June 2010

Real Estate

The Deal the Realtor Left to Rot

by Julie Broad | June 16, 2010
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Once upon a time there was this 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom rancher set back from a busy road in an extremely desirable area of town. The home, purchased for $289,000 two years before at the peak of the market, was barely worth what the owners had paid for it. But the owners, a lovely husband [...]

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Commentary

My Annual Rant About Do-It-Yourselfers

by Jeff Brown | June 15, 2010

At 58 I’ve yet to decide if those insisting on always doing things themselves are deluded, arrogant beyond understanding, or so much brighter than I am, I’m doomed to forever walk in their shadow. The unrelenting confidence oozing from the pores of Do-It-Yourselfers irritate thinking folk, even if only on principle. How many times do [...]

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Housing

Sharp fall in Mortgage Applications Shows Housing not ready to recover

by Ryan Hinricher | June 14, 2010

Last week the Mortgage Bankers Association revealed that purchase applications are down 35% in the last month showing the after effects of the home buyer tax credit.   Further, refinance activity dropped for the first time in month even though rates have remained low.  Apparently anyone who could refinance has already done so.  Many borrowers aren’t [...]

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Real Estate

Real Estate Investing & Solar Energy

by Richard Warren | June 14, 2010
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I recently listened to a speaker who was touting solar energy as a means of diversifying the economy of Nevada. It certainly seems to make sense with the Las Vegas area the beneficiary of more than three hundred days of sunshine each year. As I listened to the talk I learned a number of things [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

How Not to Lose Real Estate Deals

by Joshua Dorkin | June 13, 2010

I’ve been going back and forth with a member of BiggerPockets today about a deal that he found on our site. He was very excited about the property and despite his best efforts, tried to get in touch with the individual posting it, and failed. Here’s a little video with some advice for all the [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

A Step-by-Step Guide to Non-Internet Real Estate Marketing

by Jason Hanson | June 12, 2010

Last week I wrote a controversial post about why you should stop doing Internet marketing and instead use direct mail if you want to become a highly successful real estate investor. And today I’m going to show you the exact direct mail steps I use in my own business which make me over six-figures a [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Why You Should Do MORE Internet Marketing

by J. Lamar Ferren | June 12, 2010
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Did you read Jason Hanson’s post last week? Seems like I’m going to have to stir the debate pot on Jason again because I have somewhat of a different stance than he does. Last week Jason created a pretty controversial article that was titled: “Why You Should Do Almost Zero Internet Marketing” When I saw [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Get Private Money on the Internet

by Adam Davis | June 12, 2010

In my real estate investing business, raising capital is the most important function, right next to marketing. In fact, I think if you had to break down the two most important functions of an entrepreneur, they would be: 1.    Marketing 2.    Raising capital For some businesses, each of these may rotate #1, #2 or perhaps [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Mobile Home Investing: Fast-Turned Profits

by John Fedro | June 11, 2010

Fast tuning or flipping real estate for a hefty profit has been over glorified in recent years by the main stream media.  In recent discussions with over a hundred newbie real estate investors I have learned that “flipping” residential real estate is often times taught to death.  Many investors think they know all there is [...]

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Real Estate

10 Steps to Starting a Green Real Estate Investment Business

by Jim Simcoe | June 11, 2010
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After 5 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in mistakes I thought I’d write a post for new investors just starting out. So, if I was going to start a ‘green’ real estate investment company tomorrow here’s what I’d do: Pick a company name, DBA and fill out the appropriate paperwork at your county [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Getting Started In Real Estate: Part 3 – Wholesaling as an Exit Strategy!

by Peter Giardini | June 10, 2010
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In Part 2 of this series I discussed many of the most popular approaches to finding deals.  I spent some time in this series discussing the “art of finding deals” because all too often I see gurus teaching how to use their methods to find deals, but they don’t, in my opinion, spend enough time on [...]

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Real Estate Technology

Using Google Maps to Save Time

by Stephani Davis | June 10, 2010

As a real estate wholesaler, one of the websites I’ve grown increasingly fond of over the last year or so is Google Maps- particularly the “Street View” function they provide.  In fact, unless I am already intimately familiar with the neighborhood where a potential deal is located, Google Maps is the first place I go [...]

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Real Estate Tips

How to Turn Your Time into Money

by Shae Bynes | June 10, 2010

After my first week of full time entrepreneurship, one thing was certain. I need help. When I created a list of tasks that needed to be done to accomplish the week’s goals, it was apparent that there were several items that were important, but were time consuming.  Sure, there were some things that I knocked [...]

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Rehabbing

Better, Faster, Cheaper

by J Scott | June 9, 2010

There’s a popular saying in the technology industry (an industry where I spent much of my career): “Better, Faster, Cheaper — Pick Two“… Basically, the idea was that you can build something at 1) higher quality, 2) in less time, or 3) for less money — but you can’t do all three of those simultaneously. [...]

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Real Estate Investing

The Stephen King Economy and the Real Estate Investor With a Purposeful Plan

by Jeff Brown | June 8, 2010

Ever read a Stephen King novel? Think I’ve read about a third of ‘em. For the most part not my cuppa tea any more, though the mini-series version of IT is why my first born still hates clowns at 29. What King does with most of his writing, is to screw with your mind, but [...]

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