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Real Estate

Which Property to Buy?

by Anwell Tsai | January 15, 2009

Let’s assume you’ve been presented with two outstanding investment properties to purchase.  Both can be purchased at a great discount and share similar risk profiles, though property A is significantly more expensive than property B.

You’ve spent hours analyzing this to no avail.
You have done extensive research in the market area.  You know what the contract [...]

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How Does a Dick Become Rich? A Real Estate Success Story

by Joshua Dorkin | February 8, 2008

With an economic crisis getting worse and worse, a housing bubble, doom and gloom everywhere, foreclosures, and subprime blowups, find out how you can take advantage and become rich with real estate.

Enjoy the video, then pass it on and spread the love!

economic, housing bubble, doom, foreclosures, subprime, real estate

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Real Estate Investing

Techniques for Covering Closing Costs

by Michael Creel | December 21, 2007

Although the days of getting cash credits towards closing costs are seemingly coming to an end with the tightening of mortgage regulations, there are still viable ways to accomplish that goal. Both Non-Agency and Dual-Agency arrangements can be used for this purpose.
Often buyers mistakenly believe Dual-Agency is created when buyers approach a listing agent and [...]

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Commentary

A Nightmare Closing Saga – Part I

by Jim Watkins | December 16, 2007

Last year, I bought a house, rehabbed it and finally sold it. When I got a contract to sell it, the experience I endured was simply gut-wrenching. I got “sand-bagged” just about every way possible until I fought back… And WON! Here is what happened…

This house was the first house deal I had done since [...]

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Learn Real Estate

True Equity – In the Real Estate Sense

by Jim Watkins | November 8, 2007

“Equity” is a word that is used a lot but in my opinion, there are a lot of people who might not understand how it can be very misleading.
Having read the responses of the board veterans, I really can’t offer any insight over & above what they have said already.
I wanted to relay a story [...]

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Cool Stuff

Episode 3 of Flipper Nation: The Flippin’ Fight

by Joshua Dorkin | January 9, 2007

Those crazy guys at Flipper Nation premiered the latest episode of their web comedy.
Check out:
Flipper Nation: Episode 3: The Flippin’ Fight

If you liked this episode, check out Episode 2!

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Growth of the Real Estate Wiki

by Joshua Dorkin | November 30, 2006

Since we announced the launch of our Real Estate Wiki several days ago, we’ve had quite a few new contributions. I wanted to thank everyone for helping out and I hope that we can continue to build the best and most comprehensive user-generated real estate resource online.
If you’ve got anything to add to any [...]

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Launch of the First True Real Estate Wiki

by Joshua Dorkin | November 26, 2006

We’ve Just Launched the First TRUE Real Estate Wiki
I’m excited to share with everyone the launch of our Real Estate Wiki – http://wiki.biggerpockets.com ! In an effort to continue to bring helpful tools and resources to the real estate community, we thought that a wiki devoted wholy to real estate would be a logical next [...]

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Foreclosures

Foreclosures, Census Data, and Tough Times for Real Estate Agents

by Joshua Dorkin | October 3, 2006

It looks like pending foreclosures from adjustable rate mortgages are affecting lower income people more then the rich, explains Al Tompkins at Poynter Online. Tompkins looks at recent stories in the St. Petersburg Times (Florida) and Winston-Salem Journal (N.C.) which illustrate this quite clearly.

Black homeownership is falling in Louisville, Kentucky according the the US [...]

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Blogs

Using Blogs to Build Your Real Estate Related Business

by Joshua Dorkin | September 14, 2006

Blogs can be very effective communication tools for people in all areas of real estate. Real Estate Agents, Lenders, Investors and other professionals in this field can all benefit from blogging. Here’s a few ways to add to your success by blogging.
First, I wanted to mention a few important keys:
- Focus on [...]

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Blogs

BiggerPockets Exclusive: Sneak Preview of Real Estate Website Realivent

by Joshua Dorkin | September 11, 2006

I’m not sure how I originally heard about the Realivent site, but there was something tempting about a site that “is looking for beta testers.” A few weeks ago I filled out their tester sign-up form, and on Saturday, was admitted into their Beta program. After filling out a simple registration form, I [...]

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Real Estate Tips

One More Time . . . the Real Estate Carnival

by Joshua Dorkin | September 5, 2006

Hey everyone! We’d like to thank Adam Samuel for hosting this week’s Real Estate Carnival at his blog, Nubricks.com. Our post, How to Find Foreclosure & Pre-Foreclosure Properties was recognized in the latest edition of the carnival.

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Real Estate Market

More Real Estate Speedlinking

by Joshua Dorkin | August 31, 2006

In Houston, Texas the Harris County Housing Authority has teamed up with private development companies to build 5 senior-living complexes, reports the Houston Business Journal. “‘The real story here is that the public/private model works — helping the community balance the need for both market-rate housing and affordable housing,’ says Guy Rankin, CEO and [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Investor Optimism Sinking

by Joshua Dorkin | August 28, 2006

The good people at Gallup have posted the results of their UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism poll, which shows that “investors are worried that the real estate markets are continuing to deteriorate. The new poll also shows that investor optimism continued its steady seven month decline, reaching a new low point for the year in [...]

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Cool Stuff

Another Carnival of Real Estate

by Joshua Dorkin | August 28, 2006

Once again, the Carnival of Real Estate is here. Our Top 35 Real Estate Blogs post made it into this week’s edition.
Check it out at TheLandlordBlog.com

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