Making Money Investing In REO’s [From Both Sides!] + MORE

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People across the United States long for and love their homes. And why not? It’s their own little corner of the world! But it also might be a window into their personality! What messages are you sending if you’re the owner of a colonial, Tudor or bungalow home?

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Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.43 percent, down from 3.47 percent at this same time last week.
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hovered between 3.44 and 3.5 percent for the majority of the week, dropping to the current rate this morning…

In last week’s post I mentioned that one of the many ways to create value in real estate is through good design. However, I didn’t really go into what makes good design. Although design is highly subjective, there are core principles that are key to good design.
Back in the 1980’s, German industrial designer Dieter Rams laid out his 10 key principles to good design…

It was several years ago when I first started pursuing REO properties for an investment. REO stands for Real Estate Owned and it’s a banking term for property that has been taken back by the bank after foreclosure. Most larger banks have large departments for REO and can have a significant portfolio of recently foreclosed on homes that it then puts on the market with an REO real estate agent…

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I’ve been writing fictional evaluations for a while now, and almost every time I write one of these pieces I’ve been inundated with requests to tackle one of the most iconic children’s stories in history: The Harry Potter series.
To be honest, I’ve been hesitant to evaluate Hogwarts…