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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 […]
Tip #5 Look at assessor data to determine comps on new construction
6 October 2006I am under contract on a new construction house right now so I had an interest in researching comps. At first it was difficult to comp these properties because the subdivision is so new , nobody has sold a house! In addition, its tough to compare properties in the surrounding areas because they […]
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. […]
Part #2 Analysis of a fix and flip
19 September 2006I wanted to focus this discussion on using existing equity for the fix and flip loan program. Below is a quote from a mortgage broker conversation.
1) Please explain how the cross-collateralization works for the down payment on the 90% interest only fix and flip loan. What are the fees involved to use cross-col?
1) Our cross-collateralization […]
Analysis of a Fix and flip Property..
17 September 2006One of the most popular real estate strategies these days has been the “Fix and Flip” deal. In areas that are tough to cashflow without big down payments, the fix and flip is the best choice to generate cash.
A fix and flip is purchasing a property that is under market value because of it’s deferred […]
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 […]
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 […]
Information overload..
14 January 2006Talk about getting information over load. I decided to try and find some realtor sites that post basic MLS information so I can graph data to better understand the market trends.
Turns out the the Tucson association of realtors have monthly reviews. Check this out..
http://www.tucsonrealtors.org/public/ressalesstats.html
There over ten pages of graphs comparing data back to 1996. This […]
How to get “Free” comps
14 January 2006I posted this about a year ago, but there’s easy ways to get comparables for real estate and alot of times its free. Tom, from his blog http://dbreakfast.com// mentioned that realtors are useful because of their comps on the MLS.
I never use realtors because its too much of a pain… The easiest way to get […]
Real Estate forecasts in 2006 & 2007 Check it out!
30 December 2005I’ve tracked CNN money’s appreciation reports for several years and I have found them to be accurate based on tracking the Reno, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Tucson markets.
This article was quite interesting. A firm estimated the forecasts for 2006 & 2007. I don’t read into these 100% because they never explain their numbers , however, […]