A growing number of real estate agents and brokers are making blogging look easy these days.Whether home prices are moving up or down, the vast majority of Americans own a home — or dream of home ownership — and are eager to learn more about the process of buying and selling property. Real estate professionals have […]

Delinquency rates on home loans made by federally chartered banks rose to a seasonally adjusted 1.91 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006, a level not seen since 2003, but still well below delinquency rates of the 1990s. The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday that the percentage of loans on which payments are at least 30 days […]

The Idaho Association of Realtors has introduced legislation, similar to measures proposed and passed in other states that have drawn fire from federal agencies, to mandate a higher level of real estate service. Legislation proposed by the Realtor association requires real estate brokerages to be available to receive and present all offers and counteroffers to their […]

If location is the golden rule of real estate, then many who invest in real estate mutual funds might at times feel as if they’ve stumbled upon a great deal in the fanciest building in town. A big acquisition in the commercial real estate market has led some observers to speculate that demand will continue for […]

Building Wealth With Land It’s been said that “The Best Investment on Earth is Earth!”. It’s true. And today (as in the past) the best Real Estate Investment is in Buildable VACANT LOTS in established resort communities. We specialize in buying and selling buildable vacant lots in estashblished resort communities in the hottest markets around […]

Newsgathering and number crunching While some bloggers are content to offer readers their thoughts on the issues of the day, others are venturing into territory that once belonged to news reporters. Bloggers routinely gather, crunch and interpret numbers, interview industry movers and shakers, and break news before the mainstream press. For some, part of the incentive is […]

A national home-price index fell 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter and ended 2006 at 0.4 percent annual growth. This Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller U.S. Home Price Index declined steeply throughout 2006, falling to near-zero growth after peaking at about 16 percent year-over-year growth in 2005. S&P/Case-Shiller also publishes 10-City Composite and 20-City Composite indices that measure home […]

A national home-price index fell 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter and ended 2006 at 0.4 percent annual growth. This Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller U.S. Home Price Index declined steeply throughout 2006, falling to near-zero growth after peaking at about 16 percent year-over-year growth in 2005. S&P/Case-Shiller also publishes 10-City Composite and 20-City Composite indices that measure home […]

Government-sponsored mortgage repurchaser Freddie Mac says that beginning Sept. 1 it will buy subprime adjustable-rate mortgages only if buyers are qualified at the fully indexed and fully amortizing rate. Freddie Mac will also limit the use of low-documentation underwriting for subprime ARMs and “strongly recommend” that lenders collect escrow accounts for borrowers’ taxes and insurance payments. In […]

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NEWS • AMB Property of San Francisco, which owns and develops industrial real estate, said Friday that it would sell as many as 9.1 million new shares and plans to expand its global development business by 75 percent over the next four years. The company will use the funds to acquire properties, repay debt […]

When Citi-Habitats agent Noah Rosenblatt started blogging about the real-estate market twenty months ago, his colleagues couldn’t fathom why he spent hours every day on his site, UrbanDigs.com. “They couldn’t believe it,” he remembers. They do now: At a real-estate seminar at the Marriott Marquis in January, a standing-room-only crowd of agents skipped seminars on […]

I’m often surprised that I don’t see more real estate professionals talk about social networking tools because real estate is really about relationships and social networks on the internet are just an extension of this idea. Social networking tools are one of the most powerful ways for real estate professionals to use the internet to […]

Q: My husband has a terminal illness. I wonder how long I have after he passes away to take advantage of his $250,000 principal-residence-sale tax exemption. We have owned our home for 30 years and have no mortgage but a lot of equity, thanks to market-value appreciation. I want to stay in the home awhile, […]

In a market where buyers and sellers circle one another warily — each certain that he or she is being taken advantage of, no matter what the conclusion of a deal — the asking price of a property is rarely a straightforward reflection of comparable values. While comparables may be a starting point, the price at […]

New legislation on Capitol Hill seeks to curb an increasingly popular mortgage concept: providing home loans to applicants using their Individual Taxpayer Identification Number in lieu of a Social Security number.Taxpayer numbers are issued by the Internal Revenue Service to assist immigrant workers who do not qualify for a Social Security number — but do […]

Q: I own a few rental condos. What are the pros and cons of allowing waterbeds in an upstairs unit? I’m not sure how much I like the idea, especially because I just installed new carpet and appliances in this older property. I would require the tenant to have renter’s insurance. Property manager Robert Griswold replies: […]

Most people keep up well enough with their monthly bills. So why do so many homeowners allow mortgage lenders to pay their real estate tax and insurance bills for them? That is the proposition at the core of mortgage escrow services, in which lenders collect money on the borrower’s behalf as part of the monthly mortgage […]

Building Wealth With Land It’s been said that “The Best Investment on Earth is Earth!”. It’s true. And today (as in the past) the best Real Estate Investment is in Buildable VACANT LOTS in established resort communities. We specialize in buying and selling buildable vacant lots in estashblished resort communities in the hottest markets around […]

I still have a few last minute “tweaks” but I finally finished the rehab on 911 Worth.  I’ll pull together the final numbers and thoughts in a few days but I wanted to get the pics out so you can see the difference.  This should be available on MLS tomorrow at $179,900 using a flat […]

Teleseminar  Sponsor By: Vena Jones-Cox Date: Tuesday Feb Foreclosure Boom Summit The reason for the Foreclosure BOOM Summit is to provide pre-foreclosure/foreclosure investors-beginning and experienced– with as many tools and strategies as possible to help improve or complement their existing business. Inquiries welcome at mailto:inquiry@money4investors.com?subject=”Teleseminar To hear our Money 4 Investors Podcast click on this link Money4Investors Podcast Published by SkiaContinue […]

How To Buy A Million Dollar Apartment Building W/ No Money Down and Get Over $50,000 A Year In Passive Income!Later in this article I’m going to show you exactly how two students of mine bought a $1,550,000 apartment complex with no money down, get a positive cash flow (spend able income) […]

Teleseminar  Sponsor By: Vena Jones-Cox Date: Tuesday Feb Foreclosure Boom Summit The reason for the Foreclosure BOOM Summit is to provide pre-foreclosure/foreclosure investors-beginning and experienced– with as many tools and strategies as possible to help improve or complement their existing business. Inquiries welcome at mailto:inquiry@money4investors.com?subject=”Teleseminar To hear our Money 4 Investors Podcast click on this link Money4Investors Podcast Published by SkiaContinue […]

How to be a Successful Rehabber and operate a profitable Rehab Business Part 2 of 2 Are you interested in starting a business as a Real Estate Investor or taking your current Real Estate investing business to the next level? Let me show you how. I took a small wholesaling business […]