Archive for the 'Finance' Category
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Real Estate Ira Notes - Hot Trend for Cool Times
The newest buzzword to hit the world of real estate investment is: Real Estate Notes. Now, real estate notes themselves aren’t new, they’ve been around. But the awareness of them as viable investment vehicles is a new trend that is a direct result of recent drops happening in the real estate market. Real Estate notes [...]
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Two (2) Ways to Take Your Rental Real Estate Losses
Even if you have strong positive cash flow from your rental real estate, chances are you still have a loss for tax purposes due to the depreciation deduction.
This is a great tax strategy because your positive cash flow is sheltered from tax. But, it can be even better if you are able to take [...]
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
How to Start Real Estate Investing and Hit the Ground Running
This article covers six dynamite real estate investing tips intended to help anyone just getting started in real estate investing to successfully launch and hit the ground running with real estate investment property.
1. Develop the Correct Attitude
To stand a chance of succeeding at real estate investing, foremost, you must understand that real estate investment is [...]
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Real Estate Professional Status
One requirement is that you spend more time in your real property trades or businesses than in ALL OTHER trades or businesses combined. Time spent as an employee in real property activities is counted only if you are a more than a 5% owner in that business. If you qualify as a real [...]
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
How to Look for a Real Estate Agent You Like
What if you knew how to easily locate the right real estate agent, one that puts your interests first. Use my tips and advice to decrease the stress of buying a home and find the best real estate agent for you.
I certainly understand if you question why I believe I know what constitutes a good [...]
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Top Five Reasons to Invest in Real Estate Today
When it comes to real estate, the topic of the day is the downturn in the market, the number of people losing their homes, and how much this is going to hurt the economy. In the seventeen years I have been in the real estate business, I have witnessed every fluctuation the market has to [...]
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
The Coming Real Estate Bubble
In a nutshell, that is the basic question at the back of our collective subconscious when we talk about the real estate bubble. If you turn on the TV, listen to the radio, or even surf the internet, you’ll notice that there is a lot of people talking about the “Real Estate Bubble”, and [...]