November 2008
Flipping Houses by Rob K. Blake | November 29, 2008I have the worksheet I use of a ‘quick and dirty’ hard money purchase analysis and I thought I’d share it with you…download here! First if you don’t know much about worksheets, don’t worry; you simply input a few numbers at the top, and the worksheet automatically calculates the fields without your assistance. You just [...]
Economy by Tom Koziol | November 28, 2008I have been through a few market swings in my tenure on this earth. I’d bet you have too. And, I bet, you have read and listened to a ton of advice on what to do when the market is up and what to do when the market is down. Some of the advice probably [...]
real estate blogging by Joshua Dorkin | November 28, 2008Last week, we announced that we’d start focusing on how people can use technology to help their real estate businesses. I think one of the most important ways for both real estate investors and professionals (Realtors, lenders, etc) to begin to market their businesses is by creating a blog. What Exactly is a Blog? There [...]
Landlord Tenant by Brendan O'Brien | November 28, 2008This started out as “Some Questions to Ask Your Property Manager.” But if you’ve already hired a property management company, you’re a bit late – you want to ask these questions before you make the hiring decision. You may even want to ask them before you settle on a property purchase. In some cases, you’ll [...]
Real Estate by Anwell Tsai | November 27, 2008The U.S. government plans to lend an addition $800 Billion to help ease the current economic crisis. According to Edmund Andrews of the New York Times, the government has already pledged close to $7.8 trillion dollars in financial obligations this past year alone. The additional $600 billion allocated to purchases of debt for Fannie and [...]
Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | November 26, 2008One of the things that I try and do first thing in the morning is to count my blessings. Any successful person will tell you that the first 15 minutes of your day determine the outcome of the next 12 hours. Since Thanksgiving is here, I thought I’d share a few things I am thankful [...]
Commentary by Charles Feldman | November 26, 2008It is actually getting hard keeping track of just how much money the government’s various bailout initiatives add up to. An Associated Press report says “total bailout commitments, loans and pledges of backing neared a staggering $7 trillion.” Of course, much of this is “money” that may never get spent, or will be returned to [...]
Commentary by Steve Heideman | November 25, 2008Slideshare.net the social media website that allows anyone to post powerpoint presentations and share them had an interesting contest. They had a contest open to everyone to see who could come up with the best presentation on the current financial crisis in 30 slides or less. Here are the 3 winning presentations. I thought this [...]
Commercial Real Estate by Ted Karsch | November 25, 2008Raise the rents. This is definitely the most obvious solution if you are look at different ways to raise the value of your apartment building investment. Before you decide to raise rents do a survey of comparable rents at comparable properties in your general location. Then try to figure out what the average rents are [...]
Real Estate Investing by Rosie Nieto | November 25, 2008… but you don’t know where to start? This is every newbie investors position isn’t it? It makes me wonder… How is it possible with all the guru product and pitch fest seminars there are that people can still be confused as to where to start. Oh wait – I was confused when I first started too. [...]
Real Estate Investing by Grant Conness | November 24, 2008The Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) has been making a comeback during these turbulent economic times. A DST is similar to a Tenant In Common (TIC) investment with just several key differences. In this blog we will take a look at DSTs and how they differ from the more publicized TIC investment concept. Technically a DST [...]
Rehabbing by Richard Warren | November 24, 2008I am curenlty sailing the Pacific on a 2 1/2 week cruise (yes, this is a great business). Rather than skipping my weekly posts, I thought I would share a previous article on getting started in rehab real estate investing. And you thought re-runs only happened on TV! Getting Started In Rehab Real Estate You [...]
Real Estate Technology by Joshua Dorkin | November 23, 2008I’ve realized for some time that the way we all conduct our lives and businesses is dependent on technology. Technology has improved how we accomplish things, but has also proven to be a distraction — think of all of the games we waste time playing on the computer at work or on the phone when [...]
Commentary by Rob K. Blake | November 22, 2008I got an email a few days ago from the Colorado Department of Real Estate, the mortgage broker regulator, outling their new interpretation of “Loan Modification” as “mortgage brokerage”. I guess they are getting a lot of complaints from foreclosure victims who lost money to grifters posing as “Foreclosure Rescue Specialists” that promise a loan [...]
Landlord Tenant by Brendan O'Brien | November 22, 2008No, you’re not reading Consumer Reports or Motor Trend. But believe it or not, your choice of car can have an impact on your level of real estate investment success. This is because your choice of car makes an impression on people, and you always want to make the right impression. And of course, since [...]
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Massive New Bailout For Real Estate—Or Is It Really For Banks?
by Charles Feldman | November 26, 2008It is actually getting hard keeping track of just how much money the government’s various bailout initiatives add up to. An Associated Press report says “total bailout commitments, loans and pledges of backing neared a staggering $7 trillion.” Of course, much of this is “money” that may never get spent, or will be returned to [...]