The capitol growth real estate investor’s number one objective is appreciation or (capitol growth). If this is your goal you are in good company. It is the belief of many seasoned investors and very wealthy people, such as the Trumps and Buffets of the world, that appreciation is one of the best wealth building principals… Continue Reading
Category Archives: US Investment Properties
Getting Started In Real Estate Investing – Phase 7: Acquisition and Duplicate the Process
Congratulations, if you have have read through all of the other phases of getting started in real estate investing, you are now under way to your first PURPOSEFUL real estate investment. You are now positioned more strongly than 97% of people who invest. Yes, I heard this stat at a Realtor conference, it is hard… Continue Reading
Getting Started In Real Estate Investing – Phase 6: Property Due Diligence
If you have been following our whole series about getting started in real estate investing, HERE is where it all starts to come together. NOW you will see the benefit of creating your investment plan that we discussed in the first phase of investing. AND, now that you know what you want out of your… Continue Reading
Getting Started In Real Estate Investing – Phase 2 Financing Set Up
In our continuing series, Getting Started In Real Estate Investing the Equity Builders Way, we have thus far covered having a real estate Focus, and now we are moving on to financing, or how to pay for the investment. There are many schools of thought on how to pay for a real estate investment and… Continue Reading
Using the US Housing Crisis To Get the Best Investment Properties – Part 2
In our previous post, How The Housing Market Crisis Affected US Investment Properties – Part 1, we talked about the back story to the US Housing Crisis. Today we are going to look at how real estate investors are using the US housing crisis to get the best investment properties. Here is what the savvy… Continue Reading
How The Housing Market Crisis Affected US Investment Properties – Part 1
Using the US housing crisis to get the best real estate investment properties can seem a little mercenary, BUT since it is happening, our best option is to capitalize on the opportunities we see in front of us now! In Part 1 of this series, we will look at How The Housing Market Crisis Affected… Continue Reading
Pros and Cons of Purchasing an US Investment Property Sight Unseen
There are both pros and cons to purchasing US investment property sight unseen. I hesitated to write this article as it had the possibility of opening a whole can of worms (great North American colloquialism!), I then thought why not. There are many real estate investors who do this every day, so it would serve… Continue Reading
Top 5 Things You Need to Know Before Picking a Realtor for Your Investment Property
Not all realtors (as real estate agents are called here in the U.S.) are created equal. Here are the 5 things you want to know before calling a realtor: 1. Know where you want to invest and why. Most realtors are commission based and they will try and sell you a property because quite simply… Continue Reading
Infrastructure Can Affect Capitol Growth and Cash Flow
Infrastructure Can Affect Capitol Growth and Cash Flow. I hear these stories all the time so I thought I would share one with you. There are a number of areas where the infrastructure is incomplete and represents possible cash flow issues and or reduced capital growth to the uninformed investor. There are a number of… Continue Reading
In A Crisis, Capitol Seeks Security – The US Real Estate Market is the Perfect Storm
Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain are having their financial challenges. Italy, which is currently the world’s eighth financial market, is following behind Greece in respect to financial position. During political unrest, money moves to security of real estate while geo political and social dynamics are shifting. The US is one of three countries projected to… Continue Reading