April 2010

The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: April 10, 2010 Edition

1 ) How To Salvage The Mortgage Industry in Six Months – If rates skyrocketed would people stop buying houses or would prices just drop so that the payments stayed the same? 2 ) Would You Use The Same Real Estate Agent To Sell Your House Again? 80% Said No! – This is just scary and [...]

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Financing Real Estate

How to Handle the Biggest Private Money Objection You’ll Ever Face with 99.9% Success

by Adam Davis | April 10, 2010

If you’re at all serious about raising private money to buy real estate, this will be a very important message. Here’s why: the road to private money is paved with objections. That’s right – the better you can handle objections the more successful in getting private money you will be. [special note: this post is [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How to Maximize Your Rental Property Appraisal

by Julie Broad | April 9, 2010

When the document arrived in our inbox my husband Dave and I were giddy with excitement. “What’s your guess?” Dave asked me curiously. “I think $297,900. What do you think?” I replied excitedly. “Well… I hope $305,000, or more, but it will probably be $299,000. Let’s see …. “ The room fell silent as we [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Mobile Home Financing: A Primer

by John Fedro | April 9, 2010

Securing traditional financing for mobile homes and manufactured homes can sometimes seem difficult, especially in our current economical market. Whether the mobile home is new to you or being refinanced, lenders typically have stricter underwriting guidelines than more traditional site build homes. Building codes changed in late 2005 after the severe hurricane season experienced in [...]

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Commentary

We’re Sooooo Sorry Says Two Ex Citigroup Execs; So What?

by Charles Feldman | April 9, 2010

They say they are sorry, but so what? Doesn’t really change anything, does it? I’m talking about two former Citigroup executives who managed to sink the bank as surely as the sleeping captain of the Titanic failed to avert disaster by plowing into a large chunk of ice that couldn’t fit into the cocktail glasses [...]

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Real Estate

Real Estate Partnerships: Making Them Work!

by Peter Giardini | April 8, 2010

I am often asked about the secrets of effective partnering, and wish that I had an answer where one size fits all. Regrettably, the perfect formula for a perfect partnership, in my opinion, does not exist. However, with a clear set of objectives and open (and honest) communication, along with a clear written agreement, real [...]

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Real Estate

Time Suckers and Energy Vampires

by Shae Bynes | April 8, 2010

There are so many possible detractors that can derail you from achieving success as you start a new (or grow an existing) real estate business….two such detractors are time suckers and energy vampires. I slayed my energy vampires very early on in my adult life, but frankly I’m still battling with a couple remaining time [...]

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Real Estate

MLS Bargain Hunting: Tips and Tricks (Part 3)- The Pending Hijack

by Stephani Davis | April 8, 2010

Over the last two weeks, I’ve been giving you some tips and tricks to use when searching the MLS for deals. (In case you missed Parts 1 and 2 of this series, you can read them here and here). In today’s article, I’m going to be talking about a little-known tactic used to snag deals [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Marketing Lessons I Learned From the CIA

by Jason Hanson | April 8, 2010

I worked for the CIA for 6 years and learned many interesting lessons. And one of those lessons was pretty obvious—it was how much people are driven by money and the things that human beings will do for money. And today I’m going to show you how to use ‘money’ as part of a unique [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Multifamily Investing — Is this the Market Bottom?

by Ted Karsch | April 7, 2010

Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said that he believes a bubble in the commercial real estate market has already popped in a recent interview with ABC Senior White House Correspondent, Jack Tapper. “Real estate prices are down 50%. With prices already down and adjusted, if we were going to get severe secondary reactions, they would [...]

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Real Estate Investing

The Paper Trail Every Rehabber Should Follow

by J Scott | April 7, 2010

For anyone planning to get into the business of rehabbing houses(even as a hobby), let me recommend that you have a consistent paperwork regimen with every contractor you hire, regardless of whether it’s a $100 project or a $100,000 project. For the most part, the risks are the same, and amount of effort to mitigate [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Captain Obvious – Old School Fundamentals Matter

by Jeff Brown | April 6, 2010

Back in the 80′s there were what’s known as Exchange Clubs for those on the investment side of the business. Brokers/agents who would meet weekly to share their buyers/sellers/exchangers so as to enhance chances of a successful transaction. It was a great idea in a down market, and worked well when captained by seasoned pros. [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Investing in “the Ick Factor”

by Florence Foote | April 6, 2010

I just finished reading a Michael Lewis article in Vanity Fair about Dr. Michael Burry, the physician-turned money manager. Burry is profiled because of his remarkable success in buying credit default swaps to bet against the subprime loan market. He saw what many of us saw – that subprime loans were a ticking time bomb, [...]

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Commentary

RE Bar Camp: A Great Way To Learn

by Justin McHood | April 6, 2010

REBar Camps are something that you can do in your local area to learn more about technology and real estate. If you don’t have an REBarCamp coming up soon, then you can also get on the Virtual RE Bar Camp.

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Real Estate Market

Multigenerational Home Buying Gaining Momemtum

by Chris Birk | April 5, 2010

Make room for Mom. A growing number of home buyers are looking for extra space to accommodate multiple generations of family, according to a recent Coldwell Banker survey of real estate agents. Almost 40 percent of the agents who responded noted an increase in home buyers looking to purchase homes to accommodate more than one [...]

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