real estate
Real Estate Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | June 13, 2011Joey Ragona is a real estate investor from Oakville, Ontario (WAY up north – somewhere in a place called Canada). In our interview with Joey (28:08 minutes), we get into topics such as building and running a business without distractions, targeting the most appropriate tenants, investing in single family homes, joint venture partnerships, investing in [...]
Landlord Tenant by Peter Giardini | June 10, 2011 
I was having breakfast this morning with a client and the subject of selecting and approving tenants came up. Our discussion first focused on the need for written standards to be used when approving tenants to ensure that you either approve or decline tenants in a uniform and consistent manner and then of course what those [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | June 7, 2011Kevin Amolsch is a real estate investor and hard money lender located in the Denver, Colorado area. In our interview with Kevin (26:54 minutes), we get some great tips about topics such as using owner financing, lease options, wholesaling, building a portfolio, the life of a landlord, tenant screening, building wealth, and hard money loans. [...]
Real Estate by Jim Simcoe | June 4, 2011 
Over the last several months I’ve talked about the importance of using energy audits in your projects. However, I’ve not (my apologies) ever really explained what they are and what the goals of doing them . . . here goes: The goals of an energy audit Determine the overall efficiency in the energy usage of [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Douglas Lazovick | June 4, 2011A quick rundown of the important real estate news from the week of May 28 – June 3, by the numbers: 15.2% – Jump in population in the Indianapolis-Carmel, IN area between 2000 and 2010, which is #1 on Inman’s list of “10 Best Markets for Real Estate Investors.” “By comparison, the U.S. population as a [...]
Selling Real Estate by Melissa Zavala | May 31, 2011 
Christopher Columbus is known for discovering that the world is, in fact, round. Albert Einstein is known for his Theory of Relativity. Well, I’ve got a theory, too. It’s the theory of the Everlasting Gobstopper. Over the last four years or so, I’ve come to reason that a short sale is kind of like the [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Andrew C. MacDonald | May 30, 2011Real estate is a fantastic long term investment which makes it suitable to include as part of your family legacy. Have you ever considered what you would like to pass along to the next generation? In my case, Old MacDonald had a farm and it has been passed along from generation to generation. Passing along [...]
Commentary by Joe Salcedo | May 23, 2011 
“Productivity growth is a crucial source of growth in living standards. Productivity growth means more value is added in production and this means more income is available to be distributed.” This is the best time to be a real estate investor. Highly efficient systems allow us never-before-seen productivity that, wherever you are in America, in [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | May 19, 2011Son, get a business degree. That’s what my Dad told me to do. You can’t go wrong he explained. Any occupation you choose will require some basic knowledge of business. So did I take his advice? Of course not. I was 18 years old. How many high school seniors do you know that actually listen [...]
Housing by Joe Manausa, MBA | May 3, 2011 
The housing market appears to be slowing fairly consistently in both new supply and new sales, according to my latest gathering of data from the MLS in Tallahassee. I know that most readers here are NOT in Tallahassee, but I can tell you that for my 20+ years in the real estate brokerage business, the [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Melissa Zavala | April 26, 2011 
The expression “Cash is king” is often heard throughout the real estate community. But, when it comes to short sales, is cash really king? Does the bank actually care whether the offer is a cash one? Isn’t any purchase a cash purchase at the end of the day? While it has always been true that [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Bill & Jackie Patterson | April 22, 2011 
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 [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Joe Manausa, MBA | April 19, 2011We often hear the expression that “real estate is local,” and I have stumbled upon some good evidence that proves this to be true. I was conducting some market research in the Great Tampa real estate market in order to gain an understanding of how my local market, Tallahassee, compared to some other areas in [...]
Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | April 14, 2011 
Traveling is sexy, especially if you don’t do it very often. That’s why I was so excited to attend my first real estate investing seminar. I would soon learn everything I needed to know about how to get rich investing in real estate AND fly across country to do it. Okay, Phoenix to Denver isn’t [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | April 7, 2011 
His voice was crisp, authoritative. It caught my daughter’s attention immediately. The funny thing is she doesn’t normally listen to talk radio when we’re in the car together. But this time she was paying attention. The man on the FM station told the story of a well-to-do executive that had recently lost his job. He [...]
Read the full article → Copyright © 2004-2012 BiggerPockets, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BiggerPockets® is a registered trademark of BiggerPockets, Inc.
Joshua DorkinMarty Boardman
Jeff Brown
Chris Clothier
Ken Corsini
Peter Giardini
Jason HansonKevin Kaczmarek
Douglas Lazovick
Jeff Logue
Sharon Vornholt
Richard WarrenMelissa Zavala
Michael Zuber
Where to Find Real Estate Investment Opportunities
by Joe Salcedo | May 23, 2011“Productivity growth is a crucial source of growth in living standards. Productivity growth means more value is added in production and this means more income is available to be distributed.” This is the best time to be a real estate investor. Highly efficient systems allow us never-before-seen productivity that, wherever you are in America, in [...]