Introduction to Real Estate Investment Deal Analysis

Have you ever wondered what a Pro-Forma or a Cap Rate is? Are you trying to figure out what NOI means? Do you want to know how to calculate the various types of ROI, like Cash-on-Cash Return and Total Return?
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Introduction to Real Estate Investment Deal Analysis

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Foreclosed Homes Sell at 27% Discount as Supply Grows

Foreclosed Homes Sell at 27% Discount as Supply Grows June 30, 2010 — Bloomberg Homes in the foreclosure process sold at an average 27 percent discount in the first quarter as almost a third of all U.S. transactions involved properties in some stage…(read more)

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Are Vacant Showings Better?

Having one of your properties sit vacant is one of the biggest money sucking problems a real estate investor can face. As we struggled to rent one of our latest properties out, we started to really understand the big benefit of doing a tenant first rent to own strategy like I discussed a few weeks [...]

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Are Vacant Showings Better?

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FHA Jumbo Loans: Heating Up

FHA jumbo loans are a popular alternative to “regular” jumbo loan financing due to their low rates and low down payment.

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FHA Jumbo Loans: Heating Up

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Short Term Long Term Deep Pockets and Dinghies On Small Docks

When Grandma spoke we listened. She was tempered steel wrapped in GrandmaSpeak. Tough? Around our family, nobody, at least out loud, claims real toughness, as the standard set by Grandma is something for which we only strive. One day I was whinin’ about an upcoming American History test. She asked if I was prepared to [...]

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Short Term Long Term Deep Pockets and Dinghies On Small Docks

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Home Prices in U.S. Probably Rose, Consumer Confidence Declined

Home Prices in U.S. Probably Rose, Consumer Confidence Declined June 29, 2010 — Bloomberg Home prices rose as sales got a boost from a tax credit, while consumer confidence cooled from a two-year high, signaling a pickup in employment is needed…(read more)

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The Top 20 Real Estate Investing Blogs

Our now famous list of the top 35 real estate blogs from August 2006 has been seriously withered down over the years; some of the blogs simply died out, while others lost focus, or quality. I thought it was high time that we updated this list by creating several sub-lists of top real estate [...]

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The Top 20 Real Estate Investing Blogs

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Study: Nearly One in Five Mortgage Defaults Are ‘Strategic’

Study: Nearly One in Five Mortgage Defaults Are ‘Strategic’ June 28, 2010 — Wall Street Journal A new report estimates that nearly one in five mortgage defaults through the first half of 2009 were “strategic,” where borrowers…(read more)

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Housing Market Summary

Last week offered real estate market news that many of us wish we never heard.  The overall sentiment being bearish and offering us a glimpse of what a post-tax credit real estate market looks like.  In this article you’ll start seeing emerging trends in New Home Sales, Existing Home Sales, Mortgage Purchase Applications, positive news [...]

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Housing Market Summary

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When a Real Estate Deal Goes Bad

So what do you do when a deal goes bad? Notice I say “when,” not “if.” Anyone who stays in this business for any length of time will have a deal go sour. A real estate transaction has so many moving parts that it is rarely smooth sailing. Even the best of them will have [...]

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When a Real Estate Deal Goes Bad

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