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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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Commentary

The Importance of Real Estate Inspections: Be A Detective when Buying Property

by Mike Farmer | March 11, 2008

The other day I went to a listing appointment and gradually asked enough pointed questions and did enough research that I passed on listing the property. Upon first glance the lot seemed simple, but I noticed some odd layout to the side of it that made it unclear where the property lines ran. After doing [...]

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Real Estate Market

Playing Dirty in a Buyers’ Market

by FSBOJane | December 7, 2007

Nine Ways to Turn a Solid Walkthrough to a Solid Negotiation
If you’re new to real estate investing, trying to determine how/when you should buy a place you plan to resell, rent, or rehab, these tips will guide you through the rough spots of deal-making:
1. Do your homework
If you know the specific location where you want [...]

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Real Estate Law

A Primer on Escrowed Funds

by Joshua M. Marks, Esq. | October 15, 2007

Upon signing the agreement of sale in most residential real estate transactions, the buyer pays an “earnest money deposit”, which signifies his intention to purchase the property. Typically, the earnest money deposit is held in the escrow account of the listing broker (who represents the seller) and is applied toward the buyer’s down payment [...]

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Commentary

Why Are We in a Real Estate Freeze?

by Joshua Dorkin | December 14, 2006

Wonder why the real estate market is in some crazy pseudo-gridlock? I’ve read many explanations of the current post-bubble-pre-collapsing housing market, but none of them hit it on the mark like the one I’m about to share with you.
Actually, according to Diane Swonk, chief economist for Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, “we [...]

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Housing

Risky Business-How Much For Lenders, How Much For Homeowners?

by Charles Feldman | October 20, 2006

Home sales going down; foreclosures going up. Sounds like a bad airplane flight, doesn’t it? Pretty bumpy going.  But, this all leads to two key questions, says  MarketWatch’s “Real Estate Weekly.”– For mortgage lenders, how much risk should they take on? For buyers, how far should they reasonably stretch their economic resources in order to [...]

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