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Are You Getting Great Cash Flow from your Rental Properties?

by Ryan Moeller | September 28, 2010

So what do you consider a good cash flow deal? I was once taught that a good cash flow deal is when rents are 1% of purchase. So if a property rents for $1000, purchase must not exceed 100K. Does that kind of cash flow excite you? Let’s take a closer look. 5% Lender [...]

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8 Ways to Find Great Real Estate Deals

by Ryan Moeller | September 23, 2010

With so many foreclosures and distressed properties available, the current market conditions have resulted in the opportunity of a lifetime for savvy investors. Finding great deals is one of the most important things for successful investors to do. That said, it takes more than just evaluating a few deals. Investors must get a ton of [...]

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The 4 Most Important Things to Remember When Evaluating Real Estate Deals

by Ryan Moeller | September 1, 2010

There are a lot of things to consider when evaluating a deal. As real estate investors, we must find great deals. Not good deals, but great deals where we can minimize risk, maximize annual return and control our success. Here are the 4 most important things to remember when evaluating deals: Avoid Speculation as the [...]

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Learn by Doing, Exercise 1 for Real Estate Investors – How to Buy

by Ryan Moeller | February 2, 2010

The best way to learn is by doing. So what is better than exercises that will teach beginners the skills they need to become successful in real estate? Not only that, but they can be done fast and with very little expense. If you are a beginner real estate investor and dying to learn the [...]

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6 Tips for Investing in Tough Times

by Ryan Moeller | December 27, 2009

The current state of the economy has resulted in many challenges for Americans. Foreclosures are at record highs, unemployment is very high and we are in the worst recession since The Great Depression. Times are tough, but we must adapt. Savvy investors see this time as an opportunity to make some of the best investments [...]

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6 Tips Beginners Must Know Before Investing in Real Estate

by Ryan Moeller | December 1, 2009

After many deals, there is much I have learned but still many tips I wish I was given before investing. In reality, I likely did come across these tips but they are often only internalized after experiencing the ramifications of them hands on. Here are 6 tips beginner real estate investors should know about; make sure these stick! [...]

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Save Your Sanity, Learn Your Building

by Brendan O'Brien | August 29, 2009

A while back, I mentioned my project installing a bathroom ceiling fan as an example of something automated systems wouldn’t help with – a dirty, uncomfortable job I had to do myself.

That doesn’t mean the job had to be nearly as difficult as it was. I could have saved a huge amount of time if I had taken some steps to learn the building beforehand.

A Hugely Annoying Day

Like most bathroom ceiling fans, the Broan 678 actually attaches to ceiling joists. This means that to install it, you really want to work from above. It’s pretty darned difficult in a building like mine because there is no easy access to the attic. I knew of three possibilities:

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Is This the Bottom for Commercial Real Estate Prices?

by Ted Karsch | June 23, 2009

Even the most bearish economist is predicting that commercial real estate prices will fall up to 40 percent from peak to trough. However, the data released yesterday from Moody’s Investor Service shows that in April commercial property prices plummeted a record 8.6 percent. According to Moody’s data, commercial property prices fell a total of 29.5 [...]

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Apartment Building Foreclosures Create a Buyers Market for Apartment Buildings

by Ted Karsch | May 19, 2009

Many apartment buildings are now facing foreclosure because of falling prices, stricter underwriting guidelines and 5 year mortgages becoming due. For the astute buyer of apartment buildings these apartment building foreclosures could represent an investment windfall. Image via Wikipedia As a glaring symbol of the burst bubble in national residential real estate prices, the National [...]

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Learn the Basics of Short Sales (Video)

by Joshua M. Marks, Esq. | February 24, 2009

We put together the following video presentation in 3 parts to help you learn about the basics of Short Sales, how they work, etc. Other topics covered include Credit, Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure, dealing with the banks, and Taking a Short Sale Listing etc. PART II PART III

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How High Is Up? A Look at Real Numbers Defined by the Real Estate Collapse

by Tom Koziol | January 30, 2009

How High Is Up? The answer can be as simple as one flight of stairs. It also can be as grotesque as 300%. Since I’m talking about real estate, I’ll skip the flight of stairs type of answer and concentrate on the 300% side. Unless you’ve been living in a cave in Zimbabwe, you know [...]

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Buy an Apartment Building — With Warnings

by Ted Karsch | January 27, 2009

Finding the right apartment building to buy for an investment can seem like an overwhelming and daunting task for the first time apartment building buyer. However, if you know a few things to look for when purchasing an apartment building everything becomes a lot easier. There are good things to watch out for and some [...]

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6 Must Reads for New Real Estate Investors

by Anwell Tsai | January 1, 2009

1. Real Estate Principles for the New Economy by Miller/Geltner 2. Real Estate Finance and Investments by Brueggeman/Fisher 3. The Appraisal of Real Estate by the Appraisal Institute 4.Investment Analysis for Real Estate Decisions by Greer/Farrell 5. Property Management in Real Estate Investment Decision-making by Jaffe 6. Macroeconomics by N. Gregory Mankiw Real Estate Principles [...]

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Buy an Apartment Building With a Tool Chest of Knowledge

by Ted Karsch | December 31, 2008

When people first decide to buy an apartment building it is common for them to make a few easily preventable mistakes. The most common error that I see new investors make is not having what I like to refer to as the “investor tool chest”. For example, if you wanted to build a house you [...]

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1031 Exchange into Oil and Gas Royalties

by Grant Conness | December 14, 2008

IRS Section 1031 classifies an investment in an oil and gas “Royalty Interest” as like-kind property for a 1031 Exchange. Investors can diversify their portfolios by exchanging an apartment complex, raw land, an office building, or any other eligible investment property for an interest in oil or gas royalty production. The term, “Royalties” is often [...]

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