Foreclosure Investing Articles

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Beginning Investors

Understanding Appreciation
Do homes appreciate or is it the land the homes sit on? Take what you thought you knew about appreciation and throw it away - and get a better sense of what true appreciation is all about…

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How to Know Where to Invest

Investing in Hot Markets
Hot markets - and hot deals - are still there for you to find. Learn what the big opportunities are, and the secrets behind investing in land deals, obsolete homes and condos. Most importantly, learn how to pay full price and STILL get a great deal!

Finding the Right Properties - A Mystery
You can do it - locate and purchase the kind of properties right for investment simply by driving around your own town or a particular buying area and scout-out the properties that look like potential purchase candidates. Click here to find out what the top five purchase candidates look like....

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Uppers, Flipping and Bird-Dogging; What You Need To Know

The Average Appraisal and the Flip
One strategy in almost every real estate course involves finding a torn-up property at a cheap price, pay someone $300 to clean out the personal belongings of the prior owners, and then resell it to a homeowner as a "fixer-upper" with little or no work. This type of deal seems to benefit everyone. You get a nice quick profit, and your buyer gets the house for a good price. Learn how here...

Bird-Dogging 101
A "Bird-Dog" is someone who identifies a good Real Estate investment opportunity and puts the property under contract with the sole intent of assigning that contract for a fee to a rehabber to repair and resell. Learn more…

Breeding Bird Dogs
We love flips, and we've done many. However, you should be aware of a potential hurdle that you have to get over on this type of deal. With the information in this article, you can sell your ugly properties for more money, and to the correct buyer.

If Flipping Property is so Easy, Why Doesn’t Everyone Do It?
Can you get rich investing in real estate? Absolutely! Is it easy? Actually, it is. They key to success lies in the individual. Are you motivated? Are you willing to invest time to learn a new business? Find out the key questions you need to answer about yourself to see if you have what it takes to be a successful investor - and learn how to get on the right road quickly...

How To Fix Up Properties For Maximum Curb Appeal and Resale Value
This enlightening article takes you through the seven key elements that must be included in your fix-up plan, how to avoid being ripped off by unscrupulous repairmen, and how do conduct the perfect outdoor and indoor "facelift". Get the most for your money - find out more...

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Wise Financing Strategies for Investors

6 Ways to Raise All the Cash You'll Ever Need for Doing Deals
Do you need cash for purchase deposits, or repairs, or holding costs? How about cash to give the seller to sweeten the deal and get a bigger equity spread? Find out six key ways to raise the cash you need to do the deals you want….

Using a Home Equity Line of Credit to Buy Properties
A home equity line of credit ("HELOC") can be an excellent financing tool, if it is used properly. A HELOC is basically a credit card secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on your property. Learn more….

Create Monthly Cash Flow Without Any of Your Own Money or Credit
Learn what the Wraparound Transaction is, and how it can work for you. Find out how you can get the extra cash flow without tying up your own money. Enter the wraparound formula...

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How to Make Money Even Faster in Real Estate Investment

How To Become Wealthier, Faster Investing In Real Estate
Learn key secrets of the real estate investing trade from a man who has rehabbed over 470 properties in the last seven years and collected over 600 apartment units. How can you become wealthier faster investing in real estate too? Click here to find out

Creating Additional Income from Real Estate
The beauty of real estate as a field and industry is that there are so many different way to make a living from it. The rental business is a great foundational platform to launch other ancillary services and profit centers. Find out how by clicking here...

Creative Real Estate Money Making Opportunities
Why limit your income? It is wise to have several sources of money coming in at once--you never know when one will dry up or slow down and then you’ll still have plenty of money coming from the other sources. Find out how here…

Triple Your Income in the Next 12 Months
There are four basic ways to profit as an investor. The way to make the most money the fastest is to use all four. Find out how to triple your money by implementing these key four strategies...

Triple Your Real Estate Profits!
It's easy. Keep in contact with your potential leads, and work them. Learn how to make more profit with the base you have….

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Investors Beware!

The Wrong Way to Invest in Real Estate
Zillions of "newbies" are hitting the real estate investing bandwagon, trying to make a profit where they lost in the stock market. Find out what 5 BIG mistakes these newbies are making - and avoid them yourself…

Real Estate Fraud: 10 Tips to Protect Yourself
Being a real estate investor means protecting yourself from potential scams. Just because someone holds a professional license of some kind doesn’t mean that he is honest. Get the top ten tips to protect yourself here…

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Negotiation and Closing The Deal

How Do I Prepare for Closing?
Prior to the actual closing day, there are several things you should do to be certain that your real estate transaction will close on time, and that everything will go smoothly. Learn more…

Be a Smarter Negotiator: Five Basic Principles
The way that you conduct yourself in a negotiation can dramatically effect the outcome. Learn the five basic principles to help you smoothly get what you want…

Magic Words That Make Millions
If you're not using these words to get to the bottom line quickly, you're making a mistake, not to mention wasting valuable time…

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Beyond Single Family Home Investing

Mulit-Unit Properties

Condo Hotels Offer Luxury and Great Investment
What could be more perfect that owning a luxury vacation home at a landmark resort and receiving rent revenue whenever you’re not using it? Find out how…

How to Get Started in Commercial Real Estate
How to get from single-family residential property investing to dealing in larger scale properties - find out how…

Top Seven Questions You Should Ask When Buying a Condo Hotel Unit
How do you choose a condo hotel unit that meets your desire for a vacation home and is also likely to produce a healthy revenue and appreciate down the road? Consider the following seven questions when evaluating your next deal…

The 5 Money Making Advantages of Multi-Unit Investing
Learn what the advantages are to investing in multi-units buildings vs. single family units…

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Land Deals

Getting Raw Land
There is more to buying raw land than meets the eye and more than a few investors have wished they’d had a second chance upon finding themselves duped, conned, misled, ill-advised, uninformed, oversold, undereducated and often unprepared. Don't be one of the unfortunate ones. Learn before you invest in land...

Why Land Values Fall or Rise
How much you can get for the property 3 or 4 years from now could hinge on issues that have nothing to do with interest rates and market conditions. Learn more….

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