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Run The Numbers Before Buying an Investment Property

admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:30:05 +0000

People talk about .running the numbers. before buying an investment property, but what are the numbers and how do you get accurate numbers? Running the wrong numbers can make the difference of making $500 or losing $1000 per month. In this article we will go through the costs and factors to consi...

Fixer Upper Homes

admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:41:02 +0000

You've bought a fixer upper home you can make some money on. Where do you start? What improvements and repairs are most important? Actually, you need to know this before you buy. Always start with the end in mind, and have a plan to get there. Whether before and after you buy, though, there are ...

Flipping Houses

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:42:05 +0000

Some real estate investing "teachers" advise beginning investors to find many houses and to flip the houses quickly for outrageous profits. Perhaps you've seen the claims of real estate gurus telling you how you can make $30,000 to $50,000 per month, without any physical work, and for little o...

How to Build a Wealthy Real Estate Investment Business

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:29:05 +0000

Essentials

So what are you going to need in order to get into this real estate game that just seems to keep getting better as the market continues to raise the value of homes month after month? Well, there are a couple of routes that you can go and the equipment, skills, and ...

Tax Lien Investing - Secrets of the Wealthy

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:38:01 +0000

Most people have not heard of tax lien investing. Yet there are millions of people across the country earning safe, secure, and most importantly, high percentage interest returns by investing in tax lien certificates. To put it simply, investing in tax liens is an easy, high profit way to invest ...

Investment Real Estate Advice & Tips

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:29:01 +0000

It's funny how often you hear people ask for advice or tips in the investment real estate industry. It's like many people believe that there is just one magic piece of advice that is keeping them from being the next big real estate mogul. It's true there is much you learn while working in the ...

How to Use Maximum Leverage to Get Rich Fast

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:06:01 +0000

Alone you have NO leverage. Alone, you have only YOUR money, YOUR experiences, YOUR time, and YOUR work efforts.

We all have limitations. Unfortunately, too many real estate investors just starting out never learn how to get beyond their limitations by exploiting the power of leverage. No m...

Refinancing Real Estate Investments

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:10:00 +0000

Why should you consider refinancing real estate investments instead of selling them? Maybe you've owned a rental property for years, you've paid down the mortgage, the value is up, and you want to cash in on that equity. You will do better to refinance. Here's why.

There are two problems...

What Commercial Lenders Want to See Now

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:28:00 +0000

When you're looking to buy or sell a building with more than four units, a commercial mortgage lender will play a critical role in the success of your transaction. And when a deal falls apart between contract and closing, the loan officer is usually to blame, right?

Wrong, say the lenders:...

Investment Real Estate Secret Buy a House Today, With No Money Down

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:02:45 +0000

If you've read my article "Purchasing Property With No Money Down. . ." today's article may seem a bit conflicting. Bear with me, though, and you'll see that it is not. In Purchasing Property With No Money Down. . ., I explain how buying up property at inflated values at a break-neck pace is...

How to Negotiate a Successful Short Sale

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:15:39 +0000

Anyone who has ever profited from doing a short sale has also without a doubt had one or two rejected at some point. Guess what? It is just the nature of the beastAs with all types of sales; you're playing a numbers game.

There are very few investors who truly know how to successfully nego...

10 Frequently Asked Short Sale Questions

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:34:25 +0000

1. What happens to the seller's credit rating when they allow an investor to short sell their property?

What typically happens is the loan will show up as "paid" on their credit report; however there will be a notation that says "settled for less than originally owed" or somethi...

Investing in Real Estate Profitably Eliminating the Need for Mortgage Insurance

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:05:03 +0000

In an earlier article, we presented various options for ensuring that you have positive cash flow when holding rental houses, by minimizing loan payments. One problem which we now can address is to how to eliminate the need for paying mortgage insurance.

Any loan with less than 20% down p...

Important Things to Look at For Long Term Real Estate Investing

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:04:33 +0000

If you want to buy a house to own it for awhile, what are the things you should think about in knowing what the future value will be? It's often surprisingly easy to predict what areas are going to be "growth" zones that will produce high real estate returns - and if you're in it for the long...

Real Estate Finance Overseas

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:24:24 +0000

After the technology bubble burst back in 2000 the stock markets suffered a bleak period of decline and investors chose to place their focus on bricks and mortar rather than falling share prices and they began investing heavily into real estate.

As a result the second home and the buy-to-le...