Real Estate Investing Articles

Real Estate Investing – “Basis” Explained

Nov 6th, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Real Estate Investing Articles

Our complex IRS code requires that your, as a real estate investor,
accurately calculate your “basis” in investment property when reporting
a gain or loss on a tax return.

Your monetary gain or loss when you sell investment property
is determined by comparing the sale price to the adjusted
basis in the property. Read more »



Develop And Grow Your Lead Generating System And Watch Your Wealth Increase

Oct 6th, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Real Estate Investing Articles

Develop And Grow Your Lead Generating System And Watch Your Wealth Increase
By Mike Coraluzzi

One of the hardest parts of real estate investing is getting the exclusive hot lead or motivated seller to contact you. Normally, finding the deals requires a large amount of time, and the people who do have the time will generally be [...] Read more »



Why Buying and Holding Isn’t What It Used To Be by Sean Carpenter

Sep 30th, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Featured Content, Real Estate Investing Articles

Sean Carpenter is an expert when it comes to getting government funding. His tips and tricks can help make buying and holding profitable again. Read more »



Be an Ultimate Property Analyzer

Sep 22nd, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Real Estate Investing Articles

Larry Goins shares some great information on how to become an expert and analyzing property. Read more »



Wholesaling – With Nearly No Risk vs. Long Term Real Estate

Sep 21st, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Real Estate Investing Articles

Learn to Wholesale without the risks of long term Real Estate, Read more »



Buying Bank Owned Foreclosures by the Dozen

Aug 3rd, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Featured Content, Real Estate Investing Articles

Mark Walters offers great information on how to begin buying bank owned foreclosures by the dozen Read more »



Probate Investing is a Great Area to Focus On

Mar 1st, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Real Estate Investing Articles

There are several areas of focus that you can take as an investor, wholesaling, foreclosures, subject-to and many other variations, but one that is often over looked is probate investing. This is one area that more investors should investigate and look at jumping into.

What is probate?

Probate is the process by which legal title of property is transferred from the deceased estate to his or her beneficiaries. This is where the court will decide who gets the property and assets of the deceased.



Real Estate 101 – Always Buy Right

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Real Estate Investing Articles

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I read once that the great football coach Vince Lombardi would start each football season by holding up the ball and saying, “this is a football.” A very basic statement when his audience was professional athletes that most likely knew what a football was. But he continued to stress basics [...] Read more »



Flipping Houses in a Down Market

Feb 21st, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Real Estate Investing Articles

Learn what causes a down market and how to still successfully flip houses in a bad market Read more »



Why Real Estate Marketing Fails Too Often

Feb 21st, 2009 | By stefanie | Category: Marketing and Advertising

“Real estate marketing,” especially in real estate investor marketing, is an essential ingredient to finding motivated sellers and potential deals. If you don’t spend the time and money doing it correctly, you have just wasted your time and money! Find out ways to improve your marketing efforts! Read more »