Home Selling

Rent-to-own appeal for real estate investors and the average individual interested in buying a home is clearly huge. It provides them with the opportunity of a life time to establish wealth or own a home faster than ever.

there is a huge surge among younger generations, full of passion and energy, wanting to get in and make their millions from real estate investing. It’s great, and no one should allow their age to hold them back.

Pocket listings are trending upward as the housing market moves back to boom territory. A pocket listing is a property which is held off the public market and MLS. This is a marketing strategy that can have many advantages in a hot market.

Generating a relatively low asking price may be your best option. Creating a frenzy by underpricing, giving the appearance of a bargain, forcing bidding wars and increasing motivation can lead to a higher end price and net proceeds. Proper pricing strategies are imperative to the timely and lucrative sale of a house

What’s driving the housing market this year, and where does it suggest the best opportunities for real estate investing are? While some reports point to real estate as the only positive thing happening in the U.S. economy, there is a lot more going on than many give credit for. Real estate may be the biggest driver of the economy and jobs right now, but we need a broader spectrum of growth in different industries to keep the current rebound sustainable and to launch us into a full-on boom period.

Where are the best zip codes for buying a home or investing in real estate in the U.S. today? According to Coldwell Banker’s Luxury Market report on the zip codes with the most $10 million home sales and listings 6 of the top 10 are in California, with Florida, Colorado and Connecticut real estate making up the rest.

Flipping houses can deliver fast money, lots of cash and fuel many more investments, but is that really why you should be doing it? One real estate investor recently featured on CNN Money flips houses for a different reason…

Having to move, and fast, is a situation that is becoming more and more common, especially for many people finding jobs in hot spots like San Diego, CA or New Haven, CT that need to relocate immediately. It’s creating a nerve racking dilemma being faced by homeowners from coast to coast; if you need to move, should you sell your current home or hold onto it and lease it out?

There’s a new buzz word to describe what is going on in the California real estate market, ‘flash sales’. ‘Flash sales’ is a term used to define homes that sell in less than 24 hours, and there have been a lot of them reported recently, especially in Southern California.

The real estate market recovery is spreading out with incredible gains in home equity being reported all over the nation. There are certainly opportunities for real estate investing or getting a good deal on buying a home virtually everywhere in the country, but there will continue to be a vast difference in the performance of many cities and towns from coast to coast.