Real Estate Health

I got an interesting email today from one of the readers of the Real Estate Investing Tactics and Tools Investors Can Use email newsletter in response to the most recent article. You can sign up for it at http://reitactics.com and REITactics members at any level can read it at http://reitactics.com/so-just-how-bad-economy-today-really. What makes you think you are [...]

Therefore, while some areas like California and Florida are seeing declines other areas are seeing increases, some in the double digit area. Seattle is an area experiencing a double digit appreciation rate now. Other areas doing well that I am personally familiar with are Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte and Houston. There are others but the point is, as [...]

Builders are facing lawsuits from buyers no longer wanting to close. http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/markettrends/20070507-corkery.html In the latest fallout from the housing market’s decline, disputes are breaking out between builders and buyers who signed contracts for new homes and condos when the market was hot — and now want to get out of them. Even as many of the new buildings [...]

Yeah, like that is news. Every year is the year of the buy and hold investor because over the long term the buy and hold investor will far surpass the buy and sell investor. It is true for stocks, bonds and even real estate. But, 2007 is different in that the real estate flipper is finding new [...]

I got a great question in an email yesterday. The writer talked about being new to real estate investing and how there is so much information out there that seems to conflict with other information. Then he summed it all up with, “when does all of it click and make sense?” Great question. One reason we have [...]

Spring is one of my favorite times of year and since May is usually when the spring storms begin to calm down and the temperatures become more consistent I guess that contributes to my fondness for the month. May also seems to be a milestone month for me. I seem to have more transitions in my [...]

I’ve been reading a lot of the Housing Panic posts over the last few days and it struck me. That site is probably the best gift a real estate investor can hope to receive! The message there is always the same. Real Estate is a bad investment. Buyers are fools. Etc. So, I got to thinking, if [...]

First, I agree with much of what Keith has to say at the Housing Panic web site about the current real estate correction. He is correct that the correction is no where near finished and those who are groping for the “bottom” are wasting their time. He is also correct in his assertion of the [...]

Lewis Ranieri, is a pioneer in the securitized mortgage market, in fact many regard him as the father of that market. At a a recent Milken Institute Global Conference he told his audience for the first time since the numbers have been tracked in the US, the median home price is likely to face a real [...]

First, I don’t want you to get the wrong impression. I do not disagree with the general premise of the author whose writings I am about to discuss. Over the long term, it is far better to buy and hold real estate than it is to flip for a quick profit. My problem with this guy [...]