September 2010

Mobile Home Tenant Screening Guide

by John Fedro | September 4, 2010

Ultimately whoever occupies your investment home is your decision. The choice of who will move-in, maintain and occupy your investment property should be carefully screened and cherry picked until you have the “perfect” tenant or tenant-buyer. Let’s get real, “In many areas of the country some landlords are fighting over the scarcity of renters in [...]

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Commentary

Green logic, Bertrand Russell and a Girl Named Meka

by Jim Simcoe | September 3, 2010

When I was a freshman in college I took an Introduction to Logic Class. As a business major I thought that taking the class would be a good idea; plus the girl I had a serious crush on was a philosophy major so I figured I’d see her in class. The first 2 months of [...]

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Commentary

The SAFE Act: Most Confusing Legislation of 2010?

by Shae Bynes | September 2, 2010

Today marks my 40th post for the BiggerPockets blog and yesterday I realized that up to this point I am yet to write a commentary. That changes today. Pardon my rant, but I think the responses to this post will help a lot of people. Ok, seriously? I can’t think of anything that has been more [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Introduction to Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

by J Scott | September 2, 2010

Today’s Quiz: What is my return on the following investment: I bought my first investment property back in August 2008. I paid $63,500 for the house using my own cash. I spent the next two months rehabbing it with $34,000 of my own cash. It sat for about 5 months before I lease-optioned it for [...]

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Real Estate

Real Estate Investing Rules from Richard Branson

by Julie Broad | September 1, 2010

“Even after careful research, not all ideas are good; sometimes your competitors have better ideas or they’re faster than you. The modern entrepreneur takes failure in his or her stride and moves on.” ~ Richard Branson, Screw It, Let’s Do It Sir Richard Branson made a cameo appearance on the HBO show Entourage this week [...]

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Learn Real Estate

The 4 Most Important Things to Remember When Evaluating Real Estate Deals

by Ryan Moeller | September 1, 2010

There are a lot of things to consider when evaluating a deal. As real estate investors, we must find great deals. Not good deals, but great deals where we can minimize risk, maximize annual return and control our success. Here are the 4 most important things to remember when evaluating deals: Avoid Speculation as the [...]

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Real Estate Law

Can Nevada or Wyoming Protect Your Real Estate Investments in Another State

by Clint Coons | September 1, 2010

I received an email from a client recently who was concerned about some information she received from an promoter of Wyoming and Nevada LLCs. She was told that a Wyoming LLC registered to conduct business in California will provide greater protection from charging orders than a California LLC. I hear this same argument time to [...]

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