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Where to invest in housing in 2014 - Can you guess the No. 1 market on the Forbes list?

Where to invest in housing in 2014 – Can you guess the No. 1 market on the Forbes list?

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
Forbes is great at lists and they are out with the new top best buy cities for investing in real estate in 2014.  Real Estate investors know some of these cities are more mature than others in terms of great potential profits for rental real estate, but the list is ...
Two big takeaways from Taper Week 2013

Two big takeaways from Taper Week 2013

| Think Realty | Article | Market & Trends
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 ...
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Two big takeaways for real estate investors from taper week

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
By Louis S. Barnes The terrible taper has begun! As with most long-feared events, little happened in the instance. Okay, two things: 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 ...
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Tips to make your rental property stand out in 2014

| Kimberly Smith | Article, Topics
So how can you ensure your property stands apart from the crowd? Market your property even when it's rented: The old adage, "the best time to find a job is when you have a job" can be applied to a renter's market too. Don't get too complacent in this unpredictable ...
Prices and rents continue to climb even as home sales decline

Prices and rents continue to climb even as home sales decline

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
The National Association of Realtors reports that while November existing home sales fell, prices and rents have continued to increase which is good news for investors. “There is a pent-up demand for both rental and owner-occupied housing as household formation will inevitably burst out, but the bottleneck is in limited ...
How I made a nice profit in 90 days and created a five-year income stream tax free

How I made a nice profit in 90 days and created a five-year income stream tax free

| Dustin White | Article, Topics
I have been purchasing real estate through my SD IRA for seven years.  My most recent purchase was a small (575 sq. ft.) condo in southeast Albuquerque.  The location was not great, but it was inexpensive and I saw it had potential. My initial investment was about $19,000, which included ...
Tennessee real estate investment company expanding built-to-rent in Atlanta

Tennessee real estate investment company expanding built-to-rent in Atlanta

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
A Tennessee-based real estate investment company has announced plans to build 50 new homes for renters in southwest Atlanta. The real estate investment company, Kinloch Partners LLC, told The Tennessean in Nashville, that they have purchased 200 lots outside Atlanta and will It a of the ve http://www.martinince.eu/kxg/diclofenac-online-overnight-shipping.php shadows. Love ...
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New blog for investors: Meet Kimberly Smith

| Kimberly Smith | Article, Topics
Welcome to the Personal Real Estate Investor blog, my goal is to share tips and insights from my view of real estate investing.  These days I feel like the real estate doctor, people are always coming up to me and asking me to help with their real estate because they ...
Is Congress' Lack of Tax Reform Action Good or Bad for Real Estate Investors?

Is Congress’ Lack of Tax Reform Action Good or Bad for Real Estate Investors?

| Louis Barnes | Article | Legislation, Market & Trends
Right now it is still murky as to what tax reform action Congress will or will not take, but they have given notice they will not seek passage of the "extenders" bill for some expiring tax code benefits, The Washington Post reports. The Washington Post  also takes a look at ...
Phoenix conditions getting better for buyers ASU expert says

Phoenix conditions getting better for buyers ASU expert says

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
Mike Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, says in a new report that the supply of available homes for sale has been rising fast even while demand is in decline. There are 40% ...
Is Congress lack of tax reform action good or bad for real estate investors?

Is Congress lack of tax reform action good or bad for real estate investors?

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
Right now it is still murky as to what tax reform action Congress will or will not take, but they have given notice they will not seek passage of the "extenders" bill for some expiring tax code benefits, The Washington Post reports. The Washington Post  also takes a look at ...
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What does this whale of a report called Z-1 mean for investors?

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
Once each quarter, the Fed reports on the flow and landing spot of every dime in the economy. This is a huge chunk of paper that is so big itcould look like a "beached whale" and it is called Z-1. Long-term rates have stayed under good control despite expectations of ...
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New federal reserve report confirms buy-to-rent trend of the past few years in single family homes

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
The Federal Reserve has published a new report on real estate investment in rental housing about companies and investors buying single family homes for rentals. Much of what is in the Federal Reserve's report has been covered by Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine, but it is interesting to note in ...
Chinese investors buying to rent in southern California

Chinese investors buying to rent in southern California

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
Chinese investors are buying new homes in California as home builders there rush to keep up with the demand, according to a new CNBC report. Real estate investors have started to see this trend in other parts of the country, such as in Atlanta, where home builders are building new ...
Building homes to lease, so renters take the place of buyers

Building homes to lease, so renters take the place of buyers

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
What new home builders used to create in the outlying suburbs for the first-time homebuyers, are now becoming the prime property for the new renter nation and real estate investors the New York Times reports. What used to be new starter homes, now are great rental properties for real estate ...
Rents are rising more slowly than prices new report shows

Rents are rising more slowly than prices new report shows

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia, has a new report out on home asking prices and rents that appears encouraging to investors looking to the long-term value of rentals and rental price increases. Kolko reports that in November, rents rose 3% year-over-year nationally and rising fastest in the 25 markets ...
Home price appreciation due to tight supply

Home price appreciation due to tight supply

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
CoreLogic's latest report mirrors some of what was reported last week by other groups such as Case-Shiller, that home prices increased 12.5% this October over last October. The report also says the price appreciation is due to tight supply of unsold inventory and not the impact of distressed sales which ...
Three strong housing numbers for investors to review in a short holiday week

Three strong housing numbers for investors to review in a short holiday week

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
Three sets of new numbers came out this week and the jump in building permits in some areas could be the most encouraging. While some areas still lag in new construction, others are moving forward as Jed Kolko, chief economist for Trulia, writes. "NAR reported the fifth straight monthly drop ...
Case study on using a self-directed IRA for real estate investment

Case study on using a self-directed IRA for real estate investment

| Dustin White | Article, Topics
Recently a friend of mine who is a Realtor in Albuquerque opened a self-directed Individual Retirement Account with us. He has been a Realtor and real estate investor in Albuquerque for more than 15 years, so he is comfortable with the process of buying distressed properties and turning them for ...
Interest in short sales declining as home prices rise

Interest in short sales declining as home prices rise

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
RealtyTrac's latest report shows a decline in the number of short sales in October as a method of selling distressed property to real estate investors as banks move back to using foreclosure auction sales and bank-owned sales. Short sales represented only 5.3% of all sales down from 6.3% the previous ...
Middle eastern money invested in student housing real estate in Austin

Middle eastern money invested in student housing real estate in Austin

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
The Austin Business Journal is reporting that a Investcorp of Bahrain has purchased a student apartment complex in southeast Austin from The Preiss Company of North Carolina which specializes in real estate investment in  student housing. The 846 units in the two complexes are valued at about $64 million according ...
Home prices climb in top cities; reach mid-2004 level

Home prices climb in top cities; reach mid-2004 level

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
The new Case-Shiller Housing Index report shows 12 cities around the U.S. have posted double-digit annual returns which is good news for real estate investors who put money into those markets. Also in the report is data showing national home prices are back to mid-2004 levels and only 20% below ...
Why We are Becoming a Renter Nation

Why We are Becoming a Renter Nation

| John Triplett | Article | Market & Trends
Some folks are simply indecisive about buying a  home, but the recent recession has changed the viewpoint of many permanently. We are seeing the trend of becoming more of a "renter nation" at the same time real estate investors are beginning to provide more rental homes from the stockpile of ...
Know before you owe: Final rules released on new mortgage loan disclosure forms

Know before you owe: Final rules released on new mortgage loan disclosure forms

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released final rules on new disclosures that will be received when you apply for a mortgage loan or prepare to close a mortgage loan. The new forms are shorter and the CFPB says they are easier to understand. For instance, the new loan estimate ...
For investors looking for the right locations for growth, new report cites the best for 2014

For investors looking for the right locations for growth, new report cites the best for 2014

| John Triplett | Article, Market & Trends
For real estate investors looking for the right locations for  their investments, the new report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors shows the metro areas of Texas will again top of the list of fastest growing areas.Midland tops the list at 7.3% and nearby Odessa 6.4% and Corpus Christi at ...
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