Archive for January, 2008
Lost
This is a little off the subject, but I’m really looking forward to the season premiere of Lost tonight. I’ve been hooked since the beginning. When I was in Iraq in 2005, my buddies and I would download the latest episode off of iTunes just to watch it. If you’re a fan as well, I […]
Read More..>>Real Estate Mogul Sam Zell Makes a Splash in Seniors Housing
Another edition of my all things Sam Zell. I’ve created a new tag so it will be easier to categorize my posts about him. Two interesting things in this article: One, of course, he’s getting into the Senior’s market, and two, he’s doing it overseas.
The same week the Tribune deal closed, Zell’s Equity International invested […]
Closing on the San Antonio house
I’ve been so busy the last few days I haven’t had time to post anything. We closed on the house in San Antonio today. I’ll go into more detail later, but financing got to be a real pain. An old $400 delinquency from five years ago on the guarantor’s credit report took many, many hours […]
Read More..>>Discovering PropertyShark.com
I got an email today from some real estate investing magazine that I subscribe to and it highlighted a site I hadn’t known of before: Property Shark.
It’s a subscription service, but you can pull up to six property reports for free each day. The reports cover a lot of ground. Yes, you can find […]
Minnesota Investment Real Estate Links
Scott over at Minnesota Investment Real Estate handled the Carnival of Real Estate this week and did a heck of a job. I’ve really enjoyed following his blog and I highly recommend you add him to your reading list. I wanted to pick out two of my favorites from his list.
Trevor Mauch at The […]
Interest Rates: We’ve got it good
The quote page from this week’s Forbes magazine focuses on real estate, homes, and mortgages. If you read Forbes, you know that the last page always has an old headline quote from Malcolm Forbes from years ago. This one is from 1983:
The American dream, though never realizable for all, is owning one’s own home. That […]
Trump on Cramer
The Donald was on Jim Cramer the other night and had some interesting things to say. He thinks that now is a good time to look for deals in residential real estate. He thinks lenders are “out of business” and don’t have the capital for commercial deals right now. He says that now is the […]
Read More..>>I applied for a loan on Prosper, should you?
If you’ve been a regular reader, you may notice that ad on the right for Prosper. I’ve been a lender for about a year and a half and have gotten a pretty good return from it. I also borrowed $5,000 in the beginning of last year to reinvest part of it back into loans for […]
Read More..>>2008 Goals
It’s tough to say exactly what you’ll buy in any given year because a number of factors will affect your decisions. For 2007 I wanted to acquire more units in Chicago, but the prices just didn’t work out, so the only place we got was the Bear Claw. Hey, four units are better than none. […]
Read More..>>San Francisco Apartment Market Shines
Multifamily rent growth in the Golden Gate City will lead the nation in 2008, thanks to a healthy economy and population growth driven by burgeoning professional and business services, according to a national forecast by real estate investment services firm Marcus & Millichap.
Due to a local economy that is thriving on technology companies and the […]
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