February 2012
Financing Real Estate by Ken Corsini | February 29, 2012 
Many of the real estate investors I talk to these days are buying for the long term hold. In fact, most don’t have a set time-frame in mind, they just know they want to hold properties as long term investments. But “a long term investment” for one investor might be very different than for another. [...]
Read the full article → Foreclosures by Steve Cook | February 29, 2012It’s normal at this time year, just weeks before the spring home buying season kicks off in most part of the country, for inventories of homes for sale to sink to yearly lows. Expectations are that sellers are busy staging and buffing, with an eye towards listing their homes just as the first robin sings. [...]
Real Estate by Jeff Brown | February 28, 2012If you were born between 1946 through 1964, you’re a BabyBoomer. Born in the first 10 years of that range? You’re anticipating retirement — retirement is imminent — you are retired — or you can’t retire due to finances. It’s my opinion there’s a huge new class emerging. Americans who will either never be financially [...]
Real Estate Investing by Michael Zuber | February 28, 2012 
Let me set the stage for you. You are a buy and hold investor. You have done all the work required to learn your market and make a great purchase. The escrow just closed and the REO property is now yours. You have a lot to do and you need to know where to start. Each [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Sharon Vornholt | February 27, 2012 
What does your real estate investing strategy have to do with your lifestyle? Everything! One of the questions I am asked most frequently is “How do I choose a real estate investing strategy”? There’s no doubt that some people are more suited for one type of investing strategy than another. There could be many reasons [...]
Read the full article → Short Sales by Melissa Zavala | February 26, 2012 
Short sale incentive programs have been big news these last few weeks. While the programs themselves are not new, the fact that they have been a featured topic on many news media sites has brought a renewed interest in these programs. So, I thought it would be a good idea to share some information on [...]
Read the full article → Entrepreneurship by Chris Clothier | February 25, 2012When looking across the real estate landscape and taking it in for all of its’ beauty, do you see the picture of doom and gloom that the news is painting? Or do you see a landscape full of opportunity? In today’s real estate environment, where there is clearly a trail of destruction from poor lending [...]
Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | February 25, 2012A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of February 18 – February 24, by the numbers: 14.3% – Predicted growth in U.S. employment this decade according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area is predicted to have the greatest job growth through 2020. 223 – Number of stores the [...]
Landlord Tenant by Steve Cook | February 24, 2012Will the single family investment dream crumble before the realities of managing rental properties? Last year only about a third, 35 percent, of single family rentals made a profit on their rental income. The 3.8 million that lost money or broke even saw their owners’ dreams of a steady, annual rental income evaporate into the [...]
Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | February 24, 2012 
Dusty Figgs has his head on a swivel. It’s a job requirement. Each morning he shuttles back and forth, from law office conference rooms to the steps of the Maricopa County courthouse. Figgs is a professional trustee’s sale bidder for AZBidder.com. He attends trustee’s sales (commonly referred to as foreclosure auctions) all over the Phoenix [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Kevin Kaczmarek | February 23, 2012 
Owning a real estate note is, in many ways, like owning an ice cream shop. You have different flavors of ice cream to satisfy the various tastes of your customers. Having an ice cream shop of just chocolate or vanilla ice cream would limit the growth potential of your business. Use that same thought process [...]
Read the full article → Landlord Tenant by Treasa Burke | February 23, 2012They say the pen is mightier than the sword. And in this context, that pen has been put to paper to draft an impenetrable lease agreement… or so we hope. In an effort to embrace brevity, or perhaps to make their lease agreement more user friendly to the tenant, landlords often omit useful lease provisions. [...]
Real Estate Investing by Ken Corsini | February 22, 2012With such a diverse collection of real estate markets around the country, investors have many choices when it comes to where to invest in real estate. Some investors look for areas that were hit hard by the real estate crash in hopes of acquiring property that will experience a recovery in values over the next [...]
Real Estate by Michael Zuber | February 22, 2012Active real estate investing gets all the glory with TV shows and the mainstream media, however, sometimes passive real estate investing can turn out to be a best option for many would-be real estate investors. Let me explain. What are your options if you live in a real estate market that offers very low returns? You [...]
Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | February 21, 2012As a teenager in the 1960′s it seemed the world was tryin’ to make too many sea change pivots at once. We don’t seem to really become consciously aware of the world outside our neighborhood, school, and specific ‘kid’ stuff ’til we’re in jr. high school. Heck, now it’s not even called that — it’s [...]
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