Finding Good Contractors and Vendors

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Bernie

I had mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I will get into the details of finding and keeping good contractors and vendors. This post is about that. If you follow my articles you must realize that I place … Continue reading →

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The Power of Leverage

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Bernie

I talk about real estate investing with many people every day. If they are new, invariably they ask me, “How much money do I need?” So in this post, we’ll talk about that. If you Googled your way right to … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Single Family Rental – Income Approach

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Bernie

This is the second method of evaluating a single family rental home. We talked about the first method, Comparative Market Analysis earlier. If you are new to this blog, please read the page on Getting a Mentor first. When you … Continue reading →

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Comparative Market Analysis

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Bernie

In continuation of our discussion on estimating the value of a single family home, let’s dive into the details of the method called “Comparative Market Analysis” or “CMA/comps”. If you are new to these blogs, we are talking about investing … Continue reading →

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Estimating Market Value of a Single Family Home

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Bernie

If you are new to these blogs, I suggest you visit the Get a Mentor page first. Real estate investing is vast and having a person you can ping is invaluable. Now, I have mentioned in a couple of posts … Continue reading →

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The Rehab Order

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Bernie

We have discussed what to fix in an earlier post. In this post we will dive into some greater detail and mainly focus on the order in which things should be done. It’s a good time to remind our readers … Continue reading →

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The Members of Your Team

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Bernie

Real estate investing is a team sport. You cannot go far sitting in front of your computer and clicking. You have to deal with people. Your first team member is of course your mentor. If you have not read the … Continue reading →

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Rehabbing a Single Family Home to Rent

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Bernie
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If you have not read the post on getting a mentor please do so here. In this post we are going to talk about rehabbing – or fixing up a foreclosure to make it ready for rent. The rehab process … Continue reading →

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To See or Not to See – Before Making the Offer

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Bernie

We will discuss tons of material in these posts but there’s no substitute to getting a mentor who has done this a few times. So go here to read about it and get one first. I mentioned before that as … Continue reading →

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Making the Offer on a Bank Foreclosure

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Bernie

If you are new to the blogs here, please read the post on getting a mentor. For those who are following blog after blog, please pardon my insistence on this in every post. To me it’s crucial that people who … Continue reading →

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