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The 90-Day Restrictions

February 6, 2012

I received a comment from a blog reader the other day asking about a resale restriction on an investment property — from the specific question, it was clear that she was getting a couple different restrictions confused. Given all the various legal and corporate restrictions in place today for investors, it’s not surprising that [...]

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Final Inspection Checklist

September 7, 2011

Check out our newest article (with Checklist included) in our Education section about what to look for in a final walk-through of your rehab:
Final Inspection Checklist
I hope you enjoy and find this useful…

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Lessons Learned On House #1

May 1, 2011

Now that we’re finally closed on The Corn House (House #1), I took some time and put together a list of the Top 10 mistakes we made and lessons learned on this first investment of ours.
Top 10 Lessons Learned on House #1
If you have any of your own lessons to add (or have any questions [...]

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With REOs, Buyer Beware!

April 22, 2011

I had a bad (and almost VERY EXPENSIVE) experience with an REO purchase I was working on this week, and I thought I would share it with my readers to hopefully help you guys and gals avoid any similar experiences in your investing careers.
I’ve turned it into a “sticky” article for future readers to [...]

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The “No Rehab” Myth

January 16, 2011

If you’re a wholesaler looking to bring me (or another rehabber) a deal, you should think twice before saying, “It’s move-in ready!” or “It will only require a couple thousand dollars in work in order to flip”…
If you’d like to know why, check out my latest guest blog post over at BiggerPockets.com:

The Myth of “No [...]

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New Landlord Checklist

October 6, 2010

If you’re planning to become a landlord anytime soon (as I just did with The Haggle House), I hope you’ll take the time to read the guest blog post I wrote for BiggerPockets.com today:
The New Landlord Checklist
Take a look at the article, and if you have any questions or want more information, let me know…

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Introduction To IRR

September 2, 2010

If you’re an investor (whether real estate or some other type), I hope you’ll take the time to read the guest blog post I wrote for BiggerPockets.com today:
Introduction to Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Every investor — regardless of what they invest in — needs to understand how to calculate their success or failure (hopefully success!) [...]

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Traits of a Great Agent

March 3, 2010

As a follow-up to last week’s article on “Should You Get Your Real Estate License,” here is this week’s blog post over at BiggerPockets.com:
Traits of a Great Real Estate Agent
Take a look and feel free to leave comments either here or there…
Enjoy!

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Should You Get Your License?

February 24, 2010

I cleaned up an article that I published here a couple months ago and posted it over at BiggerPockets.com for my weekly BP blog post…
Take a look and feel free to leave comments either here or there:
Should You Get Your Real Estate License?
Enjoy!

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All About Contracts

February 17, 2010

As I mentioned last week, I am writing a weekly blog post for BiggerPockets.com, the premier destination for real estate information and discussion on the web…
I just posted this weeks blog entry, and it’s all about contracts…I hope you’ll check it out:
All About Contracts
Any comments, feel free to leave them here or over on [...]

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