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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 would [...]

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Real Estate Tips

6 Easy Ways to Boost Your Productivity in Real Estate

by Joshua Dorkin | December 26, 2008

As the New Year quickly approaches, I thought I’d put together a post that helps us all be a little more productive and successful. It is human nature to be distracted, to procrastinate, to be fearful, to stress out — I can go on and on, but we can work around these things to [...]

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Real Estate

The Top 3 Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Short Sale as a Residence

by David Peeples | October 17, 2008

Buying a short sale can be a great way to make a smart real estate purchase, given the conditions in today’s market. More frequently, home buyers want to look at nothing but foreclosures, REOs, and short sales during their real estate search. However, just because a property is being sold as a short sale, [...]

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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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Blogs

The Real Estate Hunt

by Richard Warren | September 8, 2008

Imagine that you are on an African Safari. As you are working your way through the jungle in search of big game, suddenly you are confronted by a lion with a bad attitude. If you were armed like Rambo with a huge gun and lots of ammunition, you would probably come out of the encounter [...]

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Commentary

Impact of the Imminent Failure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and the Decline in Availability of Rental Properties on Apartment Building Investors

by Ted Karsch | August 26, 2008

The imminent failure of both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae has already begun to have a detrimental impact on the larger US economy and the ability of home buyers to finance the purchase of a new home.
This is an unfortunate circumstance for many young families who may not be able to qualify for a mortgage [...]

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Learn Real Estate

The 10 Documents You Must Use When Doing a Lease Option

by Jason Hanson | August 21, 2008

I’m still training for my marathon and I still want to shoot myself as I jog through the summer heat in my Bill Clinton shorts (maybe I’d be having more fun if I had an intern?). Anyway, I’m in this marathon mess because of a promise I made to a friend. So, I [...]

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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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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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Real Estate Tips

Sex and Food Are The Way To A Man’s Heart, But Are They The Way To a Seller’s Heart?

by Jason Hanson | June 11, 2008

I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. The good news is that food is the way to a seller’s heart and the bad news is that sex isn’t (sorry fellas).
One of the strategies that I always use when meeting with a seller is to bring them food. I usually end up bringing some [...]

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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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Financing Real Estate

My Advice? Buy a FourPlex

by Troy Schuricht | May 22, 2008

Community First Financial talks to many of investors every day and there are some thoughts I would like to share with you on our experiences with investors, particularly first time investors.
One of the top questions I hear from investors is, What would you do?
If I could start my investing life all over again [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Real Estate Investing? Be Patient!

by Troy Schuricht | May 15, 2008

I talk to hundreds of investors every month and there are some thoughts I would like to share with you on my experiences with investors, particularly first time investors.
The question I hear the most for our investors is, How do I to get ready to start investing?
The answer for me is two parts.

Are you ready [...]

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Learn Real Estate

Five Additional Steps of Due Diligence When Buying a Rental Property

by Troy Schuricht | April 18, 2008

Due diligence is a term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business or person, or the performance of an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more commonly apply to voluntary investigations. A common example of [...]

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Learn Real Estate

How to Be a Successful Real Estate Investor. The Story of One Valuable Pre-Foreclosure Lead.

by Jim Watkins | March 20, 2008

How Valuable is One Lead?

People often ask me what the average response rate is when mail marketing to homeowners in pre-foreclosure. There are two answers depending on what the content of the letter is. If the purpose of the letter is to see if the homeowner is willing to sell, then the average response [...]

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