Landlord Tenant

Getting Tenants in Tough Times

by Brendan O'Brien | November 17, 2009
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The U.S. rental vacancy rate is now the highest it has ever been, at 11.1%.  This is not at all what we expected when the housing market crashed and mortgage companies started going out of business in record numbers.
At that time, the prediction was that landlords would actually benefit, because people who weren’t able to [...]

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Real Estate News

Congress Is Taking a Close Look at Problems with the $8,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit Program

by Christina Inman | November 16, 2009
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It looks like the federal government probably should have taken a little more time to think through its first-time homebuyer tax credit program before putting it into operation, since it seems that the rush to make it available to eligible first-time buyers has left it a bit vulnerable to fraud.  
On October 22, J. Russell George, [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Compounding Gains: Optimizing your Money’s Growth

by Kyle Koller | November 16, 2009
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There are many savvy real estate investors out there that understand how commercial and residential income properties operate. They can spot value-add opportunities a mile away, and they have the team necessary to implement them. They are confident that at any given time, they can find a real estate investment worthy of pursuit. They faithfully [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Are You Really a Real Estate Investor?

by Richard Warren | November 16, 2009
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At a small lunchtime gathering of real estate investors last week someone made an interesting comment. The conversation had turned to the topic of wholesaling and then rehabbing and flipping properties. The comment was very simple on the surface – if you didn’t actually hold on to properties were you an investor, or did you [...]

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Rehabbing

Rehabbers: Know the Warning Signs of Over-Improvement

by Justin Pierce | November 15, 2009
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Rehabbing or flipping is almost 100% art. There are very few hard and fast rules. The goal, like in any business, is to maximize profit. Many times I have quoted the old saying that you make your money when you buy a property, and I stand by that statement. Once you’ve [...]

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Commentary

The $8,000 Tax Credit Question: Are We Setting Ourselves Up For An Even Bigger Problem?

by Charles Feldman | November 14, 2009
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This is where is gets interesting…like it hasn’t been already, right?
Now that the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit has been extended to loans that close by the end of June, 2010….and there has been an addition of a $6,500 credit for so-called “move-up buyers”-we wait to see what impact it will have on the [...]

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Real Estate Technology

2 Tools to Embed Real Estate Videos on Your Twitter Stream

by J. Lamar Ferren | November 14, 2009
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Have you ever watched or posted a video on twitter? Many people on twitter post tweets to their videos in order to connect with their followers on a more personal level. A simple tweet that says, “Here’s a link to my youtube video…” Then it takes the follower to YouTube, so they can watch it.
But [...]

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Commentary

How Can Real Estate Investors Profit from the Home Buyers Tax Credit Extension?

by Peter Giardini | November 13, 2009
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After having written my last several articles on current happenings in our market, I came away with the impression that I had become as bad as the regular media only focusing on the negative and never looking for the positive.  Overall, this negative crap just doesn’t work for me… but regrettably I acknowledge that it [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Integrated Marketing – Part II: Maintaining Leads & Drawing New Prospects

by Molly Castelazo | November 13, 2009
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In Part I of my “Power of Integrated Marketing” series I wrote about developing your website — the foundation of your online marketing strategy.  Once you’ve done that, it’s time to move on to Step 2 — staying in touch with the leads you’ve worked so hard to generate through your website.  And then to [...]

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Real Estate Technology

Scout Investor Hotspots with Google Earth and Multiplottr

by Justin McClelland | November 13, 2009

As an investor who desires to dominate their farm area, you need all the tools you can get to make educated market decisions.  If you’re like me and you like to crunch numbers and analyze statistics, the numbers never lie and they won’t steer you wrong if you read them right.
Stats tell stories
Google Earth is [...]

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Real Estate Development

Residential Land Development – Part 4: Construction and Marketing

by Craig Grella | November 12, 2009
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To recap Residential Land Development Part 3 we discussed researching zoning, designing your home, and financing the property.
In this article we will discuss construction and marketing, the final two stages in any development project.  These are the action steps in the development process.  They’re also two segments that involve the least research, because if you’ve [...]

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Real Estate Tips

Five Tips to Help Pull Yourself Out of a Real Estate Rut

by Stephani Davis | November 12, 2009
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It’s no secret that life as a real estate entrepreneur  is filled with ups and downs- it just comes with the territory. I’ve only been a full time real estate wholesaler for 3 years now, but I’ve definitely had my share of highs and lows during that time period.
There have been several times over [...]

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Real Estate Tips

The Importance of Accountability Partners

by Shae Bynes | November 12, 2009
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If you don’t have an accountability partner as you’re starting or growing your real estate investing business, you’re at a competitive disadvantage.
I feel strongly about this because I have seen examples of the power of accountability partnerships in both personal and business matters time and time again.  Even if you haven’t personally seen the power [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Use the Power of 100 to Achieve Your Business Goals

by Christian Russell | November 12, 2009
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I did a post a while back about my “Power of 100” concept. In case you missed it, here’s the deal. I have a rule of making 100 personal contacts a day. This is an old concept I learned years ago in direct sales. Now that I do internet marketing, I’ve found most every concept [...]

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Real Estate Investing

The Drake Equation Applied to Real Estate Investing

by Ben Roberts | November 11, 2009
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Anyone ever heard of the Drake Equation?  If not, don’t feel bad.  It’s not a generally known term outside of the geeky space community (of which I am sadly a part).  In short, it’s a equation that was formulated by Dr. Frank Drake in 1960 to determine the practicality of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial [...]

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