www.biggerpockets.com – In this interview with Joel Owens, a commercial real estate investor and CRE broker, we learn about triple net leases, commercial hard money loans, commercial land development, owner financing, multi-family and retail investments, and much more. For more on Joel, see www.biggerpockets.com
www.Sandidurr.com Tips For Choosing A Real Estate Agent The buying of a home is one of the biggest purchases most people will ever make. The process is complex and is stressful even in the best circumstances. Picking the right people to represent your interests can make a big difference in this challenging process. Sandi Durr (Cynthia Hill Properties) & Mike Durr (The Kingwood Mortgage Guy) came up with five tips for choosing a real estate agent that they feel will help you make a good decision when choosing your Realtor. First Tip Is the Realtor familiar with the area? You should always choose a Realtor that has substantial expertise in the area you are looking in, or trying to sell in. There are a lot of small things about communities that can make a big difference to you the buyer if they go un-discovered. If you are the seller you want to make sure that the Realtor prices correctly, understands all of the positives of the area and makes a point of highlighting the most appealing points of your home but also the area. Second Tip:Does the Agent communicate well? Many Realtors are experts and they don’t mind sharing their expertise. The problem is that sometimes the Agent is so full of themselves that they don’t give you a chance to explain what you are looking for. If you are selling you want a Agent That gives you honest feedback on a consistent timeline. What are the agents and potential buyers who view your home saying about it. This would help you make any …
CALIFORNIA FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MARKET CONDITIONS First thing first – we need to get ride of the HVCC. If you’re in the real estate game you know – this is a problem. Do something about it and sign the petition – Help get rid of HVCC at: www.HVCCPetition.com . A quick video on what’s been going on with the market. I’m a firm believer on looking at numbers and ALOT of numbers. If you can read the charts – you can block out the noise from the media and make an educated guesstimate on which way the market may go. With the backlash of Senate Bill 1137 we saw another record fillings of NOD’s in California. In my previous video (http I made in Jan. I spoke about what may happen. I stated we may see a huge drop in price in May, June, July… or something to that tune. Well… we just saw another moratorium pass – I am behind the 8 ball on this… I just finished the first 3 pages only… you can read the actual draft here… www.corp.ca.gov With record NOD fillings and high unemployment rate – can the market soak up all of the inventory that is about to hit the market? Only time will tell… One last thing… A pending Senate Bill 94 will kill the loan modification companies… I’ll post a video on my take later on this week. Jeff Coga The Short Sale Samurai
I’d like to start investing in land and I’ m thinking about going into the real estate business. And I was wondering if one would have to have some kind of real estate lisence or if one can just start buying up land and just jump right into the business?
