5 Forecasts For 2012
So I am going out on a limb here with some forecasts for the New Year. I say forecasts rather than predictions because it is impossible to predict the future, but I can speculate a little based upon...
View ArticleRenting is Better 100% of the Time & Other News Stories
As a landlord I have to like it when Yahoo reports that renting is better than owning 100% of the time! It is also fun to watch the spin for a housing market recovery. Home Sales Jump! The...
View ArticleLandlords Are Sitting Pretty and Other News Items
If you have an extra billion or so lying around, you can pick up some really good deals from Uncle Sam. Even if you do not have that much to invest you may want to get in the game since home prices...
View ArticleThe Time Is Now To Get Into Real Estate!
Right now there is almost a perfect storm for real estate investors. If you are thinking of getting into real estate investing and becoming a landlord there is no better time than now. Real estate is...
View ArticleI Thought Real Estate Was In the Dumps?
I thought real estate was in the dumps. After all, all we have heard for the last few years is about foreclosures, underwater mortgages, short sales, falling prices, declining values and so on. I...
View ArticleUpdate – Property Reappraisal Challenges
This is an update to my previous post, I Thought Real Estate Was In the Dumps. It is a property reappraisal year where I live and despite the down real estate market the county property assessor seems...
View ArticleThe Key to the Deal is Motivation
There are generally two types of investment properties out there on the market to buyers like me. These are: Investment properties that are owned by other investors. Investment properties that are...
View ArticleKnow Your Market
As a Smarter Landlord, you should be very in tune with the market where you invest. Remember, you are a real estate investor buying investment properties and the value of an investment property is...
View ArticleWhat to Watch to Know Your Market
Last time I wrote about the importance of knowing your market. You never want to go out and just buy an investment property for the sake of buying a property. Rather, you want to make a calculated...
View ArticleOrdinary Americans Priced Out Of Housing
I wonder where all of this “Institutional Buying” of single family properties is eventually going to end up? “If there was any doubt that the US housing “recovery” is anything but the latest...
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