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There are many people who would like to invest in property but don’t have the money to do so. Even in a tough housing market, where homes are selling for thousands of dollars less than market value, purchasing property can still be expensive.

However, there is another option that many people fail to utilize and that is purchasing property through property tax sales. This is an excellent way to purchase property, sometime for literally pennies on the dollar, and purchasing the place of your dreams.

So, how does a home get into the position of being sold as a tax sale? Well, it is actually very simple. Someone purchase a piece of property. Sometimes they build a home on it or sometimes they use it for raising animals, or simply to appreciate in value. However, something happens and they cannot pay the taxes that they own on their property (there are property taxes in every state and anyone who owns property must pay those taxes). The local government then contacts those individuals and gives them the opportunity to pay.  Read more...

Real estate has been considered historically as a wonderful investment tool or market. But recently because of the housing market crash and all the media hype many people have been scared away. Well in this article we are going to read about some signals on how to know when is that crucial time where we can invest again in the real estate market. Because the market will bounce back up and knowing that crucial time of when to invest will be a big help in taking advantage of this real estate market.

First and foremost, real estate follows all investing options of purchasing low and selling high. Well all indicators show that the housing market may have hit bottom. If it hasn’t hit the bottom of the market it sure is close.

Bearing that in mind, today is the best time more than ever to acquire some quality deals on property. The biggest reason is it is a buyer’s market. There is an overabundance of houses to select from which allows buyers to be more choosy in selecting the deals they want. That is what I tell all my clients in my investment property company.  Read more...

The suffering economy has placed many of the owners of high end property in a position where they need to sell the property immediately. For an individual who has cash to purchase this property there are many opportunities at this time to invest a small amount of money that will have a great return on the investment later.

When looking for the best prices for expensive property an individual will want to research the area that they are looking at and make the purchase with the attitude that it is a long term investment. The return on this properties will not be seen until the economy worldwide has recovered. At that time an individual will be able to see a significant profit on most of the investments they make now.  Read more...

These days technology seems to dominate how we do things. However technology is most evident the minute you sit in front of your personal computer. So when it comes to selling our most prized and most expensive possession, our homes, then naturally we can turn to the internet as a primary vehicle for marketing. There are many web sites that allow you to advertise your property on their sites. Maybe they charge a fee or maybe you can do it free. Do a bit of research and see what is available out there. Try a few out and see what happens.

You can get all the information you think important into your advertising, regardless of how much there is. However, do not get carried away. You need to keep the readers interest, so be as brief as possible while still including all those important bits of information. As the property owner you can give personal testimony to the things that you particularly like about your property. Its location close to the school, its mechanics pit in the garage or the roomy attic that stores all your treasures. Personal comments can set your advertising apart from professional real estate advertising and can make it more real.  Read more...

If you are a first time home buyer or planning to buy another house, you can get a better purchase by conducting extensive research without having to first seek the aid of a real estate agent. An important step to house buying is the showing, and the ideal way to use this opportunity is to have 3 showings at least per house to facilitate your inspection and inquiries. If the house seems viable to you after the first showing, during the second showing, take notes as you examine each area of the house for physical defects.

“100 Questions Every First Time Home Buyer Should Ask”, book author, Ilyce Glick recommends that first time home buyers should use the time of the second showing to reconfirm what they had found appealing during the first showing and to identify any problems that it may have to be able to save time and money. Here is a list of things to do a closer inspection of during the second showing:  Read more...

This article is by Alan Cowgill that I interviewed on Investing with the Stars.

This topic is near and dear to my heart. When I started my RE career, I heard about the necessity of finding private lenders. In fact I even found two. But then I stopped. For four years I PROCRASTINATED. I didn’t get it!!! For four years I continued to go to banks and jump through their hoops. I also had used hard money lenders, but found them VERY expensive.

It wasn’t until I quit my J.O.B. and found that banks wouldn’t loan me money that I realized that I needed to bring private lenders into my life quickly.

When I took that step, everything changed for the better.

What are some of the advantages of using private money for your real estate investments? Well, if you haven’t decided whether or not to use private money, I decided to lay it on the line here for everyone to see.

* Fast & you can buy at a discount

* No credit check & doesn’t show up on your credit report

* Unlimited funds

* Control, you set the rules  Read more...

Location – do not jump in to get a property just because the market is bearish. Consider the locale of the property extremely carefully. The fact is a property with a bad location won’t fetch you a good price even if the market is bullish. If you are interested in buying property then make sure that the property is suitably located.

It should be in the vicinity of shopping complexes, malls, surgeries, faculties parks and is going to be easily reached by road and mass transit systems. It could be true that a property will cost you relatively more if it is well located.

long-term – making an investment in property is a long-term offer with convincing returns over a period. However, you have the assurance of your incomes continuously over a few number of years provided you use a prudent and disciplined approach when you invest in property. A property that can fetch good rental earnings is a gold mine.

Don’t flip properties. Many investors who flipped properties found themselves in the middle of a property market crash and were saddled with properties that they couldn’t dispose off.  Read more...

We all know that once you’ve started to make money and you’ve started earning a cash flow, things will be different. But that very initial “oomph” that will get your business started requires someone to stake you some money.

The standard places that investors go when they need money are:
* Borrowing with credit cards or against assets and personal credit
* Borrowing from friends or family

We all know that none of these options are really ideal. Your credit cards have usurious interest rates; you can only borrow so much against your assets before you run out of “borrowable” room; your personal credit is a risky thing to borrow against; your friends and family could quickly become your ex-friends and the family you don’t speak to any more.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like there are any other options.

But there are. In this downloadable book, I’ll show you other options you can use to borrow money to fund your deals. You’ll learn the secrets that the pros use to generate investment capital that they can use to fund deals; and this capital is surprisingly easy to find, fairly easy to get, and could be the spark you need to get your real estate business really growing.  Read more...

From August to September of 2009, we saw a 9.4 percent in existing home sales.

The housing market is seeing some of the highest existing home sales since July of 2007, thanks to the first-time homebuyer credit. In a few months, the housing market should start to stabilize if these trends continue. Increased home values means that wholesale real estate investors could start seeing huge profits once again.

The government has created several new economic stimulus packages in the last year, and most of us are wondering how much they’re helping the economy. Since 45 percent of all homes sold in the past year were to first-time home buyers, we can assume that this package is doing its job. The slump in the housing market was a huge contributor to the recession, and is the reason why home values are so low right now. It’s also why real estate wholesalers aren’t experiencing the profits they have in past years.

The principles of supply and demand apply to the housing market just as they do with other commodities. During a recession, few are interested in purchasing a home, especially their first home. If they lost their job and had to foreclose, it would make it nearly impossible to get a home in the future. The government assuaged those fears by offering $8,000 to all first-time home buyers, and got the market going again.  Read more...

SUBJECT TO: Subject-to investing means that you are buying a home “subject to” the existing financing. You get the deed to the home but the original owner keeps the mortgage in their name. You take over payments of the mortgage and ultimately sell the deed to someone else.

WHOLESALING: This is where you buy a home inexpensively and then sell it to another real estate investor. You might not make as much as if you fixed up the home and sold it to a consumer but you can flip houses quickly this way.

REHABBING: This is the well-known (and well-televised) strategy of buying an inexpensive home and fixing it up to resell it to someone else. There is some time and money involved in the restoration process but you can dramatically increase the value of your investment.

LANDLORDING: A well-known strategy to buy property and then rent it out to someone else. Although there are headaches with this strategy, you get an ongoing stream of monthly income as well as the appreciated value of the property over the years.

There are other types of real estate investing but these are among the most popular and lucrative and investors are making thousands on these methods right now.  Read more...