FSBOs (Homes for sale by owner) aren’t just growing in popularity in the States. Turns out, giving power back to the buyer is becoming a global trend. Take a look at these recent articles, all showcasing dissatisfaction with the current real estate models:
NEW ZEALAND
“The real estate industry cannot afford to insist on the traditional model [...]

• 4 Comments

Negotiating the terms of your loan can be as important as negotiating the sales price of your new investment property. Interest rates and closing cost a huge part of cash flow and return on investment, with the proper due diligent and negotiations, investors can be rewarded on every real estate transaction.
What can actually be [...]

• 6 Comments

Time to Speak UP!

The following information is about what the U.S. Senate is up to. If any of this becomes law, it will have a direct and severe impact on my business.
There are very good and honest investors out there and BiggerPockets has been a great place for new & seasoned investors to get together [...]

• 4 Comments

It is no secret that the business of buying real estate directly from the bank prior to it being foreclosed on is both in style and highly lucrative. The issue a lot of “Short Sale Specialists” have revolves around making the deal work on the front end. Time is our most valuable asset [...]

• 7 Comments

It is amazing, by any standards, just how bad things have gotten on the economic front because of what was, at first, a crisis in the subprime mortgage market.
Of course, conditions had to be right (or wrong, in this case) for the subprime match to ignite such an enormous world-wide blaze, but, it has, [...]

• 16 Comments

The Green revolution has arrived, and it wants you! In todays modern construction world, many builders are investing in Green construction and finding a whole new Market of eager buyers, and the cost depends on just how green you want to get. As for how much it costs, and how much it saves, well, [...]

• 4 Comments

As promised, I’m going to circle back and cover a few pre-contract concerns that have to do with due diligence and determining value. I also want to address the importance of not falling into the trap of what I will Anti-Real Estate Agentism - AREA for short. Not only do first time investors [...]

• 5 Comments