Real Estate Investors: The Foundation is Set -are You? We are forming a bottom in the housing market in most areas of the United States and certainly in Charlotte, North Carolina. Whether you listen to someone that says the markets great or the sky is falling, it’s important to observe whom it is you’re… Read more »
I’ve gotten a few emails/calls of late asking me, “Are you leaving Real Estate Investing?” and my immediate response is “No, why?.” “Well, you have mentioned that you just bought an internet retail business and leaving the property management business.” This is true; however, I’m also a big advocate of diversification. You see I am… 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 »
Rehabbing houses to sell retail is a business plain and simple. If you wholesale homes or have a rental portfolio, do not kid yourself into thinking you know what it takes. Yes -in the hysteria of housing boom you could overcome just about any fundamental mistake let alone move the poorest planned dogs. The game… 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 »
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 »
As some of you may know, I’ve been a Hard Money Lender in Charlotte North Carolina. Needless to say, we were running along fairly well in our local real estate markets till Wachovia Bank imploded at the end of September, 2008. Sure we were slowing down in 2007 & 2008. However, our markets were still… Read more »
Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 1/1/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com I’ll thank T.., in her New Year’s Eve post for mentioning the need to find additional funds for a new purchase in the New Year…. a need for creative funding to make it happen… its somewhat ironic that it was mentioned and i was asked to… Read more »
