The Case For Urgency: Why the Federal Reserve Will be Forced to Raise Interest Rates…

The inflationary reality that we as consumers have been living for months may finally be starting to dawn on the U.S. Federal Reserve.
It’s about time!
The minutes of the last policymaking Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, released on Wednesday, showed that the Fed’s inflation forecast was raised from a range of 2.1%-2.4% to a range [...]

Investor Report: The Basic Principles in Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi

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Source: Realty Times

Hot Market: Kansas City Steady As She Grows

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Source: Realty Times

Looking for Bargains on Rental Property: Ten surefire ways to lock in profits

Real estate prices are tumbling across the U.S. That may spell trouble for homeowners, but it may be good news for interested buyers or investors. You can get much better deals today whether you are looking to rent a single family home or small residential property.
“Now is not the time to buy and flip properties [...]

Creating Wealth #55 – Exit Strategies: Don’t Kill The Golden Goose

Jason revisits the Refi Till Ya DieT concept with new numbers, and a comparison of the other two common exit strategies for real estate investors.
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Why EU First-Time Rental Property Investors Should Head Overseas

Having a property abroad strikes many of us as a great lifestyle opportunity, but a growing number of UK first-time buyers looking overseas are more interested in sidestepping Britain’s challenging property market than the lure sun, sea and sand. The UK market is struggling, but remains out of reach for many would-be buyers. Exhausted by [...]

Ron Paul in 1988

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America’s Recession-Proof Cities

Nationally, home prices are falling, unemployment is on the rise and the economy is expected to grow slowly–or even contract–in the first half of the year.
But some cities are doing just fine.
Take Oklahoma City, Okla. With falling unemployment, one of the country’s strongest housing markets, and solid growth in agriculture, energy and manufacturing, it looks [...]

Food Prices Soar

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Source: CNN

Multifamily Starts Up

Apartment developers are taking the plunge. In the first four months of 2008, builders started construction on new multifamily projects at a rate high above the unusually sluggish levels seen in early 2007, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
Source: Apt. Finance Today
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Why Good Prospects Don’t Return Your Phone Call

Your challenge is to gain “top of mind” awareness – to implant your service in his mind and link it to the nature of the problems you solve. Then, when the problem pops up and becomes a priority again in a week or a month or a year from now – and it will – [...]

New York proposes 1-year moratorium on foreclosures

Legislation that would give some New Yorkers facing foreclosure a one-year reprieve has passed the state assembly as part of a package of four bills aimed at stemming foreclosures.
Assembly Bill 9695 [1] would allow courts to impose a one-year moratorium on foreclosures in cases where borrowers can establish they live in the home subject to [...]

Apartment Rentals Rates Climb in New Orleans

Rental rates for apartment units in New Orleans have reached some significant highs, according to a report by Larry G. Shedler & Associates. The research firm found that rents have increased as much as 20 to 30% since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The survey, which focused primarily on larger apartment communities, said that apartments in [...]

Rental’s Fresh Appeal

As the economy weakens, more people who would have qualified for home loans a few years ago no longer do. And scores of homeowners losing their homes in foreclosure are turning to apartments. Others who could qualify for a mortgage are opting for luxury apartments instead, seeking to wait out the housing bust. The mixture [...]