As Foreclosures Continue to Rise, The Demand for Educated Investors is Needed

LPS Applied Analytics recently performed a study of the state of foreclosures in the United States. The results of this report contained some interesting numbers:

Delinquent loans have passed 10%, with the total rate (including foreclosures) at 13.3%.
7.2 million homeowners are behind on their payments. Almost 1 million of these properties are in REO status.
The average [...]

Significant Policy Changes For FHA Loans

WASHINGTON- David Stevens, the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA for short) has just today announced some thing very important. Stevens spoke of a set of policy changes that will with no doubt strengthen and improve reserves of the FHA’s capital. Doing so, it will enable the FHA to continue to provide access for [...]

Why a Short Sale Is Better Than a Foreclosure.

Both a foreclosure and short sale can devastate a borrower’s credit history, but it is far better to select the lesser of these two evils. A short sale will negatively affect a credit score for a shorter period than a foreclosure and leave the borrower in a better position to buy a home again soon. [...]

How to Systematize Your Personal Branding Using Social Media

Take a look at your Twitter feed for one minute and you will notice that some of the hottest topics today are “social media” and “personal branding”. Everyone and their grandmothers are looking to promote themselves or their products through social media channels these days. The problem is the majority of these people tweet a [...]

Short Sales to be Encouraged by the Obama Administration However…

Short Sales are being encouraged by Obama Administration but there is much more to be done to effectively put the same into action. Short sales are good for the economy and hence good for the country and this has been stated time and again. The Administration is agreeing to that totally and continues to do [...]

Top Do’s and Dont’s of Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing does not have to be rocket science. Many people make it more complicated than it is and tend to shy away from it. They know that they should engage, but still fundamentally do not understand the intricacies and as such, they are missing out on a whole new way of communicating with [...]

The Seven Best Ways on How to Get Real Estate Investing Deals

If you are new to real estate investing, you are probably wondering “where am I going to find my first real estate deal”? There are actually a number of very effective methods you can use. Below I will touch on 7 different methods to find deals. They are a pre-foreclosure listing service, major newspapers, post [...]

Real Estate Investing Via Web 2.0

Post bubble recessionary real estate investing in a networked world pretty much nails this discussion, grab your web surf board and enjoy the ride.
In this article, I show you what is working in real estate today and how to use the web and automation to create stimulus you can immediately use to ride the crest [...]

Thinking of Investing in Residential Real Estate: It’s Still Location, Location, Location

Thinking of Investing in Residential Real Estate: It’s Still Location, Location, Location
Remember this: land is the element of real estate that appreciates. Man-made structures begin depreciating from the day they are constructed.
Think schools first.
Schools are often the first consideration for first time home buyers and renters – at least 80% to 90% of the time [...]

The Art Of Real Estate Investing Is About People

Real estate investing is a wide area of learning as well as practical application of techniques in the market. You might be an experienced real estate investor but every time you realize the fact that there is still something to learn further and further. Then after a commitment of a small mistake, we repent on [...]

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