November 2010

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Retirement? Let Us Count The Ways

by Jeff Brown | November 30, 2010

At some point, everyone stops to contemplate their retirement. I don’t mean they begin to contribute or invest in some plan, real estate or otherwise. I mean they begin to wonder if their plan is destined to provide the retirement for which it was designed in the first place. For some, this happens early on, [...]

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Selling Real Estate

I’m Thankful for Short Sales

by Melissa Zavala | November 30, 2010

Yes, that’s right. I said it and I mean it. I’m thankful for short sales, and I’m not talking turkey. Of course, I’m not thankful for short sales in the same way that I am thankful to my wonderful family and the health and happiness of the ones I love, but I do have a [...]

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Housing

Shadow Supply Leaps, Rates Hold, Purchase Activity Highest Since May

by Ryan Hinricher | November 29, 2010

This week’s housing recap includes supply numbers on both the existing inventory from NAR and the shadow inventory from CoreLogic. Plus we’ll look at the Census Bureau’s update on new, single-family home sales. Lastly, we’ll get an update on interest rates, and discuss a big spike in mortgage purchase applications. Shadow Supply Leaps, While Actual [...]

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Real Estate

Holiday Hustle

by Douglas Lazovick | November 29, 2010

Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Company Holiday Party, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve and New Years Day. With so many “dead days” in such a short span of time, it becomes common place to just go through the motions on every other day between Thanksgiving and the New Year, content with what you’ve already accomplished for [...]

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Real Estate

The Basics of Short Sales: A Discussion

by Bill & Jackie Patterson | November 28, 2010

Since we work together 24/7, we thought it would be fun to create a duo blog. This way we can present a topic from two perspectives, with a masculine and feminine point of view. We get lots of emails and calls from people asking questions about short sales, so we thought our first blog should [...]

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Landlord Tenant

How Not to Lose Thousands of Dollars in Lost Rent as a Landlord

by Jason Hanson | November 27, 2010

Today I want to share with you a simple idea which could save you thousands of dollars as a real estate investor. It’s so simple that you may want to ignore this advice, but remember, doing the simple things in life is what makes people successful. So what am I talking about? Well, how many [...]

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Housing

3 Tips for Building New Construction Homes

by Mark Saunders | November 26, 2010

As an investor, you may have been approached by a builder or general contractor over the years, who is interested in starting up a small building company and who needs some funding. Lately, quite a few contractors are having trouble getting the same type of financing they use to, so finding outside investment is critical. [...]

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Commentary

MERS… And The Continuing Saga! Will Chain of Ownership be Whitewashed?

by Peter Giardini | November 25, 2010

Have you ever had days where the news you read makes you want to spit nails? Well, today once one of those days. If fact, at this moment I wish I were a high speed pneumatic nailer… that way I could rapidly spit nails and not purposefully injure myself! I wrote on the subject of MERS, [...]

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Taxes

C Corporation: The Active Real Estate Investor’s Preferred Choice of Entity

by Clint Coons | November 25, 2010

A common question among many real estate investors I meet is “should I form a C corporation or an S corporation for my short term investing (short term investing is commonly viewed as fix and flips, wholesaling, or just about any investing that does not have an investment intent.)? My standard answer is almost always [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Working with Private Money Lenders: Possible Loan Term Options

by Shae Bynes | November 25, 2010

Earlier this week, my husband and I refinanced one of our rental properties working with a private money lender. It was the simplest transaction ever. Our private money lender is thrilled because she’s getting a fantastic return on her investment (using her self-directed IRA funds) and we’re happy because not only is she happy, but [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Should we be Thankful for the Housing Meltdown?

by Marty Boardman | November 24, 2010

The Department of Motor Vehicles is a funny place. It’s a cross section of humanity. From the under-dressed, to the unclean, to the polished, to the spiffy to the downright beautiful – every socioeconomic class seems to be represented. A few weeks ago I had to visit the DMV. I lost the title to my [...]

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Real Estate

Are You Anchored to List Price? What Really is a Good Deal?

by Julie Broad | November 24, 2010

We just walked from a deal we had under contract for $30,000 under it’s listing price. We walked because a few issues arose in the inspection that we didn’t want to deal with unless the sellers dropped the price further. They refused – so we walked. When we told that story to a couple of [...]

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Economy

Some End-Of-The-Year Thoughts For Real Estate Investors

by Jeff Brown | November 23, 2010

Since a new year is literally 37 days away, there are some options you may wanna ponder. This is particularly true as it relates to income taxes. The end of a calendar year allows a little more room for planning how you might structure the sale of a real estate investment property. Like some years [...]

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Real Estate

Defibrillating the Short Sale

by Melissa Zavala | November 23, 2010

I received an email in my inbox the other day that had the subject line, “The Short Sale Is Dead.” As a short sale aficionado, this subject line definitely caught my attention. (Note to self: When writing emails you want people to read, use the subject line to say that something has died.) So, I [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Today’s Art of the Deal

by Douglas Lazovick | November 23, 2010

When I started my career in commercial real estate some six years ago, the mechanics of a transaction were pretty simple. On the one end you had the owner / seller and on the other end you had the buyer. Strike a price and make a deal. An idiot could do it (and there were [...]

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