Archive | March, 2010

Why Do Realtors List Short Sales Instead Of Buying Them?

Are you one of the many new breed of Short Sale Realtors? Can you tell me why you are a Short Sale Realtor? It’s an honest question. One that should not require a whole heck of a lot of thought. So please tell me why? This isn’t being posed as rhetoric. I really want to [...]

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Obama’s World That We’re Just Living In: Free Houses For Everybody!

I was going to write another article on how to make money in real estate investing and as I always do, I was beginning my draft outline when I began reading the news. So armed with my apple juice and mandatory blueberry muffin, I took to the task of building my article. When suddenly I [...]

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Real Estate Radio USA – Radio Episode 191 [Video]

Please note: This is a video episode. Please click the arrow in the middle of the video box to play the video. Depending upon your connection speed, the video below may take a few seconds to load   [flv:http://www.realestateradiousa.com/videos/episode192video.flv 800 450]

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Maximizing Short Sale Profit With Cash Buyers Only!

Psst…hey you…yeah you! I have a secret to tell you. Listen up… cash buyers are king! So I bet you’re going to tell me you already knew that. Well if you already knew it, tell me why your chasing down retail buyers. Don’t fall for the malaise that affects too many Realtors. Here’s your takeaway. [...]

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How Are You Managing Your Buyers List?

Our buddy Dave Dinkel of the Broward Real Estate Investors Association recently penned a very insightful post about using your email list. He’s hit the nail on the head. Properly managing your Buyer’s List is critical to your success. Are you building your list daily? If not, what are you waiting for? Everyone wants to be [...]

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The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

Since 1922, The Harvard Business Review has been published as a monthly digest of research-based articles written specifically for high ranking business practitioners. It is an esteemed publication and is revered by the icons of global business management and is highly regarded as being quite authoritative in scope by the leaders in the fields of [...]

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Short Sales | Short Sale | Don’t Lose Your Home!

Short Sales have become the buzz word in the real estate industry, but here we are, a few years into the fall of the housing market and still, only 15% of Short Sales close nationally. Why is that? What is causing the failure of so many of these transactions?   Well, in a word, laziness. [...]

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Is The Realtor Code Of Ethics A Crock?

A few days ago I called out the National Association of Realtors  for not giving their members clear and concise info and for hiding behind their desks. Well the saga continues in regards to many NAR members having no clue as to how to execute short sales, much less understanding how to seriously profit from [...]

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Distressed Real Estate Is Surging And Defining The Market

Nearly 50% of all homes sales are distressed real estate transactions. No that wasn’t a misprint whatsoever. According to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance Monthly Survey of Real Estate Market Conditions, distressed properties, which are those defined as being in some stage of foreclosure or as an REO, have accounted for 48.1 percent of sales. [...]

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Wholesale Real Estate | Wholesaling Homes And Houses For Profit

The wholesale real estate market has changed dramatically over the last few years. Originally, wholesaling simply meant buying from homeowners who were in distressed situations and flipping them to other investors who would rehab and resell them to the retail market. However, it was not uncommon to find and “flip” a commercial property or high-end [...]

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