I met with a fellow friend and real estate investor the other day to discuss challenges we’re working on with our real estate investments. It was a very productive meeting that actually lasted 3 hours. The topic was not improved tenant screening, creative financing techniques, marketing programs, nor systems for efficiency or guaranteed success. The… Read more »
Our summer is slowly coming to an end and it’s becoming readily apparent that we are facing a very strong dichotomy in the currents of real estate investing. There is a lot of fear, pessimism, and frustration. While on the flip side, I’m seeing another group that is out there in full force with… Read more »
One key facet to being a successful landlord is effectively screening your future residents. Failure to choosing a stable, on-time, rent paying citizens of our society will only cost you time, money, and un-needed aggravation. I don’t care whether one is filling a $300/mo or a $3,000/mo rental nor if the applicant is a $7/hr… Read more »
For those considering providing a private money loan, one needs to put some basic protections in the paperwork they create when funding a loan. You see a loan as an asset is different than a direct investment in a piece of real estate. Rather than a set of keys and the right to occupy and/or… Read more »
A few years back I had called on a fellow landlord who was known for selling off properties and providing owner financing too. Now I knew he had problem tenants in a property but also knew the area was appreciating rather rapidly and it was in my main target neighborhood. I wasn’t sure how long… Read more »
I’m often asked by those new and even those (at times) who’ve been trudging along in the investing arena, how wealth is truly created with real estate. I have a basic saying -one that plays apart in my constant drive: “If you aren’t out earning it, your spending it”. The idea of working smartly… Read more »
State of the Real Estate Economy as of October 2009 I’ve had various thoughts for what I’d write this week… Reflecting back I am seeing a consistent theme with those that play in the land of real estate. Uncertainty, Fear, and somewhat worn out against a back drop of Dow 10,000, Real Estate (supposed) Guru’s… Read more »
What’s with all this thinking that real estate is dead!!! Sure the easy days are not around for the moment -for most. We all must remember that real estate valuations cycle. For the near term it will be a challenge to fund wholesale, rehab, and landlord real estate investments until financing opens up. Does this… Read more »
The foundation of my real estate investing is rooted in buy and hold investment property for the long term: otherwise, known as Landlording. While I have wholesaled & rehabbed property for short term merchandising of real estate not to mention provided hard money loans to real estate investors in Charlotte, North Carolina, it is my… Read more »
