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 [...]

This article is intended to be an overview of finding investment property below market value. There are several other articles that follow this article, but I wanted to touch on the major areas that can help you to find profitable real estate investments. Some of these techniques are easy, and some of them take time [...]

That’s right, if you can master this one simple principle in your real estate investing career, and have the fortitude to follow through on deals (even if they become sour deals) you will become a success in real estate. You see, many folks that I have talked to and tried to help to get started [...]

The real estate investor isn’t the only one that needs to be cautious when looking for a realtor, even home owners need to be weary these days. Not all realtors are created equal, and many of them just flat out stink. The best option for the real estate investor is often this: Become A Realtor. [...]

As an investor, or real estate agent, closing real estate deals are just not 1-2-3. There are many steps involved, and things going on behind the scenes. So after you have completed all the hard work of negotiating a real estate deal, now you have the work of closing that deal. For an investor that [...]

After you have submitted your first offer, and know some common real estate terms, then it is on to the negotiations. Now if you know a little bit about real estate, every piece of property is different, and every owner is different. Therefore every offer you make is going to be different is some way, [...]