December 2006
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 31, 2006On this last day of 2006, I just wanted to once again thank everyone for visiting! It has been an amazing year, and we’ve come a long way. We’ve had hundreds of thousands of visitors view many millions of pages! Photo Taken at Hong Kong Disneyland 11/06 If you’re a reader of this blog, but [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 31, 2006Today’s submissions of the 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Projectinclude: Pondering Goals for 2007 by Caron Mosey Reflecting on 2006 and goal setting for 2007! by Jesse Barron The Road Ahead: The Corporation by Nick Gifford Only 5 days remaining. Make sure you get your business plan together for next year and get your [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 30, 2006The 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project continues on this holiday weekend. As expected, we’ve had a bit of a slowdown in submissions, but the project continues. Congrats to: Chris Cranny for putting together his Biggerpockets Goals Make sure you take a look at all of the goal submissions that we’ve already gotten! Just [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 29, 2006The group writing project goals continue to trickle in, and a few people have thanked me for extending our deadline until January 5, 2007. That said, here are today’s submissions (notice multiple posts from Nick Gifford – he was really detailed with his goals – a MUST READ!) 2007 Goals by Jim Duncan Real Estate [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | December 29, 2006We went surfing through Digg to find the most popular real estate stories from the last year. Here are the 14 coolest real estate stories that we could find among the masses of submissions: The next real estate boom ” Picture the scene: it’s 2025, and you and your family are living in a beautiful, [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 28, 2006The goals are really starting to come in now! After consulting with some friends online, I’ve decided to extend the deadline for our 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project until Friday, January 5th. Today’s submissions include: Real Estate Goals ’07 – Group Writing Project by Sonya aka AroundTheWorld Real Estate Goals For 2007 by [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | December 27, 2006I wanted to share some insight and thoughts from various investors and agents on whether or not there is a down time of the year for real estate. I think the question is an interesting one. While markets in general may rise or fall, seasoned investors can benefit in any market. Here are some great [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 26, 2006The 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project has begun, and the submissions have started to roll in: Friday, January 5, 2007 Real Estate Goals for 2007 Group Writing Project by Spencer Barron 2007 Real Estate Goals by Teresa Boardman Monday, January 1, 2007 Goals for the year 2007 by Jarkko Aho Our First New [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 26, 2006We’ve begun to see prize donations for our 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project. I’ve heard that there are quite a few people interested in the contest, so please start writing your goals so we can start linking to you and your blog! I’d like to thank: Jeff Byer of Print Fellas for donating [...]
Read the full article → Economy by Joshua Dorkin | December 24, 2006Welcome to the Christmas Eve Edition of the Dispatch! I’ve got a little time, so I just wanted to share some headlines I found to be interesting . . . The Kansas City Star picked up on the recent foreclosure report from the Center for Responsible Lending and discusses Foreclosure rise forecast: Nearly one in [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 23, 2006As 2006 comes to a close, we all start thinking about our resolutions for 2007. Why wait until next year to figure out what you want to accomplish in the coming year. Any business adviser worth his salt will tell you that goal-setting is of the utmost importance when running a business. As we all [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 22, 2006Photo of me (Joshua Dorkin) in Phuket, Thailand last month It’s finally here! The holidays are upon us, and I thought it was an appropriate time to wrap the year up for you all! We’ve come a long way this year, and I’m proud to say that we’ve had the opportunity to help out tens [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | December 20, 2006I guess you learn something new every day. While we rely on companies like RealtyTrac to give us forclosure data, apparently there is not an agreed upon definition of what foreclosure is: “Generally, lenders consider homeowners in foreclosure when they are 120 days late making payments, said Louis Spagnuolo, a senior mortgage banker for Home [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 19, 2006Blog Business The 5th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing was hosted at Mortgage Manifest this week and felt our post Keeping Your Tenants Happy During the Holidays was worthy of a mention. Once again, we’ve found ourselves absent from the Carnival of Real Estate, which focused on videos, web 2.0, and comedy. [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Bea Chenowitz | December 18, 2006The much-awaited Wall Street bonus news have come out last week, with Goldman Sachs announcing the highest annual earnings in Wall Street history, allowing the investment bank to pay out a whopping $16 billion to eligible employees. That is over $600,000 per employee, with some high producers possibly earning as much as $100 million. Other investment [...]
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2007 Real Estate Goals Writing Project: 12/31 Submissions
by Joshua Dorkin | December 31, 2006Today’s submissions of the 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Projectinclude: Pondering Goals for 2007 by Caron Mosey Reflecting on 2006 and goal setting for 2007! by Jesse Barron The Road Ahead: The Corporation by Nick Gifford Only 5 days remaining. Make sure you get your business plan together for next year and get your [...]