Archive for 'REI news' Category
On the sidelines…
29 July 2007Its been almost half a year since I’ve made my last post. Its amazing how time flys (especially as a person grows older). In the last six months, I’ve concentrated more on family than real estate. At this time, real estate is a second job, however, I am pleased with all of my investments so far. They have been […]
Buy in “good” locations to hedge price drops..
1 November 2006In the last week, I’ve been real interested in absorbing the latest real estate news from local news papers, real estate bubble blogs, business websites, the personal investor magazine (just came out), and Arizona paid subscriptions of market analyses.
One observation I’ve made is that you need to be very careful interpreting market “averages”. The […]
What not to do..
28 October 2006Poor Casey Serin A 23 year old ambitious investor that broke every rule in the book and is paying for it!
I posted his link for several reasons.
1) To remind us that you can lose in real estate.
2) In all of his posts, I didn’t see any sort of plan or analysis. If you don’t […]
Moody’s Economy’s price forecast for major real estate markets
17 October 2006I am trying to avoid posting “doom and gloom” real estate articles because there’s a lot of blogs doing this which will ultimately turn off a lot of investors. As far as I’m concerned, real estate is one of the best investing vehicles and you should be always involved and not be on the […]
At the Builder’s mercy..
15 October 2006I hate being on the short end of the stick when doing business. Buying a new construction house makes YOU be at the mercy of the builder and you will not be in control.
I want to lock in as soon as possible for my new loan. The inhouse lender says that I can lock up […]
Offer accepted!!
3 October 2006Since the market has slowed down to a buyer’s market, we decided to go house hunting for a new primary residence. In Tucson, the month of November/December is the best months to buy. We would keep the existing property and put it into our rental portfolio.
The media has talked a lot about the softening market. […]
Out on vacation 9/21-9/27
21 September 2006Americans work hard (at least I do) and vacations are necessary to unwind or “reset” from the grind of life. I’ll be vacation this week camping, hiking, and looking for critters. I hope to come back refreshed.
Some interesting news for us, our neighbor went through the foreclosure process. I spoke to him a year ago […]
One year change on house Prices…
15 September 2006Nice summary of national real estatate appreciation from 2nd quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2006 presented by the The Arizona Real Estate Notebook Arizona, where I currently invest has been a spectacular year. I am looking forward to picking up some good deals in the next coming months. At this point, everyone and their granda knows that […]
Lesson#1 Start Now
8 September 2006Welcome to real estate lesson #1; How to start real estate investing. The purpose of these series of lessons is to prepare the beginning investor on his/her new path to real estate investing. Sometimes, you just need a simple road map to get started. This is it. I want people to succeed in real estate […]
Avoiding Foreclosure: Five Important Steps To Take, by Peter G. Miller
7 September 2006This is an interesting article shown on the creative investor.
The author does a good job describing a person’s options when involved in a pre-foreclosure. No wonder its hard work finding a pre-foreclosure to sell to an investor because they have so many options. Selling it to an investor is Step#5, last […]