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from the interesting-developments dept. Here (once you get past all the ads) is an interesting 'heat map' and article of 2008 foreclosures in the United States. Obviously there are some parts of the country that are far worse than others. Read More... from the REI News dept. I recently bought a new 3 bedroom 2 bath house rental property. It has been some years and I had grown rusty, making some mistakes with the closing, financing and rehab. None fatal. I was trying to be diligent. The home was professionally inspected, I went ahead and spent some money on ceramic tiling the whole floor. I was choosy with the tenant selection, doing credit and criminal checks on all serious applicants. The tenant and family moved in. Then the sewer erupted into the house. Read More... ( 1750 bytes in body) from the REI News Stories dept. How to build a cage for your Air Conditioner (A/C) to prevent stealing for $90 or less. An A/C condensor on a Houston, Texas foreclosure I bought had been stolen long before I bought it. The idea of putting a brand-new 13 SEER unit into a neighborhood known for A/C theft was not attractive. I am told that the scrap metal dealers are doing thumbprint, photograph and 3 day waiting period now before paying for copper. The A/C cage will consist of 3 bars north/south and 3 bars east/west. See picture. This should provide more than adequate room to work on the unit and have un-restricted air-flow. The goal is to make the cage so the unit cannot be removed from the cage without destroying it. Read More... (3 comments, 1931 bytes in body) from the interesting-developments dept. According to this pantagraph.com article, young people are investing in retirement homes, not stocks: '...No one knows how many younger buyers are out snapping up their retirement homes. But real-estate agents and financial planners around the country say they’re increasingly assisting younger buyers out spending $100,000 to $500,000 for a house to call home in retirement. Partially at play is a cultural shift planners say they see among younger savers who aren’t content to just accumulate assets to use in retirement. Instead, this younger generation wants to put some of its nest egg to work today as an investment in family. A year ago, Daniel Merkle and Sandra Bauman of Glen Rock, N.J., took roughly 20 percent of their retirement assets — none of it coming from tax-deferred accounts like their IRAs or 401(k) plans — and bought a cottage on a hill with 60 feet of lake frontage in Athens, N.Y., in the Catskill Mountains. “It was clear the money was better off in the index funds we owned,” Merkle says. “But there are factors you can’t see on a spreadsheet — like the time we get with our kids building memories there. We wanted to get in while it was affordable.” Read More... from the interesting-developments dept. According to this Yahoo article: '...Nationally, sales were down 7 percent in the April-June quarter this year compared with the same period in 2005, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday in its latest state-by-state look at housing conditions around the country...' Read More... from the REI News dept. Discover the key piece of knowledge that all real estate investing millionaires possess, yet few reveal. Read More... ( 2903 bytes in body) from the REI News stories dept. Real Estate investing has long been proven to make money for the active investor. Many of the real estate investing methods and techniques used to make some of the biggest (and quickest) returns only require a little time and a bit of knowledge to rapidly bring home a big check. Yet the "investing" gets a bit lost in most of the world of "Real Estate Investing" - there is no "investing" other than a bit of time - there is no ROI (Return On Investment) other than the time-for-money factor. Thats why I call these activities Real Estate Investing Jobs -they stop bringing income as soon as you stop working them. Read More... ( 4656 bytes in body) from the landlording dept. Don't do laminate. If you have to do laminate, Lumber liquidators and Floor and Decor Warehouse consistently have the best prices on laminate. But don't do laminate, do ceramic tile. Don't do carpet. Why? Read on... Read More... ( 1269 bytes in body) from the e-mail list dept. Yahoo groups has a e-mail list list called Landlordsunite which looks like it is worth joining. However, it also looks dormant for awhile. Read More... from the short-selling dept. Real estate short selling or 'loss mitigation' seems to be in the news these days. In a nutshell this is a play involving talking a bank into selling a distressed property at less than what is owed so that the bank suffers a smaller loss than it might in foreclosure and the buyer gets a bargain. CRE Online has an article that outlines it: 'If you are new to real estate investing and wondering what real estate short sales are: A short sale means getting the bank to accept less than what is owed as payment in full. For example: You find a homeowner in distress who owes $100,000 on a property that is worth $100,000. What do you do? Most real estate investors walk away--unless they know how to use a short sale...' Read More... ( 1648 bytes in body) from the Rich-Dad dept. The Rich Dad site has a great article by Kim Kiyosaki: '...Start with a small property – a single family home, a duplex, or 3-plex. Invest a lot of time and a little money in your first deal. Mistakes are part of the process, and you should expect to make them. With each mistake, you become smarter and your next investment easier. So make your mistakes on small properties, learn from the mistakes, and then move on to larger properties. This is also why you want positive cash flow properties: The cash flow can buffer the mistakes you’ll make along the way...' Read More... |
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