Learn Real Estate

6 Must Reads for New Real Estate Investors

by Anwell Tsai | January 1, 2009

1. Real Estate Principles for the New Economy by Miller/Geltner 2. Real Estate Finance and Investments by Brueggeman/Fisher 3. The Appraisal of Real Estate by the Appraisal Institute 4.Investment Analysis for Real Estate Decisions by Greer/Farrell 5. Property Management in Real Estate Investment Decision-making by Jaffe 6. Macroeconomics by N. Gregory Mankiw Real Estate Principles [...]

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Commentary

Real Estate Gurus Promoting Other Guru Courses and Events – a Scam?

by Rosie Nieto | October 7, 2008

I have to say that this is one of my pet peeves. What the heck is up with real estate gurus hawking tele-seminars, webinars, bootcamps, courses and seminars of other gurus? I mean really – don’t they make enough money selling us their own stuff? It seems lately that I am getting more and more [...]

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Blogs

A Tale of Two Real Estate Gurus

by Richard Warren | July 14, 2008

Those who run real estate investment clubs have a big challenge in lining up speakers for each meeting. Clubs do not usually have the kind of budget that would allow them to pay for speakers, therefore they need to do their best to locate those that will speak for free. This invariably results in the [...]

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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”, I thought my [...]

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Commentary

Real Estate Investing In A Rental Village

by Mike Farmer | May 13, 2008

Not too long ago I went to a neighboring town to check out an investment possibility for an investor I work with – rental subdivisions. The owner had built these homes in a college town 15 years ago and they were all basically the same style, cottages — some 2/2, some 3/2, 1400 sq ft [...]

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Foreclosures

The Not So "Lucky" Wanna-Be Tycoon

by Richard Warren | March 24, 2008

Last week I wrote an article about “Lucky”, the wanna-be real estate tycoon (article). The article was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek story, yet many people took it seriously. The fictional character “Lucky” was a composite of many people that I have met over the years. He was portrayed as someone who wanted to get [...]

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Flipping Houses

"Lucky" The Wanna-Be Tycoon

by Richard Warren | March 17, 2008

This is the saga of “Lucky” the newbie investor. Lucky has big dreams of being an ultra successful real estate mogul. He is addicted to all of the flip-and-grow-rich TV shows, he just can’t get enough. He sits in front of the TV night after night watching property escalator, real estate jocks, flip this flophouse [...]

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