Property Listings

Where to Search for Commercial Real Estate Online

by Ted Karsch | June 12, 2009

Loopnet.com – Loopnet is probably the largest and most well-known commercial real estate listing site. They claim to have over 630,000 active commercial real estate listings on their website. It costs $24.95 a month for visitors to have access to all of the property listings. The free membership for visitors allows full search capability, however, [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Buy an Apartment Building — How to Structure Your Offer

by Ted Karsch | June 30, 2008

As I stress time and time again to new apartment building investors, before making an offer on any apartment building real estate property be sure that the investment will be a profitable one. Banks and commercial mortgage lenders will only lend money on an apartment building that has a Debt Service Coverage Ratio of at [...]

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Mortgages & Lending

Selling a Home???? Make your buyers first 6 months payments!

by Troy Schuricht | March 28, 2008

Need an incentive to help move a home? The answer is PITI Abatment. Do not let the financial jargon scare you. For years production builders have used this incentive to move inventory. Now every seller/investor has the opportunity to participate. What is PITI Abatement? An incentive to the buyer to have the first 6 months [...]

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Blogs

BiggerPockets Exclusive: Sneak Preview of Real Estate Website Realivent

by Joshua Dorkin | September 11, 2006

I’m not sure how I originally heard about the Realivent site, but there was something tempting about a site that “is looking for beta testers.” A few weeks ago I filled out their tester sign-up form, and on Saturday, was admitted into their Beta program. After filling out a simple registration form, I was able [...]

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