October 2011
Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | October 5, 2011Let’s first agree that the various levels of quick turn strategies are profitable when they work out, but for 90% of practitioners, aren’t effective in the arena of retirement planning. In fact, for at least a significant sized minority, it literally hinders the ability to retire well. Experience shows this isn’t a popular stance, but [...]
Short Sales by Melissa Zavala | October 4, 2011I love the old game of telephone. It starts with a whisper of one thing, and turns into a yarn so implausible that it barely bears a little semblance to the whisper. I heard one just the other day: Banks are approving short sales without purchase offers. (But, wait? Many banks having been doing that [...]
Landlord Tenant by Sharon Vornholt | October 3, 2011 
Whether you are a seasoned landlord that has seen it all or a landlord that has one house and a great tenant, there will probably come a time when you want to sell a tenant occupied house. You may be thinking it’s not going to be a problem. Selling any home in this market can [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Michael Zuber | October 3, 2011 
So you want to be an active real estate investor but you feel limited or constrained by your full time job and your busy family life. You feel prepared to jump in because you found time to read a few real estate investment books, attended a seminar or two and read everything on the internet. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Richard Warren | October 3, 2011 
One of the biggest obstacles to success as a real estate investor is emotion. It’s part of being human. Imagine you are shopping for a new car. You do your research on the internet, you read reviews in various publications, calculate exactly the highest price you are going to pay and head to the showroom. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Jason Hanson | October 2, 2011 
It never ceases to amaze me how irresponsible, forgetful, or just downright rude people can be. For instance, if you’re a landlord, you know that 50% of people you set appointments with to see a rental property will never show up. Not only will they not show up, but they won’t even call and let [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | October 1, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of September 24 – September 30, by the numbers: 1.2% – Drop in pending home sales in August on a seasonally adjusted basis according to National Association of Realtor’s index. Pending home sales fell to the lowest in four months. Also, pending home sales [...]
Real Estate by Jim Simcoe | October 1, 2011It’s easy to think of green real estate as only being a channel of profit. Increased revenues, decreased rehab costs and other factors are all easy to understand. However there are other groups (outside of Investors) who benefit directly from green real estate projects. Let’s take a look at each and what they potentially gain [...]
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Sharon Vornholt
Richard WarrenMelissa Zavala
Michael Zuber
Real Estate Investing while Holding a Full Time Job
by Michael Zuber | October 3, 2011So you want to be an active real estate investor but you feel limited or constrained by your full time job and your busy family life. You feel prepared to jump in because you found time to read a few real estate investment books, attended a seminar or two and read everything on the internet. [...]