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Singapore real estate investment

Singapore’s Unique Housing Market “By the time Singapore attained self-government in 1959, the housing shortage and its related problems such as overcrowding and squatter colonies had reached alarming proportions. Public housing for the lower-income groups was thus given top priority and HDB (Housing Development Board) was set up by February 1960. This marked the beginning [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Guru Courses: Are They Worth It?

by Clay Huber | May 25, 2012
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Does this sound familiar? You’re new to real estate and want to get ‘in-the-game’. You open up Google, type in a few real estate words that peak your interest, and click ‘Search’. BOOOOOM!!! You are flooded with blog posts, message board posts, websites, YouTube videos, and last but not least, guru courses. This can truly an [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How to Deal with Problem Tenants: Keeping to YOUR Agenda

by Peter Giardini | May 24, 2012
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What if your tenants aren’t on your agenda?  What if your tenant(s) fight you at every turn: paying rent late, always complaining about the condition of the property, involving friends and relatives to pressure you, and so on? What do you do in these and other situations to get them back on the wagon? It [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Fixing and Flipping in Harold’s Hood

by Marty Boardman | May 24, 2012
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Harold grew up on the southside of Phoenix. Give him an address in zip code 85041 and he can tell you the size of the house and the year it was built. Name a street corner or intersection and he’ll recite a historical event that took place there, back to 1950. Needless to say, Harold [...]

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Real Estate Investing

3 Ways to Invest in a Self-Directed IRA in Real Estate

by Ken Corsini | May 23, 2012
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With the continued volatility surrounding the stock market, more and more investors are converting their retirement accounts into self-directed IRAs. We speak to investors almost every day who want to invest in real estate in some form or fashion and want to use retirement funds (that probably aren’t earning enough to keep up with inflation) [...]

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Economy

Housing Update: Distressed Sales Hang Tough

by Steve Cook | May 23, 2012
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Announcements that a recovery is underway are not paying attention to the huge piece of the home sales pie belonging to foreclosures and short sales.  Distressed market share is not diminishing in the middle of the spring sales season and it is the first time in two years when prices are rising in a majority [...]

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Commentary

Nothing Trumps RESULTS – It’s ALL About Expertise, Experience, and Knowledge

by Jeff Brown | May 22, 2012

It’s the human condition, isn’t it? When inexperienced, but newly ‘educated’, we often convince ourselves we know what we don’t know. As a young man I must’ve been the poster boy for that concept. Almost like it was yesterday, the memory of my first ever day as a ‘real estate guy’ is still fresh. Walking [...]

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Short Sales

Value Disputes and Bank of America Short Sales

by Melissa Zavala | May 22, 2012

If you have completed more than a handful of short sales, then you have likely have been involved in a value dispute with the short sale lender.  During the course of the short sale, the short sale lender sends out another Broker to complete a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) for the short sale listing. The bank then, [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Multifamily Investing: Updating an Older Property for Maximum Profit

by Spencer Cullor | May 21, 2012
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Multifamily investing has never been hotter.  Multifamily apartments that are in great condition are fetching some of the highest prices seen in years.  On the other hand, older dated properties are selling at much lower rates.  If you have an older apartment complex that has become a little dated, now is the time to consider [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Using Facebook Advertising to Super-Charge Your Real Estate Investing

by Brandon Turner | May 20, 2012
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last five years, you know Facebook. You probably can’t go two hours without checking your wall, “liking” your friend’s comment, and laughing at a video of a golden retriever playing the piano (seriously, check that one out. I’ve put a link on my own Facebook page!) [...]

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Real Estate News

Top Turnaround Towns: Tomorrow’s Hot Real Estate Markets

by Steve Cook | May 20, 2012

Want to know where home prices will be rising in the coming months? No longer do you need to toss darts at a dart board or guess. Someone has actually created an index using the very, very freshest listing data combined with economic metrics to scientifically select tomorrow’s hot markets. Every quarter Move, Inc. operator [...]

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Rehabbing

Increase Your Rehabbing Profits by Watching TV, Really!

by Jason Grote | May 19, 2012
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You are probably reading this blog to find out just how ridiculous it’s going to be.  If you are a rehabber, real estate agent, home stager, or involved in marketing real estate in any way, you might want to read on! When my family began real estate investing, we were completely dependent upon a Realtor [...]

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Real Estate

Real Estate News by the Numbers: Week of May 12 – May 18

by Douglas Lazovick | May 19, 2012

A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of May 12 – May 18, by the numbers: $90 Million – Price paid for a Midtown Manhattan penthouse, breaking the record for the highest price paid for an apartment in New York City. The previous record holder was an $88 million home purchased [...]

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Real Estate Investing

“Jogging” into Real Estate: Setting the Pace for Your Investing Success

by Clay Huber | May 18, 2012
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While first getting started in real estate, the issue I had to deal with most was the pace at which I moved.  Move too slow and you’ll never get any momentum behind you and lose out on credibility. Move too fast and you get overextended and end up wearing a straight-jacket in a padded room. It’s [...]

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Real Estate Investing

The Outer Limits: How to Speed Up the Property Inspection Process on New Deals

by McKellar Newsom | May 18, 2012
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Is your passion hang gliding? Bull riding? Planking? No matter what your hobby is; forget it. If you are an investor looking for the perfect 10 rental, you won’t have time to do any hobbies if you aren’t efficient. Investors may need to look at tons of properties to find one keeper. To rule out [...]

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