May 2007

Analysis: The Real Estate Investment Club Meeting From Hell

by Joshua Dorkin | May 31, 2007

Here’s a cautionary tale for everyone out there . . . I recently attended a real estate investing club meeting and was absolutely shocked and angered by what I heard and saw. If you want to find out about what an investment club shouldn’t be doing, then read on. Lack of Real Estate Education I [...]

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Landlord Tenant

What’s the difference between ROI and CAP Rate?

by Joshua Dorkin | May 25, 2007

One of our newer forum members recently asked: “What’s the difference between ROI and CAP Rate?” Thanks to one of our resident experts, Ryan Webber, he got a perfect answer: ROI is your return on investment factoring in your financing. Its your annual cash flow after all expenses divided by your initial investment (out of [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Real Estate Investing Store Open For Business

by Joshua Dorkin | May 23, 2007

Back in January, 2006, I announced that we’d soon be opening our BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Store. Like Windows Vista, our launch is a bit late, but it is here, nonetheless. While we’re opening the store unofficially (no grand opening yet) with only two (2) products, we are open for business! In opening this store, [...]

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Credit

How to Determine Your Net Worth: Is it High, Low or Average?

by Joshua Dorkin | May 21, 2007

Real estate investors, like everyone else, should be aware of their net worth. This value is extremly important because it allows us to gauge if our complete financial value is increasing or not. The average American doesn’t know how to save money, and typically has a very low net worth; many people even have a [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Now Seeking Real Estate Articles

by Joshua Dorkin | May 17, 2007

Real Estate Investors, Realtors, Lenders, and Other Real Estate Professionals: Are you looking for more exposure for yourself, your real estate company, or your website? BiggerPockets® is looking to build up our directory of real estate articles. If you’ve got a real estate related article that you would like to see in our directory, please [...]

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Commentary

How to Prevent a Real Estate Deal From Falling Apart Because of Inspection Issues

by Joshua Dorkin | May 14, 2007

Many people will quibble over a few hundred or thousand dollars in the purchase of a home after an inspection takes place. Often times, deals can fall apart because of the inability to compromise. Both buyers and sellers can do their part to prevent this from happening. Lets see what buyers can do to: How [...]

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Housing

Top 5 Mistakes Made By Real Estate Investors During the Housing Bubble

by Joshua Dorkin | May 10, 2007

We’ve all been talking about the real estate housing bubble for years now. I thought it might be appropriate to look back at some of the mistakes people made in an effort to averting a similar crisis again in the future. The 5 Biggest Mistakes Made By Real Estate Investors During the Housing Bubble Forgetting [...]

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Commentary

ReviewMe: agentBOOST Can Save Real Estate Buyer’s & Seller’s Commissions

by Joshua Dorkin | May 10, 2007

The agentBOOST website concentrates on connecting buyers and sellers of real estate to agents in their area. The agentBOOST homepage claims that it is “a better way to find a real estate agent.” According to the site, there are three steps to finding an agent: Our users tell us about the properties they are planning [...]

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Commentary

Ready to Get Ripped Off? Bid on this Real Estate website

by Joshua Dorkin | May 9, 2007

Got ya! We’re not selling BiggerPockets (but would consider any serious 7 figure offers). I had to point out something that came across my desk that I thought was nothing short of rediculous. I got an unsolicited email from someone selling the website Flipping4Profits.com Here is the message: This One-of-a-Kind Website Domain is For Sale. [...]

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Commentary

Stop Being the Scourge of the Neighborhood! Don’t Let Weeds Overwhealm Your Property

by Joshua Dorkin | May 8, 2007

Every once in a while something bothers me enough to mention it here on our blog. Once again, I find myself annoyed. As many of you know, I recently moved to Denver, CO. Since I did it in the wintertime, I did not have the opportunity to see what kind of neighbors I was dealing [...]

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BiggerPockets News

End of An Era: Death of The First Real Estate Wiki

by Joshua Dorkin | May 7, 2007

I’m sad to report that as of a few minutes ago we shut down our wiki. The wiki was the first real estate wiki available, but unfortunately, we did not have the resources to build and maintain the wiki into what we had originally envisioned it as being. We are spending our time and energy [...]

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Commentary

ReviewMe: Dubai Property from LatticeWerks

by Joshua Dorkin | May 7, 2007

Note: This is a paid review. We get several requests per week and are quite selective in our reviews. These reviews will be blunt, but fair. If you’re interested in a review from this PR5 blog, purchase a review from ReviewMe. LatticeWerks has requested that we review Dubai Property, which appears to be about promoting [...]

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Cool Stuff

The Most Popular Real Estate Sites by Number of Del.icio.us Bookmarks

by Joshua Dorkin | May 5, 2007

I was curious about what some of the most popular real estate websites were and went to Del.icio.us to find out. The reason I choose de.icio.us instead of Google for results is that many people (myself included) feel that it gives better results than the monster of search. Some of the Top 7 Real Estate [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Real Estate Investing For Real Blog Re-Design

by Joshua Dorkin | May 5, 2007

As many of you have probably noticed, this blog has undergone a radical transformation. We’ve redesigned the blog to make it easier for our readers to navigate our content and find their way around. We hope you like the new design and look forward to bringing you more great content in the future. Thanks for [...]

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Foreclosures

Real Estate Dispatch: Today’s Real Estate News 4-4-07

by Joshua Dorkin | May 4, 2007

IRS Kicks Homeowners While They Are Down, Washington Post “For homeowners who are seriously delinquent on their mortgages and hoping for relief, the Internal Revenue Service has bad news: If your lender agrees to modify your loan and forgive any of your debt, you could owe federal income tax on the amount forgiven. The Mortgage [...]

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