January 2007
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | January 30, 2007The more astute among you have no doubt noticed that I have not been posting my usual comments on the blog the last few days and I thought I owed you…my loyal fans…and explanation. In a moment of weakness, I decided that it would be a good idea to move out of Los Angeles for [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | January 23, 2007Last week we talked about the emergence of the selfless real estate agent. Today, we’re going to look at a piece of dirt who makes the rest of the agents out there look bad. A real estate broker in Shakopee, Minnesota was charged with with 15 felony counts of identity theft; in addition, she filed [...]
Blogs by Joshua Dorkin | January 22, 2007Hi everyone and welcome to Volume 8 of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing. While there are many good submissions this week, only 2 are of any help to real estate investors (I’ve marked them with **). I hope upcoming editions of the carnival have more useful information to help the everyday investor out . [...]
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | January 19, 2007Every once in a while, I like to take a look at the benchmarks that our website has set. While reading our real estate investing forums, I noticed something very exciting . . . Our Forums Now Have 20,000 Posts and Close to 5,000 Members! We were teetering around 1,000 people close to a year [...]
Cool Stuff by Joshua Dorkin | January 17, 2007It seems like we can’t escape the devistating cold of winter. Across the nation, we’ve seen horrible ice, sleet, and snow storms recently; even southern California has been below freezing for almost a week now. We haven’t really covered safety issues here on the blog, but I thought a few tips would come in handy [...]
Real Estate Tips by Joshua Dorkin | January 16, 2007This is part 2 in the series on Structured sales. Once again, this series was written by Trevor Mauch, as a guest piece on the blog. We hope you have found it to be interesting and useful. Note: We cannot speak for against this type of strategy, and we advise anyone to do their homework [...]
Real Estate Tips by Joshua Dorkin | January 12, 2007We’re going to do a 2 part series on Structured sales, here on the BiggerPockets Blog. This is a subject that many people don’t know about and I thought was worth exploring. The series was written by Trevor Mauch, as a guest piece on the blog. Note: We cannot speak for against this type of [...]
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | January 12, 2007The 2007 Real Estate Goals Group Writing Project has been over for a week now, and I wanted to announce the randomly selected prize winners. After thinking about things for a week, I have to conclude that the project was a success. It is the first time we’ve held such an event on the blog, [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | January 11, 2007It seems like I’ve been on a bit of a roll today, highlighting many of the downsides of the real estate world. Sadly, there is just more bad news to tell you about. Apparently an attorney in Westchester, New York was arraigned today for stealing almost $100,000 owed to her client, a homeowner that she [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | January 11, 2007As many of us know, real estate agents have a reputation similar to that of sleazy used car salesmen. They frequently rank amongst the least trusted of the professions – right down there with politicians. (I was an agent once, and yes, my family and friends couldn’t look me in the eye for a while) [...]
Foreclosures by Joshua Dorkin | January 11, 2007Auctioneer Hudson & Marshall of Texas Inc. announced today that they will be holding an auction to market over 300 REO (Real Estate Owned) homes in the Detroit area on Saturday, January 20 and Sunday January 21, 2007 at 1:00pm at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn. All properties are sold “as is” and interested buyers are [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | January 10, 2007For years now, we’ve been hearing about how hot the housing market is. We’ve all seen it. During the great housing bubble of the past few years, economists have been throwing out a whole lot of bull. First, you need to know that existing homes fell 2% during 2006. Here’s a guy who actually gets [...]
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | January 10, 2007This has been an interesting past few weeks. I guess the blogging world is pre-empting the entertainment business with its awards season. This blogging award season has been kind to us so far, as I’ve been blessed with some very generous honors that I thought you’d like to hear about. First, as many of you [...]
Cool Stuff by Joshua Dorkin | January 9, 2007Those crazy guys at Flipper Nation premiered the latest episode of their web comedy. Check out: Flipper Nation: Episode 3: The Flippin’ Fight If you liked this episode, check out Episode 2!
Foreclosures by Joshua Dorkin | January 8, 2007Many real estate investors focus on buying foreclosures as a means to locate properties with a lot of equity at a discounted price. I wanted to share some information on another strategy – Buying REO Properties. REOs or Real Estate Owned Properties are properties owned by a bank. These properties have gone through the foreclosure [...]
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by Joshua Dorkin | January 30, 2007The more astute among you have no doubt noticed that I have not been posting my usual comments on the blog the last few days and I thought I owed you…my loyal fans…and explanation. In a moment of weakness, I decided that it would be a good idea to move out of Los Angeles for [...]