Jonathan Vince
Interest-Free Hard Money as Needed Proof for SPECULATIVE Deals?
Does such a thing exist?You need proof of funds to bid at an auction, but there's no guarantee you'll end up with any of the home/s you want to bid on. Does anyone know of a creative arrangement between Hard Money Len...
Kevin Rea
Land speculation, what is too small of a piece of land?
I have seen developments around me that will buy up the large (100+ acres) of land to develop and instead of buying up the smaller pieces nearby, they simply build around them. I understand from their viewpoint that ...
Jacob Workman
Am I too late to the game to start speculatively building?
What’s your thoughts? Am I too late to speculatively build homes. To give you a backstory, my name is Jacob. I’ve been involved in real estate over the past 12 years in various different ways. I’ve owned land, flipped...
Corey Dutton
The Ghost Towns in Ireland: a Grim Reminder of Speculative Bubbles
A recent article from Curbed.com about the “ghost towns” in Ireland, gave me a chilly reminder about the craziness of speculative real estate bubbles. The ghost towns in Ireland refer to the thousands of homes that...
Richard Warren
Are oil markets experiencing a bubble?
Here is an interesting article that compares the current climb of oil prices into the stratosphere with the recent housing bubble. The theory is that the oil market is as unsustainable as the housing market was. I hop...
William C.
Most Important Measurables/Calculations to Track (ex. CoCROI)
Just curious what metrics people are utilizing to track their rental property investments over time. There are many different factors we can all track, but which are most relevant to you and why? From The Book on Rent...
Jefferson Kim
Tesla closes on free Nevada land for gigafactory (Let the speculative investing begin!)
So who's going to buy some land and sit on it?http://fortune.com/2014/10/28/tesla-closes-on-free...High risk, high reward.If Tesla actually finishes the construction, the land will most likely be very valuable (assumi...
Ramu Venkat
Land Purchase - Austin Area - Need Suggestion
Hello All,I am an investor and recently purchased a single family house in Leander for rental purposes. I am now looking at buying a piece of unrestricted land (ag exempt preferably, 5-20 acres) around Austin area. I ...
Ryan Harris
What's most profitable?
I'm getting ready to purchase my first home. I know you can make money with real estate if you do it right but I'm not sure which would be a wiser decision. I'm deciding between buying a house and then keeping it and ...
Tony Tomasek
Commodity Crunch Anyone?
Is anyone else concerned with the fact that commodities are rising quickly DURING a global recession? Factoring in emerging economies and potential demand with current production capacity, how long will it be before ...