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How a real estate investment that looked bad became a winner

How a real estate investment that looked bad became a winner

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
It’s kind of nice when you get a happy ending to what you think is going to be a very bad story. Unfortunately, they don’t all work out this way. I have other stories I thought were going to have happy endings and didn’t. I will share with you a ...
Home prices are up and days on the market are dropping

3 market trends in 2015 for the residential real estate investor: a mid-year analysis

| Kevin Guz | Article | Market & Trends, Operations
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 with what investors are seeing nationwide. As I explain my observations from personal experience, I will ...
Why the second half of 2015 is ripe for the savvy investor blog by Larry Arth

Why the second half of 2015 is ripe for the savvy investor

| Larry Arth | Article, Topics
If there has ever been a more compelling reason for a savvy investor to get in or get out of the way, today’s investing landscape has defined it. Here is what is going on: Record low interest rates are threatening to rise. The demand for rental housing continues to grow ...
What investors should look for in the second half of 2015 blog by Engelo Rumora

Where real estate investors should look in the second half of 2015

| Engelo Rumora | Article, Topics
G’Day Mates, It’s Engelo Rumora here, your favorite Australian and The Real Estate Dingo. Here is my opinion on the current market conditions and what you should look for in the second half of 2015. What real estate investors should look for in the second half of 2015 Many of ...
3 options for buying this house - which one would you choose? blog by RJ Palano

Real estate investor’s outlook for the rest of 2015

| R J Palano | Article, Topics
Business is good or bad, in between your ears. You can choose to listen to the naysayers and sit on the sidelines and wait for the sky to fall, or you can use your knowledge and skills to find profitable real estate transactions. Real estate investor's outlook for the rest ...
3 market trends for 2015 for the residential real estate investor: a mid-year analysis blog by Kevin Guz

3 market trends in 2015 for the residential real estate investor: a mid-year analysis

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
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 with what investors are seeing nationwide. As I explain my observations from personal experience, I will ...
7 wagers on the future for the rest of 2015

7 wagers on the future for the second half of 2015 for real estate investors

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
Here at the turn of the year, days getting shorter, time to look ahead -- which I am reluctant to do, unable to predict the future. But we can bracket probabilities, and apply a little history. Seven wagers on the future for 2015 follow below. New economic data as of ...
5 reasons not to be disappointed with your first rental property blog by Kevin Guz

5 reasons not to be disappointed with your first rental property

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
I started as a part-time real estate investor and I am going to draw on that personal experience in this blog, today. You finally bought that first rental property. You searched for it, you closed on it and that first rent check finally arrived in your mailbox. That first purchase ...
Report on low down payment buyers and affordability in metro markets from RealtyTrac

Best and worst markets for low down payment buyers and what it means for real estate investors

| Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends
A new analysis of low-down payment buyers, such as first-time homebuyers, and boomerang buyers from RealtyTrac.com and Down Payment Resource  ranks 370 counties across the U.S. in terms of affordability and accessibility for these types of buyers and what it means for real estate investors. “This report helps investors identify ...
Buying a house "subject to the mortgage" could be a home run deal blog by RJ Palano in his series Art of the Deal for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

Buying a house “subject to the mortgage” could be a home run deal

| Think Realty | Article | Investment Strategy, Operations
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 ...
how one couple chose to invest $1 million in cash blog by Larry Arth for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

How one couple chose to invest $1 million in cash

| Larry Arth | Article | Funding, Operations
The couple was a farming family from just outside the city limits and had received an offer to purchase their land from a single-family-home developer. They had called ahead and wanted to sit down with me to discuss how to best invest their million-dollar windfall. As a real estate investment ...
How one couple chose to invest $1 million in cash by Larry Arth for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

How one couple chose to invest $1 million in cash

| Larry Arth | Article, Topics
The couple was a farming family from just outside the city limits and had received an offer to purchase their land from a single-family-home developer. They had called ahead and wanted to sit down with me to discuss how to best invest their million-dollar windfall. As a real estate investment ...
Buying a house 'subject to" - the art of the deal blog by RJ Palano for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

Buying a house “subject to the mortgage” could be a home run deal

| R J Palano | Article, Topics
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 ...
Is a condo a good purchase for a first-time real estate investment property - The weekend real estate investor

Is a condo a good first rental property investment?

| Kevin Guz | Article | Investment Strategy, Operations
There are many, many condos out there. As an investor here in Dallas with HomeVestors, I believe they are a viable option for any investor to consider, not only here in Dallas, but across the U.S., but they do have some unique aspects that the investor must consider and understand ...
Is a condo a good first rental property investment?

Is a condo a good first rental property investment?

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
There are many, many condos out there. As an investor here in Dallas with HomeVestors, I believe they are a viable option for any investor to consider, not only here in Dallas, but across the U.S., but they do have some unique aspects that the investor must consider and understand ...
The list of uncertainties

Lou Barnes’ analysis: The uncertainty list that is driving the economy right now

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
Long-term rates have stabilized, maybe a bit better than that, the 10-year T-note Friday breaking below 2.31% resistance, but mortgages still above 4.00%. Rates have jumped a half-percent in sixty days and were due for a breather, but all should expect outsize volatility ahead -- true upping and downing. Since ...
Bank repossessions fuel foreclosures to the highest level in 19 months as people continue to lose their homes says Daren Blomquist of RealtyTrac

Foreclosure filings by banks jump to a 19-month high

| Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends
Foreclosure filings were reported on 126,868 U.S. properties in May 2015, up one percent from the previous month but up 16 percent from a year ago to a 19-month high, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. The U.S. foreclosure rate in May was one in every 1,041 housing units ...
Stan Humphries, chief economist for Zillow, says more low-end homes will come on the market in 2015.

Logjam at the low end of the housing market is caused by negative equity that is too deep

| Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends
While the U.S. negative equity rate is dropping,  more than four million homeowners still owe the bank at least 20 percent more than their homes were worth, according to a release of the latest report from Zillow real estate research. "It's great news that the level of negative equity is ...
How to use the investor "3 step" to build wealth blog by Larry Arth for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

How to use the investor “3 step” to build wealth

| Larry Arth | Article, Topics
I received an interesting call some time back from a real estate investor who was vacationing here in sunny Florida. Knowing I lived in Florida, he asked how far I was from Clearwater beach and if it was possible to meet for coffee? I never turn away a reason to go ...
3 steps to prepare your property for the rental market

3 steps to prepare your property for the rental market

| Kevin Guz | Article, Topics
I’ve learned many lessons in my real estate investing career through “the school of hard knocks,” and by sharing them, I hope I can save you some time and headaches as you purchase your first property and prepare it for tenants. Even if you already have a rental property, these ...
urban infill study for real estate investors by Pete Reeb, John Burns Real Estate Consulting

High-density detached urban infill is a booming real estate business so what are the challenges?

| Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends
By Pete Reeb John Burns Real Estate Consulting Our urban infill feasibility business is booming, thanks to a confluence of trends that are creating heightened interest in high-density single-family detached urban infill housing deals: Gas expense. Uncertainty over gas prices and a growing desire for shorter commutes Time savings. Re-prioritizing ...
Lou Barnes

Mortgage rate increases may be an overreaction and not a sustained swoop-up

| Danny Johnson | Article, Topics
Long-term mortgage rates have run up again, now to levels of last fall: mortgages are close to 4.25%, the 10-year T-note cresting Wednesday just under 2.50%. Friday, 2.36%. Possibly fatal stubbornness, but I think most of this up-lurch is a correction from overreaction last winter, not the threshold of a ...
is buy to rent better than buy to flip

Buy-to-Rent Series: Is buy-to-rent better than buy-to-flip?

| Editorial Staff | Article, Topics
By Mark Bloom An investor is better off, over any medium- to long-term investment horizon, to hold a real estate asset as a rental rather than flipping or selling that asset, so long as the following are in place: The ability to obtain credit and withstand outlays for occasional, non-reoccurring ...
5 secrets to successful buy to rent real estate investing by Lori Greymont

Buy-to-Rent Series: 5 secrets to successful buy-to-rent real estate investing

| Editorial Staff | Article, Topics
By Lori Greymont When I first started investing, I was taught to buy real estate is about three things: location, location and location, and not the advantages of buy-to-rent But over the years, I have learned there are other criteria just as important and often more important than location when ...
how to evaluate if a buy and hold real estate investing strategy is right for you

Buy-to-Rent Series: How to evaluate a buy-to-rent strategy that is right for you

| Editorial Staff | Article, Topics
By Brad Sumrok Some of the top questions to ask when evaluating what type of buy-to-rent strategy fits best for you and some of the answers that may be helpful to your strategy: How to evaluate if a buy-to-rent strategy is right for you Q. Does single-family housing or multifamily ...
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