February 2007
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 27, 2007You would not believe the amount of SPAM I get for everything from sex to drugs, and so on. I thought it might be interesting to share with you some of the wonderful targeted SPAM I get from people looking to SCAM others out of their money. In today’s edition, we have an email from [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 27, 2007I reject more sponsored reviews then I accept, but thought that I’d give it a whirl today in reviewing Automated Homefinder. Many of the companies that contact us through ReviewMe are just not up to par, and it seems like these guys might just be worth exploring. Focused on Colorado real estate, Automated Homefinder does [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 26, 2007Last night during the Academy Awards, Vice-President Al Gore and his team of filmmakers won an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary on the climate crisis occuring here on good old planet earth. In doing my part, I will pass on some links, with tons of helpful hints to educate you on becoming a [...]
Landlord Tenant by Joshua Dorkin | February 24, 2007Yesterday, forum member vegastud asked an important question regarding a property he recently acquired: Do I sign a suspect renter because I need renters or wait? Do I lower the price? I am frustrated. First, I want to share what one of our resident experts, All Cash, has to say: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER rent to [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 21, 2007There are many areas around the country where foreclosures are about as common as an ice storm. As things settle from the great real estate bubble of the 21st century, more and more amazing stats emerge. Today, I’d like to share a fascinating statistic, by looking at the Sacramento, California real estate market. About one [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 20, 2007With sub-prime lenders falling off the map, several state legislatures are taking action to protect consumers against predatory lending. At the forefront, the Maine legislature has drafted a bill that looks to be pretty remarkable. The bill that curbs predatory loans is still being drafted. Its sponsor, House Speaker Glenn Cummings, D-Portland, said the bill’s [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 16, 2007At last! In 9 of the 12 months last year, Colorado led the nation in foreclosures. Times have begun to change, though . . . Colorado had 4,853 homes in the process of foreclosure last month, or one out of every 377, according to RealtyTrac, an Irvine, Calif.-based company that monitors foreclosures. Colorado had the [...]
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 15, 2007Its time to hunker back down and kick this blog off with a bang! In our absence over the past week, the world has continued to turn, and inportant information has continued to emerge. We’re back and ready to bring it all to you! Real Estate Bubble News: Former Boom Cities going Bust The Washington [...]
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | February 10, 2007The Internet is a Crazy Place! One minute everything is fine, and in the next moment your site is no longer functioning. Early yesterday morning BiggerPockets crashed! Our server went down and we were unable to get things up and running again until a few minutes ago. We’re still trying to figure out if we [...]
Learn Real Estate by Joshua Dorkin | February 4, 2007A great question came up today on the forums, inquiring what the difference was between Return on Investment (ROI) and Cash on Cash Return (CCR). I think the question was answered perfectly here, but I’ll elaborate a bit. EXAMPLE: Suppose you buy a house for $100,000 and sell it later for $110,000. Your return on [...]
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Real Estate Spam – First Edition
by Joshua Dorkin | February 27, 2007You would not believe the amount of SPAM I get for everything from sex to drugs, and so on. I thought it might be interesting to share with you some of the wonderful targeted SPAM I get from people looking to SCAM others out of their money. In today’s edition, we have an email from [...]