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Welcome to the Rental Property BLOG! The purpose of this page is to keep you up-to-date with special, periodic topical postings related to long-term rental property investing. I will do my best to provide regular updates, so please check back often! You do not need to provide an email address to subscribe to the Rental Property BLOG. Instead, simply right-click on the orange RSS button at the bottom left, and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Alternatively, click on the "My Yahoo," "My MSN," or "Add to Google" buttons if you keep a personalized home page on any of these sites. I hope you find these entries to be valuable and informative. Happy multifamily property investing!
Irrespective of the kind of remodeling project you want to undertake, landing the right contractor is key to the success of your plans. Whether you’re a landlord or homeowner, the National Association of Home Builders offers some broad guidelines to help you in this regard.
Posted in Rehabbing Investment Property | Comments(0) The office-construction industry is in the doldrums. Not only are developers not interested in initiating new projects, but owners of new buildings that hit the market when the recession struck are faced with the prospect of empty offices and unprecedented vacancy rates. Here’s the current forecast.
Posted in Commercial Real Estate Investing | Comments(0) The attractive home prices and rock bottom interest rates have been difficult to bear for aspiring home owners and landlords, as financing has been nearly impossible to come by. But happier times are around the corner…
Posted in Financing Rental Property | Comments(0) In any rational world, renting is supposed to be cheaper than buying a home. But recently it seems as though we have stepped into an alternate reality, as in the current scheme of things, the average person would probably be much better off buying a home than renting it.
Posted in Real Estate News Headlines | Comments(1) Flipping houses can be extremely lucrative, but like any short term investment strategy, flipping is rife with risk. And one of these risks is the prospect of being labeled as a dealer by the IRS. Here are 3 ways to avoid being tagged with the dealer label by the IRS.
Posted in Flipping Real Estate | Comments(0) The office real estate market has fallen prey to the ongoing economic downturn. At the peak of the crisis, US businesses jettisoned an estimated 139.9 million square feet of office space and commercial real estate has never quite recovered…
Posted in Commercial Real Estate Investing | Comments(0) While a revitalization in the economy has been as a strong stimulant, a stronger force at play has been the astronomical rise in rents in apartment buildings. Combined with declining home prices and attractive mortgage rates, they have presented an irresistible combination to tenants dealing with burgeoning rental bills.
Posted in Real Estate News Headlines | Comments(0) Experts believe that the recovery in the housing market will be highly localized and heavily dependent on how each state deals with its foreclosure situation. Here is a snapshot of the current state of the recovery…
Posted in Real Estate News Headlines | Comments(0) There is finally cause to celebrate on the foreclosures front. Latest reports reveal that markets that suffered the worst from foreclosures during the peak of the housing crisis are now posting a decline in new foreclosure numbers.
Posted in Foreclosure Property, Real Estate News Headlines | Comments(0) Tenant screening should involve a tenant credit check, criminal background check, employment verification, and reference checks (especially previous landlords). While most of these steps are self-explanatory, many landlords get hung up on the tenant credit report. The purpose of this post is to drill down on the credit report specifically.
Posted in Landlord Advice, Managing Rental Property | Comments(0)
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