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Results of a Green Housing Study Conducted by Rent.com

by Jim Simcoe on July 30, 2010

A study conducted by Rent.com in February 2010, concluded that the desire for eco-friendly homes has skyrocketed. Check out some of the findings:

86 % of renters would prefer to live in an eco-friendly home.
55 % are willing to spend more in rent to live in one.
Renters were almost three times as likely [...]

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Real Estate Investing

More Success With Real Estate Deals

by John Fedro | July 30, 2010

Over the past decade investing in real estate I have responded to sellers’ phone calls on the heels of other investors in my local area. That is to say that I was not the first investor to look through the property in the past few days. Oftentimes sellers will go right down the yellow pages [...]

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Real Estate Technology

Simplify Your Craigslist Marketing With SearchTempest

by Shae Bynes | July 29, 2010

I’ve used Craigslist off and on for the past year to find buyers for properties, build a cash buyer’s list in my local area, and find motivated sellers to make offers to. The reason why I say “off and on” is because I could never find my groove and work Craigslist consistently. Mostly because I [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Realtors: Here’s 6 Talking Points for Dealing With For Sale By Owners

by Ben Roberts | July 28, 2010

With Realtors like this in abundance, it’s no wonder For Sale By Owners are so difficult to sell your services to. When they start in with their objections many Realtors just throw up the first argument that comes to mind. Fortunately, there are Realtors that are confident in their value to any transaction. We call [...]

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Real Estate Investing

10 Ways to Mitigate Risk and Control the Outcome in Real Estate Investing

by Ryan Moeller | July 28, 2010

With any investment there is risk. Many people gamble on the stock market without good information. Savvy real estate investors research and use information to make good informed business decisions. By doing this, you can mitigate risk and control the outcome. Here are 10 ways to have control and find success.

Get multiple opinions – Have [...]

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Real Estate

How Do We Learn Widely Based Complex Disciplines?

by Jeff Brown | July 27, 2010

One of my all-time favorite quotes: “In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don’t know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win — if they’re nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice [...]

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Mortgages & Lending

Fannie Mae Outlaws Appraisal Cutting

by Justin McHood | July 27, 2010

I didn’t realize that underwriters cutting appraisals was still a problem. I mean, I remember it being a big deal when it seemed that everyone I knew wanted to refinance and take their equity out to spend on whatever they wanted.
But I thought those days were long gone.
Turns out maybe not.
It must still be happening [...]

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Housing

Housing Market Insight – Week of July 26th

by Ryan Hinricher | July 26, 2010

As we near the end of July, much of the recent housing news has been focused on a double-dip. While much data points to a decline in pricing, signs continue to point to a market which has largely bottomed out recovering. This week’s housing coverage includes updates on builder confidence, an update on interest rates, [...]

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Starting Out

Do You Really Want Real Estate Advice

by Richard Warren | July 26, 2010

Can you imagine someone saying to you, “I want your advice and I want you to be brutally honest with me. Of course, if you don’t tell me what I want to hear I’ll assume you don’t know what you’re talking about.” Ridiculous right? Yet it happens all the time.
This brings to mind one of [...]

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Real Estate Technology

How to Put Symbols in Craigslist Titles

by Justin McClelland | July 26, 2010

For those of you who frequent Craigslist, I’m sure as your eyes have scoured the listings they were attracted to the ads that were in CAPS and the ads that had the graphic symbols included in them. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about take a look at the page below.

I don’t know about [...]

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Real Estate

The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: July 25, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | July 25, 2010

1 ) As a real professional do you see Real estate television shows as friend or foe? This post makes a good case why they can be your friend. I see them as a mixed bag.
2 ) 2010 Inman connect just wrapped up and a good number of people from realestate.net were in [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

99 Real Estate Leads and No Real Estate Deals?

by J. Lamar Ferren | July 25, 2010

Some say there is an industry standard that says:
“For every 20 real estate leads you call, you’ll get at least 19 No’s and 1 Yes.” Well, imagine contacting 99 home owners who had a home to sell and having nearly all of them say “No” to your business.
In this blog post I’m going to tell [...]

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Landlord Tenant

How to Manage Tenants When Your Property Needs Repairs

by Jason Hanson | July 25, 2010

Last week was a doozy for me when it came to my rental properties. We had a horrible rainstorm one day and I got a call from a tenant about leaks in the roof and the windows.
After that, I got a call that a tenant had moved out early and left the place a mess. [...]

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Economy

Is California a Model for the Real Estate Recovery?

by Alex Cortez | July 24, 2010

California has 91 out the 100 hottest real estate markets in the country, Is this a sign that the California tax credit for new home and first time buyer has been effective in kick-starting the market?

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Real Estate Investing

Rapid Mobile Home Closings

by John Fedro | July 23, 2010

A common question I am asked is what steps are needed to complete an accurate closing on a mobile home on rented land inside a mobile home park. The answer is surprisingly simple by real estate standards. Mobile homes within parks may offer the single easiest form of real estate acquisition for cash-flow seekers.
Concerning traditional [...]

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