There's a Method to Determining Where and Why to Buy Single-Fmaily Houses I recently met an investor of single-family properties who made this statement when I asked him where and why he buys...
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Playing to Win with Mobile Homes
In Real-Life Real Estate Investing, It Is About Whether You Win or Lose Have you ever played Monopoly and through well-played strategy ended up with expensive, money-making properties? Did you...
Nationwide Foreclosure Activity Drops to Lowest Level in More Than Nine Years
RealtyTrac’s just-released Q1 and March 2016 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ shows first quarter foreclosure activity was below pre-recession levels in 78 out of 216 U.S. metropolitan statistical...
Homeownership No Longer Has Tax Savings
We believe we have found one of the primary reasons why entry-level home buying has not recovered—and why homeownership has been plunging. For decades, homeowners benefitted from both the financial...
Seattle Again Tops List of “Hottest” U.S. Single-Family Markets
By The Editors Seattle, Portland, Nashville, Palm Beach County and Fort Lauderdale took the top spots on Ten-X’s recently released Top Single-Family Housing Markets Report for Spring 2016. These...
Real Estate Roller-Coaster Expected to Keep Heading Up in 2016
To say the housing market has seen a few ups and downs over the past decade would be an understatement at best. Even with a couple of good solid years under the belt in 2014 and 2015, many people...
U.S. Home Sellers In 2015 Realized Biggest Price Gains Since 2007
RealtyTrac’s Year-End 2015 U.S. Home Sales Report shows that U.S. home sellers in 2015 realized an average price gain since purchase of 11 percent ($20,378), the biggest average price gain for U.S....
Remodeling spending expected to increase in 2016, Harvard study says
Spending on remodeling and home improvement show more optimism going into next year and are projected to more than double in 2016, according to a study from the Joint Center for Housing at Harvard....
3 market trends in 2015 for the residential real estate investor: a mid-year analysis
I write today from my perspective as a HomeVestor franchisee in Dallas, but I will write in broad enough terms that my observations here in Dallas, as an active real estate investor, are consistent...
3 steps to overcoming fear in buying your first investment property
Many times people thinking about buying their first investment property are anxious or scared. So how do you overcome the fear factor? I guarantee there are many people out there who put down on...
