Leveraging Non Traditional Real Estate Investing In Todays Market
If you look at the statistics recently released by the National Association of Realtors, you may believe that the housing market is looking up. According to information released in January, the housing affordability index was at its highest level ever. It came in at 206 which means that average families have twice the amount needed, [...] Read more »
Many people with a little money to spare are considering putting it to use in real estate marketing. Prices for real estate are at record lows because of the recession. There are lots of real estate bargains out there for those who have the means to purchase them. Once you purchase real estate as an [...] Read more »
When beginning real estate investors do not have a lot of money to use in order to purchase real estate properties, there are a number of creative real estate investing strategies that they can use. One option is subject to financing agreements, where the purchaser agrees to assume the current mortgage payments in exchange for [...] Read more »
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the Housing Affordability Index rose to a record high 206.1 in January, marking the highest housing affordability index level since record keeping began in 1970. The Housing Affordability Index measures the relationship between median home price, median family income and average mortgage interest rate. The higher the index, [...] Read more »
If you are seeking to participate in a real estate transaction in today’s tough economic climate, then you are strongly advised to understand what is owner financing. In order to understand what is owner financing, let’s first explain how conventional real estate transactions work. Traditionally, for a real estate transaction to occur, the seller and [...] Read more »
Free Real Estate Contract There are a lot of people out there that wish to sell their home the quickest and cheapest way possible often using a free real estate contract. You know what? I don’t blame them! However, using a free real estate contract may not be the best way to go about selling [...] Read more »
Now that interest rates are extremely low for real estate, many investors are looking into something called real estate investment trust or for short, REIT. These are somewhat risky investments that have been around for at least the past 50 years, but became very popular in 2000 to 2002. Actually before mainstream investors discovered real [...] Read more »
US Real Estate Investors Hindered By Financing Borrowing costs and lack of consumer market confidence is causing US real estate investors to back down according to panelists at the Bloomberg Dealmaker’s Summit in New York yesterday. What are the other factors causing the slump? Its a mixture of many things, but US real estate investors [...] Read more »
Phill Grove to Speak at Austin RENC Event Thursday, September 15 (September 13, 2011- Austin, Texas) The REI Maverick, Phill Grove, will be speaking at the Austin Real Estate Networking Club (RENC) this Thursday evening, September 15, at the Norris Conference Center (2525 W Anderson Ln, Austin, TX 78757 ). Phill Grove will be speaking [...] Read more »
Do you need to be both a Realtor and Investor if you want to invest in real estate? When starting out a real estate investing business, many people wonder if it’s a good idea to become a Realtor and Investor or just an investor. One of the things to understand is that being a Realtor [...] Read more »
