February 2010

Unique Selling Propostion: Which Real Estate Ad Stands Out The Most To You?

by J. Lamar Ferren | February 28, 2010

In this post, I’d like you to take a shot at helping you analyze your ability to rank the advertisements below in an order that you feel represents, the most unique ad to the least unique ad. This will be a two part series where in Part 1 you give me your opinion and in [...]

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Real Estate

My Accountant and Retirement Secrets

by Jason Hanson | February 28, 2010

On Friday I met with my accountant to take care of my taxes. Luckily, it’s never that bad of an experience because I use Quickbooks and Quicken rental so I’m pretty organized. Basically, I print off all of the forms, put them in a folder, hand them to my accountant and have him do his [...]

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Real Estate News

The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: Feb. 27, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | February 27, 2010

1 ) Real Estate Investors – Don’t Be Seduced By Rickety Cash Flow – Good article for investors who are obsessed only with cash flow. This is one of my favorite topics I like to read Jeff Brown write about. His opinion always seems to be a little different than most opinions on cash flow. [...]

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Financing Real Estate

How to Haul in a Bigger Private Money ‘Catch’

by Adam Davis | February 27, 2010

Everybody needs a vacation right? A sabbatical. Time to get away. Let’s say you decide to go fishing. It’s fun, relaxing, outdoors — fresh air — Good. But you want to go somewhere new, somewhere exciting – you want to catch some fish! So, you look around at a map, throw a dart at a [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Investing in Real Estate Without Letting Your Emotions Ruin the Deal

by John Fedro | February 27, 2010

I am going to venture to say that most of us who have started or will start investing in real estate are ill equipped to deal with all the hats it takes to be successful in this business. Here’s what I mean . . . each of us in our investing businesses may be any [...]

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Economy

How Would a U.S. Treasury Default Affect You?

by Brian Brady | February 26, 2010

You gotta be thinking about this…at least I hope you are. If you’re an investor with any portfolio of substance, the unrest associated with the financial institutions was nothing compared to what the sovereign debt default continuum might bring. Here’s how I see it playing out: Sovereign debt is going to default en masse. Greece [...]

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Commentary

A Last Minute Reminder

by Tom Koziol | February 26, 2010

This may be redundant but what the heck, if you have even the slimmest chance of using it, you’ll be happy I made this post. A sentence from a recent newspaper article, which you may have read, said: A $1.25 trillion program from the Federal Reserve which has held down mortgage rates is set to [...]

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Real Estate Tips

It’s All About The Benjamins, Baby

by Shae Bynes | February 25, 2010

It’s a catchy blog post title and an even catchier song from the 90′s. I’m not talking about hundred dollar bills in this post per se, but I am talking about the man on the “Benjamins” — Mr. Benjamin Franklin. Over the weekend I attended a great conference and one of the sessions was led [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Overcome Your Fear to Get Started as a Real Estate Investor

by Peter Giardini | February 25, 2010

This article is going to be a vast departure from my normal ramblings about the current economy and housing/financial markets. In fact, if it seems I have gone all squishy on you, just be patient. As a coach I often times feel like I am more of a psychiatrist then a real estate expert. This [...]

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Commentary

Got Motivation?

by Stephani Davis | February 25, 2010

Well, here we are almost 2 full months into 2010. This is usually right about the time of year when many people start to fall off the wagon and forget about those goals and resolutions that they set for themselves on January 1st. Hopefully you are still moving full speed ahead towards your goals, [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

How Long Before Commercial Real Estate Recovers? Depends

by Charles Feldman | February 24, 2010

May as well kiss commercial real estate goodbye, at least till sometime next year. Yeah, fat chance! The latest report from the National Association of Realtors is darker than a nighttime boy scout camp out without a roaring fire. On its website, NAR’s chief economist says, “Because of the lingering impact from the deep recession [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Investors: Should You Get Your Real Estate License?

by J Scott | February 24, 2010

Not a week goes by where I don’t read a thread on BiggerPockets or receive an email asking the question, “Should I get my real estate license?” For anyone planning to become a long-term real estate investor, it’s a tremendously important decision that should be given a lot of thought. And while you can read [...]

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Real Estate Law

HUD May Limit SELLER FINANCING!

by Winston Westbrook | February 24, 2010

Attention my fellow investors! The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is considering a change in the rules that would in turn make seller financing a thing of the past. Yes, you heard me right! HUD may take the option away for those not licensed as a loan originator under the Federal SAFE MORTGAGE [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Worshiping At the Altar of Cap Rates? You Could Be the Next Sacrifice

by Jeff Brown | February 23, 2010

Read almost any real estate investment book and there’ll be a chapter or two paying homage to the almighty capitalization rate — cap rate. First, let’s ensure we’re all on the same page here. What is a cap rate anyway? Fairly simple and straightforward — it’s the percentage resulting from your Net Operating Income (NOI) [...]

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