Almost every real estate investor has access to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in one fashion or another. Some investors work closely with a couple of real estate agents that feed the investor information from the MLS on a regular basis.
An Advisor Helps Your Investing Career
Any competent real estate investment advisor will tell you it’s easy to make your fortune with a real estate career – as long as you know what you are doing. The first advice your real estate investment advisor should give you is to not jump in with both feet right away.
Rise in home flipping shows that fixer-uppers are back in vogue
Fixer-uppers are back in vogue, with RealtyTrac reporting that 6.6 percent of all single family home and condo sales (numbering 43,740 sales in total) during Q1 of this year were flipped homes, a twenty percent increase from the last quarter and a three percent rise from one year ago. RealtyTrac defines a home flip as […]
Millionaires Stay With Real Estate for Investing
You might not have known exactly when the stock market was going to head south but the fact that it would was fully predictable. And the wealthy saw it coming. With fixed income investments (saving accounts, CDs, etc.) continuing at near historic lows and the equities (stocks) sliding downward once again, those with money to […]
Memphis – The Place to Flip Houses
In several posts, I’ve mentioned Memphis as the best metropolitan area to invest in turnkey rentals (it’s still accurate). However, going from turnkey rentals to REO flips presents a great opportunity for those that prefer flipping houses instead of being landlords. Several reasons make Memphis attractive for flipping houses. RealtyTrac states the Memphis median sales […]
Real Estate Investors A Sample Rehab Timeline
The goal with every rehab is to complete it as quickly as possible while keeping it on budget and not compromising quality. Each project is different depending on the scope and magnitude of the project but with each project, you need a timeline for the order of completing each aspect of the rehab. Careful planning […]
Get Connected with Real Estate Partnerships
As an investor, there are many ways to partner with others to maximize profits. The key elements of any real estate investment are the seller, the buyer, the property, the source of funds, and if you are flipping, the end buyer. As the buyer (investor), your role is pulling all of these resources together into […]
Memphis House Flipping Guys
If you are looking for lucrative real estate investment opportunities, one place you must look is in the Memphis market. One of the best investment models you want to explore has been developed and is active with a couple of guys known as The House Guys. Johnpaul Moses and James Alston hunt down tremendous discount […]
Real Estate Analysis Software for Busy Investors
In this high technology world, there is powerful spreadsheet software that dramatically increases the speed at which real estate investors are able to analyze investment opportunities. Of course, investors able to perform faster and more in-depth analysis are able to find the best investment opportunities. I’m not going to make a recommendation for particular software. […]














