Real Estate by Jim Simcoe | April 2, 2010When I tell people I am a green consultant for real estate investors, they invariably say, “Oh! That’s so cool” Then there’s a pause and then they say, “So what do you REALLY do?” I explain that’s really what I do, it’s the only thing I do and it’s a full-time endeavor. I can’t hit [...]
Commentary by Peter Giardini | April 1, 2010As entrepreneurs, and I hope budding capitalists, I would hope that each one of you understands the principle of Supply and Demand? By way of example… consider what REO lenders are doing with all of that Shadow inventory we keep hearing so much about. If you talk to any active real estate investor, you will [...]
Joshua Dorkin
New Investing Mindset in the New Economic Normal
Foreclosures are peaking in 2010. New home construction is at record lows. Fed intervention in the mortgage-backed securities market is over. The home-buyer tax credit expires in a few weeks. Interest rates and inventories are set to rise. Housing normally leads us out of a recession but it won’t lead us out of this one. [...]