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 »
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 »
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 »
Suffice it to say, I’m not going to miss 2009 with regards to my business and investments…. From a family standpoint it was absolutely fantastic. Emmy hit 4 this summer swimming like a fish and Max at 7 is growing out of my concept of ‘my little boy’…. Oh, they just grow to fast. 2009… 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 »
Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 9/27/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com My uncle Dave just left our home from a weekend visit. He’s a former top executive of an international real estate brokerage firm and still does some consulting with brokerage owners around the country. Of coarse (as you can imagine), we discussed real estate. During this… 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 »
