' tax obligations on foreclosures and short sales. Distressed sale tax consequences. Sellers might owe taxes even when taking a loss and letting homes go into foreclosure or selling on a short sale.
How to Handle a Real Estate Short Sale
The fundamentals behind a short sale in real estate, why lenders may accept a real estate short sale, how to do short sales, and how a short sale financially affects sellers, whether or not the seller is in foreclosure.
How Long To Wait For Short Sale Approval
How long should a buyer wait for a short sale offer to be approved by the bank? Approximate length of time for banks to issue short sale approvaas.
Buying on a Land Contract
Seller financing via a land contract, which is sometimes called an Installment Sale Land Contract or contract for deed. The benefits and drawbacks to using land contracts to buy or sell a home. The differences between wrap-around and straight land...
Property Deeds to Transfer Title
Real property deeds are used to transfer title. What are Warranty Deeds, Grant Deeds and Quitclaim Deeds. What makes them valid? Do they need to be notarized? Legal instruments used to transfer title to real estate.
Difference Between Halfplex and Duplex
What is a halplex? A halfplex is not a duplex. Differences between a halfplex and a duplex.
How Buyer's Agents Get Paid
How buyer's agents in real estate are paid. Does a buyer's agent get paid by the buyer or the seller? How buyer's agents earn a commission.
Avoiding Bad Home Inspectors
How to avoid hiring a bad home inspector. How to recognize clueless home inspectors. How to determine if your home inspector is qualified and credentialed. Questions to ask a home inspector. How much do home inspectors charge?
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