November 2009
Real Estate Marketing by Christian Russell | November 12, 2009 
I did a post a while back about my “Power of 100” concept. In case you missed it, here’s the deal. I have a rule of making 100 personal contacts a day. This is an old concept I learned years ago in direct sales. Now that I do internet marketing, I’ve found most every concept [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Ben Roberts | November 11, 2009 
Anyone ever heard of the Drake Equation? If not, don’t feel bad. It’s not a generally known term outside of the geeky space community (of which I am sadly a part). In short, it’s a equation that was formulated by Dr. Frank Drake in 1960 to determine the practicality of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial [...]
Read the full article → Selling Real Estate by Jason Hanson | November 11, 2009A friend of mine is a District Manager for Honda. For his job he’s in charge of several dealerships making sure they’re doing the proper marketing and getting everything they need from corporate. I guess you could say he is the liaison between the dealerships and corporate. Part of his job is to obviously help [...]
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by Winston Westbrook | November 10, 2009It cost billionaire Donald T. Sterling millions. On November 3rd of this year the Justice department received the biggest settlement on a housing discrimination lawsuit. Donald T. Sterling has agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle allegations that he discriminated against African-Americans, Hispanics and families with children at apartment buildings he controls in Los Angeles. [...]
Real Estate Investing by Ryan Moeller | November 10, 2009One of the biggest reasons small businesses fail is because the owners cannot separate themselves from the daily processes to focus on improving, growing and making their business a success. They are stuck working 12 hours a day handling the daily processes and burn out. Real estate is similar in many ways. Here are 5 [...]
Financing Real Estate by Florence Foote | November 10, 2009One of the worst kinds of sub-prime loans was the infamous “pick-a-pay” (Payment Option ARM) under which borrowers had the choice of how much payment to make each month, with the lowest options being negatively amortized, i.e., reducing the equity in a property every month. These loans took the concept of house-as-piggy-bank to another level [...]
Selling Real Estate by Christina Inman | November 9, 2009In my previous blog posts I told you that real estate agents who are tired of losing commissions to “short sale processing companies” are starting to realize that processing short sales themselves is well worth the effort. But, I’m not sure agents realize just how simple this process–which can net them some serious profits and [...]
Mortgages & Lending by Kyle Koller | November 9, 2009In my last article, I discussed how lender recourse, prepayment penalties, a loan’s assumability, and fees and costs affect a real estate investor’s strategy. In this continuation, I will explore several other loan characteristics such that you can more successfully plan your next investment project. Fixed Periods Many commercial loan products offer fixed interest rates [...]
Mortgages & Lending by Richard Warren | November 9, 2009 
This could be called a tale of two agents. In a recent article I discussed how I came to select a new agent to work with (article). Here I want to talk about a recent meeting with two mortgage professionals. One worked with a major lender while the other was with a smaller firm that [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Justin Pierce | November 8, 2009 
I cringe to even think of writing this post, peppered with politics, but we just had an election for a Governor here in Virginia and it raises a few points that I think investors (well any businessman or woman) should keep in mind. Don’t worry, we’re not talking party politics, but local political involvement. Put [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by J. Lamar Ferren | November 7, 2009 
A couple of days ago, a fellow blog contributor named Shae Bynes posted a great blog post regarding a 7 day plan for aspiring real estate investors. You should definitely check it out when you get a chance. With that said, I really liked one of the key aspects she mentioned in her post which [...]
Read the full article → Mortgages & Lending by Christina Inman | November 7, 2009On October 1, new federal lending rules took effect under HOEPA–the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act. One that will benefit consumers most is a restriction on prepayment penalties for higher-priced loans (those with an interest rate 1.5% above prime). No longer will borrowers need to worry about an excessive penalty for paying off their [...]
Real Estate Marketing by Molly Castelazo | November 6, 2009 
Despite what you learned in kindergarten, 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 doesn’t always equal 4. If you leverage the power of integrated marketing, it can equal 7 – or more. It’s not funny math, I promise; it’s reflective of the greater power your marketing efforts will have as an integrated group rather than [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Technology by Justin McClelland | November 6, 2009 
As a Real Estate investor, you will need to look to various nooks to find hidden gem properties throughout your career. Of course properties can be found on the MLS, but that rules out the FSBO (For Sale By Owner) seller. As the internet progresses and evolves, FSBO sellers are seizing the broad audience that [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Tom Koziol | November 6, 2009At first blush, these two seem like polar opposites. After all, what does the proposed health care bill being ballyhooed have to do with real estate investing? I will readily admit I haven’t read the 1900 plus page bill but I have a friend who did. I won’t tell you about the number and size [...]
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by Justin Pierce | November 8, 2009I cringe to even think of writing this post, peppered with politics, but we just had an election for a Governor here in Virginia and it raises a few points that I think investors (well any businessman or woman) should keep in mind. Don’t worry, we’re not talking party politics, but local political involvement. Put [...]