real estate investment
Real Estate Investing by Spencer Cullor | November 20, 2011 
Why the End of the Year Can Bring You the Best Investment Property Deals & How You Can Prepare With the holiday season quickly approaching, chances are you’ve started gathering Christmas lists from your children. In order to get the best deal on gifts, you are in full of anticipation of the holiday sales ahead. After [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Michael Zuber | November 7, 2011 
I am part of Generation X and am a child of Baby Boomers. As I grew up, I witnessed first-hand the Baby Boom Generation ride repeated waves of wealth generation. At the moment their average standard of living has easily surpassed that of their parents and has done so for most of their adult lives. Let’s review: they [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | November 1, 2011The strategies available to the typical long term real estate investor have been more than somewhat limited. Either their ‘strategy’ is cash flow or it’s capital growth. They employ leverage as it relates to down payment, or opt for overwhelming down payments, even all cash. They’re from the school saying you buy, but never, as [...]
Real Estate by Ken Corsini | September 8, 2011 
As I watched tropical Storm Lee dump buckets of rain on my house, I was reminded of what has certainly been one of the most costly lessons over the last several years. When I began investing in residential properties 6 years ago, I had no concept of the devious and destructive ability that water can [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Ken Corsini | August 17, 2011 
Many new real estate investors get their initial education from one of the many info products that have been developed over the years – and there is nothing wrong with this approach. In fact, a few of these info products are collecting dust in my office right now. What’s interesting to me is how much [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | July 20, 2011Jeff Brown aka BawldGuy is a real estate investor and retirement planning specialist. In our interview (34:42 minutes), we talk about his career through the decades, how investing, financing, and the real estate markets have changed over that period, and delve into real estate investing with an eye on retirement. Jeff is one of the [...]
Real Estate Investing by Andrew C. MacDonald | July 18, 2011 
When starting out as a real estate investor, just selecting the “right” strategy can seem like a daunting process.Where do you invest? What type of property should you buy? Which strategy is right for you? For many new investors it is tough to know where to start. In this article we’ll go over 4 steps [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | June 29, 2011Ken Corsini is a real estate investor and founder of Georgia Residential Partners, a Turn-Key property investment firm. In our interview with Ken (12:56 minutes), we get into topics including why to get into turn-key properties, who might consider these investments, the benefits and negatives of a turn-key property investment, what to expect with these [...]
Real Estate Marketing by Joe Salcedo | June 28, 2011I was recently reading an article on the New York Times, “What would you do if you threw a $41 million party and nobody came? It talks about a group of venture capitalists investing in a start up, color.com While reading I came across venture capitalists behemoths Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital Ventures. If these [...]
Real Estate Investing by Ken Corsini | May 4, 2011 
Did you know that you can buy a house in a number of different metropolitan areas for less than $20,000 right now? And not just in areas with severely depressed economies like Detroit, but in economically viable cities such as Atlanta or Memphis. Believe it or not, it’s entirely possible to buy a home in [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | April 26, 2011 
Baseball’s been called ‘The American Pastime’ since forever. Most people, even those who barely or never actually played the game, think they understand what’s goin’ on in any particular situation. Take last year’s American League Cy Young award winner, Felix Hernandez. The guy had a pedestrian 13 wins and 12 losses for Heaven’s sake. How [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Resources by Joe Manausa, MBA | March 29, 2011If you are an active real estate investor, then you most likely are aware of the new information that is being released by the US Census Bureau. Their 2010 Census Website is chock full of useful data regarding population growth and movement trends. But there are some other key data that is also highly important [...]
Real Estate Investing by Andrew C. MacDonald | March 22, 2011It seems that real estate investment tends to attract a lot of Type A personalities. It also tends to attract many people who want to be involved with every step of the investment process, like myself. The problem is, when we are too involved as investors, we get in our own way. If you find [...]
Real Estate Investing by Andrew C. MacDonald | February 28, 2011 
Getting started as a real estate investor can seem like a daunting task. There are so many things to consider, so many different strategies, and so many opportunities. As an aspiring real estate investor, here are 3 steps you can take to take in order to get started on the right foot. 1. Select a [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Joe Manausa, MBA | February 8, 2011Today’s blog is a follow-up to last week’s post (The Return Of The Real Estate Buy And Hold Strategy) in which I promised to show a case-study of this principle. I have chosen to do this in two-parts. This week will show a real-world “already done” investment where a property was purchased during a buy [...]
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Baby Boomers are Screwed. Or Are They?
by Michael Zuber | November 7, 2011I am part of Generation X and am a child of Baby Boomers. As I grew up, I witnessed first-hand the Baby Boom Generation ride repeated waves of wealth generation. At the moment their average standard of living has easily surpassed that of their parents and has done so for most of their adult lives. Let’s review: they [...]