Real Estate Investing
Apartment Wars
I’ve been to battle lately and I’m frustrated as hell. It seems like every deal I look at is dead before I even get started. The problem is those darn cap rates!
Newbie agents spew their drivel about how a cap rate of 6% is standard for a C-class apartment building in the Atlanta market. The [...]
Missed It By That Much
Are you old enough to remember the TV series Get Smart? If not, then maybe you saw the recent remake in the theater. Maxwell Smart was a bungling spy who always seemed to muddle his way through every episode. His quirky nature and crack support team were his only weapons.
Every time he got into a tight [...]
Takes Two to Tango
You can dance alone and that’s fine. Nobody gets in your way, no one stepping on your toes. Dancing alone can be fun and you can do a lot of creative things.
But dancing alone can also be tiring. To make the dance look good you’ve got to be in constant movement. The audience eyes are [...]
Buy Banks! Play the Bailout the Buffet Way
Warren Buffet is buying! The man who has been sitting on piles of cash for years is now in the game. This proves one thing, there’s blood in the streets and he’s making his move.
So what is he buying? He’s buying banks! That should be a signal to all of us that the time is [...]
Cash Cows in the Big City
Cows in the city, is that possible? You bet ya, we’ve got Long Horn Steer, Herefords and Black Angus. All top of the line, all A-class, all the most expensive. There out there in the big city and ready to be bought, sold and leased.But you don’t want to pay top dollar for your cattle. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Upsize Your Residential Investment – Apartment Buildings
Residential, Residential, Residential! It’s all I hear form investors these days. Everybody sees the potential in residential right now because there are a lot of great deals out there. And to a certain extent, they are right.
However, I still don’t think people truly understand the investment. Residential real estate is an annuity. I say this [...]
Politicians Do It All The Time
Watch the politicians and you’ll see it happen over and over again. They take a position on a subject one day only to reposition themselves the next. Why do they do this? Because it is beneficial to their campaign.If the politicians can do it for personal gain, then you should do it to gain profits. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Treasury Secretary Paulson Pulls Out the Big Gun
According to reports on Marketwatch.com, the Treas. Sec. said to congress; “If you have a bazooka in your pocket, and people know you have a bazooka, you may never have to take it out.” Well he had to take it out and he used it.
There was an immediate reaction from world markets. The effects of [...]
Feels Like 100% Financing
Many real estate professionals that invest mostly in residential housing are reluctant to even attempt to enter the market for small commercial. This is because they have a perception that it is very expensive to get into commercial properties.
Well, that may not be exactly true. It actually costs about the same in terms of percentages to [...]
