10 Ways To Find Investment Properties If you invest in real estate or hope to, you have to find properties that make sense. Everyone watches signs and newspapers, but what more can you do?
RESPA: The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is a consumer protection statute, first passed in 1974. One of its purposes is to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services. Another purpose is to eliminate kickbacks and referral fees that increase unnecessarily the costs of certain settlement services.
Do I Need A Real Estate Survey? Although not required getting a survey done on your real estate property can tell you many things.
Realtors Brainstorm For Business Will the convience of a one stop shopping for all your real estate needs be costing you more than it has to?
Saving for a Home So you want to buy a home? This is a big step for anyone, and there are many factors to consider, not the least of these is how to get the money for a home. Sure there are loans available for home purchase, but you must have cash on hand to cover expenses such as fees and closing costs that might not be able to be covered by a loan.
So what are some ways the average person can get some money to make the payments necessary to get a house?
How To Sell Your Home FSBO If you are looking to sell your home within a timely manner here are some tips to help you succeed!
Why Real Estate? Five months ago I was faced with a decision to keep doing the same thing that I loved or go and try something different and change my life for the better. Well would you like to know what happened...
The UK has Gone Property TV Show Crazy! Property TV shows have taken over the lives and telivision sets of UK television audiences so why has this happened...
5 Secrets for Surviving a Real Estate Market Downturn There are 5 fundamental secrets that real estate investors like to keep close to their chest and they are the secrets that enable them to survive and even profit during a bear market. This article blows the lid off the secret world of the professional real estate investor!
An Ideal Way to Purchase Your New Home without Strict Banking Regulations No longer will bad or no credit stop you from getting your dream home. Non-banking programs want to help you get the funding you need. Also, there are several low money down options available for home buyers to fit almost any budget.
Not Everyone is Buying or Selling, Some are Doing Both As if one real estate transaction is not hectic enough… many of us end up needing to sell one place in order to move up to the next… this is the "real estate catch 22". Do we buy first?? Do we sell first??
Branded Email in the Real Estate Industry You're in the real estate industry, and that means you've got a brand. Chances are, you've spent quite a bit of money to build that brand, whether it's through franchising fees, marketing, websites, business cards, other print materials, advertising, yard signs, and/or through other means. And whoever answers your phones probably answers it with your brand as well - "Good morning, thank you for calling Your Brand Here Real Estate, how can I help you?" Your brand is out there, getting you business, because people recognize and trust it. But what about your email? How much could it benefit you to include your brand on each email you send every day?
Expense List for Buying a Home There are many expenses that come with buying a home. The following list is a good example of what to expect: Down payment - A minimum of 20% of the home's purchase price is usually required for the best loan terms and to avoid paying private mortgage insurance (see below), but it's entirely possible to buy a house with a smaller down payment.
Important Facts For Home Buyers If you are considering buying a home or have spent many years saving in preparation of buying a home, the questions and process involved in buying a home can be extremely stressful.
Buying Your First Investment Property Interested in becoming a real estate investor? Donna Robinson explains in this article what you should do first, and why there is so much mis-information about how to get started.
3 Strategies For Buying Property With No Money Down Donna Robinson addresses the 3 "classic" strategies used to acquire real estate with no money down. This easy to understand article shows you how no money down deals happen.
Selling by Owner Tips Selling a home isn't easy, even for a real estate professional, but you can sell your home yourself, if you're willing do your homework and then earn your commi...
Bad Regulators Cost Small Businesses When a regulator finds a target to go after to collect fees to insure next years budget, often it is a small business. In fact the definition of a small busines...
Youre How Old?!? "Well, Happy Birthday! How old are you anyway?" "Oh, I'm just 29 … again." It's a harmless game, denying our age, right? We play sensitive about our age as we...
Loving Kindness - A Meditation Want to try a centuries-old practice to evoke a generosity of the heart towards others? Use this meditation on loving-kindness.
How to Deal With Contractors Not everyone is aware of how to deal with contractors. Imagine that your Home Improvement Loan has been granted. What do you do next?
So You’ve Put an Offer on a Home. What’s Next? Home inspections are an important part of buying any home. Here are some tips on what to look for in a home inspector in the State of Wisconsin.
Successful Email Marketing No doubt email is still the best way to get a quick response from your prospect. Big companies on the web have realized this that they have implemented free ema...
Enron Cure Let's hope you did not have any of the Enron stock. Maybe you know someone who did and lost everything, but you certainly might know several people who owned st...
Turn One-Time Hits Into Repeat Visitors Every website owner faces the same challenge: How to get more traffic to their website. "Build it and they will come" worked for Kevin Costner in "Field of Dr...
Healthy Eating Myths Shattered If you believe something to be true that isn't, it can get in the way of producing the results you want. Learn what just ain't so about eating healthy...
Parents Dealing with Worry and Fear This column offers solutions to people who write in questions about how they can solve their life challenges through the formula described in the books, Way of ...
Stimulate Your Senses! The best way to stimulate all your senses in one hit is to provide an inspirational space you can work with.
Service Businesses Can Learn a Lot from Manufacturing Many service businesses appear to be operating efficiently enough. But are they really, having been in the service business and worked along side the Manufactur...
SuperCharged Secret 2, Credit Card Utopia INTEREST BEWARE, THERE'S SAFETY IN NUMBERS! Note: The following is part 2 of a 5 part series, Over the course of these 5 articles, I am going to introduce you t...
