April 2011
Commentary by Andrew C. MacDonald | April 4, 2011 
As I attended a real estate investment event a couple weeks back, I couldn’t help but take interest in each of the speakers and seeing what they were all about. Some speakers seemed to have a genuine interest in creating value for their audience and delivering valuable content, while others seemed most interested in lining [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Richard Warren | April 4, 2011 
When you’ve been investing real estate for a long time you may reach a point when you are ready to sell. Perhaps you’ve had enough of the headaches of being a landlord, maybe you want to pursue other opportunities, or are ready for a lifestyle change. This is not to be confused with desperation to [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Ryan Hinricher | April 4, 2011 
Home prices are the main subject in this week’s coverage of the housing market. Also I provide some commentary from Maria Bartiromo’s keynote at the Standard & Poor’s event here in New York. Housing near Official Double-Dip Standard and Poor’s reported its January Case-Shiller Home Price Index this week. The beginning of the year has [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | April 3, 2011Almost every deal I do is no-money down. If I end up putting any money down on a deal that means it must have a ton of equity and I needed to give the sellers some cash to close the deal. However, even though I rarely put cash down, I still always keep very hefty [...]
Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | April 2, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of March 26 – April 1, by the numbers: 8.8% – U.S. unemployment rate. It’s down from the previous month’s 8.9% rate, as 216,000 jobs were added. 7.5% – Projected increase in rents in San Jose, CA for 2011, according to REIS. It’s [...]
Real Estate by Jim Simcoe | April 1, 2011Justin Velthoen is a real estate investor in Southern California. His company is probably just like yours in that: 1. He has no experience with green real estate investing. 2. He’s curious about green but doesn’t know where to start. That said, I thought I’d post and answer his questions here for you as my [...]
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The Real Estate Guru Trap – How It Works & 4 Ways to Avoid It
by Andrew C. MacDonald | April 4, 2011As I attended a real estate investment event a couple weeks back, I couldn’t help but take interest in each of the speakers and seeing what they were all about. Some speakers seemed to have a genuine interest in creating value for their audience and delivering valuable content, while others seemed most interested in lining [...]