Hot Russian Spy worked as…a Real Estate Agent? Go figure…
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Investing In The Bay Area vs. Out-of-State
Let the numbers do the talking Assumption San Jose Orlando Price $450,000 $75,000 Down-payment 20% $90,000 $15,000 Mortgage $360,000 $60,000 Rent $1,750 $1,000 Expenses P&I 5.5% $1,700 $320 Taxes $330 $125 Insurance $150 $60 Property Mang. 8.0% $0 $80 Other $0 $83 Total $2,180 $668 Cash Flow Monthly -$430 $332 Annual -$5,160 $3,980 After 10 years 200% $900,000 $150,000 -$61,920 $47,760 $838,080 $197,760 Properties are available in Orlando, Phoenix, Atlanta, Denver and Oklahoma city. ...
International buyers like U.S. residential real estate
International buyers are snatching up U.S. residential real estate, with people from Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and China doing the most buying. The National Association of Realtors in D.C. said...
Foreign buyers like U.S. residential real estate
International buyers are snatching up U.S. residential real estate, with people from Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and China doing the most buying, according to a report in the Washington Business...
Reverse Engineer Your Retirement
I have two questions for you: When would you like to retire? How much will you need ($$$$) to retire on? Now that you have answered these questions we can start...
HUD May Limit SELLER FINANCING!
Attention my fellow investors! The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is considering a change in the rules that would in turn make seller financing a thing of the past. Yes,...
It Is Not a Buyer's Market
The current market does not favor buyers. I repeat, the current market does not favor buyers. Allow me to explain. For months, if not years, you have been told that the...
Homes Are A Lot Like People…
...TLC, a healthy diet and even a little surgery may be required! As a former nurse, I have come to learn the commonalities that Charlotte real estate shares with patients--they...
The Menace of Strategic Default
By LUIGI ZINGALES Homeowners who walk away from their mortgages undermine our financial system. HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES Fortunately, debtors no longer face prison time, as they did in nineteenth-century London, but shouldn’t they...
Study: Nearly One in Five Mortgage Defaults Are ‘Strategic’
By Nick Timiraos A new report estimates that nearly one in five mortgage defaults through the first half of 2009 were “strategic,” where borrowers who appeared to have the capacity to...