November 2006

Growth of the Real Estate Wiki

by Joshua Dorkin | November 30, 2006

Since we announced the launch of our Real Estate Wiki several days ago, we’ve had quite a few new contributions. I wanted to thank everyone for helping out and I hope that we can continue to build the best and most comprehensive user-generated real estate resource online. If you’ve got anything to add to any [...]

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BiggerPockets News

BiggerPockets SPAM-Bombed About “Free” Seminar from Consumer Advocate Website

by Joshua Dorkin | November 29, 2006

Two days ago, our real estate forums were hit by a Giant SPAM Bomb. I expect this kind of behavior from shady characters in Eastern Europe and Nigeria, but this appears to come from a Consumer Advocate, someone who is supposed to protect the public! The following is the post from this user: Foreclosures are [...]

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Architecture

Feng Shui Maniac

by Bea Chenowitz | November 29, 2006

When I discuss with friends about buying real estate in Manhattan, and specifically about why my husband and I have not been able to find anything for years, I always blame him (out of his earshot, of course). He happens to be one of those people who want a perfect home, and we all know [...]

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Real Estate Market

Real Estate Dispatch – November 28, 2006

by Joshua Dorkin | November 28, 2006

Protecting Your Investment in the Event of an Earthquake How to make a million in real estate: get your home on This Old House What is a Loft? See How Many Homes Before You Buy? Remodeling Trends: Wrought Iron Elegance

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Blogs

Real Estate Blog Carnival #20 Real Estate Lessons

by Joshua Dorkin | November 27, 2006

After participating in many carnivals in the past, I’m excited to be hosting my first – this week’s edition of the Carnival of Real Estate. It seems that many of the real estate bloggers were busy stuffing themselves with turkey this week — there were not many submissions to the carnival, which is sad because [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Launch of the First True Real Estate Wiki

by Joshua Dorkin | November 26, 2006

We’ve Just Launched the First TRUE Real Estate Wiki I’m excited to share with everyone the launch of our Real Estate Wiki – http://wiki.biggerpockets.com ! In an effort to continue to bring helpful tools and resources to the real estate community, we thought that a wiki devoted wholy to real estate would be a logical [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Wholesaling Real Estate Basics

by Joshua Dorkin | November 25, 2006

Wholesaling real estate provides an opportunity for someone to build income with little capital or credit. All it requires is ambition and some specialized knowledge. The more ambition you have, the more money you will make. Wholesaling does not require a real estate license. A license is not required to buy or sell any property [...]

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Commentary

A Review of GovHomeUSA

by Joshua Dorkin | November 23, 2006

There are tons of great resources out there for real estate investors and I try my hardest to bring the best of the best to you all. I spent some time today exploring GovHomeUSA, a site that lists properties for sale by various agencies in the federal government, including those from HUD and the VA; [...]

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Commentary

A Glut in New Constructions in New York?

by Bea Chenowitz | November 22, 2006

The million dollar question is, is it true that there is a glut of new constructions in New York City? When the word “glut” is used, it conjures up the image of empty apartment buildings with no takers, which is pretty extreme. But is there some truth to it? Take 15 Central Park West, for [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Landlording Tip: Screen Your Tenants

by Joshua Dorkin | November 21, 2006

I realize that this is a very basic tenet, but when times are rough, we don’t always follow it. The reason we screen tenants is to ensure that we, as landlords, will be paid, and that our property will not be damaged or destroyed. What happens when the market is slow and you can’t find [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Going Carnival Crazy!

by Joshua Dorkin | November 20, 2006

This week, our post real estate partnership questions was featured in two blog carnivals, The Carnival of Real Estate Investing hosted by Fliperati, and The Carnival of Business, hosted by Business & Technology Reinvention. We were notably absent at the carnival of real estate, however, as a consolation prize, we were mentioned as having submitted [...]

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Commentary

Interesting Web Marketing Technique – OverHype

by Joshua Dorkin | November 17, 2006

This is aimed at all the real estate and other webmasters out there . . . Everyday we get countless link suggestions. People send all sorts of emails and SPAM to try and get their site listed on BiggerPockets.com. Today, someone filled out our suggest a site form with a link, HonestMortgage.net, that had the [...]

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Commentary

Real Estate Bubble Popping, Housing Starts and Building Permits Tumble

by Joshua Dorkin | November 17, 2006

CNBC is reporting this morning that US Housing Starts declined in October 14.6% to the lowest level in 6 years, while building permits were down a whopping 6.29%. Guests on the network, James Wilson and Jan Hatzius (Goldman Sachs Economist), predicted that housing will be a drag on GDP in ’07. Hatzius attributed the problem [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Real Estate Partnership Questions

by Joshua Dorkin | November 16, 2006

I was talking to some friends who were looking at purchasing a condo together. They wanted to know what I thought about the premise of them owning a rental property as partners. Should friends or family purchase rental property together? I try to advise people to stay away from partnering with friends or family, because [...]

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Blogs

New Twist on the Dilemma of City vs. Suburbs

by Bea Chenowitz | November 15, 2006

For city dwellers with children, there is always this dilemma of whether one should move to the suburbs. The case for the suburbs is pretty cut and dry: there are the obvious lifestyle reasons such as more space for children to run around, and also financial ones, like being able to send kids to great [...]

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