Category: Financing

Investors love real estate because it acts as a hedge against inflation. This occurs for several reasons: One, on an historical basis, housing prices rise just as fast or faster than the rate of inflation. Two, although investors can’t always …Read more  »

You may have heard the term “short sale” and wondered what it referred to – and what kind of opportunities these types of transactions offer in the real estate market. Let’s define a short sale first. A short sale can …Read more  »

You normally hear the term “diversification” from financial planners and stock brokers. But you don’t hear the term used so often when it comes to real estate investing. The goal of diversification, regardless of the investment, is to reduce the …Read more  »

Real estate is a business – plain and simple. You’ll need to plan, analyze, negotiate, write offers, manage, market, and sell just like any other form of business. A business does not stay in business for very long if it’s …Read more  »

In real estate, there are two basic concepts of investing – active and passive. Passive investing is typically your buy-and-hold form of investing. Simply put, once you’ve purchased a solid income property, you sit back and let it appreciate over …Read more  »

In order to make profitable investments, it’s vital for you to understand the cycles of the real estate market because they directly affect the value of properties you may want to consider. The first thing to understand that just like …Read more  »

Even during the Great Depression some people made money. The same holds true today despite one of the toughest economic environments in decades. The key is to understand the roots of appreciation or what causes real estate to go up …Read more  »

Can anyone become a successful real estate investor? According to industry experts...the answer is a resounding "Yes". Average Americans and heavy-hitting investors alike have historically embraced real estate as one of the most reliable methods available to generate real wealth. …Read more  »

Real estate investing makes people think of money.  You will see a lot of good reasons for this.  Real estate is something that is only available in limited quantities.  After all, manufacturing more land is impossible.  As a result, real …Read more  »