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No Go at the Real Estate Expo

by Joshua Dorkin | March 6, 2006

Most of you know how I feel about the Trump Real Estate Expo (Part 1 | Part 2). Today, I recieved an email from their Director of Online Marketing, who was offering sites like ours a 50% commission for referring invitees to the event. If the Learning Annex would offer true classes at the expo, [...]

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Finding, Borrowing and Loaning Money with Prosper.com

by Joshua Dorkin | March 5, 2006

In case you’ve ever considered getting into the other side (there are many other sides, aren’t there?) of real estate, you can become a certified hard-money lender with the help of Prosper.com, a site started by the founder of E-Loan.com. We were recently introduced to the site by Shaun’s Real Estate Adventures, and according tp [...]

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Real Estate Investing Store Coming Soon

by Joshua Dorkin | January 24, 2006

We’ve been debating since the launch of BiggerPockets.com whether or not to include a store for selling courses, software, etc. on the site. After much debate, we’ve decided that it is in everyone’s best interest that we do so. We will be opening our e-commerce site in the coming weeks, and will carry materials from [...]

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National Real Estate MLS Directory

by Joshua Dorkin | December 5, 2005

The time has come . . . Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a national system for selling and buying properties? While Realtors have the convenience of a local MLS (multiple listing service), they still cannot easily search properties outside of their region. Real Estate Agents must join a local board of realtors in order [...]

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Street, Satellite, Topo and Hazard Maps

by Joshua Dorkin | October 16, 2005

We finally put together a page of great mapping resources to help in your property research. Its always a good idea to research areas you’re considering buying property in. We have assembled various resources that provide satellite, topographical, arial photo maps to help. In addition, we’ve provided links to various government mapping services to help [...]

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A new way to find properties at Trulia

by Joshua Dorkin | October 1, 2005

Every once in a while, you find some good resources while conducting random internet searches. Today, I located Trulia.com, an online aggregator of real estate “for sale” feeds. Integrated with

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Calculating your way to Wealth

by Joshua Dorkin | September 30, 2005

While exploring a great blog, MyMoneyBlog, one of our new bookmarks here, I cane upon a great resource I wanted to share with everyone. Dinkytown.net offers hundreds of financial calculators for you to calculate your savings goals, credit card reductions, mortgage refinances, debt consolidations, and more. I’ve been playing with a few of their calculators [...]

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Free Credit Reports Now Available in All 50 States

by Joshua Dorkin | September 27, 2005

I guess I’m a bit behind here, but thanks to the HELOC Blog, I’m back on the ball. As of September 1, all citizens of the US can obtain FREE Credit Reports from all 3 credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax). This information is extremly important, and you should check all 3 at least once a [...]

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Flat Fee or Full Commission Real Estate?

by Joshua Dorkin | August 4, 2005

Buyers and Sellers of real estate today have many more options then they did in the past. Not only can you go FSBO, or with an agent, you now can pick from a variety of agent options. While the trend of late has been a reduction in commissions from the full 6% of past times [...]

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Real Estate Forms & Contracts

by Joshua Dorkin | April 30, 2005

We’ve just added a great resource for Real Estate Forms & Contracts. Check it out!

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New Real Estate Chatroom

by Joshua Dorkin | April 13, 2005

I’m excited to post today with wonderful news! BiggerPockets.com is proud to announce the creation of its: Live Real Estate Investing Chat! Stop by sometime to talk with other real estate investors about anything from foreclosures to rehabs to landlording, and anything else your investing heart desires! We’ll see you there!

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New Lessons from Donald Trump

by Joshua Dorkin | March 30, 2005

I just found out about a new book that some claim “There should be a law requiring every truly serious real estate investor to read and study”, Trump Strategies For Real Estate: Billionaire Lessons for the Small Investor. I haven’t gotten a copy yet, but I’m about to order one. The book supposedly contains many [...]

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Negotiate Real Estate Commissions With Online Bidding

by Joshua Dorkin | March 14, 2005

Realtors using HungryAgents.com, an online referral service that launched in February, compete for clients based on how much they are willing to reduce their commissions. Realtors pay a $795 fee for each successful sale stemming from the Web site’s referral. ListFromHome.com, which launched this month, also allows real estate agents to compete for new listings. [...]

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