March 2011
Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | March 13, 2011Already this month, my partner and I have closed two subject-to deals; we found these deals by marketing via direct mail and Craigslist ads. I know most investors use letters and postcards to find deals, but not enough investors use Craigslist marketing. With Craigslist I’ve found that you get the best results if you target [...]
Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | March 12, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of March 5 – March 13, by the numbers: 14% – Percentage decrease of foreclosure related notices sent to homes in February as opposed to January. Year-over-year, foreclosure related noticed were down 27% in February 2011. Also, the number of homes in some stage [...]
Real Estate by Jim Simcoe | March 11, 2011Welcome to the world of green certifications. This is a post I have been putting off writing for over a year. Why? Well, while I don’t put much stock into the different certifications, there IS some value to them. By gaining certain certifications you automatically open yourself up to different grant and funding opportunities, etc. [...]
Landlord Tenant by Peter Giardini | March 10, 2011 
In today’s world it seems that the more specialized a person is, the greater their earning power — and the same holds true for investors and their cash-flow. You only have to look at the health care industry for real life examples of how specialization has enhanced the earning power of doctors. For example, a family [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | March 10, 2011 
Dr. Philip Rulon could tell a story. He was my American history teacher in college at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. I actually looked forward to his class. Twice a week, for 75 minutes, Dr. Rulon would colorfully describe important historical events like the Civil War, the Great Depression and the JFK assassination. He knew [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Bill & Jackie Patterson | March 9, 2011We recently spent a full day looking at REOs for good candidates to fix and flip. Although we specialize in short sales, since Bill is a contractor, we also buy REOs to remodel and flip. We were examining these homes looking for opportunities to make a profit, but as we went through home after home, [...]
Commentary by Kevin Kaczmarek | March 9, 2011 
The New York Times featured an interesting article last week on life after the 30 year mortgage. More specifically, how the mortgage market would look like if Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae go away. Some would say, the reduction in government “guidance” in the mortgage market will be good for free enterprise and will create [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Market by Joe Manausa, MBA | March 8, 2011I just finished reading Ryan Hinricher’s article on The Week In Housing, as I typically do every Monday. By show of hands, who else likes to see this report? Ryan provides a nice synopsis of some key housing trends that only takes a few minutes to digest. One of the first thoughts that echoes in [...]
Foreclosures by Melissa Zavala | March 8, 2011 
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of negotiating with Fannie and Freddie—you know… our friends Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These friends have been in the news quite often of late, and they certainly aren’t making short sale processing any easier. For homebuyers and home sellers not involved in short sales, there may be very [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | March 8, 2011The #1 rule governing baseball pitchers is — throw strikes. If they can’t do that consistently, they can have Nolan Ryan’s fastball, Sandy Koufax’s curveball, and a change-up that’d make Trevor Hoffman cry, and they’ll never make it in The Bigs. This truism was hammered home to me as a college umpire. There are a [...]
Real Estate by Andrew C. MacDonald | March 7, 2011 
This week I started to have some hardware trouble with my laptop computer which made me grateful to have a backup of all my documents on another drive. I was a little worried that the laptop may die but mostly because I’d have to buy a new one, not because any files would be lost. [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Ryan Hinricher | March 7, 2011At least all declines aren’t bad. This week we cover declines in loan delinquency, interest rates, loan applications and pending home sales; enjoy. Serious Delinquency Rates Decline Following short term delinquency declines, both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae reported declines of seriously delinquent loans. Let’s start with Fannie. Fannie Mae reported that loans seriously delinquent [...]
Real Estate News by Richard Warren | March 7, 2011 
The turning of a calendar page from one year to the next often brings with it a renewed sense of optimism. In recent years it was more like, “Oh no, here we go again.” Predictions would forecast more of the same. More foreclosures, more lost jobs, lower home prices, and more of the same old [...]
Read the full article → Landlord Tenant by Jason Hanson | March 6, 2011 
One of the best business books ever written is Winning Through Intimidation by Robert Ringer. If you want to become a successful investor, buy the book. You see, far too many people don’t want to make others feel uncomfortable and are often too nice. In most aspects of your business this won’t hurt you too [...]
Read the full article → Financing Real Estate by Ryan Moeller | March 5, 2011Raising money from strangers is not so simple, especially when you have to deal with SEC guidelines and a real estate market that has brought about countless negative media headlines. Despite the negative headlines, the real estate market is ripe with incredible deals – deals so good we will be talking about them for decades. Raising [...]
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Douglas Lazovick
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Richard WarrenMelissa Zavala
Michael Zuber
Commentary: Foreclosure – The Human Element
by Bill & Jackie Patterson | March 9, 2011We recently spent a full day looking at REOs for good candidates to fix and flip. Although we specialize in short sales, since Bill is a contractor, we also buy REOs to remodel and flip. We were examining these homes looking for opportunities to make a profit, but as we went through home after home, [...]