Real Estate Investing

Current Mortgage Trends

Click on map below to access current interest rate mortgage trends. This is the resource that I use  every week to see how interest rates are moving. The folks over at Mortgage-X are an information gathering service and not a lending institution. Their website offers a wide variety of powerful tools and calculators and over [...]

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How To Find Private Money To Borrow with Patrick Riddle

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Listen to the show on How To Raise Private Money [46 min - 21 mb] Patrick Riddle has been able to raise over $6 million in private money. He has bought, sold, and leased over 100 properties. He went to Clemson University for several years studying civil engineering and wound up as a real estate [...]

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Define Your Niche

A few years back, my wife had to have back operation to correct a problem with the disks in her spine. We contacted several doctors and finally found the one to perform this delicate and complicated surgery. The doctor we chose was a senior spinal orthopedic surgeon who specialized in ruptured disks. This doctor had [...]

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10 Steps to Protect Yourself From Real Estate Investor Frauds

Research. Research more. Research even more. Research even more than that. Research when you don’t want to. Research when you do. Research when you have some money to invest. Research when you don’t. Research everyday. Keep researching. Make It Happen! Kendall Matthews P.s. I’m ahead of schedule on compiling my Free Real Estate Investor Courses.  [...]

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City of Phoenix Receives $40 Million To Buy Chase Bank Foreclosures

There is a new program to the City of Phoenix that will provide assistance for a homebuyer to purchase a foreclosed property from banks. This program works like other municipal bond programs. The money is used for down payment, and closing costs assistance. The borrower will need to contact one of the 4 counseling partners [...]

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Review of Mike Watson Investments

UPDATED:  MARCH 24, 2011 SEC identifies Mike Watson Ponzi Scheme – Read Filings here.  Utah News has written an investigative report which you can read about this  real estate guru scam. ## Do You Still Think Real Estate Investing Is The Path To Liberation? Name: Mike Watson Investments URL: www.MikeWatsonInvestments.com (link disabled) Purpose:Their mission statement states “To create [...]

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Fannie Mae Unleashes Residential Real Estate Investors

Fannie Mae announce new guidelines for those homeowners who own more the 4 financed properties or would like to buy additional rental properties. In Announcement 09-02 Fannie Mae stated, “(We) are committed to providing financing opportunities for high-credit quality, bona fide investors. Experienced investors play a key role in the housing recovery and Fannie Mae’s [...]

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Podcast: Joanne Musa Reveals How To Profit From Real Estate Tax Lien Investing

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Press play to begin streaming the audio or right click the text link and choose save as or save link. Click Here to Download the MP3 [ 24 Minutes - 5.4 MB] Joanne Musa, “The Tax Lien Lady” has been on my radar for a long time. I enjoy her communication style, her candor and [...]

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For Sale $47.5 million Arizona Real Estate Tax Liens

The beauty about real estate is there are so many ways that you can invest.  You don’t always need a perfect credit score and hundreds of thousands of dollars  sitting in the bank. To play in the real estate tax lien investing niche, you do need laser-beam focus and pounds of perseverance. Maricopa County, Arizona [...]

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8 Dates You Must Know For Arizona Real Estate Tax Liens

Mark Manoil wrote a book called, “Arizona Property Tax Lien Primer. Below are important property tax time frames that you must remember. If you want to be involved with Arizona real estate tax lien investing, you will probably want to bookmark this page. Arizona Tax-lien timeline January, Year 1 – A lien for taxes is [...]

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Simple Ways To Attract Qualified Section 8 Renters

Once you have identified a rental property, negotiated the contract and closed on the deal, there’s one main component left. You have to find a renter. I work with investors who like having two individuals pay their mortgage payments. The first being a reliable renter.  The second the American taxpayer.  Add those two individuals together [...]

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3 Reasons Why You Should Rent To Section 8 Voucher Holders

In 2004, my first real estate client was an investor. This investor got his start in real estate by purchasing HUD homes and turning them into lease-options. As the options were executed, he wanted to use the available funds to invest in more properties. A few months before, I read somewhere about a local investor [...]

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