March 2006
Real Estate Investing by Joshua Dorkin | March 29, 2006Image by respres via Flickr Article Updated 5/9/09; The piece was initially written in March, 2006. In this post we share some ideas about finding and contacting owners of homes in pre-foreclosure. As the housing market remains shaky, there are countless opportunities for investors to find great deals. Targeting pre-foreclosures is just one strategy you [...]
by Joshua Dorkin | March 27, 2006Question: I really don’t want to do rental property, I’m looking more at Flipping houses and really need some guidance, if you have any advice . . . ? Response: You need to really become comfortable with analyzing potential deals. In my opinion, one of the best things you can do to get started flipping [...]
Real Estate Resources by Joshua Dorkin | March 26, 2006That’s right folks. The land of the Rising Sun and tragic earthquakes will soon hold the World’s Tallest Tower, a 1,970 foot television and radio transmission tower. I’ve been thinking about the battle for the sky lately, and I think it is interesting that the rest of the world, most notably Asia is in a [...]
Mortgages & Lending by Joshua Dorkin | March 19, 2006This great piece of data comes thanks to The Real Estate Bloggers. With close to a 1% foreclosure rate, Indiana leads the nation with highest percentage of properties foreclosed upon. Followed by Ohio and Michigan, Indiana is just the first state to show the results of bad lending policies and risky mortgages. It won’t be [...]
Real Estate by Joshua Dorkin | March 19, 2006We were recently notified that our site, BiggerPockets.com Real Estate Investing Community has been selected to be named Sweet Site of the Day for tommorrow, Monday, March 20, 2006! Yet another sign of our growing success!
Real Estate Investing by Joshua Dorkin | March 15, 2006There are several important things you need to do to be successful in real estate, one of which is building a great team. I’m going to talk briefly about who should be on any winning real estate investing team: 1. Your Mentor – every successful entrepreneur needs a good mentor. A guide. By training under [...]
by Joshua Dorkin | March 14, 2006I just spent the last 1/2 hour reading through the website for the Maine Solar House, a great example of solar use. They use 1/2 of their roof for heat/hot water generation, and the other 1/2 for electricity. The site is extremly informative and a great way to learn about the enviormentally friendlly energy source [...]
Real Estate Investing by Joshua Dorkin | March 14, 2006Houston Real News.com posed five questions to Richard Davis, the President of Trademark Properties, from the A&E Show, Flip this House. Although he did not respond directly, they got a few good answers from Ginger Alexander, their investment coordinator. I want to point out that this is a serious company. It is not your average [...]
Foreclosures by Joshua Dorkin | March 12, 2006Our good friend, Bryan Casteel, the ProHabber, just informed us at BiggerPockets.com about an article in the New York Times about buying and flipping property online. Actually, he posted a serious rant about it! I read the article . . . I read the rant . . . There are some troubling things that this [...]
by Joshua Dorkin | March 6, 2006Check out some of the cool things going on architecturally and technologically around the world: Dubai’s World-Beating Buildings Japan’s Indoor Man-Made Beach
Real Estate Resources by Joshua Dorkin | March 6, 2006Most of you know how I feel about the Trump Real Estate Expo (Part 1 | Part 2). Today, I recieved an email from their Director of Online Marketing, who was offering sites like ours a 50% commission for referring invitees to the event. If the Learning Annex would offer true classes at the expo, [...]
Real Estate Resources by Joshua Dorkin | March 5, 2006In case you’ve ever considered getting into the other side (there are many other sides, aren’t there?) of real estate, you can become a certified hard-money lender with the help of Prosper.com, a site started by the founder of E-Loan.com. We were recently introduced to the site by Shaun’s Real Estate Adventures, and according tp [...]
Real Estate Investing by Joshua Dorkin | March 2, 2006This recycled house is made of materials that previously had other uses. This is not just an enviormentally friendly idea, but money saving as well. Part riverboat, part army barracks, all cool! If you’re thinking about developing or just setting up your own dream house, you can find plans at the Cool House Plans Company. [...]
Foreclosures by Joshua Dorkin | March 2, 2006I was just peeking around other real estate blogs to see what’s been going on. In doing so, I found a great post at Creative Real Estate. The post was about the experience of an investor at auction for the first time. It is great for anyone who is interested in seeing what the auction [...]
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