| Turn-key Note Purchasing |
For the next three to five years (approximately 2008 through 2012) the residential housing industry will struggle to maintain profitability. The industry faces an oversupply of homes purchased by borrowers who are unable to service their purchase-money loans, refinance loans, or home equity credit lines. Lenders must reconcile depressed real estate values with sometimes questionable underlying debt instruments. New buyers must be found for properties vacated by foreclosure or the threat thereof...
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| Real Estate and the Credit Crunch Update 2008: The Current Affairs of the Real Estate & Capital Markets |
All trees aspire to grow to the sky; likewise during a boom market the human spirit cannot believe that there will be an ultimate bust. As last year drew to a close the investment environment transitioned from cautious optimism to a heightened level of realization that there was a global credit crisis brewing...
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| Leverage the Knowledge of Professionals to Maximize Your Investing Capabilities |
Sir Isaac Newton was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. He is probably best known for his work with gravity, but in addition to gravity he described the three laws of motion, invented the reflecting telescope, developed a theory of color, developed a branch of mathematics, calculus, and even invented the ridges on the edges of some coins (reeds) to hinder attempts at counterfeiting. He was clearly a brilliant mind, yet even someone of his caliber recognized the need to leverage the assistance of others. He understood the simple yet profound principle that we can make greater accomplishments with the help of others than we can on our own...
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| Real Estate Woes & Economic Turmoil Create Great Investment Opportunities |
It is difficult to believe that now is a good time to invest in anything when you focus on all of the negative economic news, but in reality, such drastic changes in such short periods of time are creating one of the best times to invest, and real estate is one of today’s best investments...
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| Happy New Year! |
I hope you had a great holiday season and are ready for a profitable and successful 2008. As we move past 2007, it is helpful to take note of all of the changes and growth that the real estate industry has witnessed. It is also helpful to begin 2008 on a positive beat...to look to the opportunities that present themselv...to find the areas of silver lining to focus on in this up coming year. So, without further ado, I will take you on a brief recap of 2007, and end this article with some good news areas of investment...
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| Profiting from Discounted Notes and REOs |
The U.S. housing market and mortgage industry are currently undergoing tremendous changes, and these changes are the result of millions (instead of thousands) of people and businesses trying to react to information, misinformation, and whims. Understanding any market, and the U.S. real estate market in particular, is not an exact science...
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| Take Advantage of the Housing & Credit Woes |
Real estate investing is a dynamic practice. Change is inevitable. In the October issue of InvestingSherpa we discussed the myriad of changes that are taking place in the U.S. housing market and mortgage industry right now. It is the challenge of every investor to understand these changes, and adjust their investment strategy to work within the new framework that is being created. We need to recognize trends as they form, and determine how we can leverage these trends to improve our investing strategies...
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| Housing Industry and Mortgage Woes: How woeful? |
Housing Slump, Credit Crunch, Sub-prime Mess, Record Foreclosures, Housing Bust, Credit Crisis, Mortgage Bust. These are just a few of the headlines and references I have heard over the past month or two referring to the current events taking place in the housing and mortgage industries. A quick search on Google or YouTube turns up mass quantities of information from “experts” making predictions and claiming they have been right all along. Is all of the negative press true? How do we know who to listen to and what experts are correct? I would like to offer some perspective on what is taking place in the U.S. housing market and mortgage industry...
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| Take Charge of Your Retirement Funds |
Did you know that you can take charge of your retirement funds? More and more people are using their IRA funds to invest in real estate and other alternative investments. You can do this by using a Self-Directed IRA. What exactly does this mean? A Self-Directed IRA means that you have direct control over and more options with your money...
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| Project Opportunity in “City of the Future” Award Winner |
We're conducting a weekly conference call on Wednesdays at 9 PM EST. Our Investment Group has committed to purchasing $240 Million in a 5-star development in Chicago...
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| Is a Major Stock Market Correction Looming? |
With the Dow Jones industrial average reaching new highs almost daily, the stock market is in a frenzy. We’re watching “one of the crazier moments in modern financial history,” said Bill Fleckenstein in MoneyCentral.com... Read More
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| Investing By The Numbers, Part 1 |
In our recent Mastermind Group training session, our key topic of discussion was how to invest by the numbers. The longer that I spend investing in real estate and also evaluating projects around the county, the more and more I am astounded at the lack of knowledge from "so called" professionals... Read More
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| Investing By The Numbers, Part 2 |
In our last article, we descrived the four key parameters that any real estate investor needs to know to evaluate a project... Read More
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| So now that you have closed...WHAT'S NEXT? |
You may already know the scenario. The momentum builds up, your paperwork is all in place after rushing for last minute signatures, etc., you overnight your package in and without you even having to be there, you are the proud owner of a new addition to your real estate portfolio...
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