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News of multiple offers, bidding wars and buyers even paying well over asking prices are popping up all over the country. So if you are selling a home how can you spur this type of interest and action on your property? Check out the following 7 tips for driving a bidding war when selling your […]

Numbers should drive everything you do in real estate. If the numbers don’t work, as difficult as it may be, you need to walk away. There are plenty of numbers that alone won’t move the needle too much but added up can have a significant impact. These seemingly hidden figures are especially prevalent in the […]

If it wasn’t tough enough buying a home or selling a home out there today between jumpy prices and tight lending there are an increasing amount of difficult buyers and sellers in the market who complicate things even further. Some are just uneducated, some are vindictive and out to be ruthless from the start and […]

In most markets the demand for quality rentals continues to remain strong. Over the past decade there has been a steady increase in rental property ownership and rental property demand. Just one cash flow producing rental property can completely change your portfolio for the better. For every tenant horror story you hear there are a […]

Is your real estate agent sabotaging your efforts to sell your home? Real estate agents can be incredibly valuable assets for both regular homeowners and real estate investors. In some cases they may even be the best option. However, there are some real estate agents who could be sabotaging your dreams of selling a home […]

There is a normal progression most buy and hold investors take.  After getting started with a single family rental they move up to two, three and four unit properties.  Eventually they become more comfortable with the additional units and look to take on bigger projects.  The next step up from multiple units is commercial, apartment and […]

Are neighbors hampering your efforts of selling a home? What can you do about it? If selling a home wasn’t challenging enough all by itself, neighbors can often become annoying saboteurs who drag down your home’s value and scare off would be buyers. Many neighborhoods are blighted by foreclosures which are dampening home values because […]

A buy and hold rental portfolio is one of the building blocks of long term real estate investing success. Regardless if you have one single family property or a pool of apartment buildings it is critical that you understand the numbers.  Omitting or miscalculating a few expenses can quickly cause a profitable looking property to […]

How do you protect the investment you are making in rehabbing properties from criminals? There are many ‘bargain’ homes to be found today in some of our less pleasant neighborhoods. Unfortunately, they may often be being sold cheap for a reason. Perhaps criminals have scared other investors and homeowners away and often the properties have […]

Screening potential tenants is the most important thing you can do as a landlord. Every problem during a lease can be traced back to your screening process.  If you are lax on your screening you will let many more bad tenants slip through the cracks.  Tenant screening is not like opening up an investigation.  In most […]