Sold for $30 Million: Miami Home A-Rod Shared With Cameron Diaz + MORE
Sold for $30 Million: Miami Home A-Rod Shared With Cameron Diaz – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes By Rob...
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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 »...
Why Buyers Should Consider Foreclosures or Short Sales + MORE
Why Buyers Should Consider Foreclosures or Short Sales – zillowblog.com For years, many buyers routinely steered clear of foreclosures and short sales. In their minds, such properties were “damaged goods” — real estate remainders that were likely to be dumps and money pits. Why risk such a big investment on a property sold in distress? We’re now in a housing market unlike any we’ve seen in years… Continue Reading On zillowblog.com » Saudi Prince Reportedly Sells Flying Mansion for $500 Million – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes Just when we thought we’d seen the heights of luxury, we get...
Career Series – What it’s Like Working in the CMBS Group of a Major Investment Bank + MORE
Career Series – What it’s Like Working in the CMBS Group of a Major Investment Bank – astudentoftherealestategame.com/ Over the past few weeks I’ve spoken with numerous college seniors looking to break into real estate. Each of them is happy to report that the hiring market is beginning to pick up; they’re seeing more opportunities, getting more interviews, and generally have increased optimism. One sector of the market which has seen a lot of hiring activity is CMBS… Continue Reading On astudentoftherealestategame.com/ » NYC's 'Steampunk Loft' Finally Sells — And Our Hearts Break – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News Our dream...
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...
Younger Buyers Jumping Into Retirement Real Estate + MORE
The Top 20 Los Angeles Real Estate Agents in 2012 – movoto.com/blog/ As the real estate median list price continues to rise in Los Angeles, now is a great time for sellers to put their home on the market–just in time for the spring buying season. In a city abounding with excellent real estate professionals, we’re featuring the top producers from 2012. Los Angeles, known for being the home of celebrities and the rich and famous, caters to a special clientele… Continue Reading On movoto.com/blog/ » The 6 Million Dollar Squatter – therealestatebloggers.com If you are an older guy like...
Relocation Inquiries & Strategies + MORE
NAR Invests in 6 Startups Through REach Accelerator Program – therealestatebloggers.com I bet you did not know that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) runs an accelerator program for new startups through their Second Century Ventures fund, did you? I didn’t until this week, but it is a concept worth exploring. Innovation through technology has been an important driver in the real estate industry, and needs to be supported… Continue Reading On therealestatebloggers.com » March Update – shaunsre.blogspot.com/ I’ve been away for a couple weeks on a cruise to Hawaii. Got back and found out my hard money loan #22 finally...
'Fifty Shades of Grey' Penthouse in Seattle Sells For $6.2 Million + MORE
'Fifty Shades of Grey' Penthouse in Seattle Sells For $6.2 Million – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News By Sean Keeley For those of us who haven’t read “Fifty Shades Of Grey,” you might be as surprised as us to learn that the major events of the steamy book series take place in the penthouse of the Escala tower at 1920 4th Avenue in Seattle. Even if you haven’t read the book, you’re probably not surprised to learn that the real-life penthouse has sold for the massive price tag of $6… Continue Reading On realestate.aol.com » What We Read Around the Office...
Dig This Trend: Steamy Hot Tubs + MORE
Begin As You Mean To Go: The Letter of Intent – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ Nothing perturbs a transactional attorney more than when a client delivers a letter of intent and a draft contract that bear little to no resemblance to one another. Though letters of intent are non-binding in most jurisdictions, parties who rush headstrong into signing a letter of intent (LOI) miss a critical opportunity to work out key legal terms in addition to those terms that include a dollar sign… Continue Reading On biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ » The Biggest Mortgage Mistake Consumers Make – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News, AdviceBy Scott Sheldon Despite...
Rising Costs and Tight Credit Slow New Construction + MORE
The Biggest Mortgage Mistake Consumers Make – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News, AdviceBy Scott Sheldon Despite the technical rigors of qualifying for a loan today, there is something more ominous lurking in all mortgage applications that most consumers wouldn’t think twice about. Specifically, we’re talking about the eligible funds for the mortgage transaction… Continue Reading On realestate.aol.com » My Books Are Here! – 123flip.com/blog Click Here for More Info or to Order the Books I’m thrilled to announce the release of two books I’ve been working on for much of the past year: THE BOOK ON FLIPPING HOUSES: How to Buy,...
House #39: Final Analysis + MORE
What Is an REO? – realestate.aol.com Filed under: News, BuyingBy Diana Olick REO is one of those terms that you hear a lot lately but can’t quite place. And for people of a certain age, it calls to mind a certain 1970s and ’80s rock band. Alas, that’s not the REO of which we speak. So what is an REO? CNBC explains. What is an REO? REO stands for Real Estate Owned… Continue Reading On realestate.aol.com » House #39: Final Analysis – 123flip.com/blog We closed on the sale of The Rent-Back House today… Nothing more to add about the project...
BP 009: Using Hard Money Lenders to Grow Your Business with Ann Bellamy + MORE
Jamie Kennedy Lists Los Angeles Home for a Loss – zillowblog.com Source: IMDb Contemporary and private — two of the biggest buzz words in celebrity real estate — and Jamie Kennedy’s home has both qualities. The comedian and actor just listed his Los Angeles residence for sale. He picked up the gated home at 2508 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles CA 90027 for $2… Continue Reading On zillowblog.com » Pope Francis’s New Home In The Vatican City – therealestatebloggers.com So the new Pope Francis has been elected, lets go and look at the Papal Apartment in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City...
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...
House #45: Video Walk-Through + MORE
House #45: Video Walk-Through – 123flip.com/blog My Milwaukee partner, Marty Boardman (FlippingPhoenixHouses.com), is an awesome videographer…here’s his walk-through of The WI-3 House that he shot last week when we were in town: Continue Reading On 123flip.com/blog » Where’s the Wealth in Real Estate Education? – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ As a beginning or budding investor, you learn from real world experience that this business will expose your weak spots of know-how. This translates to lost opportunities, lost deals, and smaller paychecks. The goal of BiggerPockets, of course, is to give you an open forum of knowledge, unmatched in the real estate investing world,...