September 2011
Real Estate Investing by Peter Giardini | September 30, 2011 
It is getting so that I don’t even want to read what is going on in our economy or our housing market. Story after story seems to only want to reinforce the risks in our economy and the latest trends (all presented as negatives) in the housing market. I would provide appropriate links, but there [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Alan Noblitt | September 30, 2011 
Mortgage notes and the owner financing market have a relative purity that is difficult to match in the rest of the lending world. A mortgage note (a.k.a. real estate note or deed of trust note) is an arms-length transaction in which a party sells his or her property to a willing buyer on terms to [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | September 29, 2011So you want to get into real estate? Well, allow me to help you get up to speed on a few important terms, from an investor’s point of view. Short Sale: This is an oxymoron. Rarely are short sales short. It’s even rarer if a sale occurs at all. An extremely subjective process, the short [...]
Real Estate Investing by Kevin Kaczmarek | September 28, 2011 
One of the first lessons we learn in real estate is that you make your money when you buy. Sometimes that is a hard pill to swallow, especially when we make a good real estate purchase that turns into a bad deal, only because of unforeseen circumstances. However, in note origination there are several instances where [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Ken Corsini | September 28, 2011 
Last month I came close to making a fairly novice mistake on a short sale I was purchasing. This was a property I was buying for my personal residence and I had finally received an accepted offer from the bank after 6 months of negotiating. I was excited that the bank had finally accepted my [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | September 27, 2011 
Back in the 80′s when tax shelter Nirvana became law (15 year depreciation schedules), I had folks linin’ up like my office was 31 Flavors, and double scoop cones were a nickel apiece. It was crazy. All of a sudden, real estate was reaching folks who’d been on the fence their entire adult lives. I’d [...]
Read the full article → Short Sales by Melissa Zavala | September 27, 2011Recently I came across a recipe for a dark chocolate bacon cupcake. When I saw the recipe, I did a double-take. What the heck is this? What is it gonna taste like? Breakfast and dessert all in one? I cannot for the life of me imagine what this thing is going to taste like when [...]
Real Estate Investing by Sharon Vornholt | September 26, 2011Probate real estate investing is one of my favorite strategies. I have found the folks in probate to be one of the most motivated groups of sellers, as they almost always want to sell the property in the estate. This group of people is what I like to call a “captive audience” for your direct mail; [...]
Real Estate by Michael Zuber | September 26, 2011 
As an Economics major from the greatest school in the Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University (Go Broncos), I was always struck by the simplicity of the “Invisible Hand of The Market” concept, which was first penned by Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments. I found the concept to be very logical and it [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | September 25, 2011 
The beauty of subject-to’s is that there are many ways to make money from this type of deal. Best of all, if you do things right you aren’t putting a penny down of your own money – you’re simply taking over somebody’s mortgage. How to Make Money with Subject-To Deals Wholesaling a Subject-to First, you [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Alan Noblitt | September 24, 2011Real estate just can’t seem to catch a break. Every time that a nugget of good news about property values or sales appears, it seems to be offset with dismal news about some other part of real estate. One analyst predicted that ten million mortgages will default (1 in 5) if Congress doesn’t take action. [...]
Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | September 23, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of September 17 – September 23, by the numbers: 22.5% – Percentage of homes that are “underwater” according to CoreLogic. That equates to 11 million home owners that owe more than their house is worth. $10 Million – Listing price for former “American Idol” [...]
Commentary by Joe Salcedo | September 22, 2011 
(Author’s note: This is not a puff piece for the benefit of my city or my business. I am wearing my investor’s hat here reporting about what I’ve been seeing and what I believe in my gut is an opportune time for cash flow opportunities.) Patrick Killelea, the indefatigable Captain of ultra-conservative but sound real [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Marty Boardman | September 22, 2011 
I’m a sports junkie. I mean the real sports – football, baseball and basketball. Soccer is not a sport because as the late George Carlin explained, you can’t use your hands. Ditto for hockey. Running isn’t a sport either. If I can ‘run’ to the store for a loaf of bread it’s not a sport. [...]
Read the full article → Financing Real Estate by Ken Corsini | September 21, 2011 
With lender guidelines continually tightening, investor financing has become more difficult than ever to obtain. Investors that I worked with even a year ago to acquire investment properties with conventional financing are having trouble getting approved for a loan in the current lending environment. Whether it’s a borrowers borderline debt to income ratio, credit score, [...]
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Joshua Dorkin
Why Northern Nevada’s Ripe with Cashflow Profits
by Joe Salcedo | September 22, 2011(Author’s note: This is not a puff piece for the benefit of my city or my business. I am wearing my investor’s hat here reporting about what I’ve been seeing and what I believe in my gut is an opportune time for cash flow opportunities.) Patrick Killelea, the indefatigable Captain of ultra-conservative but sound real [...]