December 2009

Top 5 Ways to Use the Holidays to Get More Real Estate Deals

by Molly Castelazo | December 4, 2009

Call me a shameless opportunist, but I see more in the holidays than silver bells, sleigh rides, and mountains of presents. Don’t, however, call me a Grinch. I really do love the holidays; I simply think that it’s a time of year that can be as great for real estate business as it can be [...]

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Foreclosures

Foreclosure Auctions: The Dos and Don’ts

by Tom Koziol | December 4, 2009

It hadn’t been a week when I had made my post about foreclosure auctions when what arrives in my snail mail box but my insurance company’s quarterly newsletter. The newsletter is usually not a big deal but this issue devoted an entire page to buying foreclosures at auction. The article highlighted 4 dos and 2 [...]

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Real Estate Technology

Use Adobe Acrobat and Stop Printing Real Estate Contracts

by Justin McClelland | December 3, 2009

Adobe Acrobat is a software application that allows one to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF’s are most commonly viewed within Adobe’s freeware Adobe Reader, which is available as a no-charge download from Adobe’s website. By utilizing Adobe Acrobat, you can create custom electronic forms that can be [...]

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Real Estate Tips

4 Key Lessons I Learned From my Rotten Virtual Assistant Experience

by Shae Bynes | December 3, 2009

Virtual assistants can be incredibly useful to your real estate investing business. I truly believe that the ability to successfully delegate (including knowing when and what to delegate) is key to the success of any business venture. Leveraging others’ time allows you to focus your precious limited time and energy on the most profitable activities [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Advice for Aspiring Real Estate Investors

by Stephani Davis | December 3, 2009

It’s no secret that there’s plenty of money to be made in the real estate investing arena. There is, however, a rather large learning curve to get through before you start cashing those checks. Following are six tips to help your journey through the learning curve be a little less bumpy. Find the Experts in Your [...]

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Commentary

Attention BiggerPockets Community: How Can I Help You?

by Christian Russell | December 3, 2009

Hi guys and gals! As you may know, I have been invited to be a regular contributor here, at the BiggerPockets real estate blog, and I want Josh Dorkin and the BiggerPockets community to know that I am very grateful for the opportunity to help. So far, I’ve written a number of posts, and things [...]

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Commentary

The Eye of The Storm

by Peter Giardini | December 2, 2009

You not be hearing anything new if I mentioned that our economy in general and the housing market specifically have been going through some tough times. In fact, in the past couple of months I have written about the “Perfect Storm” that seems to have enveloped our entire nation at least twice. The convergence of historically high unemployment, run [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Why Does Every Tenant Have One of These? Buying HDTVs vs. Paying Rent . . .

by Brendan O'Brien | December 2, 2009

This was the second year in a row that I braved the Black Friday/Midnight Madness sales at my local retailers. I used to laugh at people who do this, and I still think it’s ridiculous to wait outside Wal-Mart at 3 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving. I also have to admit that it’s kind [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Do You Have a Real Estate USP (Unique Selling Proposition)?

by Jason Hanson | December 2, 2009

Every business should have a USP (unique selling proposition). If you don’t you’ll get lost in the crowd of every other investor out there and you won’t differentiate yourself. So today I’m going to show you how I built my own personal USP for dealing with other investors, which has led to me to doing [...]

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Learn Real Estate

6 Tips Beginners Must Know Before Investing in Real Estate

by Ryan Moeller | December 1, 2009

After many deals, there is much I have learned but still many tips I wish I was given before investing. In reality, I likely did come across these tips but they are often only internalized after experiencing the ramifications of them hands on. Here are 6 tips beginner real estate investors should know about; make sure these stick! [...]

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Commentary

Meet Your New Landlord: Uncle Sam (aka Fannie Mae)

by Florence Foote | December 1, 2009

Fannie Mae is a government sponsored private company, with its roots in the Great Depression. Unfortunately, mere government-sponsorship was not enough to keep the company afloat during the recent financial crisis, and the U.S. government had to go all in on its bad bet and seize the company to prevent its imminent demise. While the [...]

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Commentary

Obama to Send Approximately an Additional 34,000 Troops to Afghanistan; Why Not Use Them to Fix Housing Instead?

by Charles Feldman | December 1, 2009

Ever notice that governments are so much better at sending in troops for war then sending in help for domestic problems…such as homeowners facing or being in foreclosure? The latest example, I think, is Afghanistan. The President has decided to deploy thousands of more troops (possibly 34,000 according to the Washington Post) to that hell-hole, [...]

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