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National Fix & Flip Network – a great new resource for investors
Part 1 of a series

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By: Dennis Norman

I recently received a press release from ServiceLive.Com announcing their company had joined forces with National Fix and Flip Network to help real estate investors that are buying homes to “Fix and Flip save time and money on home repairs and improvements”. 

I was not familiar with either of these companies but I was intrigued [...]

Get up off of that thing – and network!

By Shae Bynes

As a newbie investor it is easy to be overwhelmed as you’re getting started.  You’re trying to determine what type of investing you’re going to focus on, trying to get some cash saved up to use as earnest money deposits or for marketing, and trying not to be distracted by weekly real estate [...]

Has the Florida real estate market hit bottom? Is it time to buy?

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Florida is definitely a state that has felt the impact of the declining real estate market.  It has been one of of the top four states in number of foreclosures, biggest declines in values and a few other statistics a state would just as soon not be associated with.

The tides may [...]

First quarter 09 foreclosures up 23.63% over year ago

RealtyTrac(R) released it’s Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report for the first quarter of 2009 showing nationwide foreclosures are up 23.63% from the first quarter of 2008.

Fed Reserve Board: Real Estate Market may be stabilizing

Today the Federal Reserve Board, in it’s monthly Beige Book, said about Real Estate and Construction that “housing markets remained depressed overall, but there were some signs that conditions may be stabilizing.”

A New Way to Invest in Real Estate

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Are you are tired of dealing with tenants, notices from the city about property maintenance code violations and the like?  Still like real estate though and think it is a good place for your money?  Then you may be in luck.
There is now a new way to invest in real estate.  Well actually it’s [...]

Pending home sales up for February

By: Dennis Norman

Yesterday the National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index report for February which showed, for the U.S., a 2.1% increase over January.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said “Pending home sales have a way to go for there to be a meaningful increase, but recent increases in shopping activity are hopeful [...]

Could we be approaching the bottom of the market?

By: Dennis Norman

I am going to be cautiously optimistic about the housing data I’ve been seeing and say that if the trends continue maybe, just maybe, we are near the bottom.

I’m saying this because of the increase in existing home sales report that I wrote about yesterday and the report released this morning by the [...]

“It sold for twice as much a year ago – it has to be a good deal”

By:  Dennis Norman

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How many times have you heard something like this from an agent or seller trying to convince you how good a deal is?

I find it funny how often people will base their definition of a “good deal” on the relationship of the price you can buy it for to either what [...]

When the going gets tough the tough get CREATIVE!

By: Dennis Norman

Dennis Norman

I think of myself as a pretty clever and creative guy.  Having been a real estate investor since 1979 I have had to deal with tough market conditions on several occasions…including 18% mortgage rates back in 1981. 

During those periods of tough market conditions I worked to come up with some clever ways to [...]

Advice on Investing in Today’s Market from a Pro- Final post of the series

By: Dennis Norman

In the first post and second post of this series I gave a little background on Marc Mink, the person responding to my E-View TM  and sharing his knowledge and wisdom.  As promised, I will give some more background on Marc and then continue with part two of the E-View TM .

Over the years Marc continued [...]

Advice on Investing in Today’s Market from a Pro-Part 2 of a series

By: Dennis Norman

In the first post of this series I gave you a little background on Marc Mink, the person responding to my E-View TM  and sharing his knowledge and wisdom.  As promised, I will give some more background on Marc and then continue with part two of the E-View TM .

Marc started in the antique and architectural salvage [...]

Advice on Investing in Today’s Market from a Pro-Part 1 of a series

By: Dennis Norman

Real estate investors are facing quite a dilemma  in this market.  On the one hand prices are down, inventory of “deals” are plentiful; on the other hand financing is tight, the resale market is weak and many banks don’t even want to finance rental properties right now.  So what’s an investor to do? [...]

Where have all the”Investors” gone?

By: Dennis Norman

A couple of days ago I was having lunch with a friend of mine, a real estate investor from out of town, and we were discussing the challenges facing his business today.  He buys homes on a wholesale basis then resells them to investors in one of two ways: as is or after [...]