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When can real estate investing be done by a novice?
DIY real estate investing or call an expert? Many, if not most of us have hobbies. Obviously they’re by definition the antithesis to ‘callin’ the guy.’ Then, there are those times in life we must choose, if there is a choice. Do we chance doing things on our own, or do we call the expert? There are also the times ...
Flipcomp helps real estate investors find, flip and sell better
Finding flip opportunities After a decade practicing real estate, Curt Ranta founded FlipComp for real estate investors to analyze opportunities for residential real estate flipping with the goal not only of helping investors to locate flip opportunities, but get proper comparables and ultimately make better profits. FlipComp includes short sales, REOs, probates, wholesale deals and even FSBOs and runs the ...
A beautiful road map for securing an early-stage investment
Startups and fundraising Startups almost always must go through the exciting, excruciating, time consuming, eye opening, and ultimately important step of fundraising (at least once). It’s a horrific experience on one hand – taking too much time and work, requiring significant legal preparation and trust me, you hear “no” a lot, just to name a few of the fun things ...
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2012 real estate forecast shows growth in investment property sector
Looking into the future Professionals Realty Group USA President, Glenn Melton reports that the recent Chinese government’s liberalization of restrictions on investing capital outside of the country, will have a positive trickling down affect on real estate brokers and agents’ business in the United States. “The relaxing of Chinese foreign investment policies will create an influx of Chinese investment capital ...
Why real estate investors should not gamble on property quality
Quality as a relative term Having spent the lion’s share of my real estate brokerage career in San Diego, I learned that location quality was a relative term. If you didn’t need to shoot your way in ‘n out of a neighborhood, it probably wasn’t a bad place to invest. Now? My food dish has been moved, overturned, and smashed. ...
Retirement and 401Ks – the denial is epic
Counting on a 401? The reality for most Americans’ retirement plan as it relates to 401/IRA is, has been, and in my opinion will remain bleak — at best. Let’s first look at some hardcore facts. • The average American male at 58 years old, has significantly less than $100,000 accumulated in their company’s 401k. That’s gotta be chilling. • ...
Top five most rewarding cities for being a landlord – report
Top five cities for landlording We’ve said it for a long time now – renting is the new black. Rents are up, vacancies are down, and investors are making up more of the home buyer market than in recent years. The tides are turning and the natural real estate cycle is kicking back up – it will be a great ...
The state of long term real estate investing – the perfect storm is here
The perfect storm for investing If you’ve either dipped your toe into the real estate investment market, or are thinkin’ of divin’ in for the first time, I’m here to tell ya — you’re on the right track. In the 35 years since I transitioned to the investment side of the business, we’re now, and have been in the only ...
Sometimes real estate investment strategies work – ’til they don’t
Real estate investment strategy The cornerstone of any real estate investor’s strategy must always be — having a Plan and executing it on Purpose. Clearly, there are plans, and there are plans. Also, it’s almost axiomatic that this or that strategy works best for this or that set of circumstances. Don’t you believe it. With notably rare exceptions, employing multiple ...
Developers to focus on rental housing over new home construction – predictions
Rental market predictions As the residential real estate market continues to limp along, accidental landlords are on the rise and struggling to make sense of the industry while experienced investors are increasing rents and seeing lower vacancies. When will the market peak? What is in store for the next year? We asked real estate pundit Brian Davis of ezLandlordForms his ...
First time homebuyer interest in short sales plummeting
Interest at an all time low First time homebuyer interest in short sale listings has dropped to the lowest level since Campbell/Inside Mortgage HousingPulse Tracking Survey began reporting, citing delays in the short sale process as the most damaging to interest. In August, the study found that 40 percent of short sale transactions were made by first time buyers, the ...
They’re called fundamentals for a reason – retirement or life sentence?
Time to talk about timing One of the first lessons I was ever taught while making the transition from traditional house guy to specializing in real estate investment, was correct timing. I’m not talkin’ about timing markets, as that’s reserved for epic fools. No, I’m talkin’ about when to choose one strategy or even a synergistic group of strategies in ...
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