The Real Estate Professional

24Jan/100

Short Sales & Foreclosures: Buying Homes in Peril

The economic climate of the past year or so has led to the proliferation of homes in distress, facing short sales and foreclosures; many of these homes have made it to market where buyers are hungry to snatch up deals. While many prospective home buyers are eager to lay claim to one of these read more

18Jan/100

Short Sales & Foreclosures: Buying Homes in Peril

The economic climate of the past year or so has led to the proliferation of homes in distress, facing short sales and foreclosures; many of these homes have made it to market where buyers are hungry to snatch up deals. While many prospective home buyers are eager to lay claim to one of these read more

17Sep/0920

Top 5 U.S. Real Estate Markets With Consistent Price Appreciation

Buying home, condo or any other real estate in a market that is protected from a bursting bubble is every investor's dream. Knowing where to look for these bubble-proof markets and how to identify them is crucial.

There are some important factors that investors should consider when searching for stable investments such as single-family homes, condos or any other type of real estate. Some of these factors include a fast growing population (which positively impacts the demand for housing), a solid and diverse economy (which impacts employment rates and subsequent demand for housing), rising incomes (which impacts buyers' ability to purchase real estate), a developing infrastructure (which contributes to the appeal of a city or community), and restrictions on future real estate development (which limits future supply of real estate). Investing in real estate within communities that meet these criteria may prove to be more profitable than communities that are missing one or more of these factors.

1Sep/0911

How to Start Real Estate Investing and Hit the Ground Running

How to Start Real Estate Investing and Hit the Ground Running

This article covers six dynamite real estate investing tips intended to help anyone just getting started in real estate investing to successfully launch and hit the ground running with real estate investment property.

1. Develop the Correct Attitude

To stand a chance of succeeding at real estate investing, foremost, you must understand that real estate investment is a business, and you will become the CEO of that business.

As your first order of business, t

28Aug/091

How You Are Pre-Qualified For Real Estate Loans?

How You Are Pre-Qualified For Real Estate Loans?

You need to be pre-qualified to avail a real estate loan. When you apply for a loan the loan officer looks into your credit report, and also figures out the maximum loan amount that you can have, by working backward. This could also be done by you, and you can first start by establishing your monthly income. This is not an easy task, for the lenders always take into account that incomes which they can document. In taking out a real estate loan, you would need to qualify as regards to your ear

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4Aug/0911

Strategies For Buying Real Estate In A Slow Market

Strategies For Buying Real Estate In A Slow Market

The real estate market tends to be cyclical with some periods favoring buyers and other periods favoring sellers. As with other free markets, the pricing and availability of real estate is directly related to the forces of supply and demand. While many real estate markets in the United States are experiencing a substantial slowdown, other markets remain robust, and some even continue to grow. What makes the situation even more complicated is that even within a particular city or county, there

22Jul/0910

Obtaining Real Estate Loan Prequalification Letters for Investment Properties

Obtaining Real Estate Loan Prequalification Letters for Investment Properties

In nearly every city or town in America there are a few different types of real estate agents and brokers. Some of these professionals deal primarily in single family homes for individuals, others deal with commercial real estate transactions, and yet a third type deal primarily in investment real estate. If you are looking to invest in the real estate market, you will want to find a real estate agent or broker who deals with investment properties and the unique needs of real estate investo

21Jul/0920

Baby Boomers Will Drive Real Estate Growth

Baby Boomers Will Drive Real Estate Growth

Baby boomers, baby boomers, baby boomers; we all hear this term over and over again. So who are the baby boomers? Baby boomers are people in the United States who were born between 1946 and 1964. Approximately 78.2 million people fall into this category.

As a group, baby boomers comprise the largest population cohort in the history of the United States. The size of the group gives it vast influence over American politics, popular cultural, and of course, real estate. To evaluate

5Jul/0919

Growth, Stability of Commercial Real Estate Investing

Growth, Stability of Commercial Real Estate Investing

Commercial real estate investing is a kind of investing which is used for business purpose. The commercial real estate investing property is different from other real estate investing like agriculture, residential and other industrial purpose. Commercial real estate investing property provides reasonable price consideration from the investment property and also provides income for long period. In real estate investing, real estate investors make investment on commercial real estate investing.

25Jun/0920

Why Should You Buy Investment Real Estate In College Towns?

Why Should You Buy Investment Real Estate  In College Towns?

Now seems to be the best time to invest in properties in college towns where housing demand is high due to a soaring rental market according to the New rules of real estate by Business 2.0 Magazine. With home prices still out of home buyer's range, and homeowners selling their homes due to rising interest rates, rents are expected to increase nationwide. This makes buying investment property in rental markets such as college towns an attractive option, one that is already being pursued by inv