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Rise in home prices led by Denver, Dallas and Miami new report says

1 Apr 2015 | Editorial Staff | Article | Market & Trends

Home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months, however, monthly data reveal slowing increases and seasonal weakness, according to the latest release of the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index report for January. The index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, recorded a 4.5% annual gain in ...

Pending home sales jumped in February says Lawrence Yun of the National Association of Realtors

Pending home sales jump in February led by the Midwest and West

31 Mar 2015 | Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends

Pending home sales in February increased to their highest level since June 2013 as sizeable gains in the Midwest and West offset smaller declines in the Northeast and South, according to a release from the National Association of Realtors. The number of contracts to buy, called the pending home sales ...

Partnering for success in real estate with a self-directed IRA

30 Mar 2015 | Glen Mather | Article | Topics

I got a call from a Realtor friend asking if I would be interested in a 4-bedroom, 3-bath brick home that was for sale. The Realtor wanted his 3% and knew that I was looking for a rental to be held in my retirement plan. I was a bit apprehensive ...

Discounts for distressed properties improved in February blog by Lawrence Fassler for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

Discounts for distressed properties good news for fix and flippers in February

30 Mar 2015 | Lawrence Fassler | Article | Topics

With the fix and flip market successful in some parts of the country and not others, flippers should pay attention to the available inventory of distressed properties in the markets where they want to invest. These figures can factor directly into a project’s return on investment for the fix and ...

3 lessons American real estate investors can learn from foreign real estate investors blog by Larry Arth for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine

3 lessons American real estate investors can learn from our foreign investors

30 Mar 2015 | Larry Arth | Article | Topics

As I work with real estate investors from all over the world, I field a lot of questions. The most interesting question that astounded foreign-investor friends ask is: “Why aren’t more Americans doing real estate investing in the U.S.?“ From their vantage point, they see that we have virtually all ...

10 principles and actions that show you are a good landlord for your tenants

10 actions that show you are a good landlord

30 Mar 2015 | Dear Monty | Article, Topics

Question: What makes a good landlord? — Sue and Vic S. Owning and managing rentals and apartments is very hard work for a landlord. Management practices must be tailored to the environment, the clientele and working conditions. That said, there are a number of principles that, if properly utilized, can reduce ...

Texas cities top new list of best markets for real estate investment

26 Mar 2015 | Editorial Staff | Article | Market & Trends

Texas cities top a new list for best markets for real estate investment, according to a new release from Local Market Monitor and HomeVestors. "The Top 10 markets for real estate investment all have a common thread: a fast growing economy, which means more jobs and more renters," Ingo Winzer, ...

Shane Sauer RentFax on using data in real estate investment

Use data to reduce the risks of residential rental property ownership

23 Mar 2015 | Shane Sauer | Article, Topics

Here is a story I like to share, because it is so common in our industry: Some time ago, an individual real estate investor reached out for assistance in acquiring residential rental property to build a portfolio with steady cash flow. He was having difficulty finding any opportunities in his ...

How 3 beginners became winners with great deals

23 Mar 2015 | Larry Arth | Article, Topics

I sometimes think I have the best career available. I get to meet people from all over the world, and I am always inspired by the goals and objectives people have. A very common trait that the winners all have is a long-term vision about what they really want. Often ...

Real estate investor question of the week: What should my offer be on this property?

Real estate investing question of the week: The answer to your flipping question

23 Mar 2015 | Dear Monty | Article, Topics

Reader Question: When I hear people who are flipping, or who are talking about flipping, they are usually only talking about flipping low-priced or averaged-priced single family homes, and there’s nothing wrong with that. My thing is, yes you need to start small, with say a $100,000 property or $150,000 ...

Climbing housing prices have renters feeling the squeeze

Climbing housing costs have renters feeling the squeeze in many parts of the country

19 Mar 2015 | Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends

The gap between rental costs and household income is widening to unsustainable levels in many parts of the country, and the situation could worsen unless new home construction meaningfully rises, according to a release of new research by the National Association of Realtors. NAR reviewed data on income growth, housing ...

Real estate investing question of the week: What should my offer be on this property?

16 Mar 2015 | Dear Monty | Article, Topics

Reader Question: I am looking at making an offer on a REO. It is a two-bedroom, one-bath, 710 square foot single family home. There is a $127,900 asking price, which is $180.14 per square foot. It sits on a 10,019 square-foot lot that has fire damage. The comps in the ...

3 traits that will clear the air about turnkey real estate investing

16 Mar 2015 | Engelo Rumora | Article, Topics

G’day, Mates! It’s Engelo Rumora, your favorite Australian, today sharing my opinion on the key traits that any genuine turnkey real estate company should possess. As I’m sure you’re aware, turnkey investors have a quite a stench about them. And by that, I mean there is a well-known stigma about ...

The Art of Creating a Good Deal

15 Mar 2015 | Sonia Booker | eBook | Investment Strategy

| 10 pages | 2,945 words | 15 minute read | Excerpt 4 Ways To Create A Good Deal “Good deals are often created, not located. You should always be looking for a good investment deal. Opportunity is all around you!” I have been investing in real estate for over ...

Hard money lending: What is it and why is it misunderstood?

13 Mar 2015 | Jason Van Steenwyk | Article | Topics

A Conversation With Carrie Cook, President of Ignite Funding Since joining Ignite Funding in 2004, Carrie Cook has risen through the ranks to become one of the most influential leaders in real estate investing’s “asset-based lending” realm. As president of a trust deed investment firm, Cook has an all-encompassing role ...

Teresa Bitler 10 ways a property manager can save you money

Are you using a self-directed IRA to help your real estate investing?

13 Mar 2015 | Teresa Bitler | Article, Topics

Albert Einstein is quoted as saying “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.” This magazine celebrates real estate investment as an asset class that embodies appreciation or compounding value as a property that is almost ...

The millennial generation represents the largest group of home buyers in new study

Millennials represent the largest share of recent home buyers, new study says

12 Mar 2015 | Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends

The millennial generation represented the largest share of recent buyers, despite the economic and financial challenges young adults have faced since the recession, according to a release from the National Association of Realtors. The 2015 National Association of Realtors Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, found that an overwhelming majority ...

Foreclosures down 33 percent in the past year according to CoreLogic

Foreclosure inventory down 33 percent in the past year

11 Mar 2015 | Editorial Staff | Article, Market & Trends

Foreclosure inventory declined 33 percent year over year according to the latest research in a release from CoreLogic. "Job growth and home-value appreciation have worked to push the serious delinquency rate to the lowest since mid-2008 and foreclosures down by one-third from a year ago," Frank Nothaft, chief economist at ...

Doug Duncan chief economist for Fannie Mae says consumers are not yet ready to move on housing

Consumer confidence toward homeownership continuing to grow, new study says

10 Mar 2015 | Editorial Staff | Article | Market & Trends

Most consumers expect home rental prices to continue to rise in the next year, but 43 percent still think it is too difficult to get a mortgage, according to a release of the Fannie Mae February 2015 National Housing Survey. "Continuing improvements in consumer attitudes in this month's National Housing ...

Investor with low credit score asks financing question

9 Mar 2015 | Dear Monty | Article, Topics

Reader Question: I have two rental properties free and clear but having hard time borrowing money using these properties because of low credit score. It is 620. Any suggestions or lender who may work with me? -Shalaish Pathak Monty's answer to the real estate investor question of the week Monty’s ...

6 reasons online lenders may be easier to work with blog by Lawrence Fassler

6 reasons online lenders may be easier for investors to work with

9 Mar 2015 | Lawrence Fassler | Article, Topics

Many banks are just not focused on investment property loans, as I discussed in my previous blog for Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine. For rehab investors, a good alternative can be the new online “peer-to-peer” real estate marketplaces, which are often focused on rehab situations. These companies (and I would ...

How to maintain 100 percent occupancy without any advertising

How to maintain 100 percent rental occupancy without any advertising

9 Mar 2015 | Kevin Guz | Article, Topics

This kind of came to me out of the blue this past weekend. I had a prospective tenant contact me on Saturday afternoon and ask, “Hey do you have any rental properties available. I am looking for a home.” And I did not have anything available. But I asked how ...

3 ways to adjust to today's changing market cycles in real estate investing

3 ways to adjust to today’s changing real estate investment market cycles

6 Mar 2015 | Larry Arth | Article, Topics

Are you one of the many frustrated investors looking for real estate investment properties but finding very little from which to choose? You search far and wide and the cash flow just is not as strong as it used to be? The cap rates are being reduced because of the ...

Real estate mistakes I have made: Taking the low big blog by RJ Palano

Real estate mistakes I made: Taking the low bid

3 Mar 2015 | R J Palano | Article, Topics

You get what you pay for – sometimes. Did you ever get multiple bids from contractors and one of them came in really low? If an estimate by a contractor is way out of line, that is, it is really low and you can’t see how the guy is going ...

10 principles and actions that show you are a good landlord to your tenants

3 Mar 2015 | Dear Monty | Article, Topics

Dear Monty: My husband and I own about 75 units in 25+ buildings. He has a good day job, and I manage the apartments. We have been expanding slowly for over 20 years. This is not easy work. Over the years we have had tenants occasionally complain about different things, ...

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