Keyword: investing
Slumlord or Savvy Investor? You Tell Me
Slum or savvy? Does buying a cheap house in a run down neighborhood make you a slumlord, or is it just good business sense? While working on a Broker Price Opinion last week I had to do some research in a pretty rough neighborhood in a city I service. Now, I used to own investment property and I have managed ...
Who Are the Bad Guys?
Foreclosures Aren’t New REO properties have been part of the real estate landscape for many, many years. Foreclosure loomed large in melodramas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Typically a rascal with a handle bar mustache offered to postpone the seizure of the family homestead in exchange for the the virtue of the heroine ( Wow- talk about ...
This is Not My First Rodeo
Its been a tough year Sellers are not yet ready to accept price adjustments to get their properties sold. Buyers are finding fewer mortgage vehicles to finance their purchases. Foreclosures and short sales are now large portions of the market in parts of the country where they were almost nonexistent. A huge portion of the real estate industry finds they ...
Mortgage Acceleration: Is the Latest Fad Right for You?
There has been a lot of talk over the last year or so about various mortgage acceleration programs, in fact, I have talked about them since last February (2007) myself. Fueled by United First Financial’s Money Merge Account marketing through an MLM style set up, the latest fad or craze has grown dramatically, leaving one to question whether or not ...













