Thinking Ahead: High-Speed Rail in Southern California, a new report released by the Center for Urban Infrastructure, states that the California High-Speed Rail Project, which will ultimately link Sacramento to San Diego, will contribute a regional income benefit of $701 million to southern California workers who otherwise would have been unemployed. By 2035, high-speed rail will attract over 127,000 new permanent jobs to southern California due to the region’s increased livability and enhanced transportation network.

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My partners and I are getting a ton of leads lately. And most of them are absentee owner leads since that’s the niche I target. I’ve got one lead I’m working on where the guy is in Hawaii and he’s super motivated because the house is vacant.

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Tax Implications of Lease/Options:

As you have read from the previous information, lease/option strategy is a great way to leverage your real estate investments because it requires very little cash. The lease/option is more of a financing alternative than a financing strategy because you don’t own the property. The basic lease/option strategy involves two legal documents, a lease agreement and an option. A lease gives you the right to possess the property, or, as an investor, to have someone else occupy it. If you can obtain a lease on a property at below market rent, you can profit by subleasing it at market rent.

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$100,000 is what you need to close your deal. And it’s a good one at that. Suppose you’re at the point now, where you have enough information on your deal and you have a few prospects of who you could approach as investors for your deal. What’s next is getting your investors to write you the check?

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Have you ever felt that we are living in a fast forward world? If you have ever known anyone that’s a stock day trader, you certainly know what I’m talking about. Stress City! But commercial real estate is a much different animal than the stock market. For one, it certainly does not need twenty-four hour news coverage like the markets.

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The Lease-Option program is and can be a very lucrative investing program for someone who understands the process and is looking to make it a “win-win” outcome.

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The real estate industry for the last 100 years has accomplished much. From fair housing to a commitment to diversity and the real estate consumer, the list is one to be proud of. Now, the industry might soon have another great accomplishment to its list: making sustainability a reality.

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We all know how important networking is to our success as real estate investors. These days I get many of my deals from referrals because of the constant networking I did when I first started out in this business.

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Success Magazine says that a recent survey showed that 72% of 1000 people surveyed feel, because of the current economic climate, the need to reinvent themselves to increase their earnings. As real estate investors we can identify with the“reinvention” this statement.  Sure we are having to be innovative in the way we do business in the current market but as we choose to “reboot” ourselves we are finding that real estate is still  the vehicle that creates long term wealth.

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As I continue to write articles from my book/training manual. Keep in mind that you can only become successful in the RE investing market if you act upon the information being taught.

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