What Is The Best Month To Sell A House
Friday, March 07
When is the best time of the year to sell real estate in Chicago? The answer is anytime, especially in a seller's market. Every year, sellers go through the same process of trying to time the sale of their houses, condos and income properties. Historically, the spring and early summer month...
5 Advantages to Using Margin Loans for Short Term Financing
Wednesday, June 05
Using margin debt or borrowing against brokerage accounts is back in vogue in 2013. According to the NYSE, investors borrowed $384.4 billion against their investments in April 2013 eclipsing the previous all time high set in June 2007. When you borrow on margin, you are pledging securities ...
5 reasons to Buy Chicago Multifamily Investment Property
Tuesday, April 23
Chicago has been and continues to be a great city to invest in residential multifamily property. All levels of investors from mom and pop to professional firms participate in the large market, some with great success. The 70+ Chicago neighborhoods and differentiated building stock offer many l...
3 Books Every Real Estate Investor Can Benefit From
Monday, January 14
These recommendations aren't page turners, they don’t tell you how to achieve maximum output with minimum input or romanticize someone’s rags to riches story. These books cover the basics and take you from a beginner level through an intermediate level of understanding of the basic principles of...
5 Steps To Protect Profits When Flipping Houses
Monday, October 22
Getting into the real estate business to fix up or rehab and flip property sounds great on so many levels. It can be a good way to make a living if you are successful and do it full time, a way to generate extra income outside of your 9-5, or just fun hobby if you have extra time, money and kno...
Understanding Market Trends
Friday, September 07
Identifying and understanding market trends in real estate is important if you are going to buy or sell successfully. For sellers, getting stuck in a downward trend and not realizing it, can be very painful, especially if they are slow to react. The opposite is true for buyers who enter the ma...