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The Multi Unit As A Real Estate Investment - Some Things To Look Out For 2008-03-08 17:19:56 By: Craig A Williams of RentalRealProperty.com
Most real estate investors at one time or other think about a multi unit as a way to increase their rental income. There are big apartment buildings with many units, but most investors start out with a duplex or a triplex. A duplex or a triplex is a single dwelling [...] Read more:Multi
, Estate
, Real Estate
, Real Estate Investment
Short Sale Goldmine - Step-By-Step Process 2008-02-21 20:59:47 Short Sale Goldmine
- Step-By-Step Process
By William Gross
You have just found a short sale goldmine. In this article, I have described the step-by-step process that many professional real estate investors have paid at least $5,000 for. Use this information to make tens of thousands of dollars today.
With the recent explosion of foreclosures, many banks are [...] Read more:Short
Foreclosure Investing - 3 Main Ways To Make Money 2008-02-21 20:48:37 Foreclosure Investing
- 3 Main Ways To Make Money
By Mike Shackelford
No question, foreclosures are at a record number right now. After a period of aggressive lending, more and more people are finding it impossible to meet their mortgage repayments. The banks and other lenders, in turn, are foreclosing on more and more properties.
Given the crash [...] Read more:Foreclosure
Comparable Real Estate Market Prices - How Good Are They 2008-02-20 17:30:20
Just how good are the comparable market prices that are given to you by real estate agents or any home seller for that matter. The comparable prices that I am talking about are the sale prices in the immediate area of the investment property that you are looking to potentially buy. They will usually call [...] Read more:Estate
, Market
, Prices
What to look for in a contractor - Tips for the rental property owner. 2008-02-13 21:07:58 Any landlord will soon find out that no matter how handy they may be they may still need the services of a good contractor. Some landlords need a contractor for everything, while others may need a contractor on a rare occasion. In either case the need for a good contractor is necessary.
There are different classes [...] Read more:property
Long Term Success In Real Estate - Positive VS Negative Investors 2008-02-06 20:09:42 By
Craig Williams
All real estate investors have trouble periods if they invest in real estate long enough. The difference between the long term investor and the investor that can’t wait to get out of the real estate business is the way they look at things. The way you look at things can make the difference between [...] Read more:Estate
, Real Estate
, Success
, Positive
, Negative
, Investors
, Long Term
Rental Property Tax Benefits 2008-02-06 17:26:55 Rental Property Tax Benefits
By Chris Castillo
People who own residential rental properties are afforded numerous tax benefits. You are allowed to offset your rental income with rental expenses. If you own rental property it is critical that you understand the tax advantages afforded to you that will enable you to protect your income and lower your [...] Read more:Rental
Stick To Your Investment Plan - Guide To Success In Real Estate Investing 2008-02-06 17:16:17 By
Craig Williams
All investors go into a deal with every intention of sticking to the maximum price that they are “willing” to pay for a investment property. Unfortunately the competitive nature in all of us has a way of changing that intention in a auction or bidding situation.
Auctions can be the most likely scenario for overbidding [...] Read more:Estate
, Real Estate
, Investing
, Success
, Stick
, Guide
Driving Around As A Method Of Locating Investment Property 2008-02-06 17:12:16 Driving Around As A Method Of Finding Investment Property
By Craig A Williams
Driving around a marketplace for real estate? You bet it is. I have found at least 60% of my houses this way. Because no one way of finding a investment property is perfect, the driving around method has a way of filling in all [...] Read more:Driving
The Importance of a Home Inspection Before You Buy a Investment Property. 2008-02-05 15:33:21 Before buying a investment property I get out my inspection checklist. The list helps me automate the inspection process and make sure that I get everything inspected both quickly and without missing anything. Making the inspection process a system really speeds up the inspection and takes a lot of the guess work out of [...] Read more:Inspection
, Home Inspection
Sheriff Sale – What Am I Bidding On? 2008-03-11 17:12:47 Just like most investors you are looking for the best real estate deal that you can find. In order to do this you have to look at all real estate marketplaces. I have found that in my experience the real estate market place that has the most confusion is the sheriff sale. There is not [...] Read more:Sheriff
Its always best to know your cities codes that pertain to your new property. 2008-03-09 21:40:57
Over the years I have noticed a new trend in building code violations that pertain to properties that have been vacant for more than one year. I have bought properties in two different municipalities and in both cases I was not aware of the new codes that were put in place by the municipalities. In [...] Read more:always
, property
How To Stop Tenants From Controlling Your Properties 2008-03-14 20:49:00 How To Stop Tenants
From Controlling
Your Properties
By Bronson Barber
I always see lots of topics on how landlords handle their rentals. If you want to continue to have rentals, here is what I would do if it were my property. I do not recommend doing leases longer than six months. Here is what I would [...]
No Tenants, No Termites, No Toilets & No Trash - The Best of Lease Options 2008-03-14 20:24:29 No Tenants
, No Termites, No Toilets & No Trash
- The Best of Lease Options
By J. Voss
People in the real estate businesare, in no particular order: tens often refer to the 4 T’s of property management. These 4 T’s ants, terminates, toilets, and trash. When you think about purchasing property to buy and hold for [...]
Attention Landlords! The Many Advantages of Electronic Rent Collection 2008-03-14 20:19:25 Attention Landlords! The Many Advantages
of Electronic
Rent Collection
By Fresh Tilled
You may be adored by all of your tenants and have fixing a water heater in the middle of the night down to a science, but if your tenants still slide rent checks under the door, you’re missing out. Read on and learn about the [...]
Rent Or Flip 2008-03-14 20:14:17 Rent Or Flip
By James Boyer
In today’s real estate market you may be able to find a really good deal looking at Bank Owned Properties. Their inventories are at record highs and many banks are looking to cut their losses and sell the property. Once you buy that bargain, you need to decide if you want [...]
Put Your Walls On A Diet 2008-03-18 21:35:23 Put Your Walls
On A Diet
Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute Helps You Choose PaintColors and Sheens to Help Define Spaces in Your Home
Choosing a darker shade for the walls will reign in a large room and create a cozy and intimate space. (Photo Courtesy of Business Wire).
(HIT) - "Paint color and sheen can influence [...]
Fix Small Wall Cracks Quickly And Easily 2008-03-18 21:28:55 Fix Small
Wall Cracks Quickly And Easily
(HIT)- Making your home presentable for company may be easier than you think, even if it involves fixing small wall cracks.
Do-it-yourselfers can easily fix many plaster and wallboard cracks around their homes with a minimal investment in both time and materials.
While these imperfections are easy to ignore on a [...]
Eviction, What To Expect 2008-03-18 20:16:07 This is a video I found that should give you a good idea of what happens in a eviction. More specifically the day that you are actually able to throw out the tenants and there stuff!! The sheriff comes to the property and goes into the rental and makes sure that it is [...] Read more:Expect
Nightmare Rental Property 2008-03-18 19:51:44 Take a look at this rental property. This video captures the very essence of a bad rental property. I found this on You Tube, I have heard this same story many times, and unfortunately seen this same story. It is good as a first time property investor to see what it is you may be [...] Read more:Nightmare
, Rental
How To Find Pre-Foreclosure Homes 2008-03-23 10:13:11 How To Find Pre-ForeclosureHomes
By Stryker Mackenzie
The biggest challenge to investing in pre-foreclosures is finding them. When I talk about pre-foreclosure I’m referring to the period before the notice of default is filed. Obviously it’s going to be more challenging because the distress situation is not public knowledge.
The key to finding them in this early [...]
The Truth About Nothing Down Deals 2008-03-23 10:06:31 The Truth
About Nothing
Down DealsBy Marco Santarelli
We’ve all seen it! Every night there is someone selling their real estate program on how to buy real estate using no money and making a fortune from the comfort of their kitchen table. They claim their deals were made with absolutely no money and resulted in [...]
Rental Property Eviction – How Long Does It Take? 2008-03-24 19:46:44 By Craig Williams Founder WWW.Rental
RealProperty.com
Just how long does the eviction process take? I have found that if you ask twenty people you will get twenty different answers. That is partly true because there are many variables involved in a eviction. Telling someone that you are in the real estate business seems to [...]
Rental Property Vacancy Rates - A Problem You Can’t Avoid 2008-03-31 19:29:30 By Craig Williams Rental
realproperty.com founder.
Over the years investing I have found that real estate rentals have a vacancy rate that is hard to avoid. One or two properties may be at full occupancy for years and this may not be a problem at all. However when you start to get more properties you will [...] Read more:Rates
, Problem
, Avoid
Telling People You Invest In Real Estate As A Way Of Finding Investment Properties? 2008-04-04 05:55:24 By: Craig Williams Founder of Rental Real Property.com
Finding properties in the MLS, sherriff sales, foreclosures, and looking for signs are common ways to find investment property. A commonly overlooked way of finding investment property is word of mouth. And how do you get that word out there? You tell people, that’s how. [...] Read more:Telling
, Estate
, Properties
, Real Estate
Common Mistakes Investors Make 2008-04-04 05:49:01 Common Mistakes Investors
MakeBy Marco Santarelli
The question will always be which came first the chicken or the egg. In real estate it may be the deal or the plan. Many people make the mistake of finding a great property and then do not know what they are supposed to do. This is where the trouble [...] Read more:Common
Latest Real Estate Project - Ohio Investment Property 2008-04-08 20:48:15 Here are some details of my latest investment property. I did a walk through of the property to give you a idea of what a investment property is like in my state of Ohio
.
Purchase price 32,000
Repairs 14,000
Total 46,000
The property is a four bedroom, living room, dining room, [...] Read more:Estate
, Project
Common Mistakes Investors Make 2008-04-08 19:44:15 Common Mistakes Investors
MakeBy Marco Santarelli
The question will always be which came first the chicken or the egg. In real estate it may be the deal or the plan. Many people make the mistake of finding a great property and then do not know what they are supposed to do. This is where the trouble [...] Read more:Common
The Eight Essential Characteristics of Successful Real Estate Investors 2008-04-08 19:41:29 The EightEssential
Characteristics of Successful Real EstateInvestors
By Jack Sternberg
As we all know, attitude is everything in any kind of business. There’s the old saying “Attitude is altitude.” In other words, the more positive your attitude, the higher you’ll fly in your investment career. Now, that saying is definitely true, but it’s also a [...]
Bird Dogging - A Lucrative Angle in Real Estate Investment 2008-04-08 19:37:51 Bird Dogging - A LucrativeAngle
in Real Estate
InvestmentBy John Krajewski
A bird dog in the real estate investing business is someone who locates real estate opportunities and then acts on them. Often a bird dog then puts the property under contract, usually with the intent of rehabbing and flipping the house. Or, a bird [...] Read more:Real Estate
, Real Estate Investment