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Given the fact that so many investors have turned to repossessions to build up their nest egg, it seemed appropriate to run an article on the subject. In his article, “Serious Considerations When Investing in Repossessed Houses”, Kevin Simpson offers some practical advice to real estate investors.

Here’s wrote he wrote:

There are many things that need to be considered when investing in repossessed houses. Some of the

Preparing an analysis of an investment property to determine whether an investment will be good for you is paramount to successful real estate investing. Of course, a real estate analysis is only as good as the information you collect so it offers little meaning to your investment goals unless the analysis contains valid data.

In this article, we’ll discuss the information you must collect for a real estate analysis along with

by Andrew Stratton

In today’s time of economic turmoil, business owners must begin to reexamine every aspect of their business. Savvy business people are going over their inventory and staffing needs, making cuts where they can and reinvesting their limited funds wisely.

However, for many business owners, the one expense they tend to overlook may in fact be the expense that could be costing them the most money: real estate. If your current piece of commercial real estate is not servicing your needs, it may be time to look into purchasing a new

by Beth Paolini

In today’s economic times you may be hesitant to move forward with a business opportunity that may or may not give you a decent rate of return. Choosing the right market can be worrisome and create skepticism.

However, we are a nation of means as well as a nation of resiliency. That is why it is even in these tough economic times the opportunities are endless for those willing to jump in and take the “bull by the horns” so to speak. With that being said.

My research has shown that currently the real estate

ProAPOD recently released an update to its platinum grade V.10.0 real estate investment software with sweeping changes in the way the software solution handles pictures.

ProAPOD’s real estate software solutions have always provided an excellent picture function that enables users to insert a picture on the coversheet and marketing package of the real estate analysis with one-click. It has been one of the hallmark features of all three

by Judy Cook

I too was once a beginner real estate investor. When I got started in real estate it was in Houston, Texas in the mid 1980’s. That town was experiencing what our country is experiencing today. Over one third of the houses were foreclosed on … at one time or another … property values had dropped. FHA and VA had large volumes of houses that were for sale. After those foreclosures the FHA and VA needed to get rid of them. They would list them

Once you make the decision to buy real estate investment property, there are a number of factors to consider and at least 10 things you want to look for. In this article, we’ll examine what those ten things for real estate investment property are along with a brief explanation.

1) General location – Location, location, location is the mantra in real estate. Unless the investment

One of the more important questions you need to answer before you make your first real estate investment is “just how involved do I want to become in the operations of my real estate investment?”

For unlike decisions you might have made in the stock market, which was whether to buy or sell and did not entitle you to make any decisions regarding the operation of the company, with investment real estate, you are in

Since placing capital in real property with the expectation of generating a return is the hallmark of real estate investing, in this article, we want to discuss the returns an individual investor can expect to receive from both monetary and nonmonetary sources associated with owning investment real estate.

Monetary Returns

These are benefits that can be directly

There’s an ongoing debate amongst analysts and real estate investment software developers as to whether it’s better to use a 10-year or 20-year proforma income statement when analyzing investment real estate.

Fair enough. Some feel that the more data an individual investor has to make an investment decision the better while others would argue that any rental proforma assuming to