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Finding Equity in Mortgage Notes

by Alan Noblitt | October 21, 2011

My experience with most real estate investment gurus has been less than favorable, for reasons that I won’t go into here. There are a few exceptions, one of whom is here in Southern California and who I deeply respect for his intelligence and integrity. My interactions with him have all been so positive that I [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Lease Options: Gold Mine or Fools Gold?

by Marty Boardman | June 24, 2011

Have you heard what an ounce of gold is selling for these days? According to GoldPrice.org it’s around $1,552. That’s a 176-year high. Back in 2007, when the housing market first started its downward spiral, gold was worth approximately $600 an ounce. I’m no financial expert but it appears to me that this gold buying [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Does Every Dog Have Its Day?

by Brendan O'Brien | November 15, 2008

Here are two fallacies that often strike new real estate investors. The first one bugs me only a little – the second one bugs me a lot. The first fallacy is the one peddled by late-night infomercial stars. It’s the idea that it’s really not that difficult to find an old house, buy it for [...]

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True Equity – In the Real Estate Sense

by Jim Watkins | November 8, 2007

“Equity” is a word that is used a lot but in my opinion, there are a lot of people who might not understand how it can be very misleading. Having read the responses of the board veterans, I really can’t offer any insight over & above what they have said already. I wanted to relay [...]

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Real Estate Resources

CashflowandEquity.com Simplifies Investing in Turn-Key Real Estate

by Joshua Dorkin | October 26, 2007

CashflowandEquity.com is the website of Cornerstone Investment Group, a company that has gained recognition for its specialty–offering turn-key properties to real estate investors. Simply put, this investment company promises to ease the “headaches of being a landlord.” No simple task, but the company says it can do this by providing properties that are “renovated,rented and [...]

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