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Real Estate Investing

Property Location Quality Is THE Most Disrespected Fundamental

by Jeff Brown | September 13, 2011
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As long as I’ve been doin’ this, the one axiom virtually every real estate investor will echo as if his daddy said it first, is, everybody now, “Location, Location, Location!” Yet if we took a sneak peek at what many of ‘em own, it would be easily apparent that there was a slip between the [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Using Your Rental Property Neighbors to Protect Your Interests

by Jason Hanson | August 21, 2011

Not too long ago I was looking at a property in a neighborhood that I wasn’t very familiar with. The numbers on the house seemed decent, but the neighborhood itself looked marginal at first glance. So, as soon as I finished meeting with the seller and checking out the house, I went around to all [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Five Reasons To Get Tenant Referrals from Your Neighbors

by Steve Dexter | January 14, 2011
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How you find the tenants that rent your houses can determine how well you do as a landlord. The longer they stay and how well they take care of your house directly affects your bottom line; you lose money on the turnovers and repairs. When you buy a house you are not just buying a [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Vocabulary: Economic Obsolescence

by Joshua Dorkin | September 6, 2006

I’m going to try a new feature here at Real Estate Investing for Real: Real Estate Vocabulary. This feature will look at different concepts in real estate, and explain what they are and why they’re important. The first concept we’re going to cover is Economic Obsolescence. Otherwise known as Social Obsolescence, economic obsolescence is when [...]

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