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Lease-Options: A Different Way to Buy and Sell Property
Saturday, January 12th, 2008 Posted in Real Estate | 1 Comment
Are you having difficulty selling a property? Would you like to buy a home or an investment property but you don’t have enough cash for a down payment? If you answered yes to either question, a lease with option to purchase (lease-option) can solve your problem. But it’s important to understand ... Read more..Put Seller Financing to Work for You
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Business | No Comments
Seller financing is an important and popular tool that can help buyers purchase a property they could otherwise not be able to buy. Sellers are sometimes willing to become “banks” for the buyer, taking payments just like a bank would until the loan is paid off. In all other respects ... Read more..Understanding Appraisals
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Posted in Business | 1 Comment
There are three basic types of appraisals: sales comparison, cost, and income capitalization. * Sales Comparison: the sales comparison method estimates a property’s value by comparing it to similar properties that recently sold in the area. Those properties are called comparables, or “comps.” An appraiser will compare “comps” to the subject ... Read more..Why Real Estate is Your Best Investment
Sunday, December 30th, 2007 Posted in Real Estate | 2 Comments
Think about it: Are real estate prices higher now than they were ten years ago? Absolutely! Think about what your parents paid for their house. (For example, a friend’s father paid $12,600 for his home back in 1963. Today the home is worth $415,000.) Rent prices also continue to rise. ... Read more..Set Goals to Succeed in Short Sales
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 Posted in Business | No Comments
Without goals you won’t know where you’re going – and you won’t know whether you’re getting there. Without goals, you won’t succeed. It’s that simple. Goals are like building blocks: extremely short-term goals support other short-term goals, and short-term goals Without goals you won’t know where you’re going – and you ... Read more..
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