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Buying a house “subject to the mortgage” could be a home run deal
How would you like to come up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, with two outs and with the go-ahead run on third? Every young baseball player imagines being in that position, or in a position to win the World Series. It’s like that in the real ...
5 red flags to help you avoid becoming a victim of real estate investment fraud
A caution on real estate investment scams, typically spread by word-of-mouth, has been issued in a release by The Florida Office of Financial Regulation. “Real estate investment scams typically spread by word-of-mouth and require consumers to invest large sums of money in investment properties. This type of scam promises a ...
Apartment Landlords Raising Rents as Supply of Apartments Tightens Up
Apartment landlords raised rents by an average of 0.8% to $1,083 in the quarter according to a newly released report from Reis, Inc. Meanwhile the vacancy rate fell to 4.1% from 4.6% in the same quarter a year ago. "Demand for apartments remains strong," Ryan Severino, a senior economist with ...
What December housing data means to investors
The snapshot reports from various sources help the media promote the message the economy is improving universally and the window for real estate investors may be closing. Looking at trends by market as Altos Research allows us to do does not support such generalized statements. Primary Markets: Reality is “the ...
Two big takeaways from Taper Week 2013
Two big takeaways for real estate investors from Taper Week 2013. As with most long-feared events, little happened in the instance. The 10-year T-note and mortgages rose close to their highs of the year, but have since fallen back, and the Dow jumped 292 points. The same Dow which had ...
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 ...
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 ...
