Real Estate Geek

I wanted to write to you today, just to give you a little encouragement despite the recent flop in the mortgage market. Acquiring loans is getting much tougher, and we are going to have to change some of our approaches in order to capitalize on the ever increasing real estate investing opportunities.
Don’t Be Discouraged, There’s [...]

If you’ve heard the term “lease option to purchase” thrown around when talking to other real estate investors, agents, etc. and not sure what the term actually means, then you’ve hit the right page. You’ve done the right thing by searching the web or following this blog in order to gain the insight required to [...]

Another invaluable resource for the investor or home seeker is the use of the local MLS. But if you aren’t a realtor, how do you find and obtain access to the system? The way the MLS is structured generally works like this: if a town is small, the MLS might be tied between it and [...]

If you don’t already know it, your local newspaper creates a substantial part of their income by selling ads in the classified section of its publication. And these advertisements have reached a new level in many local markets - the Internet. With the boom of the Internet and its use, more and more local newspapers [...]

If you have done any real estate investing, you understand how difficult it can be to find motivated sellers. So being able to find distressed properties like VA foreclosures can really help you get started. The Veterans Administration list properties with a website online that anyone can access, not just a realtor. Not to mention, [...]