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 »
Sometimes I over simplify my thoughts on investing in real estate….. As a generalization, I have an ingrained rule of buying a rental property for $50k and selling it when it hits a valuation of $125k -with the thoughts of reinvesting the money into two more $50k properties. We are still able to purchase single… Read more »
No.., I’m not talking about taking a loss when selling a home or a negative cash flow situation!!! This is a form of growth that is the complete opposite from the growth of adding new rentals and/or the ability to buy more property to wholesale or rehab/resell…. I’ve exercised this mode of growth twice in… Read more »
Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 11/22/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com PAYING FOR A REAL ESTATE EDUCATION It was the Fall of 2007 when I knew we had reached the pinnacle of the real estate frenzy locally in Charlotte, North Carolina… I was at a local real estate meeting and the focus of the nights talk was… Read more »
Running your Real Estate Operation Like a Business: Sometimes You Have to Shrink to Grow! I asked for ideas the other day for a topic and a friend (whom I just made the time for) suggested the very title before you. Three days prior I had spent a good 1 ½ hours plus with Michael… Read more »