Do You REALLY Want to Fix and Flip Houses?

If you answered all of these difficult-but-essential questions with an honest yes, you can safely begin the process of becoming a home flipper. You'll have ups and downs, but there's also great satisfaction in making a profit from a project you had a personal hand in completing. It's certainly not for everyone, but flipping homes can be profitable, and one that's actually enjoyable-if you approach the process in the right spirit.

Buying property in The Dominican Republic

Government incentives to attract high quality sustainable tourism continue to successfully revitalize the countries economy and industry and there has never been a better time to buy a property in The Dominican Republic. Benefits and incentives are as a direct result of extensions and amendments to Law 158 on foreign investment to attract overseas property investment.

Due Diligence for Real Estate Investors

Protect yourself and your investment by doing some things that could pay off big down the road when you are looking for the right properties to buy.

Investors - New Practice in Short Sales

Short sales can be frustrating under the best of conditions, but keeping up with the latest bank methods can often spell the difference between success and failure. Although many of today's most popular investment gurus are touting the benefits of buying properties through short sales, many of them are forgetting to tell their students that...

Costa Rica Property - The Ideal Destination for a Second Home

Costa Rica is the ideal destination for buying a second home, prices are currently still inexpensive, but capital gains and the rental market is strong. Costa Rica offers affordable beach front property just a 2 hour flight direct from the US at prices that are up to 70% less! Let's look at why buying a property investment property in Costa Rica is so appealing:

Creating Positive Cash Flow in Tough Real Estate Markets

On Friday, I recorded a call with Jassen who is Wholesaler Manager with the Wholesaler Network and we discussed solutions to the negative cash flow problems that investors face in many markets.

Divide And Conquer For Real Estate Wealth Creation

Virtually every market in the country has a specific opportunity for wealth creation waiting for whoever is intelligent enough and aggressive enough to go after it. It is simple to identify, easy to understand and surprisingly painless to bring to fruition. Don't just blow it off when you hear it how simple it is.

Buy Slovakian Property – For Outstanding Investment Returns & Low Risk

Buying property in Slovakia offers excellent returns coupled with low risk. Savvy investors are snapping up property in the capital Bratislava and other property hot spots and making excellent long term gains. Buying Slovakian property is cheap and being an emerging market, it offers far better risk to reward than many other popular property investment destinations.

What Causes Motivated Sellers?

If you are looking at a property and it's listed well below market value, than the seller is either trying to get rid of the property in a hurry or a careless FSBO. If an appraisal comes in at a higher value than what it is selling for, check it out as an investment.

Showing Up Late to the Party Part 2

Part 2 of a 4-part series. Along this line of thinking is the idea that just because a place is not California, it must be cheap. That's ridiculous, but not uncommon. There are countless places across the states that have California-level prices.

Ownership Solutions - Tenants in Common

Tenants In Common, also referred to as Tenancy in Common, allows an investor to hold a fractional interest of an entire property. This structure lets individuals claim ownership in various sorts of properties with relatively small investments.

Why Invest In FSBO Properties?

Why invest in FSBO properties? Because many properties that are for sale by owner are sold at a discount. Here is an example.

Use Private Money For Real Estate Investing To Keep Your Credit Available

Let's assume for a minute that you are an average person, with an average income, and you want to invest in real estate. Have you thought about where the money will come from? Like most folks, trying to come up with the needed financing may be your biggest hurdle. That problem doesn't necessarily go away after you've bought a few properties.