Archive for July, 2007

Positive Cash Flow is The Elusive Beast in Real Estate

Through every cycle, many real estate investors forget why they invested in real estate in the first place. When the market appreciates, we all come to expect that real estate prices will rise forever. Why not pay full asking price for a property when it will appreciate 20% in one year?
If you put 10% down [...]

Subject-To’s and Wholesaling - A Match Made In Heaven

When I think of “subject-to” deals my mind immediately goes back to when I first started in real estate and all the creative financing seminars I went to. I actually took quite a few properties into my portfolio with this particular strategy. But once I realized that landlording was giving me gray hairs and putting [...]

Short Sales - Don’t Do It

Have someone else do it for you.
Short sales get dealt with just like everything else in my life that even remotely smells like stressful labor; they get delegated. Outsourced. Sub’d out. Avoided at all cost. The purpose of this article is to encourage you to do the same.
Life is too short to do things you [...]

How To Find Deals in Real Estate Investing

As a real estate investor you will be always looking for that perfect bargain that will help you make the most profit from it that you can. It will take you some time and practice to efficiently locate deals and bargains in the real estate market. Here are some tips on how to find deals [...]

Does Flipping a Home Really Work?

If you have watched any late night television lately, you will have heard of flipping a home even if you did not hear it called that. But does flipping a home really work?
The idea of flipping a home refers to the practice of buying a home usually at a cost somewhat under market value and [...]