Although real estate brokers vigorously compete in the marketplace, they differ greatly than other businesses.

Title Companies & Real Estate Attorneys Provide You with Title Insurance,they alert You to "clouds" on title (or anything that COULD Be a problem that the seller neglected to "mention";Home/Structural Inspectors give You a size up of repairs needed,Apprraisers give You an accurate valuation of the property & marketplace (& also point out any obvious structural or neighborhood problems)With an appraisal, You'd KNOW Whether You were potentially paying too much or not....There isn't too much left except failure to follow thru after purchase in the case of making needed repairs?

The learning annex is having a real estate expo in nyc in october, and over 40,000 investors will be present. if you go to the marketplace forums, you can find a special promotion for the expo.

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I am Looking to be part of this cash flowing market Place.

As more information is available to the public and more competition comes into the marketplace comissions will continue to drop.

I just want to learn and understand pre-foreclosures from ALL perspectives so that I will be more effective and understand the marketplace-- not just the steps to follow.Look forward to more comments.

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If you are planning on selling the property you should consider the return on investment of making an additional $99,000 ($3,000 x 33 units) investment in your property.In a traditional marketplace, you figure the value of the property like this.Property Value = NOI / Cap RateYou can also figure the increase in value the same wayProperty Value Increase = Increase in NOI / Cap RateI don't know what the average cap rate is in your area, so I'll just use 6% as an example.Your increase in NOI = $100 a month per unit * 33 units * 12 months = $39,600So the property value increase would be $39,000 / .06 (6% cap rate) = $660,000Likewise, a 4% cap rate would be a $990,000 push in value and 8% would be $495,000.Note: that's not a guarantee that you will sell it for that much more, it just means that if your property sells like others in your area have been selling, you should be able to get that much more.Back to your return on investment.