December 2008

The Most In-Depth Case Study-Part Quatro

by Jason Hanson | December 31, 2008

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that tomorrow you have a Happy New Year’s (and that you can remember most of it). If you haven’t done so yet, make your 2009 goals. Then break them down into monthly, weekly and daily goals. And…..don’t ever go to bed at night if you haven’t made [...]

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Real Estate

Not So Happy New Year As Financial Crisis & Pain Grow; Home Prices & Consumer Confidence Down Dramatically; Will 2010 Be Better?

by Charles Feldman | December 31, 2008

Happy New Year! If you are like most people, that may sound a bit like wishful thinking this time around. And, I’m afraid, with good reason. Consumer confidence in the United States fell to a record low this month…while prices of single-family homes in October fell a record 18 percent from the year before. The [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Buy an Apartment Building With a Tool Chest of Knowledge

by Ted Karsch | December 31, 2008

When people first decide to buy an apartment building it is common for them to make a few easily preventable mistakes. The most common error that I see new investors make is not having what I like to refer to as the “investor tool chest”. For example, if you wanted to build a house you [...]

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Commentary

The TV News and Negative People are No Bueno!

by Rosie Nieto | December 30, 2008

I accidentally watched the Nightly News tonight and felt hopeless and bummed out afterward. Well maybe just for a moment… then I remembered that I don’t let those sorry, sad, hopeless reports about the economy, unemployment, foreclosures, etc., effect me in a negative way! Quite the contrary! Now I had to ask myself, how am I able [...]

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Financing Real Estate

For Real Estate Investors, Finding Good Loans Is Tougher Than Finding Good Deals

by Steve Heideman | December 29, 2008

With home prices falling across most parts of the country, investors in real estate are finding good value in certain rental properties. Unfortunately, they’re also finding it harder to get approved for a home loan. After getting stung by defaults, conforming mortgage standards for non-owner occupied home loans tightened dramatically last quarter. One major change [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Are You Glad You Did, Or Do You Wish You Had?

by Richard Warren | December 29, 2008

Another year has come and gone. They say that life is like a roll of toilet paper; the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes. It seems like I’m just getting used to the New Millennium, and it’s 2009! Where does the time go? All too often you hear people lamenting all [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How to Find a Real Estate Investing Club – Avoiding the Bad Clubs and Succeeding With the Good Ones

by Joshua Dorkin | December 28, 2008

We’ve had quite a few articles on the blog lately about investment clubs, and I thought it important to share my $0.02. One of the best resources for a real estate investor is your local real estate investing club. These groups can be great resources for networking and learning, but you must be careful, as [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Questions to Ask a Property Manager: Part 3 of 3

by Brendan O'Brien | December 27, 2008

Here is the third and last installment of “Questions to Ask Your Property Manager.” I am providing answers to some of the questions. However, in some cases, there is no one “right” answer. Actually, this was illustrated by the last installment, published three weeks ago. I had suggested that it is better for property managers [...]

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Commentary

Mortgage Brokers Getting All Time Low Of Origination Market Share

by Rob K. Blake | December 27, 2008

National Mortgage News reported last week in a survey recently completed, mortgage brokers are now only receiving 18.9% of the orignation Q3 market place. This paltry percentage of originations is an all-time low figure. Mortgage broker market share reached almost 80% just a few short years ago. Mortgage Broker Demise Premature The report hypothesized the [...]

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Real Estate Tips

6 Easy Ways to Boost Your Productivity in Real Estate

by Joshua Dorkin | December 26, 2008

As the New Year quickly approaches, I thought I’d put together a post that helps us all be a little more productive and successful. It is human nature to be distracted, to procrastinate, to be fearful, to stress out — I can go on and on, but we can work around these things to help [...]

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Commentary

And on the 5th Day, He Rested; Happy Holidays

by Tom Koziol | December 26, 2008

A very happy holidays to one and all with my sincerest hope you find your real estate legs to be sound and sure in 2009. With all the bad news still floating our way, it is imperative we all use our God given brains and talents to keep our jib pointed correctly. – Tom

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BiggerPockets News

Happy Holidays from BiggerPockets.com!

by Joshua Dorkin | December 25, 2008

From everyone here at BiggerPockets, we wanted to wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season! Note: Model above is our Christmas mascot, Suki

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Real Estate

Don’t get me wrong! You need to Invest in Real Estate Education!

by Rosie Nieto | December 25, 2008

I have spent the last week studying from a new teacher (for me). This time it’s for marketing, and several things have occurred to me; 1) Yes, I have indeed spent more money on my education this month and 2) it also occurred to me that with all my soap-box rants against “guru pitch fests”, I may be sending [...]

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Real Estate

5 Great Ways to Market Your Property

by Anwell Tsai | December 25, 2008

1. Post on a broad array of websites such as Realtor.com, Yahoo, Google, Zillow, Trulia, Craigslist, Etc. (my listings are found on over 50 sites) 2. Syndicate video walkthroughs which hopefully will go viral (Youtube, Vimeo,Tubemogul, Metacafe Etc.) 3. Create Virtual Flyers and a stand alone webpage for your property 4. Create HTML coding to [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Newspaper Ads: Free and Easy Real Estate Prospecting

by Jason Hanson | December 24, 2008

Okay. Since its Christmas time, I’m taking the week off from trying to find a new residence. Next week I’ll update you on everything that’s been going on. What I want to talk about this week is one of the easiest and cheapest (it’s FREE) ways to get a deal. So, last weekend I put [...]

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