The Investment Real Estate Corner

Category: Real Estate Investing

  • Current Mortgage Trends

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    Click on map below to access current interest rate mortgage trends. This is the resource that I use  every week to see how interest rates are moving. The folks over at Mortgage-X are an information gathering service and not a lending institution. Their website offers a wide variety of powerful tools and calculators and over…

  • Define Your Niche

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    A few years back, my wife had to have back operation to correct a problem with the disks in her spine. We contacted several doctors and finally found the one to perform this delicate and complicated surgery. The doctor we chose was a senior spinal orthopedic surgeon who specialized in ruptured disks. This doctor had…

  • 10 Steps to Protect Yourself From Real Estate Investor Frauds

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    Research. Research more. Research even more. Research even more than that. Research when you don’t want to. Research when you do. Research when you have some money to invest. Research when you don’t. Research everyday. Keep researching. Make It Happen! Kendall Matthews P.s. I’m ahead of schedule on compiling my Free Real Estate Investor Courses. …

  • City of Phoenix Receives $40 Million To Buy Chase Bank Foreclosures

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    There is a new program to the City of Phoenix that will provide assistance for a homebuyer to purchase a foreclosed property from banks. This program works like other municipal bond programs. The money is used for down payment, and closing costs assistance. The borrower will need to contact one of the 4 counseling partners…

  • Review of Mike Watson Investments

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    UPDATED:  MARCH 24, 2011 SEC identifies Mike Watson Ponzi Scheme — Read Filings here.  Utah News has written an investigative report which you can read about this  real estate guru scam. ## Do You Still Think Real Estate Investing Is The Path To Liberation? Name: Mike Watson Investments URL: www.MikeWatsonInvestments.com (link disabled) Purpose:Their mission statement states “To create…

  • Podcast: Joanne Musa Reveals How To Profit From Real Estate Tax Lien Investing

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    Press play to begin streaming the audio or right click the text link and choose save as or save link. Click Here to Download the MP3 [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][ 24 Minutes – 5.4 MB]…

  • For Sale $47.5 million Arizona Real Estate Tax Liens

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    The beauty about real estate is there are so many ways that you can invest.  You don’t always need a perfect credit score and hundreds of thousands of dollars  sitting in the bank. To play in the real estate tax lien investing niche, you do need laser-beam focus and pounds of perseverance. Maricopa County, Arizona…

  • 8 Dates You Must Know For Arizona Real Estate Tax Liens

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    Mark Manoil wrote a book called, “Arizona Property Tax Lien Primer. Below are important property tax time frames that you must remember. If you want to be involved with Arizona real estate tax lien investing, you will probably want to bookmark this page. Arizona Tax-lien timeline January, Year 1 – A lien for taxes is…

  • Simple Ways To Attract Qualified Section 8 Renters

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    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Once you have identified a rental property, negotiated the contract and closed on the deal, there’s one main component left. You have to find a renter. I work with investors who…

  • 3 Reasons Why You Should Rent To Section 8 Voucher Holders

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    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] In 2004, my first real estate client was an investor. This investor got his start in real estate by purchasing HUD homes and turning them into lease-options. As the options were…

  • 7 Ways To Protect Yourself From Horrible Section 8 Renters

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    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] When I was in high school, I heard my first horror story about the danger of renting to a section 8 renter.  A friend of my father, who had recently divorced,…

  • Where To Find Information On Self-Directed IRA/401K Investing

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    Have you ever lost nearly $175,000 investing in the stock market? I haven’t, but my newest investor clients have. I don’t know the final straw that finally broke their confidence in the brokers of Wall Street. It could have been when they didn’t get out in time during the “dot.com” crash (lost $125K); or when…