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Real Estate Resources

FHA Flip Waiver Extended

January 2, 2012

The waiver for the FHA 90-Day Flip Rule (click here to read about the 90-Day Rule and click here to read about the waiver enacted back in 2010) was once again expiring this month, and once again has been extended by the FHA through the beginning of 2012.
To put it simply, this means that investors [...]

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FHA Flip Waiver – Update

January 19, 2011

I mentioned a couple months ago that the waiver for the FHA 90-Day Flip Rule (click here to read about the 90-Day Rule and click here to read about the waiver enacted last year) was expiring this month, but that I hadn’t heard any details on whether it would be extended or not…
Well, as of [...]

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FHA 90 Day Rule – Reminder

November 24, 2010

I was reading the forums over at BiggerPockets.com this evening, and one of the posters over there brought up a topic that I hadn’t really thought about in several months — the FHA 90 Day Flip Rule Waiver expires on January 10, 2011…
Given that I’ve sold several houses now in under 90 days using this [...]

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Flip This REO! eBook

November 6, 2009

I don’t generally promote other people’s products on this site, for one very good reason — most of the products I’ve seen from other “gurus” are complete crap. Not only would I not endorse those products, I don’t want my name or my reputation associated with them.
In fact, if you’ve been following my site [...]

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Flip This Wholesaler (.net)

July 26, 2009

Aside from the Resources section I have on this site, I don’t spend a whole lot of time talking about other resources out there on the web. But I do want to take the time to mention another site that some of you may find very interesting, motivating and useful…
I’ve mentioned Wholesaling in this [...]

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My Real Estate Blogroll

January 8, 2009

I read a lot of blogs and websites…
When I was in the tech industry, I probably kept up with about 200 blogs on regular basis (and I wonder why I worked so many hours?!?). But it was necessary to keep up on the trends, the people, and the strategies that were driving [...]

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Census Bureau & BLS

August 27, 2008

In some previous posts, I discussed the fact that population trends are a key defining characteristic of real estate markets. And, I also pointed out that employment trends were a key driver behind population trends.
So, where can you find good information about population and employment trends? Two great places to start [...]

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2008 Apartment Market Overview

June 18, 2008

Marcus & Millichap today published their 2008 National Economic and Apartment Market Overview & Outlook…
Some very good information in here, including various economic overviews (support for whether we are at a housing bottom or not (hint: not), relationships of various economic indicators to the RE sector, data indicating the likelihood of an upcoming technical recession, [...]

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2008 National Apartment Report

June 10, 2008

For anyone interested in apartment investing, I wanted to point out one of the best resources I’ve come across on the web. Marcus & Millichap, one of the largest real estate investment services firms in the U.S., publishes a number of quarterly and annual reports on their website. The one that I have [...]

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