March 2011
Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | March 5, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of February 26 – March 4, by the numbers: 8.9% – February unemployment rate, the lowest since April 2009. 78% – Percentage of Americans who believe home prices will stay steady or increase in the next year according to a Fannie Mae survey. [...]
Real Estate by Jim Simcoe | March 4, 2011As the world of green rebates and incentives continues to evolve the sources for rebate money continues to expand as well. Below are the top sources to search for rebate money, grant funds and Stimulus money for any of your projects. It may require some research but there is money out there. As I wrote [...]
Real Estate by Clint Coons | March 4, 2011 
In looking for something to write about in the BiggerPockets forum I came across a thread dealing with “friendly liens” for asset protection. If you are not familiar with the term, a friendly lien is simply a lien against property you own by a party that is friendly to you. The friendly party is typically [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | March 3, 2011 
Catherine Bach was last seen in 2000. Famous for her role as Daisy Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard, her whereabouts have been unknown for more than a decade. Then there’s Jan-Michael Vincent. He gained stardom from the popular 80’s TV series Airwolf. No one has seen this guy since the show was cancelled in 1996. [...]
Read the full article → Taxes by Kevin Kaczmarek | March 2, 2011 
As a real estate investor, when we hear about selling on contract terms it excites us! Selling on contract terms opens a whole new buyer pool for our business and allows us to get better pricing for our houses. When we sell on contract, we as the sellers make assumptions on how the taxes are [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Joe Manausa, MBA | March 1, 2011 
I’m attending a conference of the top relocation professionals in the world (you know, real estate companies that move people from one part of the world to another) and this morning’s featured speaker was the CEO of Realogy, Richard A. Smith. For those of you who don’t know Richard Smith, he is one of the [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Melissa Zavala | March 1, 2011 
People often call my office to ask for the phone number of one of the major lending institutions. When I provide the toll-free number that can be found on the mortgage statement, the callers generally seem disappointed. It’s almost like they think that I have the Batphone in my office. However, I assure you that [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | March 1, 2011I won’t quote something I recently came across, so as not to embarrass anyone. They were surely well meaning. But seriously, some of what I’ve read lately about establishing rents and vacancy rates are, um, wanting at best, and hopelessly misleading at worst. Some of the advice has been off the wall. Here’s something ya [...]
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