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Things to Consider Before Investing in Real Estate
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Shows depicting real estate investing strategies are extremely popular and make turning a profit look simple and guaranteed. What they do not show you, though, is that the world of real estate investing is fraught with danger and that losing money is very much a reality. Yes, there are investors wh... |
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A Glance at Wrapped Financing
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So you have heard that seller financing is a great way to market your investment properties. It broadens your consumer base and puts a little extra cash into your pocket in the form of interest charges. But, there is only one problem. You already have an existing mortgage, and you cannot pay it off... |
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3 Easy Steps to Selling an Investment Property
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Believe it or not, the most stressful part of real estate investing is making a sale. During this phase of the investment there are so many things that can go wrong, and your profit depends on making a smooth and quick sale. While most sales do go through smoothly,
the uncertainty and anticipatio... |
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Relocation: Do You Know The 5 Things That Will Make You a Savvy Mover?
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Relocation is stressful. Make it easier on yourself by using the power of the Internet to your advantage. Inform yourself for one of the biggest decisions you'll make. Here are five things that can you help you decide where to live.
1. Cost/square foot. Median home price is commonly reported, b... |
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Paying off Debt Using Your 401K
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Scenario: I have around $25,000 in credit card debts. Will it be a wise move to use my 401K money and pay off the cc debt? The total amount of cash in the 401K account is 45,000. I am behind on many of the payments and wish to get out of debt asap. Please advice.
Solution: You can only take out ... |
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Real Estate Investing & Your Profits
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Investing is complicated, and in order to be a success, you must be able to sift through technical details, and balance risks against potential gains. With a bit of practice, though, you’ll find that a well-maintained investment portfolio will significantly decrease the relative stress invol... |
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Real Estate Investors Pay Too Much in Taxes
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You know it is true, but very few people know how to halt this huge drain on their life’s blood.
You are taxed when you earn money. You are taxed when you spend money, you are taxed when you invest your money, then you are taxed when you die!
This short article will give you enough knowled... |
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Flipping Real Estate For Profit
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There are lots of cable television shows these days that feature "flipping" houses for profit that make it seem like just about everybody's doing it. For the uninitiated, flipping a house means buying a house at one price, then improving it in a short amount of time to sell it again quic... |
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Finding Real Estate Investment "Hidden Gems"
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Investing in Real estate can be a satisfying and profitable endeavor even for those who are just starting out if they know what to look for. The key is finding property that has real potential that others have overlooked without laying out too much cash in the beginning. Although there are lots of... |
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Lease Options offer Multiple Profit Opportunities
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Mention “real estate investing strategies” and the first thing that typically comes to mind is buying and selling. But a strategy often overlooked and underutilized is the option—and the smart use of options can generate some fast and impressive profits.
An option gives the buye... |
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Investing in Property: Choices & Alternatives
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Investing in property has long been seen as the ideal investment for earning long-term wealth. A vast plot of land bought for $50,000 in the 1950s could be worth as much as $10 million today, depending on the location of the property and other characteristics of the land.
Apart from anecdotes s... |
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Funding Your Real Estate Investments
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Finish this sentence: “I’d like to invest in real estate, but ____________.”
If you said, “I don’t have the money,” bestselling author and internationally recognized real estate expert Russ Whitney has the solution.
“There is no question that it takes mo... |
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When Real Estate Investors Should Say "No" to a Loan
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One of the most common challenges for new—and sometimes even for experienced—real estate investors is getting deals funded. When you’ve got a great deal and you’re having trouble finding the money you need to close it, you may be tempted to take a loan with terms and condit... |
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Borrowing Money, Leveraging and Investing in Property
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Many people live in a world where they believe that debt is bad. I used to. Debt is only bad if it's not managed properly, otherwise it's not just good - it's great.
The text below will probably be stating the obvious to some but I hope will be of value to many of you. There will be two themes; [... |
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Investing in Property: Common Mistakes to Know and Avoid
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Buying a home or property is a true investment. It is one of the few instances in which property actually increases in value instead of depreciates. People who lose money on property investments usually make a few common mistakes which can be avoided.
The goal of real estate investment is to buy ... |
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Tax Traps for New Real Estate Investors
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Perhaps one shouldn’t be surprised that new real estate investors fall into the same tax traps again and again. Real estate burdens investors—especially new investors—with some tricky tax accounting.
But just because some other newbie makes these mistakes, that doesn’t mea... |
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Use LLC for Real Estate Investments
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It is generally best not to have your corporation purchase real estate. If your company is a C corporation, your company will pay tax when the building is sold. In order to get those profits in your hands, you will have to pay yourself a dividend. This dividend is taxed again. So you are paying ta... |
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Real Estate Investments in your IRA?
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Yes, its true! But most people do not know that they can invest their IRA funds in real estate.
Why is that?
Because the financial establishment, banks, brokerage houses, credit unions, etc. don’t make money when you invest in real estate.
In fact, they lose money when you take your IRA f... |
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Real Estate Investing: Success is in the Numbers
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I just got off the phone with John, a student of mine.
My conversation with John was thought provoking and exciting and I thought you needed to hear the same powerful information I just shared with him.
But, first I have a few questions...
Do you want to be enormously successful investing in re... |
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No Money Down Real Estate Investing
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If you really want to make a wealth of money in real estate you must learn to leverage a small amount of your resources to control a lot of property. One of the techniques I like to use is Subject To financing.
Although some states are attempting to pass legislation to regulate or ban this practi... |
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Real Estate Economic Market Analysis
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One of the first things you will want to know is the job market in a given metropolitan area. Is it a growing market? Is there long term job sustainability? Are there several large employers in the area? If everyone in town works at the copper mines and they close down, your property may quickly b... |
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Real Estate Investing 301: Advanced Strategies
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In Real Estate Investing 101, Part I we covered buying a house to resell for a short term profit, while minimizing risk and making it happen fast. We delved further into flipping in Real Estate Investing 201. In Real Estate Investing 101, Part II we covered buying and holding property for long term ... |
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Real Estate Investing: How should I pay for my house?
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We probably answer this question for someone a couple times every week. The problem is that they don’t have a good formula for determining the most they can pay and still make a profit – so they’re scared to make any offer. Here’s what we use for single family homes:
The (... |