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A Niche In the Short Sale Game

by Ken Corsini | December 7, 2011
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When I think about the opportunities and marketing efforts associated with short sales, I picture the typical family who has fallen victim to this recession. Perhaps it’s a husband whose job has been eliminated, resulting in the inability to pay the mortgage. Or, maybe it’s a family whose mortgage has adjusted, the payment has become [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

The New Way to Market to Probates

by Sharon Vornholt | November 14, 2011

I have been marketing to probates using direct mail for a long time now. Over the past 6 months or so, I have noticed a change that will directly impact how I market to these folks in the future. In fact, I would say this will be my new way to market to probates. My [...]

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Commentary

The Double-Dip… It’s Finally Here!

by Peter Giardini | June 23, 2011

Back in March of 2010 I wrote an article for BiggerPockets, Double-Dip Used To Be Fun and Exciting, discussing the prominent view that the housing market was eventually going to head back into declining values.  This new (for those who ever believed that things stabilized) property value decline has been affectionately referred to as a “double-dip”. The focus of [...]

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Entrepreneurship

The DNA of a Real Estate Trail Blazer: Introducing Rob Grant

by Joe Salcedo | April 23, 2011

LAST WEEK, I had a chance to get to know Rob Grant, one of the biggest real estate domain owners in the world, some of his names include NewYorkrealestate.com, BeverlyHillsrealestate.com, and many more. His recent sale, ParkCityrealestate.com (Utah), was sold for a cool $60,000.  What’s interesting to me is he started in “offline” real estate [...]

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Commentary

Why Investors need Realtors and Vice Versa

by Bill & Jackie Patterson | April 22, 2011
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It often appears that real estate investors and Realtors are at odds with each other when it comes to the value and quality of services that are provided in real estate transactions.  Can each of these groups conduct their businesses without the other?  Sure, but can they be more successful working together?  We think they [...]

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Real Estate Law

Real Estate Investors Fight HOAs

by Richard Warren | February 1, 2010
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In the Las Vegas market it’s pretty rare to find newer real estate developments without Home Owner’s Associations. Since Las Vegas, according to Mayor Oscar Goodman, is the epicenter for the foreclosure crisis, most foreclosed homes are in areas with HOAs. Since HOAs exist to maintain the quality of neighborhoods and foreclosed homes are routinely [...]

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Real Estate Marketing

Realtors: Learn How to Market Small Investment Properties To Investors

by Florence Foote | January 26, 2010
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Many of you may have been looking to buy a small (one to four unit) investment property recently. Prices have come down in many areas of the country, including some of the most up-and-coming areas. Combined with low fixed rate long term financing, these properties can make excellent investments. How do you find such a [...]

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Real Estate Investing

5 Things Never to Say to Any Seller

by John Fedro | January 23, 2010

Most of us will inevitably have to speak and interact with sellers, again.  This can be a nerve racking time for both you and the seller(s).  Whether you are just starting or an old pro, we all feel the butterflies from time to time. Don’t let inexperience sabotage a potential slam-dunk deal.  It is too [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Is Fannie Mae Killing the Golden Goose?

by Florence Foote | November 3, 2009
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One study of mortgages during the Great Depression found that almost half of urban, owner-occupied homes (on which there was a mortgage) were in default by 1934. The government’s answer was to sponsor the creation of Fannie Mae in 1938 (or as it is really called, the Federal National Mortgage Association), which was, and still [...]

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Commentary

Who are Investors Going to Sell Homes to Now?

by Troy Schuricht | August 1, 2008

With the new housing bill that just passed on Wednesday and goes in to effect on October 1, how are home buyers with out a down payment going to find financing to purchase your investment?   The new bill eliminates seller-funded down payment assistant programs for FHA loans. Many investors and sellers are now faced with finding new [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Are Mortgage Brokers An Endangered Species?

by Rob K. Blake | July 13, 2008

By all accounts it seems the banking lobby will get everything they’ve been ask for from Congress over the past decade and in do so may legislate mortgage brokers out of existence. A little history lesson is in order to understand all the political and media spin designed to sway their and public opinion away [...]

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