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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..>>Robin Rogers - San Antonio Investment Realtor
I got to San Antonio in early December from Chicago and immediately set my sights to finding a rental house. I had looked at a lot of listings, but I hadn’t yet spoken with a Realtor. Within about a week I had found a Realtor I wanted to work with, spent an afternoon looking at […]
Read More..>>San Antonio will soon be making me money
Things have moved along pretty steadily in the last week since I’ve been in San Antonio. I’ve spoken with an attorney and the LLC filing for my business will be done soon. I’ve got a loan approval and can move forward on a house or two. I’ve also spoken with two brokers and am using […]
Read More..>>San Antonio named the top city for real estate investing by NuWire Investors
I got to San Antonio a few days ago, read the real estate blog at the local newspaper, and found this headline. Considering one of the main reasons for coming down here was to invest, it was a good sign.
It turns out that five of the top ten cities listed are in Texas. […]
Construction Loans: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Construction Loan: A short-term, interest-only building loan that provides interim construction financing, which allows loan proceeds to be disbursed over time to pay homebuilders, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers or other providers of materials or services.
Sound like a good way to get your paws wet in the real estate investing scene? As Mom always reminds me, […]
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