October 2005

Real Estate Investing

New York Trump Real Estate Expo – PART 1

by Joshua Dorkin | October 23, 2005

It’s Sunday and I’ve finally arrived in my room. It is late and I’m exhausted. Two days of non-stop real estate networking, and promotion. I’ll first start by saying that the learning annex has created a great niche for themselves. The expo is a huge moneymaker for them and their guest speakers. I’m going to [...]

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Real Estate Investing

This Weekend: Reporting from Trump Real Estate Expo

by Joshua Dorkin | October 18, 2005

I’ll be attending the Trump Real Estate Expo in New York this weekend, and look forward to reporting back to you all. I’ll be sure to let everyone know how things go, and hopefully will be able to post live from the Expo. The plan is to get the word out about BiggerPockets.com, and to [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Two Easy Strategies to Help You Become a Millionaire

by Joshua Dorkin | October 16, 2005

I know that BiggerPockets.com is a website devoted to real estate investing, but our ultimate goal is to help our visitors find wealth. I was just reminded of a few simple steps towards creating enormous wealth from an article, Meet the Automatic Millionaires. The article actually profiles two relatively hardworking families that have set their [...]

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Real Estate Resources

Street, Satellite, Topo and Hazard Maps

by Joshua Dorkin | October 16, 2005

We finally put together a page of great mapping resources to help in your property research. Its always a good idea to research areas you’re considering buying property in. We have assembled various resources that provide satellite, topographical, arial photo maps to help. In addition, we’ve provided links to various government mapping services to help [...]

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Cool Tool for People Planning a Move

by Joshua Dorkin | October 15, 2005

I found a cool tool online that should help anyone who plans on relocating to a new home. The Relocation Wizard is an easy way to help plan your future move. All you need to do is enter the dates you plan on relocating, and put a few more pieces of data in and you [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Things to Consider when Interviewing Property Management Companies

by Joshua Dorkin | October 7, 2005

Picking a great property manager for your rental properties is one of the most important tasks you’ll undertake, once you’ve actually found a good rental. In searching for a manager, you’ll want to do a thorough interview, and in doing so, you should be able to figure out if they are worth working with. Here [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Hot housing markets starting to slow down

by Joshua Dorkin | October 4, 2005

I’m glad that I’m not the only one out there telling the world that the market can turn around. The New York Times just published an article in today’s paper titled, Slowing Is Seen in Housing Prices in Hot Markets that highlights some changes in markets like NY (down 13% in 3rd Quarter). The article [...]

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Interest Rates

Banks Will Suffer in Housing Decline

by Joshua Dorkin | October 2, 2005

With so much talk of a housing bubble, I thought we should talk about the effects of a possible housing crash. While there are some obvious ones – an increase in foreclosures, for one – others aren’t as clear. What is going to happen to the banks that have been one of the main reasons [...]

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Real Estate Resources

A new way to find properties at Trulia

by Joshua Dorkin | October 1, 2005

Every once in a while, you find some good resources while conducting random internet searches. Today, I located Trulia.com, an online aggregator of real estate “for sale” feeds. Integrated with

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