According to MSN Real Estate, home flipping—the act of buying a dilapidated house, renovating it and selling it for profit—is heating up again. After the housing bubble collapsed some four years ago, the flipping world came to a grinding halt. Though plenty of inexpensive homes were available on the market, including many foreclosures, the flat-lined […]
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We’re living in a world of great financial uncertainty. But inside all of that uncertainty are amazing opportunities. That’s really good news, because in an economy that isn’t creating many high paying jobs, with all kinds of queasy money distorting asset values and suppressing interest rates; plus rising costs of healthcare and other essential products
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Many people are seeing the big opportunity in raising private money to do more and bigger deals. So we thought it would be a good idea to go into the Archives and dig up an episode we did with our friend and attorney Mauricio Rauld. After all, we don’t want anyone getting into a syndicationally
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Real estate investing is a business that often attracts loners and mavericks. Freedom from bosses and co-workers is often as much the motivation for going full-time as is making gobs of money. But we’ve noticed that many of the most successful investors we’ve met usually end up in partnerships, whether they are temporary of permanent.
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As market mariners, we’re always watching the financial waves to know which way the wind is blowing and whether a swell is headed our way. After discovering the painful price of myopia in 2008, we’re not only diligently watching the horizon, but we spend a lot more time talking to smart people from a variety
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As Google Glass prepares to move from testing into production, real estate agents and app designers are excited about its potential to revolutionize home buying. Trulia announced an early app in June, and other real estate websites such as Zillow soon followed. Just as the Internet revolutionized home selling by helping buyers view listings and
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