December 2009
Real Estate Wholesaling by Stephani Davis | December 17, 2009 
Wholesaling houses is appealing to many beginning investors because it can be done with minimal risk and little to no upfront cash. Following are some of the most frequently asked questions I receive from folks who are looking to jump into the wholesaling arena. Do I need a lot of money to get started? While it [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Shae Bynes | December 17, 2009 
As the year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to address those who just got started this year in real estate investing – particularly those who are in the “still learning and researching” mode. First, I want to congratulate you for getting started, no matter where you are in the process! [...]
Read the full article → real estate blogging by Ben Roberts | December 16, 2009Some of you have heard the terms Hyper Local and Long Tail before. There’s actually a book (The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine) written about niche marketing back in 2006. I decided to focus on this topic because I don’t think it’s something that is readily understood by many people and [...]
Mortgages & Lending by Peter Giardini | December 16, 2009 
It has been all over the news how President Obama invited the big bankers to the White House this week to encourage them to do their part to stimulate job creation and economic growth by lending more to business; small business in particular. In essence, these bankers got invited to the “wood shed.” The million [...]
Read the full article → Commercial Real Estate by Ted Karsch | December 16, 2009 
As the underwriting guidelines have changed drastically over the past few years, many commercial property owners and investors have been frustrated by attempts to obtain traditional financing for the purchase of commercial real estate. Generally, even buyers of cash-flow positive real estate are finding it extremely difficult to obtain financing. As prices of commercial real [...]
Read the full article → Financing Real Estate by Ryan Moeller | December 15, 2009 
One of the Myth’s of real estate is that you have to have money. This is flat out not true, you can absolutely do deals with no money and credit. There are a few precautions I want to mention, especially for beginners before explaining how to do deals with no money and no credit. Having [...]
Read the full article → Mortgages & Lending by Florence Foote | December 15, 2009 
It is no secret that money has been exceptionally cheap this year, provided you can qualify for a loan. Rates this low have not been common for half a century. But, according to a recent article in the New York Times, today’s “super-low rates are not likely to last much longer.” You will be excused [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by Ryan Hartman | December 14, 2009 
With 90% of buyers searching for real estate online, does it make sense to list with the guy who has the most signs in the neighborhood anymore? Questions For Prospective Listing Agents In 2010 Will you create a single property website for my property? Will it be syndicated? Can you set me up to watch [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Winston Westbrook | December 14, 2009 
Have you dealt with Bank of America or Countrywide during this golden age of real estate? If you have, I am sure you received nothing but stellar service from them right? If you have received great service from them you better start blogging about it and praising who you dealt with at Bank of America [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Development by Richard Warren | December 14, 2009 
For several years now the $8.5 Billion CityCenter project has been hailed as the savior of the Las Vegas economy. The 76-acre project has been called the most expensive private construction endeavor in the world. With a 4,800 hotel rooms, and 2,400 condo and condo-hotel units, it is slated to employ approximately 12,000 full-time workers. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by Peter Kolat | December 13, 2009 
I want to share with you a mistake that I see hundreds of real estate websites make. In fact, this mistake is probably costing you a lot of money that you would otherwise be able to collect from new clients. It is one of those mistakes that the search engine spiders from Google, Yahoo and [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Justin Pierce | December 13, 2009 
I just finished reading the book 2 Years to a Million in Real Estate (aff.) by Mathew A. Martinez. Mr. Martinez is a full time real estate investor who tells the story of how he left his comfortable executive level job to become a full-time real estate entrepreneur in just two short years. The reader [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by J. Lamar Ferren | December 12, 2009 
Far be it from me to be a debate starter, but I really want your thoughts on this topic. This past week I’ve read 2 interesting post on the BP blog. One from Molly Castelazo giving us Holiday Marketing Tips and another from Jason Hanson telling us to Stop Marketing Now. Which advice should you follow? After reading both [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Tools by Craig Grella | December 12, 2009Last week, a few new investing partners and I took a drive around our neighborhood looking at potential short sale properties that were listed by local agents. Within a few hours of viewing the properties we had made an offer on two properties. I put together the packages including an offer, addenda, hardship letters, financial [...]
Real Estate by Christian Russell | December 11, 2009 
Do you want more sales? Do you want more clients? Do you want better clients? Do you want clients who trust you and take your advice…clients who don’t question your every move and keep looking out for you to screw them over? Do you want higher paying clients, clients who happily send you lots of [...]
Read the full article → Copyright © 2004-2012 BiggerPockets, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BiggerPockets® is a registered trademark of BiggerPockets, Inc.
Joshua Dorkin
