You might know all about flipping houses, but have you ever heard of flopping houses? This devious short-sale maneuver has become incredibly popular with the unscrupulous real estate investor demographic in the past few months – but be warned. If you get caught flopping when you should be flipping, you could spend some serious time...Read More

You might not want to live in a haunted house yourself, but you’d be surprised by the number of people that do. All around the country, small groups of eclectic real estate investors are clamoring for properties that seem ridiculous on the surface but that are worth more than their weight in gold to the...Read More

It looks like the presidential candidates are finally paying attention to the housing crisis. In this Tuesday's State of the Union speech, President Obama touted his settlement with big banking. The settlement would dampen the startling foreclosure rate by giving $25 billion to homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages. Immediately after the speech, White...Read More

If you think selling a house is hard now, just wait until next year. And the year after that. And the year after that. And the … okay, you get the point. According to the latest Goldman Sachs forecast, real estate investing will hit rock bottom in 2013 and won’t recover to pre-crash levels until...Read More

If you think selling a house is hard now, just wait until next year. And the year after that. And the year after that. And the … okay, you get the point. According to the latest Goldman Sachs forecast, real estate investing will hit rock bottom in 2013 and won’t recover to pre-crash levels until...Read More