Want to Maximize Your Real Estate Returns? Differentiate between Land and...
Understanding the difference between land and the actual house itself may seem obvious, but many people don’t realize that it should impact their investment strategy. Land is in demand, and as our...
View ArticleHow to Make your Investment Property Stand Out
In a heavy buyers’ market, it can be both frustrating and costly to try to sell or rent your investment property. Most property owners are forced to a standstill during economic periods which favor a...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Counter-Offers in Real Estate Negotiations
The counter-offer is an integral part of any negotiating experience, and real estate investing is no different; in fact, this feature of negotiations is so standard that most of us don’t even realize...
View ArticleBird Dogging
Real estate investment can be a difficult career path to begin, especially for young people who have little money to invest and few connections in the business or investment community. One standard...
View ArticleInvestment Real Estate Formulas
Much of real estate investing comes down to analyzing data, so it’s important to know what numbers you should pay attention to…and what numbers you shouldn’t. Math does not lie, but if not used and...
View ArticleCash Flow Rental Properties
Rental properties can provide you with a steady stream of income, but they can also be a constant burden of debt if you make the wrong decision. As appealing as a monthly check sounds with little or...
View ArticleInvestment Real Estate Formulas
Much of real estate investing comes down to analyzing data, so it’s important to know what numbers you should pay attention to…and what numbers you shouldn’t. Math does not lie, but if not used and...
View ArticleAdvantages of Investing in Real Estate using Private Money
Conventional wisdom dictates that if you want to make a purchase with money you don’t have, you go to the bank to get a loan. It’s a time-honored system used by thousands of Americans every day. But...
View ArticleLearn to Turn Down Bad Real Estate Investment Deals
Most people assume that when someone fails as a real estate investor, it is because they couldn’t do enough deals to keep their business afloat. Often, it is exactly the contrary. Many amateur or...
View ArticleAdvantages of Investing in Real Estate using Private Money
Conventional wisdom dictates that if you want to make a purchase with money you don’t have, you go to the bank to get a loan. It’s a time-honored system used by thousands of Americans every day. But...
View ArticleNegotiating and Closing: Don’t Give Up!
Most of us in the business of selling real estate are unsatisfied with our ratio of listing presentations to sales. Ideally, we’d all like to sell a house every time we present one, but obviously it...
View ArticleInvestment Property Deal-Breakers: Mistakes that Lose Sales
One of the most frustrating elements of real estate investment is being so close to a sale that you can hear the money being deposited into your account, and then losing it because you failed to make...
View ArticleNegotiating and Closing: Don’t Give Up!
Most of us in the business of selling real estate are unsatisfied with our ratio of listing presentations to sales. Ideally, we’d all like to sell a house every time we present one, but obviously it...
View ArticleReal Estate Investment Lessons from Kids
One of the real oddities of life occurs when kids can—simply put—just do stuff. Have you ever experienced this? You may struggle and struggle to learn a new skill, and you turn to the left and see a...
View ArticleHow to Evaluate the Climate of Your Local Real Estate Market
There is no catch-all evaluation of current real estate conditions. That is to say, although we hear a lot these days about the “buyers’ market”, it is impossible to utilize one trend as a means of...
View ArticleWhere to Find Investment Properties
Sellers of homes employ myriad strategies for advertising their properties to buyers. The trick is to know how to compile all of that information, and where to look to effectively and efficiently find...
View ArticleReal Estate Investing: How to Find Buyers in a Slow Economy
For the real estate investor, finding buyers in a slow economy is often a bigger challenge than finding sellers. Buying a house is a financial investment that some people are afraid to make in a slow...
View ArticleWhy Invest in Real Estate?
With all the fervor about real estate volatility, the high number of foreclosures and the inability of many homeowners to sell their houses, investing in real estate right now might seem laughable....
View ArticleThe Benefits of a Land Trust
Land Trusts are one of the tools of the real estate trade that are grossly underutilized. This living, revocable trust allows an investor to hold title to a piece of real estate. Since each individual...
View ArticleAdvantages of Multi-Unit Investing
There is an age-old debate as to whether it is more cost-effective to invest in single-family homes or multi-unit apartment complexes. As with all types of investment, the more you put down, the more...
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