30
Sep
Real estate investing joint ventures are really gaining ground as a strategy to fund and expedite investments. Joint ventures are formed when two or more parties agree to pool their resources for the purpose of buying a property. When it comes to real estate investing, resources do not necessarily include only financial, but also participation in the form […]
02
Sep
MLS Real Estate (also known as Multiple Listing Service) has been around since the late 1800s, when real estate brokers decided to work in a co-operating agreement in selling properties: basically the concept was “help me sell my inventory, and I will help sell yours.” Since the public use of computers, the MLS has taken a […]
28
Aug
If you’ve ever done research on purchasing a house, it may not be a bad idea to look into buying raw land as well. There are certainly drawbacks and benefits to both choices, but if you’ve ever wanted to build a house either for yourself or to resell, then learning how to buy land instead of […]
21
Aug
What is Equity? If you’ve done any research on real estate or the housing market, you’ve probably come across the term ‘equity’ a time or two. The word equity itself can have multiple meanings across the board, depending on the scenario, but in terms of real estate the direct definition is: “The value of a […]
13
Aug
Abandoned houses can be found in any neighborhood. In fact in 2013, out of America’s 133 million housing units, 10.7% of them – that’s more than 14.2 million – were abandoned. So why are there so many abandoned housing units still causing problems for their owners? These problems mostly correlate directly to the collapse of […]
30
Jul
Indianapolis Housing Market is definitely growing and showing increasing stability as time goes on, despite a lower total for the first quarter of the year. This is certainly a good sign as this slow but steady increase follows several years of market decline. Indianapolis Housing Market: The Indianapolis housing market 2014 is on the rebound […]
24
Jun
Property Taxes are usually attached to owning real estate. There are several kinds of property taxes that exist and are attached to assets such as Land, Improvements to Land (immovable man-made objects, like buildings), Personal Property (moveable man-made objects) and Intangible Property. For more information on How to Make Money by Controlling Real Estate with $1 Prior […]
18
Jun
Special Warranty Deed is a type of deed that you will encounter when dealing in buying and selling real estate. Warranty Deeds are used for real estate sales where either residential or commercial properties are transferred between parties who are unfamiliar with each other. This type of deed is a guarantee from the seller to the buyer about the […]
06
Jun
Tax lien certificates as an investment strategy has seen a surge of popularity for a number of years based on how easily it can be to acquire one, their potential of a high return and their often easy hands-off strategy. What are Tax Lien Certificates? When a homeowner fails to pay their property tax, the […]
22
May
What is title insurance and what is its significance to a real estate investor? Title insurance is predominantly found in the United States (but it also exists in other countries, such as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea and throughout Europe,) and it spurred from an alleged deficiency of the US land […]