The Investor Insights

Here’s the March 2009 installment of Real Estate Investing in the Real World featuring Andy Bacon. Andy is a wholesaler and rehabber based in Denver, Colorado and he spends about an hour taking us through his strategy and sharing tips, tricks and the secrets to his success.

I just got this email from a friend of mine who owns a HomeVestors franchise in Texas. They’re the “we buy ugly houses” guys. This is pretty startling legislation if passed so it’s important that we real estate investors pay attention to what happens down in Texas.

Every month I get literally hundreds of emails from investors all over the country asking for my advice on their investment strategies, deals and problems they’ve encountered. Many of these investors have outdated strategies that don’t work anymore, unrealistic expectations or worse, they are so entrenched in doing something the way they’ve always done it [...]

Rehabbers take note. The FHA anti-flipping rule is suspended in five states in the Midwest. (This means you don’t have to wait 90 days to sell to a new buyer who is using FHA financing). Here’s the list of states and counties: Nebraska: Eligible counties are – Buffalo, Butler,