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Apartment Investing: Women Driving Demand?
There are a few obvious reasons that the apartment sector is so hot right now – the mortgage mess and long term soft economy get most of the blame. What is strange though is that by most accounts we have seen a comeback – but the comeback is not being accompanied by a strong rebound in…
Apartment Developing: How Will it Affect the Small Investor?
Here’s a great resource for apartment investing news – Multi family executive. I came across the following article and pondered what this means to my apartment investing business and the strategies that we employ. Clearly, the smart money is moving toward apartment assets and builders are not finding ample clients in the multi-family segment. How does the small…
Apartment Foreclosure Investing is Getting Hotter
Apartment Foreclosure Investing I have great news. Foreclosure apartment investor extraordinaire, Michal Ballard, is back sharing his wisdom. He’s been extremely busy buying apartments this past year and sees tremendous upside in the apartment investing market. I’ve asked him to write some posts on the opportunities for foreclosure apartment investors for the rest of this…
Private Equity Buyers: Affects To Foreclosure Investing?
Private Equity Buyers There’s a lot of cash on the sidelines looking to be placed in the housing market. This cash is absorbing the backlog of foreclosures, reducing available housing inventory, has put a floor in the housing market and now a big part of the 12%+ appreciation in home prices that we are seeing…
Foreclosure Home Prices Up Over 12%
This just in today… Foreclosure Home prices are up 12.1% over last year and are up 3.2% from March to April – but remain 22.4% below the April 2006 housing peak (according to Corelogic’s April Home Price Index Report). This housing boom is building steam and has lots of room to grow. 2013 will go…
Foreclosure Inventory Continue Steep Declines
Completed foreclosures continue to drop – for 17 months in a row – now down 16% from April 2012. 52,000 homes were lost to foreclosure in April 2013 – down from the 62,000 a year ago – but still above the 21,000 per month average between 2000 and 2006. The worst of the foreclosure storm is…
Top 25 Markets to Flip Foreclosure Homes for Profit
Investors, flipping homes are back, with a vengeance. With prices rising, a shortage of inventory, and an excess supply of cash looking to invest – the time has never been better for new investors to find and flip their deals for fast pay days – to the tune of $43,739 average profit per flip. Earlier…
New Investor Foreclosure Flip Strategies
Do you want to get into real estate investing but don’t want to manage a rehab to “fix and flip” a property? Are you stuck with sellers and lenders saying NO? You have to learn how to STRUCTURE your deals the right way so they say YES. Successful foreclosure investors just like you, from all…
Pre-Foreclosures: How to Get Past the Gatekeeper
Part of becoming a new real estate investor is getting comfortable with being persistent in the pre-foreclosure market: cold calling, door knocking, checking up on a homeowner, and just getting your foot in the door with conversations. Today’s Deals are NOT Listed with a Realtor Chasing deals controlled by agents using the MLS (multiple listing…
Rental Housing Profits on the Rise
A new report by Altos Research “Rents and the Housing Recovery” confirms this housing market recovery is real. However, not only are home prices rising, but rents are rising too. This may seem strange to you as typically housing prices and rents move in opposite directions. When the housing market is soft, homeowners move into…