Archive for February, 2010

Realtor Marketing Presentation Nets Medal-Worthy Profits in Colorado

Friday, February 26th, 2010 | Real estate short sales | No Comments

Approaching a realtor can be intimidating, particularly for the novice investor. But working directly with realtors can mean huge payoffs, and it’s less expensive than a direct marketing campaign. It requires more effort to approach a realtor than to do a direct marketing campaign, but today, 75% of properties in default are listed with a realtor. Your own marketing efforts may get you access to some of the remaining 25%, but why not go after the big 75%?
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“Big FAN of the Best Organization in Real Estate Investing”

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | Short Sales | Comments Off

“I wanted to let you all know how much I appreciated SREC services.  The professionalism.  Attitudes, support, understanding, creativity, ingenuity, energy, and most of all… passion. I feel very fortunate to be in the Platinum Coaching.  I’m a very big FAN of the best organization in real estate investing.”

-Joe Heffley

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Lending Down, Troubled Banks Up

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | Commercial Real Estate Investing | No Comments

From The Washington Post:

Troubled banking industry sharply reduced lending in 2009

Lending by the banking industry fell by $587 billion, or 7.5 percent, in 2009, the largest annual decline since the 1940s, as the number of troubled financial institutions rose sharply, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported Tuesday.

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Just Like Mexico? Not Yet . . .

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | Bank owned, Foreclosures | Comments Off

From the LAtimes:

A snapshot of income disparity

On the eve of our worst financial crisis since the Depression, the United States was — from an economic standpoint, at least — a less equal nation than at any time since the Gilded Age.

The sputtering recovery now underway is producing few, if any, jobs to replace those that have been lost. Meanwhile, a variety of factors continues to push wages and most salaries lower. Thus, we’re likely to emerge from this downturn with even greater disparities in income, wealth and effective tax rates, and the forces pushing us in that direction are particularly strong in Los Angeles County.
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Avoid Foreclosure

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Foreclosures, Pre-foreclosure | Comments Off

Between Pre-Foreclosure and REO Lives the Short Sale Opportunity

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Bank owned, Foreclosures, Pre-foreclosure | Comments Off

These days you can’t turn on the news without hearing the latest statistics and status of the housing foreclosure crisis. It’s everywhere, and not likely to go away anytime soon. But, do you really know what is involved with a foreclosure? Do you know what going into foreclosure means to the distressed homeowner? Let’s look at some of the basics, and also find out when is the right time for a real estate investor to jump on a short sale opportunity.

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1/4 of All Mortgages are Upside Down

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Bank owned, Foreclosures, Pre-foreclosure, Real Estate Investing, Real estate short sales, Short Sales, Wholesale properties | Comments Off

Feb. 23, 2010, 6:21 p.m. EST

11.3 million homeowners underwater on mortgage

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — More than 11.3 million homeowners — nearly one-fourth of all Americans with a mortgage — owe more on their loan than their home is now worth, according to a report released Tuesday by FirstAmerican CoreLogic.

More than 10% of people with mortgages owe 25% more than their home is worth.

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Eye of the Mortgage Hurricane

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

U.S.New-Home Sales “Unexpectedly” Fell to Record Low

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

Editor’s Note: Why is everything “unexpected”???

By Bob Willis

Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Sales of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in January to the lowest level on record, a sign that an extension of a government tax credit may not be enough to rekindle demand.

Purchases declined 11 percent to an annual pace of 309,000, below the lowest forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists, from a 348,000 pace, figures from the Commerce Department showed today in Washington. The median sales price dropped 2.4 percent from January 2009 and the supply of unsold homes increased.

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Strategic Foreclosure: What You Need to Know

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 | Uncategorized | Comments Off


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