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By Dennis Norman, on March 16th, 2012 Now that the real estate is showing signs of prices stabilizing in many parts of the country, investors are investing in rental property more and more. However, for many, the $64 question is “where should I invest”? Well, according to a survey of the “Best 100 U.S. Markets to Invest in Rental Property”, developed by [...]
By Thomas J. Lucier, on October 5th, 2011
As far as I’m concerned, the Internet is one of the greatest inventions of all time, and ranks right up there with flush toilets, sliced bread and basketball! For real estate investors, the Internet is the single best property due diligence research tool available. Especially for investors who are located in counties where property tax rolls are online. [...]
By Thomas J. Lucier, on August 24th, 2011 To me, real estate negotiations are about two things and two things only: Price and terms. And that’s why your objective during negotiations, should always be to obtain a purchase or sale price and terms, which will give you the best possible deal. By “best possible deal,” I mean a price and terms that an [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 21st, 2010 Ah, it is so much fun to be able to write something positive about the real estate market!
According to an economic outlook report just issued by Fannie Mae, our country’s economy should “kick into higher gear” by the second quarter of 2011. This positive outlook is the result of improvements in consumer spending, consumer [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 2nd, 2010
According to a report released by RealtyTrac, foreclosure homes accounted for 25 percent of all U.S. residential sales in the third quarter of 2010 and that the average sales price of properties that sold while in some stage of foreclosure was more than 32 percent below the average sales price of properties not in [...]
By Jay Peroni, on November 11th, 2010 Can I own real estate within my IRA?
With investment property priced to move, some IRA owners are buying actual real estate properties. Did you know you could do that? Most people don’t. Not everyone can do it; not everyone should do it. However, some people are doing it – particularly high net worth IRA [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 18th, 2010
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Fannie Mae announced this week that it is expanding the Freddie Mac First Look Initiative so any home shopper can buy a HomeSteps® home as their primary residence during the first 15 days of the property’s listing without competition from investors. HomeSteps is the real estate sales unit of Freddie Mac and [...]
By Shae Bynes, on August 24th, 2010
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Happy Tuesday folks! Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. This week we’ll be doing a bit of follow up with leads from our calls last week, so I’m looking to have some great updates soon. In the meantime, one of my new blog readers Britanny (Hi Britanny!) asked a great question which prompted [...]
By Shae Bynes, on May 27th, 2010
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It’s really interesting how much more confidence you have when you’ve already done something successfully. It seems that I’m finding it even easier to talk to people about opportunities to invest with us now that we’ve secured our first private lender. In fact, it looks like we have a second potential [...]
By Shae Bynes, on May 14th, 2010
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Happy Friday everyone! Can I just tell you that I am simply floored (almost overwhelmed) by all of the support, encouragement, and advice I received the past couple days from my post about leaving my nearly 11-year career in corporate America? You all are so awesome – thank you!
Just wanted [...]
By Dennis Norman, on March 29th, 2010 Over 11 million homeowners in the US have Negative Equity
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According to a report released by First American CoreLogic estimating that the typical U.S. homeowner whis is currently in a negative equity position will not see positive equity in their homes until late 2015 to 2016. Furthermore, in some depressed markets, the [...]
By Nick Johnson, on February 4th, 2010 Nick Johnson, Subject2.com
This post is from being re-inspired by Cole Haynes. He recently posted on my Facebook wall that he purchased some from my suggesting that I make in my Subject2 Investing E-book. I believe also that Chris Guthrie (forgive me if I spelled your last name wrong) has started using them due [...]
By News Desk, on December 18th, 2009 Ten signs that trouble might be just around the corner.
It’s easy pickings out there for many potential home buyers. Housing prices are at their lowest in more than a decade, inventories are high, analysts are predicting a new wave of foreclosures and the government is offering two substantial tax credits for which many home [...]
By Shae Bynes, on December 15th, 2009 Shae Bynes, Good Faith Investing
Hello Guys & Gals, I have a trick up my sleeve that most of you have probably never even heard of. It’s called Subject2. This strategy isn’t a new secret, it’s been going on for as long as you can imagine.
This term is also commonly know as Sub2 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 2nd, 2009 Dennis Norman
The IRS acquires property as a result of seizing it or otherwise acquiring it for nonpayment of taxes and sells the acquired properties at auction. There are a few things to keep in mind when considering whether to bid on, or buy, property in this manner, including:
The owner (the taxpayer) has [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 16th, 2009 Dennis Norman
Investors…Have you noticed more competition out there lately? Particularly when trying to buy foreclosures?
If so, it is probably not just your imagination. According to a survey conducted by Move.Com, 25.3 percent of home buyers are looking for foreclosures and forty two percent of those buyers say their purchase is for [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 26th, 2009 Dennis Norman
The IRS acquires property as a result of seizing it or otherwise acquiring it for nonpayment of taxes and sells the acquired properties at auction. There are a few things to keep in mind when considering whether to bid on, or buy, property in this manner, including:
The owner (the taxpayer) has [...]
By Shae Bynes, on October 26th, 2009 Shae Bynes, Good Faith Investing
If you’re like me and working a full time gig while building your real estate business, it is critically important to figure out how to leverage others and maximize the limited time that you have. Quite honestly, this is important regardless of your available time because that’s the [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 20th, 2009 Dennis Norman
Yesterday the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its foreclosure prevention report for July, 2009 for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loans. Based upon the data in the report I would say it’s safe to say the housing market is going to continue to be challenged for a while.
Ah, the opportunities though [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 11th, 2009 I thought we would start out this Sunday morning on a light note. At the end of last week I was checking out the blog of Stephani Davis, the bartender turned real estate wholesaler, “Flip This Wholesaler” and saw the video below poking fun at REO agents. I couldn’t resist and had to publish it [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 9th, 2009 Dennis Norman
The IRS acquires property as a result of seizing it or otherwise acquiring it for nonpayment of taxes and sells the acquired properties at auction. There are a few things to keep in mind when considering whether to bid on, or buy, property in this manner, including:
The owner (the taxpayer) has [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 6th, 2009 Dennis Norman
Many investors see short-sales and foreclosures as opportunities to make money in this challenging real estate market. If you are one of them, or agree, rest assured, there are plenty more “opportunities” coming.
According to a report just released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the number of short sales and foreclosures continue to [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 30th, 2009 Dennis Norman
According to a report just released by MyNewPlace.com , as a result of the bad economy, renters around the nation are saving money on their monthly housing costs by sharing apartments with roommates rather than opting for living alone in a one bedroom apartment. As a result, demand for 3 bedroom apartments [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 28th, 2009 By: Dennis Norman
That’s right, once again, just like you see advertised on late-night infomercials and in online ads, you can buy property that has been seized by the U.S. Government! Some of the ads I’ve seen indicate you can buy “homes for 1 dollar” for “pennies on the dollar”, etc. I’m not so sure [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 22nd, 2009 Dennis Norman
I was at a real estate industry function last night and, while talking with Dave, a commercial real estate broker, an interesting topic came up. We were discussing the residential market and potential buying opportunities, concerns about an oversupply of rental property, etc. Dave then asked if I thought sale-leasebacks would be a good [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 10th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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I would love to say I have a definitive answer to the question the title of this post poses but I think I’ll leave that to the economists and analysts that track the real estate market and get paid to make such predictions.
One such company that does just that is Local Market Monitor, a [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 8th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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Right off the bat, as a result of the recent real estate market, I’ll bet a few people may disagree with the title to this post. Believe me, I may be one of those people but the title is a direct quote of a friend of mine with over 30 years experience [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 4th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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If you have been paying any attention to this blog over the past month or so you will know that I have discussing the idea that the positive numbers are being reported lately on the housing market may be nothing more than a false bottom and not a recovery.
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By Dennis Norman, on September 3rd, 2009
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I have written a couple of previous posts about a practice that has gained popularity over the past couple of years: the use of an option contract to “buy” a property on a short sale and, assuming the investorcan find a buyer, flipping the property to a new buyer on the same day the [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 1st, 2009 By: Dennis Norman
That’s right, just like you see advertised on late-night infomercials and in online ads, you can buy property that has been seized by the U.S. Government! Some of the ads I’ve seen indicate you can buy “homes for 1 dollar” for “pennies on the dollar”, etc. I’m not so sure about that, [...]
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