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Additional Financing Options May Be Out There

by Ken Corsini on June 19, 2013

I started my business in 2005 when just about anybody could get a mortgage on an investment property. At that time there were lenders who could finance an unlimited number of properties with 0% down based on your stated income (i.e. no tax returns). It seemed so great at the time …. of course we [...]

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Who Is Going To Do The Work On Your Flip House?

by Danny Johnson June 19, 2013

If you want to flip houses like on all of the reality flipping tv shows, you are going to have to fix those houses up. That should be obvious. If it is not, you might want to look for another way to invest. So who is going to do that work? Are you qualified and [...]

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Real Estate Notes

Marketing for Notes: Is There a Better Way?

by Dave Van Horn June 19, 2013

When it comes to investing in notes there’s typically only two ways to go about it: you either find them or you create them. Sure, with a background in real estate investing, you could create rehab loans for fellow contractors just like the hard money or private lender does. Now the biggest challenge with notes [...]

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Real Estate Investing

The Master Lease: A Case Study on How to Achieve Cashflow with Little Capital

by Ankit Duggal June 18, 2013

Money. Is that the only thing holding you back from building cashflow? Capital seems to be the biggest determent for many investors who want to start investing into cashflow real estate. There is a solution to the dilemma of cashflow and investment capital. What is it? A Master Lease may be that solution! What is [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How to Talk To Motivated Sellers on the Phone: The Benefits of Using A Standard Property Information Form

by Sharon Vornholt June 18, 2013

In your real estate business, it’s critical to your success that you learn to ask the right questions when someone calls. When you get the right information every time, it will help you to quickly determine whether or not you are dealing with a motivated seller. Always bear in mind that even thought this person [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Should You Tell the Tenants that You Are the Owner? [Counterpoint]

by Ben Leybovich June 18, 2013

This question seems to continually pop up on my radar, and I don’t know why – this seems pretty simple to me. What am I missing guys? (See Brandon’s article last week “Is it a Lie to Tell the Tenant I’m Not The Owner?“) When I first started in the game of landlording, I remember [...]

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Real Estate

Enjoy The Ride: A Story of Traffic, Stress, and a Great Father’s Day.

by Glenn Schworm June 17, 2013

James Taylor has a great song titled, the Secret O’ Life. The main lyric is: The secret of life is enjoying the passing of time. In my opinion, not a truer phrase has been spoken. Why does it seem to take us reaching our 40′s to figure that out? Another media reference is from the [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Do Adjustable Mortgage Rates (ARMs) Make Sense?

by Leon Yang June 17, 2013

Today I pulled up a Purchase Rates Assumption from Chase Mortgage just out of curiosity to see what the rates are like today. So this is what I find: 30-yr fixed: 3.875% 15-yr fixed: 3.125% 7/1 LIBOR ARM: 2.875% Agency 5/1 LIBOR ARM: 2.500% Okay, I usually don’t deal with mortgages and I don’t have [...]

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Real Estate Investing

So I Went to a Real Estate Auction

by Kevin Perk June 17, 2013

There was an auction for a couple of investment properties in my area not to long ago and I decided to go and try my hand. I have never had any success buying properties at an auction. Someone always seems to be doing too much at auctions, such as asking for or paying too much. [...]

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Real Estate News & Commentary

Growth Opportunities in Undervalued Markets?

by Harrison Stowe June 17, 2013

While there are questions as to whether or not the housing market in certain metros has grown with unstable speed, there are particular areas that remain promising areas for property investment. Considering that the housing market has been on the rebound for still less than a year, the opportunity for investment gains through intelligent property [...]

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Investor Psychology

How to Never “Work” Another Day In Your Life…

by Michael LaCava June 16, 2013

I had just hit the snooze button for the third time… Although I had a busy day ahead of me which I knew would be good for my business, I dreaded the thought of even getting out of bed and going to work. For some reason that particular morning, I just couldn’t stand the thought [...]

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Investor Psychology

5 Things Dad Taught Me That Made Me the Real Estate Investor I Am Today

by Brandon Turner June 16, 2013

Some might complain that it’s just another “greeting card holiday” but I believe Father’s Day is a time to honor the man in our life who was likely responsible, above all else, for crafting our character, work ethic, and personality. Last month, I wrote about “Five Things my Mom Taught Me that Made me the [...]

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Real Estate Investing

6 Reasons Vacation Rental Investment Is NOT For You

by Matt Landau June 16, 2013

As a vacation rental strategist, most of my work is founded on the basis of positive vacation rental growth: how to improve your performance, how to get more out of your investment, how to enjoy the process. But sometimes, just as important as sharing the positives, is sharing the potential downsides of a serious life [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How Do You Know Who You Can Trust?

by Ali Boone June 15, 2013

The nice thing about this industry is you actually don’t have to trust anyone! This may be true in other industries as well, I haven’t really put much thought into it, but in real estate investing there is very little that you can’t somehow verify. At least in my opinion. We all know the gurus [...]

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Real Estate

The 50% Rule: How to Quickly Analyze a Multifamily Investment Property [Video]

by Brandon Turner June 14, 2013

As if I haven’t caused enough controversy this week (see my recent post Is it a Lie to Tell the Tenant I’m Not The Owner?) today I wanted to make a video explaining something that has caused a good deal of debate over the years here on BiggerPockets: The 50% Rule. In the following video, [...]

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