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Foreclosures Rentals Drive Rents Down

The U.S. housing market is in a world of hurt. Bank owned homes (REOs) exploded to three-quarter of a million in the month of July, 2008.
For real estate investors, watching the number of foreclosures grow generates emotions much like those experienced while attending a slasher movie. The number of homes taken through bank foreclosures [...]

Short Sales, Foreclosures And Bank-Owned Properties – Part 1

There are many properties in some stage of foreclosure or taken back by lenders at this time and a lot of buyers ask about these because they’ve heard about how this is where you can get an incredible deal. After more experience with these types of properties I’ve found that there is a lot of [...]

Short Sales, Foreclosures and Bank-Owned Properties – Part II

In Part I, I covered what the different types of ‘foreclosure’ properties are. Now let’s look at what you need to know about them if you’re thinking about venturing into this area.
The most difficult type to deal with at this point in time (in most cases) is a short sale. With a short sale, [...]

9 Hottest Real Estate Small Business Franchise Opportunities

If you’ve been paying attention to current US housing trends, you could very well be asking why on earth anyone would want to get into real estate at this point in the game. With interest rates rising to the clouds, astronomical selling prices, and rent everywhere being cheaper than a mortgage anywhere, there really isn’t [...]