The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the May edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard [1] on Friday. The government report showed progress, noting growth in key indicators such as increasing equity and a rebound in the sale of new and existing homes. According…
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After the rollercoaster ride that has been the past six years, the national housing market is finally in a place that, at least for the moment, looks stable. Better yet, it looks downright sustainable, if the latest Trulia Price Monitor is to be believed. According to Trulia, for the first time since July 2012, none…
“I just don’t have enough time to get everything done.” “There’s so much to do and so little time.” “24 hours just isn’t enough time to get everything done.” Have you ever found yourself uttering one of these phrases (or something similar) during an exceptionally busy period of your life? Perhaps you feel that way…
[facebook] [retweet] We’ve all heard the age-old adage that a picture is worth “a thousand words”, but in the world of real estate, pictures are worth far more than that. The title of this post is obviously a clever little play (if I do say so myself) on the well-known saying, but in fact, pictures…
[facebook] [retweet] FIVE THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT REAL ESTATE INVESTING, PART 5 – “Marketing is Way More Important than You Think.” A few months back, there was a viral post making its way around Facebook in which people were sharing 10 things that people “might not know” about them. Inspired by the posts,…
[facebook] [retweet] There is no such thing as an overnight success story. We all love to believe that they exist, if for no other reason than to leave us with the hope that one day success will also find its way to our doorstep. This possibility, regardless of how remote, keeps us hanging on; shuffling our…
[facebook] [retweet] FIVE THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT REAL ESTATE INVESTING, PART 4 – “A Personal Budget is Critical to Your Business Success!” In this series of blog posts, I’ve been pointing out some of the “insider secrets” to successful real estate investing, that don’t necessarily make it into most seminar presentations or infomercial…
[facebook] [retweet] In part 3 of this series on direct mail marketing to find motivated sellers, we began discussing the idea of targeting specific niches in real estate in order to improve our return on investment. Each niche that you choose will usually generate a specific type of lead that fits into one or two…
[facebook] [retweet] Over the last few blog posts (Direct Mail, Part 1 & Direct Mail, Part 2), I have been lauding the benefits of direct mail marketing, and discussing the strategies wherewith savvy real estate investors are able to generate a steady stream of motivated seller leads. While direct mail should never be the only…
[facebook] [retweet] In my last blog post, we discussed the benefits of direct mail marketing in finding motivated sellers. There are numerous ways to generate motivated seller leads in the world of creative real estate investing, but I have found that one of the most effective is through mailing compelling marketing messages directly to their…