Squatting in Foreclosed Homes on the Rise? + MORE

Flipping Houses Exposed Book Released – flippingjunkie.com Find out what happenedI’ve finally put together the numbers for the deals that we flipped just after the 34 weeks of posts showing everything we were doing…So what made me finally make the numbers public?This is awesome…I’ve been meaning to put together all of those 34 weeks of posts into a book so that they could be read more easily, wherever, and whenever you want… Continue Reading On flippingjunkie.com » How to Buy and Sell a Home at the Same Time – zillowblog.com   Now that the real estate market is picking up...

Why Wait To Buy Your First Home Till You Are Married + MORE

Wholesaling Bank-Owned (REO) Houses (No, it’s not impossible.) – flippingjunkie.com In my last post, I explained how to wholesale a house. That post covered what wholesaling is and how to assign contracts and double-close. That post handled wholesaling as it pertained to working with motivated sellers (buying from private owners, not banks or listed properties). Today’s post is going to cover wholesaling houses that are bank-owned… Continue Reading On flippingjunkie.com » Memphis Responds to T.J. Simers on Grizzlies – Clippers NBA Matchup – blog.memphisinvest.com/blog#sthash.4aMW99W1.dpbs We Could Invest In Real Estate Anywhere…We Choose Memphis! There is something special about Memphis and...

Wholesaling Houses: How To Wholesale A House + MORE

Memphis Invest Shares 3 Small Business Groups Helping Entrepreneurs – blog.memphisinvest.com/blog#sthash.4aMW99W1.dpbs Starting a small business — or growing the one you already own — can be a daunting task. The small business owner must wear many different hats, and he or she must do so with resources that are often in short supply.  Memphis Invest has been blessed to come through the last few years of massive growth as an extremely strong company and we wanted to write an article showing other Memphis business owners a few organizations where they can get help and guidance… Continue Reading On blog.memphisinvest.com/blog#sthash.4aMW99W1.dpbs »...

Using Pinterest For Rehab Tips and Tricks + MORE

Rentals Spotlight: Atlanta – zillowblog.com Looking for a place to rent in Atlanta? From studios to single-family homes, take a look at the rentals we found on the market in this city. $600 – $700 873 Charles Allen Dr NE, Atlanta GA For rent: $695 per month Relax on the porch in this pet-friendly studio apartment, located in Midtown just blocks from Piedmont Park… Continue Reading On zillowblog.com » How to Buy a Small MultiFamily Property: A Step by Step Case Study – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ I really like small multifamily properties, and I talk about them an awful lot. Several months...

The Cycle Continues – Obama Wants Banks to Lower Home Lending Standards + MORE

Sequestration and Section 8 Housing – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ Sequestration: the ten years of automatic, across-the-board budget cuts that started March 1. It’s here and it’s effects are being felt. The federal Section 8 housing assistance program has had five consecutive years of inadequate and declining program funding. Things are about to get worse. A March 8, 2013 letter from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development on the HUD… Continue Reading On biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ » The Cycle Continues – Obama Wants Banks to Lower Home Lending Standards – therealestatebloggers.com The housing industry has always been in a cycle where the the...

4 Things The Kardashians Teach Us About Real Estate Investing + MORE

4 Things The Kardashians Teach Us About Real Estate Investing – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ I’m ashamed to admit it but my wife has me hooked on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.  For those who are lucky enough to not know who the Kardashian’s are, they are a family of socialite reality TV stars whose lives are chronicled nightly on the E! Network.   In addition to their reality TV success, the Kardashian’s have branched out to business ventures that include diet pills, women’s perfume and even branded their own women’s clothing line that they sell at the Kardashian boutique appropriately named Dash… Continue...

Buying a Home 44% Cheaper Than Renting, Despite Rising Prices + MORE

Block Party: Build Your Home Out of Tetris Pieces – movoto.com/blog/ Embed Graphic By Movoto If you’ve been reading the Movoto blog for a while, you’ll know that in addition to real estate, we’re also kind of crazy about video games. This borderline obsession has led us to examine such highly practical things as how much Mario’s coins would be worth in real life and the value of Bowser’s castle… Continue Reading On movoto.com/blog/ » Buying a Home 44% Cheaper Than Renting, Despite Rising Prices – realestate.aol.com Filed under: NewsEditor’s note: Jed Kolko is the chief economist for online listings...

Tips to Improve Your Home’s Insulation + MORE

As Papal Conclave Meets, Go Inside the Vatican Tourists Don't See – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News By Michael Kelley This week the Vatican’s papal conclave began the process of choosing the next spiritual leader of 1.18 billion Catholics worldwide. Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new pope… Continue Reading On realestate.aol.com » Are Hedge Funds Blowing Bubbles? – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ Last month the New Republic published a provocative article by former TV producer David Dayen on hedge funds and real estate...