[facebook][retweet] With the national housing market showing signs of improved strength and stability, and inventory levels on the rise, sellers no longer have the advantage that they regained in 2012 after the Great Recession’s prolonged buyers-market. With buyers and sellers on a more even playing field, investors who renovate homes to resell need a competitive…
[facebook] [retweet] Most investors know that one of the most important aspects of selling a home is curb appeal, and yet many of us are lost on exactly what that entails. Of course a nice mailbox, painted front door, and a freshly mowed yard fits the bill, but today’s buyers expect much more when they…
[facebook] [retweet] I recently had a student ask me if I flip HUD and/or REO foreclosures, and whether the bank contracts are assignable. Since it’s a question that I’m asked fairly often, I thought it would make for a great “Ask the PIG” post for all of my subscribers. The short…
[facebook] [retweet] Home purchases made with cash are on the decline across the country, according to Zillow [1], but cash sales still make up a significant portion of the lower-priced home market in many areas. Cash sales declined year-over-year in the first quarter in 102 of the 126 metro areas Zillow observes [2]. Zillow chalked up the…
Even though the first half of 2014 didn’t live up to the hope and hype, industry insiders are still calling for better days in the housing market for the rest of this year. On Friday, Redfin released its latest market summary, which sees the combination of sales, prices, foot traffic, and inventory as positive signs heading into the…
. Operating as a real estate professional without a license is a 3rd degree felony in my home state (Florida) and is considered a serious offense in most states. Check out this brief video where Matt shares how you can legally and ethically compensate someone who has brought you a real estate deal, without ending…
[facebook] [retweet] I admit that I am not an expert at a lot of things. Rather than being a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none, I decided long ago to be a master of a few things, while remaining downright awful at pretty much everything else. Some of my shortcomings include singing, dancing, drawing, or…
[facebook] [retweet] You got a great deal on the house from a motivated seller through your creative marketing strategies. Your team did an incredible job of renovating, landscaping, and staging the home and it looks absolutely amazing. The Realtor took beautiful pictures, and along with the description, painted an amazing picture of your most recent…
In part 1 of this blog series, I discussed the very real possibility that things will not always go right in your real estate investing career. Though I’ve had way more successes than failures while flipping houses, even the successes are sometimes only achieved after putting out a few fires, and sidestepping a few land…
I can still remember the first time I heard that little sales axiom. I was working as the V.P. of Operations for a fledgling internet start-up in my early 20’s, and our buyer/graphic designer (yes, employees of cash-strapped dot-com’s had to pull double duty) was on the phone with a supplier out of New York…