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Real Estate Tips

7 Beginner Real Estate Investing Mistakes to Avoid

by Ryan Moeller | July 8, 2009

There are a lot of mistakes that can be made in Real Estate. In fact, many savvy investors still make mistakes or have overcome huge mistakes in their investing careers. The keys are to recognize, avoid, learn and move forward from these potential pitfalls. Here are 7 beginner mistakes when investing in real estate.

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Real Estate

Revisiting Your Business Plan

by Richard Warren | June 22, 2009

Remember those days when you had the first ideas for your real estate business? For some that seems like eons ago while others may just now be in the beginning stages of their business. For many those ideas never escape the confines of the cranium and some will scribble ideas on a napkin as they sit at [...]

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Learn Real Estate

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 gives a great overview of the [...]

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Starting Out

Don’t be hypnotized by the “Guru of the Week”!

by Rosie Nieto | December 13, 2008

I know I write about this a lot – but I think it’s important to keep this message in the forefront for all the newer investors out there and even some of us not so newbies.  The endless emails and direct mailing pieces I get that sell me on the next big, most important, I must not [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Are You A One Trick Pony? How to Profit in Today’s Real Estate Environment.

by Jason Hanson | September 24, 2008

I screwed myself at the grocery store again. I bought 24 cans of Spaghettio’s (no, I don’t care if that’s the correct spelling) because they were on sale two for one. Well, I finally ate a can yesterday and it was terrible. As in, I didn’t even eat it all and I [...]

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Real Estate

The Beauty of a Level Three Real Estate Business

by Rob Powell | September 23, 2008

Greetings from the metropolis of Cedar Crest, NM. Wow….It feels good to be back!
It has been a long six weeks for me.  You see, six weeks ago, I returned from Maui Mastermind and came down with the flu…then pneumonia.  Not only was I stuck in bed but I was also hooked up to an oxygen [...]

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Real Estate Investing

9 Documents Needed For Your Tenant/Buyer

by Jason Hanson | September 4, 2008

So I see one of my friends that I haven’t seen in a while when I was in Florida, and she tells me I look disgustingly skinny (basically, she calls me a hideous freak). Well, I tell her that I’m training for a marathon, so I’m sure that has something to do with it. And [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Apartment Investing – A Look at Five Year Investment Returns

by Ted Karsch | August 12, 2008

Let’s take a look at some of the actual returns for a small apartment building investment over a period of five years. Whenever you are making projections into the future concerning investment returns it is always necessary to make some assumptions. In this case we will keep our assumptions very conservative and well in line with historical averages.

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Commentary

Secrets To Overcoming The “Moron” Label

by Rob Powell | July 1, 2008

Greetings from the metropolis of Cedar Crest, New Mexico!
I just got back from a fun filled week with my youth group in Durango, CO. I (and three other adult sponsors) took twenty one high schoolers to a C.I.Y. conference hosted at the Fort Lewis College campus. We joined over a thousand other kids [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Sink or Swim – Tips For Getting Started In Real Estate Investing

by Rob K. Blake | June 29, 2008

I love reading other folks’ stories discovering how they got into real estate investing. Everybody’s path is unique and entertaining. Reading the BiggerPockets forum this week, there was a thread on exactly that and it gave me the idea for this article. In the vein of “still getting to know each other”, [...]

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Landlord Tenant

What Grandma Taught Me About Real Estate

by Rob K. Blake | June 23, 2008

As a young boy, I was lucky to have some great mentors. My grandmother is one of the best business teachers I’ve ever had and before I get too deep (which I will in future articles) into the financial analysis of real estate investing, mortgage financing, and other “on target” topics, I thought it [...]

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Financing Real Estate

You Don’t Have To Be A Professional Real Estate Investor

by Mike Farmer | June 10, 2008

There are many ways to invest in real estate and not every investor has to be a professional, full-time investor.
One way someone young can invest and build wealth in real estate is by purchasing a duplex as their starter home and building from there. In Savannah GA there are many opportunities to start this way. [...]

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Learn Real Estate

Elementary Investment Suggestions

by Mike Farmer | June 3, 2008

Basic Real Estate Project Planning and Management
This will be elementary to seasoned investors, but I’m assuming many investors using BiggerPockets are beginning and collecting information, so I thought it might be useful to go over basic project planning and management. I have learned these things from experience, but mainly through knowing smart investors.
When considering [...]

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Learn Real Estate

Is the Time Right to Invest in Real Estate? Chicken Little vs. PollyAnna

by Connie Brzowski | April 19, 2008

If you’re considering real estate as an investment, there’s one thing you’re guaranteed to hear:
Now is not a good time.
Your brother-in-law, your best friend, and your Great Aunt Minnie (who keeps her riches in a cigar box under the doghouse) will all surely recite text and verse. The time for real estate is over. [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Determining the Value of an Apartment Building Investment Using Cap Rates

by Ted Karsch | March 3, 2008

Determining the value of an apartment building investment is one of the greatest difficulties that many new commercial real estate investors face.
Most people who invest in apartments have some experience investing in other types of real estate, typically residential homes or duplexes and triplexes. The issue that new investors face is the [...]

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