Monthly Archives: October 2012

“Dear Real Estate Agent, I am ready, willing and qualified to buy a home, why can’t you bother to reply to my emails or return my phone calls?”

While you’d think most of the bad apples were driven out of the mortgage and real estate industry when the bubble burst, there has actually been a dramatic rise in real estate related fraud since 2008. How does this affect those selling a home today?

As a real estate investor with rental properties at some point you are going to run into tenants who don’t pay or damage homes, so does it pay to try and make them pay?

While countless experts have officially called a real estate recovery is underway and the hard numbers back it, there are still the occasional pessimistic pieces in the media trying to cast a cloud over it. Why?

Real estate investing has soared in popularity in the last couple of years and it’s no wonder why or where the wealth is going when you look at the numbers…

Does flipping real estate still rule with so many renters out there? Low interest rates, demand for rentals, and rising rents have seen millions of investors creating a stampede for income investment properties but could the competition be getting too much and are there still bigger profits to be had in flipping real estate?

Why don’t banks always accept the highest bid on foreclosures and REOs? Some investors in some parts of the country have recently been complaining about bidding wars over REOs and other distressed properties, so why is it that the highest offer isn’t always the winning one?

Could it really take until 2026 for home prices to recover from foreclosures and return to their previous levels?

Seniors are quickly becoming one of the hardest hit groups from the new rise in foreclosures, leaving many with a bleak outlook for the future…

Real estate may be the only attractive investing option out there today but not all strategies are equally safe and profitable. This is especially true for those considering jumping on real estate stocks or investing in public real estate investment trusts (REITS).