Keyword: real estate investing
Bigger Pockets Real Estate Investing Summit & Expo 2012
Real estate investing conference The company that changed the way real estate investors network, learn, and do business via its website, is announcing it inaugural live conference and trade show. The BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit and Expo will take place at the Colorado Convention Center on March 23-24, 2012. What makes this event unique is the insistence by its ...
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 ...
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 ...
Study claims trees add $21 per month to what a landlord can charge
Trees do more than shade “Living on a street lined with tall, leafy trees is as much a part of the American dream as a green front lawn and a brand-new car in the driveway,” said GOOD Editor Zak Stone. “While the latter two are fairly expensive and unsustainable (think pesticides and carbon emissions), it turns out that trees reward ...
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 ...
Improve an investor’s business to improve your own business
Investing on the rise Real estate investors are dominating many real estate markets across the country that have high volumes of REO properties. A lot of them are drawn in by the great opportunity of multiple exit strategies and the historically great returns. A great way to expand your business is by helping these investors succeed by providing the best ...
Landlords with losses likely to be audited by IRS through 2016
Landlords under close watch by IRS In December 2010, the U.S. Treasuring Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recommended that the IRS handle tax returns with rental real estate activity in a new, more scrutinizing manner. The recommendations were based on a 2008 Government Accountability Office study of 2001 returns which found that “at least” 53% of returns with rental ...
Resale Prices Up In Canada, What Does This Mean for U.S. Investing?
Canadians Investing in America, eh? With news that month over month, home prices in Canada as a whole are up 1.3% and all cities but Montreal posting gains, affordability is declining in our neighbor’s real estate market. This is the fifth straight month in a row with some analysts pointing to this as a strengthening of the Canadian housing sector ...













