The Investor Insights

From THE PAPER SOURCE JOURNAL, July, 2011: The Federal Reserve, which received sweeping new authority under the Obama regulatory reauthorization, wants to effectively eliminate seller-held mortgages. It will do this by enacting a rule for the Dodd-Frank Act prohibiting property sellers from taking back a mortgage unless the buyer essentially can qualify for conventional financing! [...]

If you’ve read The Investor’s Insights blog for any length of time, you know that I’m a big proponent of marketing to grow your buyer’s list. It’s building this list that is the real key to building an investment business. However, the marketing I recommend is generally working with Internet technologies. And, it seems that [...]

This is a post that’s taken me a while to write.  On May 17th my niece and friend Denise was killed by her ex-fiancé in a murder suicide. It’s horrifying to type those words but I still feel numb.  It’s as if your brain just shuts off the pain because it is too overwhelming to [...]

As you’ve read on the blog this month, I don’t like managing my own properties. I like to pay someone a percentage of the rents to do it for me. Here are five icky property problems a good property manager will nip in the bud while I sit back and earn a cash flow. Water [...]

Property management is more than just collecting rents and keeping the place in decent shape; it’s about increasing property value and cash flow. Today, let’s look at a few ways to make property improvements and earn a dime. Use that blank brick wall facing 5th Street to generate tenants or funds. Is your property tall [...]