August 2010

One Creative Method for Getting Paid what Money You’re Owed

by Jason Hanson | August 14, 2010

I’ve got a favor to ask you. I need to borrow $25,000. We’ll fill out a contract and make everything legal. But when it’s time for me to repay the $25,000 I’m pretty much going to laugh in your face and not pay your money back. What are you going to do? Well, unless you’ve [...]

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Real Estate

All About Eco-Friendly Green Paint

by Jim Simcoe | August 13, 2010

Jon Ray runs a green paint company, PaintGreen in San Diego. While other painters (like contractors) are very slow and have little work right now, his business is booming. It’s interesting that even in a slower economy and with many paint companies struggling, his is growing exponentially. Not coincidentally, his is a green painting company. [...]

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Real Estate Tools

Six Essential Items Every Real Estate Investor Should Keep in the Car

by Shae Bynes | August 12, 2010

Maybe this seems like a silly topic to write about, but a couple missed opportunities over the past week made me realize that this is an important topic for new and experienced investor alike and can actually lead to more deals! As real estate investors, we always want to keep an eye out for deals [...]

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Real Estate Investing

5 Ways to Find Eager Mobile Home Sellers

by John Fedro | August 12, 2010

As real estate investors one of our goals is to be able to attract sellers before or at the exact moment they need to sell. If you talk to 100 different investors you may get 100 different techniques to find sellers and their properties. Below are 5 great techniques that are actually working in today’s [...]

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Real Estate

Is Your Realtor a GREAT Real Estate Agent?

by J Scott | August 11, 2010

There’s a BiggerPockets forum thread going on this week that addresses the issue of realtors, and whether they are worth their fee when selling your investment property. While I’m not going to address that particular issue in this post (suffice it to say, I believe great agents are worth every penny and not-so-great agents will [...]

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Real Estate Investing

A Low Money Down Deal Opportunity

by Julie Broad | August 11, 2010

Last week I wrote about the basics of buy and hold. In response to my post there were some questions from a reader named Ray. Ray wants to get into real estate but he’s stuck on how he will get the money for the down payments and finance each of his deals. I’m pretty sure [...]

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Flipping Houses

A Rehabbers Guide to Selling Property

by Steve L. | August 10, 2010

A lot of conversation goes on about buying the right way, and remodeling the property efficiently, but if you can’t get the property sold does it really matter? According to a California Association of Realtors study, from February 2010, 63% of homes fall out of escrow before they close. That is almost two out of [...]

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Real Estate Law

Setting the Record Straight on Florida LLCs

by Clint Coons | August 10, 2010

These past two weeks have resulted in an influx in calls from concerned clients regarding their asset protection structure in light of the Olmstead decision out of Florida. I myself have written a few articles on this case over the past year and a half. (My latest can be found here on BiggerPockets) However, as [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Back To The Future – Wicked Cool Retirement – OR – “Sorry, We Can’t Afford To Go…”

by Jeff Brown | August 10, 2010

I realize this post is long. But given its topic is possibly one of the most important to millions of Baby Boomers and their offspring, I would ask you to gimme a pass on the length, OK? Thanks Last week’s post wasn’t new for me, as I’ve been tellin’ folks my thoughts on the relative [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

3 Reasons Why You Should be Investing in Commercial Real Estate

by Khary Reynolds | August 9, 2010

This is my first post on The BiggerPockets Blog and I just want to state that in my opinion, investing in commercial real estate is a better investment than investing in residential real estate. Now, we all know that real estate in general is a great investment vehicle and both residential and commercial properties can [...]

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Housing

Housing Market Insight – August 9th Edition

by Ryan Hinricher | August 9, 2010

The first full week of August gives us a glimpse of how the housing market is responding to the end of the tax credit. Also we’ll take our weekly look at interest rates, mortgage purchase application trends (being a leading indicator), and a new government program that aims to reduce mortgage balances on underwater borrowers. [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Fall of a Property Manager – Part I

by Richard Warren | August 9, 2010

For real estate investors who wish to own property in areas outside of their own town, a key component of their business is a property manager they can rely on. They need someone to handle collecting rents, fill vacancies, make repairs, and be there to do the things an out of town owner can’t. The [...]

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Starting Out

You Don’t Know… What You Don’t Know!

by Peter Giardini | August 8, 2010

WHAT… you say! Be patient and I will explain. I am a huge fan of fellow BiggerPockets Blog author Jeff Brown. I make it a point to read everything Jeff writes. He gets real estate investing… not because he has read a few books… but because he has lived it! The good, the bad, and the [...]

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Real Estate

The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: August 7, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | August 7, 2010

1 ) Big news this week as rumors spread like wild fire about an An August Surprise from Obama? Would Fannie and Freddie really be willing to give principle reductions to all underwater home owners? This news caused a tidal wave of bloggers commenting and Tweeting about it. We heard on Friday that the Treasury [...]

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Commentary

Should You Buy a $30,000 Condo?

by Jason Hanson | August 7, 2010

I was on Money.com today and I read an article about condos selling in Florida for less than $30,000 and condos in Las Vegas selling for about the same price. If you’re looking for a vacation home, or you want to move into a condo, then this might make sense for you. However, as a [...]

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