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How to share ownership and get additional funding for your bigger real estate investment projects

How to look for other investors to share ownership and get additional funding

| Lawrence Fassler | Article, Topics
Only rarely will a lender cover 100% of a property’s cost. Lenders generally want owners to retain some “skin in the game.” But you may not have enough cash (or don’t want) to cover the rest of the money needed. In these cases, investors need to look for other investors ...
Joe Scurlock and Chris Underwood are still finding big foreclosure opportunities in Florida

Joe Scurlock and Chris Underwood still finding big opportunities in Florida foreclosure properties

| James Hart | Article, Topics
By James Hart Senior Staff Writer When Chris Underwood and Joe Scurlock of Florida’s HomeStream LLC started the year, they set a goal of buying, rehabbing and selling at least 100 foreclosure properties before Dec. 31, 2015. They passed that milestone in June. Now, Scurlock and Underwood are on pace ...
Jeff Ball of Visio Financial Services

Wide-ranging experience and interests, plus a penchant for innovation, propel Visio’s and Econohomes’ chief Jeff Ball

| Editorial Staff | Article, Topics
By Susan Thomas Springer Jeff Ball's education and career prepared him to be successful in just about any sector. In college, Ball studied economics and theology and earned a law degree and an MBA. Add to that a position in banking and tech, as Global Head of Semiconductor Investment Banking ...
Real estate investment gurus: Friend or foe? blog by Larry Arth

Real estate investment gurus: Friend or foe?

| Larry Arth | Article, Topics
When I hear or read the word “guru,” my mind starts pinging like an arcade game. Every investment seminar I attend has discussions about gurus. Every magazine you read references them, and the frame of reference is always different, from “They are great and made me a fortune,” to “They ...
How to avoid the potential loneliness of part-time real estate investors blog by Kevin Guz

How to avoid the potential loneliness of part-time real estate investors

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
The life of a part-time real estate investor can be very lonely at times. You may feel like you are out on an island trying to figure everything on your own and doing everything on your own. Why this is relevant is that state of mind can often lead to ...
The Fed is peripheral now, by the way, so is the stock market blogs Lou Barnes his analysis for real estate investors

Lou Barnes analysis: The Fed is peripheral now, by the way, so is the stock market

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
Well, thank heavens that’s over. Not. It’s never over. Which is a good place to begin. Start by sorting Wall Street propaganda and bad theories in general from clear thinking about what’s actually happening and ahead. Bad idea number one is just silly, not damaging: the Fed’s September pass creates ...
Does your professional advisor truly understand your real estate business? blog by Clint Coons

Does your professional advisor truly understand your real estate business?

| Clint Coons | Article, Topics
What is the appropriate entity for real estate investors who buy and sell, wholesale, buy tax liens and deeds, or any other activity that does not require holding on to real estate for more than one year? This question is typically answered as follows – use a limited liability company ...
How real estate coaching should work in the real world blog by Rob Caldwell, real estate coach and mentor who can help you grow your real estate investing business.

How my real estate coaching differs from what the “gurus” do

| Rob Caldwell | Article, Topics
A few years ago I received a call from a coach saying the company he worked for was planning a real estate boot camp Saturday and Sunday in my town. He asked if I had any vacant properties they could show their students on Sunday morning to illustrate what distressed ...
Investing in college towns - what real estate investors need to know blog by Larry Arth

Investing in college towns: the overlooked great investments

| Larry Arth | Article, Topics
As any entrepreneur knows, the key to success is to find a need and then fulfill the need. When you do, profits will soar. This is exactly what a friend of mine did when his son went off to college. The need in college towns At the start of any ...
Debt Financing and getting that loan

Debt financing and getting that loan is not simple: who will loan on investment properties?

| Lawrence Fassler | Article, Topics
Quick and consistent access to debt financing is a key component of successful real estate investing. Investors are often surprised, then, when their borrowing process hits roadblocks. Who will loan on investment properties? Perhaps surprisingly, getting a loan on a “flip” or other investment property is not always as simple ...
Charting a course for the part-time real estate investor blog by Kevin Guz

Charting a course for the part-time real estate investor

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
Very early on, starting out as a part-time real estate investor, I recognized the enormous challenges in the vast ocean of real estate but also the numerous opportunities that exist within that ocean. It can become overwhelming, and almost crippling and intimidating, especially when you are starting out as a ...
My vote for next Thursday is the Fed liftoff at .25% and see what happens Lou Barnes blogs this week

My vote for the Fed on Thursday is liftoff at .25% and see what happens

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
The financial world is paralyzed, waiting for the Fed Thursday. At the outset, hang on tight to one thing: the U.S. economy is doing so well that if it were not for the rest of the world the Fed would have begun liftoff months or even years ago. We are ...
Real estate investing question of the week: Should I buy 5 houses next to the rental we already own?

We own a rental next to five houses I would like to buy: What is your advice?

| Dear Monty | Article, Topics
Reader Question: Hi Monty, I have a question about some properties for which I want to create a purchase proposal for the properties’ owner. Quick background: these are modest houses in a decent neighborhood where we own other rentals. One is vacant. We have a rental right next to the ...
Who manages it better? You or a property manager blog by Larry Arth

Who manages it better – you or a property manager?

| Larry Arth | Article, Topics
Debates can be interesting. While attending an investor meeting recently, the always interesting debate on whether or not to hire a property manager was being bantered back and forth. People have such incredibly strong opinions on the issue. I know personally I have had this question asked numerous times. Should ...
Here's how crazy this all is, blogs Lou Barnes, I can't tell if the markets care what the Fed does

Here’s how crazy all of this is: I can’t tell if the markets care what the Fed does

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
I have many friends who hang on every word from rich guys on Wall Street: mutual and hedge fund managers, securities firm economists and pooh-bahs, and just plain rich guys who got rich by playing on the Street. But these sources are either salespeople, or winners who have little to ...
Buy houses at auction: the art of deal blog by RJ Palano

Buying houses at auction and the art of the deal: Donald Trump stole this line from me

| R J Palano | Article | Topics
Buying houses at auction is an adrenaline-packed activity that reminds me of skydiving. If you’ve ever bought houses at auction, then you know that if you don’t get inside, you can freefall to your financial death. Not this time. Recently, we acquired the property at 220 Benefield Court in Stockbridge, ...
The part-time real estate investor is in demand

The part-time real estate investor is in demand

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
When I look at the successful part-time investors — and I draw on my own experience here in Dallas where I started as a part-time investor — I see them succeed when they treat it like a business. It is not a hobby or get-rich-quick solution, and it’s not a ...
New studys says owning costs more than renting

New study says owning costs more than renting

| Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends
By Erik Franks John Burns Real Estate Consulting In most areas of the country, homeownership costs more than renting. Many economists with calculators claim the opposite, but the calculations and conclusions are often highly misleading. As is often the case, the devil is in the details. We recently reviewed one ...
Avoid these 7 costly mistakes real estate investors make

Avoid these 7 costly mistakes many real estate investors make

| Larry Arth | Article | Topics
I attended an interesting city ordinance meeting yesterday here on the beaches of Anna Maria Island, a beach town on the gulf coast an hour south of Tampa, Florida. Just like many areas in Florida, this is an area where many foreign and northern investors love to buy investment property ...
John Tesh blog on how we added a second bathroom on a rehab and saved a great deal

How we added a second bathroom during rehab and saved a great deal

| John and Corinne Tesh | Article, Topics
We found this house by a referral from a past customer. She knew we paid cash for houses and closed quickly. The owner was in trouble and getting ready to go into foreclosure. It didn’t fit our normal house-buying model, but we knew we needed to help her. We put ...
The reason and the realities behind why part-time real estate investors quit real estate investing

The reasons and realities behind why part-time real estate investors quit

| Kevin Guz | Article | Topics
I am a full-time real estate investor here in Dallas. I started as a part-time investor and now have been at this for more than 10 years. The other day I was thinking about my peer investors – individuals with whom I have had long-term relationships. They too have been ...
We should all assume the Fed lifts off soon, and I hope in September Lou Barnes blogs for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

We should all assume the Fed lifts off soon, and I hope in September

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
Whether markets are resolving some of the uncertainties and frights leading to two weeks of chaos, or merely fatigued, they are settling down. Quiet is good. The U.S. consistently shows more signs of “self-sustaining” growth. In the last seven years a false hope, but apparent now that the Fed can ...
Median home prices at highest level since 2008

Median home price in July at highest level since September 2008 new study says

| Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends
Sales of properties in-foreclosure and cash sales were down from a year ago to multi-year lows while year-to-date U.S. home sales in 2015 are at an eight-year high, according to a new study from RealtyTrac.com. Data also showed the U.S. median home price in July was at an 82-month high ...
Two value-add opportunities in multifamily real estate investing

Two value-add opportunities in multifamily real estate investing

| Cristopher Urso | Article, Topics
In this video tip, Chris Urso of URS Capital Partners and Elite Apartment Coaching breaks down the two types of value add deals in multifamily investing. Most people think of value-add types of deals as gritty, construction heavy projects. This is not always the case. Get our Smart Investors Guide ...
5 ways to evaluate investment property

5 ways to find the value of investment property

| Richard Montgomery | Article | Funding, Operations
Reader Question: We want to make our first real estate investment purchase. We have decided on investing in older two- to four-family apartments. It appears there are different ways to decide what a property is worth. How do you evaluate an old three-family property? — Julie and Rob P. Monty’s ...
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