Posted on August 18, 2009 by admin

Education is paramount to success in any endeavor but when we are speaking of investing it is most important to consider its impact on risk.

Investing is widely regarded as a risky pursuit by amateurs and those who are uneducated in the field. To professional investors, a person’s education or knowledge of an investment is by far the single greatest determinant of risk. A well-educated investor can always walk away from a ‘risky’ deal.

Posted on August 14, 2009 by admin

What is ‘Wholesale Real Estate’? It is simply the act of providing discount priced real estate deals to ready, willing and able investors, and sometimes ‘retail’ buyers as well.

For the sake of defining ‘wholesaling’ you need to know if you are actually a candidate for a wholesale deal. An investor is someone who purchases real estate solely for the purpose of making money. A ‘retail’ buyer purchases, often to get a good deal, but ultimately, to live in the property.

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

One major NC city is amoung 10 cities that’s primed for a real estate recovery. The Raleigh/Durham area is likely to escape the commercial real estate scourge and transition soon to a bona fide recovery. Raleigh has a vacancy rate of 14.7%, up 3.6 points from last year, 2008.

A mix of government jobs, higher ed, healthcare, and technology has helped this progressive area pull off a neat trick: Population is growing at a healthy 3 percent rate, but the unemployment rate

Posted on August 05, 2009 by admin

If you are interested in wholesale real estate will want to pick up a few house flipping tips to keep their costs down and profits high. In the house flipping game it’s all about how you set your budget and the final selling price of the home. So, with the aims of keeping you, the real estate investor, within budget here are several house flipping tips towards success.

* Choose the Right Property

It’s possible to be so eager to get into wholesaling property that you buy the first cheap house you can find. House flipping is about more than buying a cheap house. It’s about finding the right cheap house. You want a property that is structurally sound, but needs

Posted on July 29, 2009 by admin

For those who are old enough to remember, or who know history, there were economic downturns in 1974 , 1982, 1988 and 1998 . . . and during those downturns banks quit lending to investors and they approved only homebuyers with down payments . . . and eventually the lessons learned in those downturns were forgotten, or faded, and the lending requirements were loosened and the real estate market climbed uphill once again. . . .