What do you think? Statistics Lie???
Tuesday, June 28
So by now I am sure you have heard the good news. Housing was up less than 1% month on month in the latest report. Oh wait when you factor in seasonality price declines are accelerating (by one account over 4%) and cemeting the double dip camp.What is an average person to do? First you need to...
How to Fix Housing, Employment and The Economy (Part 1)
Saturday, June 25
As an active real estate investor who reads everything he can about the economy, finance and real estate it has become painfully clear that negativity sells. I say this because all I keep hearing or reading about is negative information that does nothing more than cause a negative feedback loop....
I hope this is NOT TRUE
Sunday, June 19
So I am doing what real estate investors do on the weekend. You know looking at properties, getting repair bids and meeting new people in the business because if you have not heard this is a people business. I was chatting up an appraisor that was working on a house I am buying and he said somet...
Some Articles just Tick Me Off ....
Sunday, June 19
So I just read a post on cnbc.com that appears to come from the New York times and it really made me mad!!! So I had to write a quick post as a way to make myself feel better. The title was Backlog of Cases Gives a Reprieve on Foreclosures The basics of the article are banks are not activly try...
What would you do with this Property???
Saturday, June 18
So we locked up a property that offered us several options and I thought we would share the details and see what you would do. The property is a legal duplex, zoned multi family, with two electric meter and two gas meters. It was built as a 1/1 on each side of the duplex. Unfortunately one of t...
One Interview Leads to a Second Interview
Wednesday, June 15
So I was lucky enough to be invited by Josh and Biggerpockets to be apart of their real estate interview series. That was a lot of fun and I recommend you give it a shot if you have a story to tell as Josh is great at what he does. That first interview actually lead to a second interview. You ca...