If you’re serious about investing in real estate in the current market, you need to know what’s going on and stay on top of the real estate trends.

The bottom line is this: The business of real estate is changing at a lightening – and unprecedented – pace!

Never before in our industry history have we seen such rapid changes in, not only the market, but also in legislation, rules and regulations, technology and tools, and anything else you can think of for that matter.

Now don’t get me wrong, we have definitely seem some ups and downs in real estate over the years, but nothing like what we are seeing now industry-wide. It’s not just property values anymore that we’ve got to pay attention to. Read the full story

It’s been a year of mixed reviews for many people! Certainly, there were highlights, but many folks are happy to see 2009 ushered out and welcome 2010!
With the New Year – and new decade – there are going to be lots of changes to come in real estate investing, online marketing, information marketing, and business in general.

I know that lots of people are posting their thoughts, predictions, and opinions for the coming year! Here are just a few of my predictions for real estate industry – specifically for investors.

1. Property Values Will Stabilize.
   We’re not going to see a huge change in property values this year. Many of the markets have bottomed out, or are close thereto. However, there is a lot of inventory that has yet to hit the market before we can start to see an increase in value. This will make it easier to evaluate properties and determine the after repair values as there’s less decline to calculate. However, there are still Read the full story

Every time you turn on the news, it’s doom and gloom for real estate all around the country.

And certainly… the news is not good by and large throughout most of the country, BUT… believe it or not, there are pockets that are alive and doing VERY WELL, just like when most of the country was in vertical growth, there were pockets with record foreclosures!

The key is being able to know where those markets are BEFORE everybody else does.

Let’s look at what could happen if you found the markets before your competitors did?

Okay, so the media is telling everyone how terrible the market is. Homeowners are hearing this and realizing that it’s not going to be easy to sell. Plus, with the mortgage industry as it is, financing is going to be harder and harder in the months and years to come. So… we’re talking MOTIVATED sellers. And no news outlet in their right mind would actually say that a particular market is booming! Read the full story