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By admin On January 15, 2009 No Comments

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Below you can find great prices on training courses, dvds, books, etc, to help you further your career as a Real Estate Investor. These listings are real-time auctions currently live on eBay. Click on a listing and a new window will open on eBay’s site with the full description of the item that is being auctioned. Take a look around at what is available as you can pick up some good training material at attractive prices. Enjoy!

Happy Bidding!

Real Estate Flipping Houses Tip: $1 Lot Option?

By admin On January 9, 2009 13 Comments

This video features JP Moses of http://REITips.com/ along with Real Estate Investor Steve Cook of http://FlippingHomes.com and offers you a quick “on the fly” tip about the lot option on this particular “haunted house” rehab project. This lot option was purchased for only $1. How would you like to get your hands on a valuable opportunity such as that? I know that I would! Even the “$1 Value Menu” at your local McDonald’s is fading away quickly and will soon no longer probably be available. Which would you rather purchase for a $1, a fattening McDonald’s hamburger, or a fat-cash opportunity to purchase some valuable land?

The property was purchased back in April 2005 for $200,000, was renovated, then sold later, with the kicker that the back portion of the property would be optioned back to Steve for only $1. If Steve decides to engage his option then this property could be sold to one of the adjoining neighbors for around $30-40,000. Or he could retain the lot and assemble the adjacent properties as well, thus making his lot and the others more valuable.

At the time of purchase, this was one of the ugliest houses on the block. Then Steve did a successful job at renovating the property, where he then sold it to a law firm for $375,000. I hope that you paid attention to this video as it gives you great advice on the importance of Creative Deal Structuring.

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Top 25 Mega American Land Owners

By admin On January 7, 2009 No Comments

Land Investment property has year after year proven to be one of the best methods of Real Estate Investing. This “Top 25″ list has been compiled to contain some of the largest owners of American soil. They may or may not have a “media magnet” name in similarity to that of Donald Trump, etc, but there is one thing for sure, they own a heck of a lot of land here in the United States.

This list includes a rather diverse set of land owners ranging from famed media proprietor Ted Turner to King Ranch, whom produced the first registered quarter horse in America. Ted Turner tops the list as he he is the owner of mega pieces of land in all of 11 states. He should make it a goal to own land in all 50 states, only 39 to go Ted. Most of his land investment holdings reside in the states of Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, and South Dakota. Some of these properties are effectively striving to replenish our dwindling populations of buffalo, cutthroat trout, wolves, black-footed ferrets, as well as additional flora and fauna that once consumed the Plains area.

There are too many others on this list to mention, as well. This list also includes Amazon.com founder, Jeff Bezos, whom owns numerous West Texas ranches. Each and every single person on this list shares one common real estate investing trait, that you can’t and won’t go wrong by investing in land.

Top 25 Mega American Land Owners

1. Ted Turner 2,000,000 acres
2. Archie Aldis “Red” Emmerson 1,722,000 acres
3. Irving Family 1,200,000 acres
4. Singleton Family 1 million+ acres
5. King Ranch Heirs 851,642 acres
6. Pingree Heirs 850,000 acres
7. Brad Kelley 789,851 acres
8. Reed Family 770,000 acres
9. Ford Family 740,000 acres
10. Huber Family 600,000 acres
11. Lykes Bros. Heirs 578,302 acres
12. Dolph Briscoe Jr. 560,000 acres
13. W.T. Waggoner Estate 520,000 acres
14. D.M. O’Connor Heirs 500,000 acres
15. Robert Earl Holding 400,000 acres
16. J.R. Simplot 355,746 acres
17. East Family 350,000 acres
18. Anne Marion 345,000 acres
19. Gerald Lyda 320,035 acres
20. Collins Family 305,313 acres
21. Fasken Family 300,000 acres
22. The Bell Ranch 292,000 acres
23. Jeff Bezos 290,000 acres
24. Collier Family 280,000 acres
25. Babbitt Ranches 270,000 acres

How much land do you own?

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Time To Listen To Ol’ Grandpa’s Advice

By admin On January 5, 2009 No Comments

There he stood, proudly spilling all of his lived-a-full-life-and-knows-a-thing-or-two opinions about what I should do with my graduation money. “You need to invest in the land! That’s right, real estate is the way to go. People will always need a place to hang their hat and rest their rump”. Through my grandpa’s alliterative ramblings some truth poked its head out. My ol’ grandpa has been around the block and back over the many years that he has lived his rightful life.

While the real estate industry is getting a lot of flack at the current moment, the simple fact is that people will always need a place to “rest their rump” if you will. Sure, the market can suffer, but it will never be obsolete.  Life’s little luxuries like cable and dining out are in way more danger, no matter how much my roommate is convinced that she will “diiiiiie” if she doesn’t find out Paris Hilton’s next BFF or what “puppy chic” fashion her pooch wears.

There is, however, a smart way to invest in real estate and a…well…not so smart way to invest. Websites such as ours provide ample instructions on this matter and provide resources to aid in your investing process. As glamorous as TLC makes flipping houses look, it takes a lot of strategy and careful planning. Little does our media infused society realize, that there are many options when investing in real estate if you are willing to read up on it.

Finding a fabulous real estate investing opportunity can be very exciting. The adrenaline starts pumping, and as the smile starts creeping across your face, onlookers might swear before a court of law that they saw dollar signs flash in your eyes. This is the time when it is most important to be careful. Calm that emotional beast and don’t forget to look at the facts. Have you looked at all the details? Did you do all your homework, looking at all possible options to proceed? Did you think of anything that could possibly go wrong? If this is a good opportunity, is it the best for you?

There are plenty of questions to ask yourself, but the most important thing is to use your own intellect. Don’t simply do what someone else told you to do or what Wikipedia says is the best way to proceed. Take some time, step out of the situation, and think about your situation and the investment before you. I am sure if you have gotten this far, you have the brainpower to make a wise decision. If you still don’t have faith in your own intellectual ability, eat some Smarties. I hear they work wonders.

Grandpa’s timeless advice, once again, proves worthy of careful consideration. If research is done, caution is taken, and intellect is applied, investing in real estate could be a very profitable endeavor for all involved.

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Real Estate Investing = Real Risk or Real Opportunity?

By admin On January 5, 2009 No Comments

Today’s economy has altered the complexion of real estate investing. Gone is the supposition “property values only increase.” Thus, successful investing takes intelligence and luck - one you control, one controls you. So what in the world is there to do in what the media calls a “dead” real estate market? This is NOT entirely a dead market, you just got to know how to put the shock paddles to it and revive to achieve Real Estate Investing Success!

The answer depends entirely on:

• The Type of Real Estate
• Your Financial Situation (Cash/Loan), &
• The Time You Have Available to “Play”

Rental property gives you cash flow/income, but many risks as well, including; vacancy, damage, depreciation, location/competition, and availability. Rental of a single family home, apartment, or office differ in risk potential and reward. It takes both brains and luck to accurately forecast short/long term value, and to speculate based on the past is the wrong way to proceed.

Buying and selling homes has so many variables only a crystal ball can successfully predict. Today there is little likelihood of quick profit even with the high availability and bargains. Yes, there are incredible deals on undervalued homes if you’re looking for a place to live, for you have time on your side, but turning around for immediate profit is simply playing poker, and you best study your cards.

Investing in real property today is smart if you have ‘time’ on your side. The advantages are high property depreciation and low interest loans, but you need time and capital. Even home bargains costs money every month, so if you expect to buy low now, rent, and sell high later, you need to do your homework. Why? It takes little time for vacancy to eat up profit, neighborhoods change, and damage and delinquency can quickly mean major loss.

The economic downturn does shed a positive light on purchase of real estate due simply to that high depreciation and soaring selection. But the quick drop in real estate value is not likely to be followed by a quick rise anymore than a quick downturn in the stock market means quick recovery. Will the cost of real estate rise?  Most certainly it will, but unknown is when.

Remember, numerous variables control the real estate market and thus determine your success or failure. Many you can assess and weigh with the ample resources available online and local. It is imperative you carefully collect and study the intelligence you need regarding investment direction and goals. Then, assess your financial situation to determine the resources you have to invest knowing the money will no longer be available. As well, look at the monthly burden an investment carries and determine if it is one you can maintain long-term, and set a timeframe for which you’re willing to accept the burden (the longer, the more likely for success).

Yes, based on today’s market, intelligently investing in real estate can be a wise choice if you prepare properly. Just remember three things; first — a loan is not a resource, it’s debt that must be managed; second - don’t guess, use solid intelligence, and; third — real estate is a time dependant investment using a clock with no hands.

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Let’s Get Down & “Dirt”y Together…

By admin On January 5, 2009 No Comments

We’re all too familiar with the abundance of labels placed among current Real Estate Investing transactions–”flips,” “foreclosure sales,” “owner sales,” “owner finances,” “agent sales,” “fixer-uppers,” rent-to-owns,” “price-reduceds,” “etc.” You probably don’t me to continue on forever, but I’m sure that I could if needed. There is an abundance of possibilities. But they all have one major thing in common. They all deal with Buildings and these particular dwellings were built by people for a single purpose. Whether single-family, multi-family, condominiums, commercial, residential, medical, storage units, whatever. Buildings are above-ground structures.

Rather, consider a highly under-utilized and hugely lucrative method of real estate investment–the acquisition of land. Thus our reason for wanting to get down and “dirt”y with you. Purchasing land eliminates the majority of migrane-producing anguish such as searching for run down, vacant, or even eye-catching structures which can bring about silent pitfalls.

Land acquisition can involve individual lots to massive acreage and determination of a potential single structure, duplex, subdivision, commercial office, shopping center, industrial port, medical complex, airfield–because the sky is the limit!

The purchase of land typically requires much less research into prior landholders and finding of land is a simple matter of locating a interesting property, making contact with current owner(s), and producing an offer. Or the astute speculator can read a newspaper article and realize potential for a piece of land to become ‘part and parcel’ of a current idea being kicked around, perhaps not even in development stage.

In lieu of the usual cash purchase transactions, the possibilities of grant funding, owner financing, joint ventures, and other methods of creative financing to produce desired results.

There is, in many cases, no need to wait for long-term return on the investment. Timbering of land can be quite lucrative as well as development of the mineral aspects of the property.

Now is the time to consider this aspect of Real Estate Investment. Buildings may come and go, but land does not multiply, deteriorate, devaluate, require repair, nor become an eyesore. Only what we place upon it can change the face, the purpose or its value and worth to the investor..

Considering or Participating in Real Estate Investing? Look down. The GROUND is Where It’s At!

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