by Rick Tobin | Feb 11, 2013 | Apartments, Real Estate Investing Strategies
In recent years, apartment buildings have become quite a popular investment option for real estate investors interested in finding good yields for their money. With mortgage underwriting guidelines tightening up considerably for residential properties (1 to 4 units),...
by Jim Ingersoll | Aug 14, 2012 | Buy and Hold, Creative Real Estate Investing, No Money Down, Private Lenders/Private Money, Real Estate Investing Strategies
As real estate investors, building a portfolio of rentals is the single biggest wealth-creating opportunity of our lifetime. Real estate investors who rely on bank financing are struggling and failing because the large down payments required and mortgage underwriting...
by Mike Johnson | Jul 23, 2012 | Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Strategies
Would you rather have one rental stream from a single $200,000 home or 40 rental streams from forty, $5,000 mobile homes? Clearly, forty rental streams is better than one rental stream. If you own these mobile homes in an area like mine, the going rate to rent a...
by Phil Wazonek | Apr 3, 2012 | Apartments, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Strategies
When I am considering investing in an apartment building, the ultimate question in my mind is: Is this a good deal? Sounds obvious, but I am amazed at how many investors don’t know how to recognize a good deal. Learning to recognize a good deal takes research,...
by Ben Yonge | Mar 19, 2012 | Buy and Hold, Foreclosures/Short Sales, Real Estate Investing Strategies
When you’re dining at an upscale restaurant, do you choose the straightforward steak, or do you bravely order the dish you can barely pronounce? Does your family spend summer vacations huddled in the same old cabin every year, or do you travel to new exciting...
