November 2011
Real Estate Investing by Spencer Cullor | November 30, 2011 
Real estate investors often chase the highest initial returns possible in an investment property, only looking at the financial statements for their underwriting and financial projections. These investors often fail to account for the many additional factors that should be considered when purchasing an investment property. Failing to consider these critical aspects will affect the expected [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Ken Corsini | November 30, 2011 
There are many lenders around the country who have the ability to underwrite loans for investors. However, I have found that most lenders who attempt investment loans get tripped up along the way and are unable to close these loans. Having coordinated hundreds of loans over the last several years, I have learned how to [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Chris Clothier | November 29, 2011 
Turn-Key real estate investing seems to have exploded in popularity over the last few years. With new websites and marketing ads announcing new companies on a weekly basis, turn-key companies seem to be sprouting up in every city and offering services in every corner of the country. In a recent international real estate publication, over [...]
Read the full article → Taxes by Jeff Brown | November 29, 2011 
We’re in the back stretch of 2011, which bodes well for folks contemplating some tax related moves. Here are some suggestions you may want to put into your own arsenal. Though basic in nature, I’ve learned most tax preparers definitely aren’t proactive in digging for tax savings beyond the normal deductions. You’ll notice a common [...]
Read the full article → Short Sales by Melissa Zavala | November 28, 2011I received an email over the long weekend from an agent who had a short sale question. It seems that his sister needed to sell her home as a short sale. He wanted to buy it, and he wanted to represent both sides in the transaction (remember that California allows dual representation). All I could [...]
Real Estate by Sharon Vornholt | November 28, 2011 
Real estate investors have always found it challenging when it comes to working with home inspectors. A rehabber does what he considers a “bang up job” only to have the buyer present him with a list of things they want repaired. Having been in the home inspection business for 17 years, I am the first [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jason Hanson | November 27, 2011If you want to be successful in the real estate business you need to have several niches. These niches include the types of deals you specialize in — whether they be a subject-to, lease option or wholesale. It also includes the types of sellers you target such as pre-foreclosures, landlords, and probates, to name a [...]
Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | November 26, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of November 19 – November 25, by the numbers: 4.97 Million – Existing homes sold in October on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis. The number of sales is in October up 70,000 from September. 3.3 Million – Number of homes listed in October on [...]
Real Estate Marketing by Jeff Logue | November 25, 2011 
Recently, you may have stumbled across our article on creating the ideal Craigslist ad for your real estate marketing efforts. In this tutorial, we reviewed some of the crucial elements needed in order to produce high quality copy that will entice your audience to visit your specific landing pages. Yet, there are still many professionals [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | November 24, 2011 
My friends call him “The Devil” but his real name is Sam. He earned the nickname because of his outrageous behavior. Now don’t get me wrong. Sam isn’t a mean person. He’s actually a very nice guy. It’s just that when he’s around bad things happen. At my bachelor party in Las Vegas Sam somehow [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Ken Corsini | November 23, 2011 
“Buy and hold” real estate investing has been promoted for years by people like Carlton Sheets or Ron Legrand for good reason. Investing in real estate is a phenomenal way to build wealth and income. Before I began my investing career, I listened to as much of this educational material as I could get my [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Chris Clothier | November 22, 2011 
Deferred Maintenance – the practice of postponing maintenance activities such as repairs on both real property and personal property in order to save costs, meet budget funding levels, or realign available budget monies. That is the definition of deferred maintenance according to Wikipedia. My definition, as it relates to income producing investment properties, would be [...]
Read the full article → Short Sales by Melissa Zavala | November 22, 2011 
Equity investors and folks buying short sales are often involved in a waiting game—only to learn at the end that the bank is not interested in their offer because their offer price is too low. But there are other factors that can impact the closing of a short sale at the eleventh hour that have [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Michael Zuber | November 21, 2011As I have shared in my previous articles, our investing model is based on recycling our investment capital over multiple deals. In short we buy a distressed asset with cash, repair the property and then after finding a renter we secure a passive investor to replenish our capital. Our goal is to recycle at least [...]
Real Estate Wholesaling by Sharon Vornholt | November 21, 2011A forum discussion that I came across about working with wholesalers recently caught my eye. This person was saying something to the effect that they wanted to go around the wholesaler and work directly with the seller. I can tell you that doing that with the wholesalers I know, would guarantee that you would be [...]
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by Michael Zuber | November 21, 2011As I have shared in my previous articles, our investing model is based on recycling our investment capital over multiple deals. In short we buy a distressed asset with cash, repair the property and then after finding a renter we secure a passive investor to replenish our capital. Our goal is to recycle at least [...]