By Russ Keith How did you get started in real estate investing? Maybe someone else...a friend, family member...or even your spouse, was bitten by the property investing bug and you caught it. Or maybe you were invited to a weekend property investing seminar and found yourself thrilled with all Continue Reading
Property Value: The Capitalization Approach
By Dan Harkey When arranging a loan or investing in real estate, understanding the use of capitalization approach (“Cap Rates”) is critical to the decision-making. This subject is important to commercial realtors, lenders, developers, and investors. Definition of Capitalization Rate (Cap Continue Reading
Molding a Million Dollar Marketing Mind Set
By Kathy Kennebrook (The Marketing Magic Lady) When you are getting started in the real estate business, I know that putting a solid marketing plan in place is going to be one of your first priorities. This will be the main strategy that will separate you from your competition. Decide what your Continue Reading
8 Simple Steps To Riches In Real Estate Or In Any Other Field, For That Matter
By Reggie Brooks Before I got involved with real estate I tried various other potential money-making ventures. I created a company called Advanced Video Productions, and spent the first 4 weeks designing the all important ‘logo’. I might have thought that my income was totally Continue Reading
Dealing With Negative Cash Flow
By Bruce Kellogg The Problem For Investors As property prices rise in many markets across the country, it is becoming increasingly difficult for investors to acquire properties with a positive cash flow. Nowadays, it is all the more important to know how to deal with negative cash flow Continue Reading
Invest in Overseas Real Estate to Retire Smartly
By Matt Malouf The 401k plan at your workplace is as traditional as apple pie. You know what it is and you can rely on it. You’ve grown up hearing about this kind of investment being beneficial in life. It’s just something everybody does, and what you should do too. All it takes is landing a job Continue Reading
So… You Want to be a Real Estate Investor…
By Lou Brown If you have the intention to be successful in Real Estate, taking a look at what is working for others may be a good place to start… Let’s understand what you want to accomplish. Do you want to have your own business in real estate? Do you want to buy and sell, or buy and hold, or Continue Reading
The Deal of the Century
By Alton Jones Is this your last opportunity to create greatness? For all we know, it might be. That’s certainly how I live my life. But as the holidays come up, I see more people getting into the slowdown mindset. Thinking they won’t be able to do anything between Thanksgiving and new years, Continue Reading
FREE APARTMENT BUILDINGS CONFERENCE & EXPO OCTOBER 2ND AT PASADENA CONVENTION CENTER
The Apartment Buildings Conference & Expo on October 2nd is a free educational event featuring guest speakers, seminars, breakout sessions and an exhibit hall for multi-family owners, investors, property managers and service providers. It’s the perfect place to catch up on the latest Continue Reading
Dealing With “Balloon” Payments
By Bruce Kellogg “Amortizing” Versus “Balloon” Notes An “amortizing” note is one where the principal amount is paid off over the term of the loan. A “balloon” note is one where the payments are not sufficient to retire the debt, and an outstanding balance is due at maturity. What Is The Continue Reading
Yield Compression – Why are rates in California for alternative real estate financing declining in a rising interest rate market?
By Edward Brown The Prime Rate has been slowly increasing over the past six months, but real estate financing in the alternative sector in California has actually decreased. Why? Competition between private lending companies in real estate [also known as hard money lenders] has increased Continue Reading
Free Money….. No, Really! It’s True!
By Reggie Brooks Our Government makes hundreds of different programs available to distribute billions of dollars to us in the form of grants, low interest loans, and subsidies. The money is then appropriated by politicians who are smart enough to know that the best way to keep their jobs is by Continue Reading
Texas Cash Cow Arrest — Beware of Real Estate Fraud
By Kathy Fettke The arrest of a Texas developer, who’s well-known in the real estate industry, is a big reminder to thoroughly vet the people and deals you are working with. Phillip Carter of Frisco is accused of taking $17.5 million dollars from investors for development projects in North Texas Continue Reading
The Secret Sauce to Managing Your Wealth…Do You Have One?
By Anita Cooper "To say that I was a failed investor is putting it mildly..." Steve Rozenberg, founder of Empire Industries, LLC and full time commercial airline pilot, knows what it's like to have your property investing aspirations crash and burn. After 911, the airline industry was very Continue Reading
