Forget about flipping houses this year. With more families opting to pay for a lease rather than a mortgage, the decision to rent out properties is now the most popular real estate investing decision you can make. But before you go and buy all those foreclosures in your neighborhood, there are a few things you...Read More
Guilford is a rustic town on the Long Island Sound with a secret for anyone who's thinking of buying a house in Connecticut: this is where all the historic homes are. From the seaside cottages to the expansive groves of maple, Guilford embodies the best of New England, and if you appreciate calm streets, active...Read More
If you want to buy a foreclosure this year, don’t bother attending an auction. Huge auction websites like to talk about how easy it is to buy a foreclosure at one of their local events, but the reality is that winning a house in a bidding war and then securing a mortgage for it is...Read More
For a community that’s located just 21 miles from the heart of San Diego, Lakeside sure doesn’t live up to its expectations. Though the town’s name might lead you to believe it’s a posh waterfront suburb, Lakeside is really more Wild West than anything else. This picturesque neighborhood is all open sky and adventure, and...Read More
You might know all about flipping houses, but have you ever heard of flopping houses? This devious short-sale maneuver has become incredibly popular with the unscrupulous real estate investor demographic in the past few months – but be warned. If you get caught flopping when you should be flipping, you could spend some serious time...Read More
You might not want to live in a haunted house yourself, but you’d be surprised by the number of people that do. All around the country, small groups of eclectic real estate investors are clamoring for properties that seem ridiculous on the surface but that are worth more than their weight in gold to the...Read More
It looks like the presidential candidates are finally paying attention to the housing crisis. In this Tuesday's State of the Union speech, President Obama touted his settlement with big banking. The settlement would dampen the startling foreclosure rate by giving $25 billion to homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages. Immediately after the speech, White...Read More
If you think selling a house is hard now, just wait until next year. And the year after that. And the year after that. And the … okay, you get the point. According to the latest Goldman Sachs forecast, real estate investing will hit rock bottom in 2013 and won’t recover to pre-crash levels until...Read More
If you think selling a house is hard now, just wait until next year. And the year after that. And the year after that. And the … okay, you get the point. According to the latest Goldman Sachs forecast, real estate investing will hit rock bottom in 2013 and won’t recover to pre-crash levels until...Read More
Buying a house used to be easy. You found a home you liked, applied for a mortgage and then paid it off over 30 years. That’s not the case in today’s market. Mortgages today are harder to obtain, and favorable terms are more difficult to come by. That's why many Americans are choosing to just...Read More
