Archive for the ‘Real Estate Investing’ Category
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
The ideal city is one that provides the thriving culture of like New York City, with the safety of suburban neighborhoods like Greenich, CT. Cities that meet these qualities do exist and according to a ranking published last week by Forbes.Com, they aren’t that far off the map.Forbes.com safest cities in America ...
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
According to Zillow, the average value of a home in Reno, Nevada is $195,200. Down 20.3 percent year over year. For the month of Sept, the rentBits rental index shows the average rental rates in Reno to be $873. Up slightly from the month of August.The demand for homes for rent in Reno has been on ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Google recently released a feature in Google Books that allows anyone to embed books into their website or blog. The move will dramatically increase distribution for the books on Google and will allow publishers to sell more. Example below:
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
The Virgin Group, a conglomerate of separately owned companies that use the Virgin brand, is getting into the Peer 2 Peer lending market. They recently released a loan program that can help your loved one buy a home.
Nothing like the awkward silence at Dinner. "Um, Jimmy, you are 6 months ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
There are millions of widgets being designed by programmers and added to WidgetBox, FaceBook, and Google.
What are the top real estate widgets?
Here is what we found:
For Sale Properties
Trulia Widgets:
Home Appraisal
Zillow Widgets:
eppraisal Widgets:
Rentals and Rental Rates
rentBits Widgets:
Zilpy Widgets:
Classifieds
vFlyer widgets:
Real Estate Investing
BiggerPockets Widgets:
Real Estate Research
AlosResearch Widgets:
Mapping
RentVine Widgets:
Real Estate News
MSNBC Real Estate Widget:
Topix ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
CNNMoney just released their report of the 10 fastest growing real estate markets.
And here they are:
McAllen, Texas
12-month forecast: 4%
Median home price: $109,000
One year price change: 2.1%
Five year price change: 23.3%
Change in foreclosure rate: 23%
Rochester, N.Y.
12-month forecast: 2.7%
Median home price: $121,000
One year price change: 3.4%
Five year price change: 20.1%
Change in foreclosure ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Krunching, a real estate investment tool site launched this week. Krunching analyzes investment properties and gives you information to help you make informed real estate investing decisions.
Their database seems robust but I did not find information on one address. When you type in an address and Zip Code for a ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
I have never seen the show "Flip this House" on A&E but one of the stars, Armando Montelongo faces up to 2 years in jail if he is convicted of not paying the appraiser.
On you tube you can learn how to make money the "montelongo" way. One advice though. Pay ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
There are about 2 million homeowners that hold $600 billion of subprime adjustable-rate mortgage loans, known as ARMs, that are due to reset at much higher amounts during the next eight months
We are constantly speaking with property managers throughout the United States and we asked them how the foreclosure situation ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Trump University, the real estate investing program designed by Donald Trump is not doing too well in terms of traffic. According to compete.com data, the sites traffic is down 66.3% for the last year.
Is there a correlation with visits to a site and revenue? Since Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc, (TRMP) ...
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
I am a strong advocate of online and group learning and especially if you are going to get into real estate investing. You should always learn as much as you can from others who have failed and succeeded in the same industry. I have learned a lot about real estate ...
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
You should always learn and much as you can from others who have failed and succeeded in the same industry. I have learned a lot about real estate investing by reading books, asking lots of questions, signing up with real estate portals and failing on my own, and I can ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
An article in MSN Money entitled, Real-Estate Investor's 10 Biggest Mistakes has some tips on what not to do in real estate investing.
Planning as you go
The problem is that most people look at real estate as a transaction instead of as an investment strategy, says Doug Crowe, a Chicago real-estate ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
There are many ways to fail in anything. Here are some ways to fail in real estate investing.
Pay Cash for Your Properties
If you pay 100% cash for properties than you are not using OPM (Other People's Money) in your favor. The goal is to use the least amount of your ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Forbes.com released their list of the top cities to invest in. Here is their list:
1) Fort Worth Texas
Median home sales price: $156,500
Price change from 2006: 1.7%
Expected home turnover in 2008: 6.03%
Turnover ranking: 5
2) Kansas City, Missouri
Median home sales price: $157,700
Price change from 2006: -0.7%
Expected home turnover in 2008: 6.21%
3) Houston, ...
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