December 2011
Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | December 31, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of December 24 – December 30, by the numbers: 1.2% – Decrease in home prices in October from the previous month according to the S&P/Case-Shiller 20 city index. It’s the sixth straight month homes prices have fallen. Prices are also down 3.4% from a [...]
Real Estate Marketing by Jeff Logue | December 30, 2011 
If you’ve been following any of the recent posts on creating squeeze pages for your business, you already know that real estate marketing videos are one of the most essential ingredients to generating better conversions and rapport. Without this key element, it is much harder to build a personal connection, because they help people to [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | December 29, 2011 
As he took his place at the front of the packed auditorium the instructor began by telling a story. “I was once a real estate broker” he announced. “Years later, I became a real estate attorney.” He said “I did this so I could kill my own deals.” The speaker’s name was William Kozub and [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Chris Clothier | December 28, 2011 
I had an amusing conversation while in New Orleans in September with a fantastic couple from Mississippi. They have been investing in real estate for the past 15 years and have amassed a portfolio of over 40 properties that provide a nice income for their retirement. They had come to me for advice on managing [...]
Read the full article → Economy by Steve Cook | December 28, 2011 
The stars are aligned to make 2012 an extraordinary year for rental income. The decline in homeownership is translating into rising rents and the multifamily apartment sector, though booming today, was late catching the wave. If it weren’t for the new investor-driven single family rentals in many markets, rents would be zooming even higher than [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | December 27, 2011As many have, and no doubt will, I learned this lesson the hard way. My mentors were of epic quality, as was my luck in the opportunity I had to learn from them. Still, there were far too many lessons I learned the hard way. Dad once told me I was far too smart to’ve [...]
Real Estate by Melissa Zavala | December 27, 2011I’ve been known to say that I am much more popular now, as a short sale aficionado, than I ever was in high school. I’m not vain, and I realize that right now, I actually have something that lots of people want—information about and experience in the distressed property arena. This morning I caught an [...]
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | December 26, 2011As most of you probably already know [ 12/21/11 Press Release ], a few weeks back we launched our BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit 2012 – a conference to take place at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO on March 23-23. The event has been coming together great, as is our fantastic lineup of [...]
Real Estate Investing by Michael Zuber | December 26, 2011 
The turning of the calendar from December to January is the perfect time to reflect on the past year and set goals for the upcoming year. In this article I will highlight deals we have closed, discuss lessons learned and mistakes we made. I will close by reviewing the growth of our reputation and personal [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Sharon Vornholt | December 26, 2011Growing your real estate investing business is certainly about doing the work that it takes. But it is also about being crystal clear about where you want to go. You won’t get there no matter how much work you put in, if you don’t have a clear vision of exactly what you want your business [...]
Commentary by Jason Hanson | December 25, 2011 
Merry Christmas. By the time you’re reading this you may have already opened your presents. Hopefully, in addition to all of the stuff you don’t need (like iPods and TV’s) you got some Christmas presents that can increase your income in 2012. I sure did. I got several books and a marketing course which I [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | December 24, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of December 17 – December 23, by the numbers: 1.6% – Increase in new home sales in November from the previous month. 315,000 new homes sold on an annualized basis in November. 14.3% – Revision downward in the number of home sales from 2007-2010 [...]
Real Estate Marketing by Jeff Logue | December 23, 2011 
Can Facebook real estate marketing really be an effective strategy to help generate more leads for your business? There are some who may argue that simply driving traffic to a website which has a ton of visual distractions and the ability to only produce “likes” out of the box could be a waste of precious [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Michael Zuber | December 22, 2011Outline of our Deal of the Year The following events occurred over 30 days and shows that solving problems and being creative is more important than having a lot of money. I chose to outline the event chronically as the deal evolved, because it shows how investors can earn large profits by being flexible and [...]
Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | December 22, 2011 
Roger Ellis was the vice principal of my high school. He was firm, but fair. I know this because I spent a lot of time in his office. Apparently, Mr. Ellis had a problem with me parking in spaces reserved for teachers. This made no sense to me. I took an off-campus class in the [...]
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Brandon Turner
James Vermillion
Sharon Vornholt
Melissa Zavala
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Rental Outlook 2012: The Good Times Roll on
by Steve Cook | December 28, 2011The stars are aligned to make 2012 an extraordinary year for rental income. The decline in homeownership is translating into rising rents and the multifamily apartment sector, though booming today, was late catching the wave. If it weren’t for the new investor-driven single family rentals in many markets, rents would be zooming even higher than [...]