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Landlording & Rental Properties 2 min read

Jan 14, 2011Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

Five Reasons To Get Tenant Referrals from Your Neighbors

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…

Real Estate Investing Basics 2 min read

Dec 30, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

Ten Bottom Fishing Strategies for Savvy Real Estate Investors

We are now at Stage One of the five stages of the real estate cycle – “The Bottom” – as I mentioned in my previous post. Below are strategies savvy…

Real Estate Business 2 min read

Dec 23, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

The Massive Coming Shadow Inventory and What to Do About It

Let’s see….we have 900,000 bank foreclosures happening now according to Realty Trac and 143,000 of these are in California. Only a third of these foreclosures are even listed with a…

Real Estate Investing Basics 2 min read

Dec 16, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

Never, Ever, Ever Give Up

Do Not Let Your Sordid Past Stop You from Becoming Wealthy Credit reports full of black marks, marriages strained to the breaking point, jobs lost-some never to return again- and…

Real Estate Business 3 min read

Dec 09, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

How to Overcome that Foreclosure: Do Not Despair If You Screwed Up!

If you have a foreclosure or bankruptcy because you screwed up, do not despair. If you bought at the wrong time, took on too much debt and fear you will…

Real Estate News 3 min read

Dec 02, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

Its Happened Before and It Will Happen Again

Most lost their houses, many went into foreclosure chasing the real estate dream of riches these last ten years. So many new to real estate investing believed that the latest…

Landlording & Rental Properties 2 min read

Nov 18, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

How to Find the Best Rental Markets

We love cash flow and growth, don’t we? Rental income, appreciation and escalating house prices make us rich. Then how come we don’t talk enough about the concept of value,…

Real Estate Business 2 min read

Nov 13, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

California Real Estate’s Inherent and Long Term Value

Understanding the concept of value is central to the Buy and Hold real estate strategy. Value is both created and destroyed by the actions and attitudes of people. Because value…

Real Estate Business 4 min read

Nov 04, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

Ten Reasons Why I Don’t Need Property Managers

So you have a property in a distant city, you want to rent it out, but you don’t want to pay a property manager an arm and a leg. Are…

Landlording & Rental Properties 4 min read

Oct 28, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Steve Dexter

Choosing a Property Manager: Nobody Watches Your Money Like You Do

Before you put your money down on that can’t-miss out of area real estate deal, watch your wallet. Lots of rich California real estate investors lost their money big time…

Real Estate Investing Basics 2 min read

Sep 30, 2010Mar 17, 2021 Steve Dexter

The What, Where, When and How of Investing in Southern California’s Volatile Real Estate Markets

I’ve been writing about the California real estate market for some time and I’ve found it to be quite different than other regions of the country. It is certainly more…