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Ready to get your read on? Dive into the article archive to help you build wealth through real estate investing. We feature top subject matter experts exploring every facet of the industry.

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Ready to get your read on? Dive into the article archive to help you build wealth through real estate investing. We feature top subject matter experts exploring every facet of the industry.

Market Red Flag

Market Red Flag

Color of money It is very easy to make generalizations about markets and trends, and for a top-level snapshot analysis this may be quite acceptable. Such is the case with July 22nd housing sales data announcement from the National Association of Realtors. “Total existing-home sales (completed transactions for single-family homes, ...
Key

Dust, Lust, and Rust: Investors Hold the Key to Market Repair

SEASONAL SLOWDOWN OR FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT? Housing sales are up in key markets. This is not in dispute. The numbers are easy to read. But as investors we must constantly remind ourselves the pure number is just a snapshot that ignores history, context and a part of a continuum. The latest ...
Tim Herriage

Do-It-Yourself Real Estate Investment Advice

Real Estate Investor Bandits – The Ugly Side of Marketing Guest Blog by Tim Herriage BANDIT SIGNS As a Professional Real Estate Investor this issue has always been in the background for me, and kind of made me mad. A lot of these “gurus” and “teachers” sell you this as ...
Market Trends

What April 2013 Real Estate Trends Mean to Investors

Think Realty Magazine publishes these trend analyses using Altos Research data to help investors identify changes — and indicators of change — in the market and determine how to take advantage of that information. What you see is what you passed! Indianapolis 500 drivers and fighter pilots will tell you that ...
Real estate news profits

Why Stocks, Bonds and Funds do not Compare to Income Property

I have a distinct bias for real estate as an investment. This preference is based not just on principle but also on practice and the very real returns and values not found in any other asset. Try this: You can invest in real estate assets Secure them by title filed with ...
wealth-building

How to Reduce Real Estate Investment Risk

By Andrew Waite In 2011, HomeVestors with Local Market Monitor ranked The Best Markets To Invest in Rental Property. This list began by calculating the cost difference between renting and owning and by gauging overall rental demand. These calculations and the resulting list of “best rental markets to….” bring us back ...