From the category archives:

Real Estate Basics

To All Contractors

August 4, 2008

I don’t know if I have any contractors reading my blog, but now that I’ve started getting General Contractor (GC) bids on my first house, I have some recommendations to all the contractors out there who want to step up their game when it comes to doing a walk-through and bidding on a project. Don’t […]

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Rich or Wealthy?

June 19, 2008

Do you make a distinction between being rich and being wealthy? Most people probably don’t, but if you’re going to invest in real estate (or anything for that matter), I think it’s important that you consider the differences and decide which is your goal. That said, how do I define the difference between being “rich” […]

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Disclosures: Trust But Verify

May 26, 2008

I learned a very good lesson while performing due diligence on the house I put under contract. After arranging the inspection of the house, I got a call from my agent asking if I wanted to include a radon test as well as the standard inspection. Figuring that after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars […]

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What Controls Mortgage Rates?

May 24, 2008

In my last post, I mentioned that all my home purchase paperwork had been completed, and that I was just sitting back waiting for the various other parties (my agent, mortgage broker, inspector, appraiser, etc) to get back to me… Well, the first person to get back to me was my mortgage broker. My application […]

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Basics of Residential RE

May 7, 2008

As I mentioned in my previous post, I plan to base my real estate investment business around investing in apartment buildings (at least at first). Before I talk more about my investing plan, I should probably explain why I chose apartment buildings over other types of residential real estate investments. First, some background on the […]

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