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While the real estate industry has unquestionably suffered throughout the last few years, pockets of success can still be found throughout the industry. One area where there are currently opportunities are in college towns, where there is plenty of opportunity to buy inexpensively and plenty of tenants looking for rental housing.
In some areas, real estate prices have dropped by 50%, and mortgage rates are at rock bottom, making it an excellent time to invest in rental properties. At the...
4 Great Reasons to Stay a Renter
In the last six months alone, the percentage of Americans who say they view home ownership as part of the American Dream has dropped from 77% to 72%, revealing the changing feelings in America towards real estate investment and home ownership. Increasing numbers of Americans are opting for a rental agreement, and only 27% of renters say they ever intend to choose to buy instead of signing a rental agreement.
Here are four great reasons why more Americans are opting for a rental agreement...
Recessions, Historical Recovery Periods, & When & How We're Getting Out
After a year of economic growth, with persistent discussions of a possible double-dip recession on the horizon, and little optimism for a quick economic recovery to pre-recession incomes, real estate and residential lease agreement markets, and employment, how does the recovery really look? How long is the recovery going to take?
For historical reference, it took ten years from the low point in the Great Depression until incomes, real estate and residential lease agreement markets, and...
Retirement Real Estate of the Future
Fifteen years ago, retirees wanted a spacious home overlooking a golf course in Florida as their ideal retirement real estate. Today, things are looking a little different.
Polls among Americans aged 55 or over are showing new and different trends. Many are still attracted to Florida and Arizona for their warmth, but the often-high cost of living, and cost of real estate/rental agreements, in these states are leading many to reconsider. The two top retirement states now? North and South...
5 Paths to Becoming a Millionaire
A recent survey of Americans showed that one in three Americans believe they will become rich in their lifetime, but of course rich is a relative term. There are plenty of people who earn $100,000/year and have so many bills that they dont consider themselves even close to rich; there are also plenty of people who earn $35,000/year and believe wholeheartedly that if they were suddenly earning $100,000 they would be rich.
But what does it mean to be rich? Some of those surveyed described...
New Law Affects Rental Agreement Eviction Notice in Foreclosure Cases
It's estimated that as many as 40% of the foreclosed homes around the country are actually homes with a rental agreement signed, and occupied by tenants. In many (if not most) of these cases, the landlord's desperation and embarrassment lead to many landlords not telling their tenants that the rental unit is going to foreclosure until the last minute, leaving tenants with little time to find a new residence. To prevent these last-minute relocations and evictions, the Obama Administration...
8 Real Estate Tax Deductions to Improve Your ROI
Since the days of the Roman Empire, the phrase "the Tax Man cometh" has instilled fear and dread in the hearts of citizens worldwide. Fortunately for real estate investors, there are many tax deductions built into the real estate investing process, to help stem the rising tide of taxes in the last year. Coupled with a struggling and uncertain economy, every penny you save on taxes is a penny earned (a tax-free penny, at that).
Real Estate Tax Deduction 1: Settlement Charges
Many critics of...
Five New Landlord Mistakes to Avoid
Being a landlord is a dream come true for many homeowners and new real estate investors, and rightfully so: what could be better than making money each month while someone else pays off your mortgage? It's a great dream, and can be a great reality, with some work and some expertise. The work you'll have to put in yourself, but the expertise we can help you out with, in helping you avoid the following rookie landlord mistakes.
New Landlord Mistake 1: Over-Leveraging your Rental Properties
It's...
Successfully Raise the Rent With a New Rental Agreement
As all real estate owners know, the cost of owning a home or rental property rises steadily over time, from pesky tax assessment increases, to property insurance premiums shooting up, to property repairs. For landlords, this means their rental income must increase alongside these rising costs, which in turn necessitates raising tenants' rents. While not a fun conversation by any means, here are a few tricks to make it a little smoother, and to reduce the prospect of a vacancy.
Trick 1:...
Demography, Geography, And Ideas For Long Term Real Estate Investing
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last several years, you've probably noticed how difficult it is to sell real estate in this miserable market. For most real estate investors, this means that the most lucrative way to invest is to buy now while prices are low, and hold for the long term using a lease agreement to wait until the market is warmer again. Put another way, it's a market for "safe" investing, not quick, lucrative contract flipping.
While all investing, whether rental or...
5 Ways to Make Your Tenants Pay Rent Early (and Treat Your Rental Property Better)
Imagine if your tenants always paid their rent, not merely on time, but EARLY? Startling concept, isn't it. While many tenants start out performing well, over time many become lax with their rental payments, their treatment of the property, and their adherence to the rental agreement. Here are five tips to ensure your tenants (and thus your rental investments) stay at peak performance.
Tip 1: Offer a carrot for early rental payments.
People love to feel like they're achieving a bargain, or...
How to Sell or Rent FAST in a Slow Market
Whether you're a real estate agent trying to move some inert inventory, a homeowner trying to sell your house, or a landlord trying to fill your rental property, it's hard to move real estate right now. Supply (your house and the fifteen others available on your street) is high, demand is low, so you need an edge over the competition. Without further ado, allow me to introduce your edge:
Trick 1: The Kitchen & Bathrooms are King
If you're on a limited budget (HA!), you need to prioritize and...
How to Buy Real Estate With an Investor's Eye
Most people don't live in the same home for thirty years; they move every five to seven years, selling their old home and buying a new one. But what if you didn't sell your old house, when you moved? What if you kept it as a rental property?
Being a landlord is not for everybody, but owning a few rental properties, to bring in some extra money every month, can be an attractive proposition. To buy houses with an investor's eye, not just a homeowner's, can boost your income substantially, or...
How to Succeed in Real Estate Without Really Trying
Some people in real estate always seem to be out at the golf course, or spending time with their friends and family, and doing a lot of things that have very little to do with their supposed profession. How do you become one of those people?
There are two principles, rules, commandments, whatever you want to call them, that the aspiring real estate retiree should live by, and they're extremely simple, but (as is always the case), that doesn't mean they're necessarily easy to...
Real Estate Investing - Eliminating Risk
What would it be like to create business plans so clever that they are virtually infallible? A lofty goal, but an attainable one, for real estate investors willing to take the time to create a series of safety nets for their investments.
The premise works as follows: no matter how long term your investment goals are, investors are wise to consider and allow for contingencies forcing them to extend their ownership exposure for the property. In plain English, that means that you should invest...
Real Estate Investing - The Rental Retirement Plan
We'll start with the assumption that you would love to retire, with reliable income flooding your account with little work on your part. For our purposes here, we'll also assume that you're a real estate investor or landlord.
Many real estate investors started with the goal of acquiring as much real estate as possible, gathering up rental properties with the hope of earning a few hundred dollars monthly off of each rental. Here's a brief summary of the old real estate landlord model:
An...
Real Estate Staging - How to Sell/Rent it NOW!
You probably think that staging is something that should be left to Martha Stewart and Hollywood set designers, something tedious to be avoided. Whether tedious to you or not though, I will say this: in a slow real estate market, you need an edge. That edge doesn't have to come from spending ten grand on an in-ground pool, it can come from a few tricks to make a subconscious impression on every potential buyer or rental tenant who walks through your house.
Visual Staging
Let's start with real...
How to Find a Handyman or Contractor
Finding a good contractor is one of the most difficult (and tedious) tasks a real estate investor has to undertake. Honest, hardworking, and talented contractors exist, but almost always charge accordingly, making it difficult to find a bargain. However, asking the right questions, both of yourself and of them, can take a lot of the pain out of the contractor search:
Question 1: How Big is the Job?
Bigger jobs require better contractors, plain and simple. If youre renovating a shell, or...
Deconstructing the Lease Option Agreement
Lease option agreements are an oft-ignored alternative method of selling real estate, and are just as often misunderstood. If you havent used them before, they can sometimes make an excellent addition to a landlords or real estate investors box of tricks.
To begin, a lease option agreement is different from a standard lease agreement only in that it offers the tenant/buyer the option to purchase the property, for a specified sum, within a specified time period or term. So far, so good.
You...
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