I’m just arriving back from the National Association of REALTORS Annual Conference in San Diego where I moderated a panel on Distressed Assets where the ...

Analysts foresee a herd of new short sales stampeding into the real estate market between 2010 and 2012. According to data compiled by Credit Suisse ...

For August, the Case-Shiller Index showed annual home values improving across 19 of 20 U.S. markets. It's the first time in 3-plus years that the ...

Seventeen metro areas in the much-watched S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes saw price increases from July to August, according to Standard & Poor's.

We live in information overload. There are more distractions coming at you from all directions, and at all times, than at any other time in ...

Housing Starts on single-family homes gained last month, marking the 8th time that's happened this year. A "Housing Start" is a home for which the foundation ...

Isn't is amazing how we sometimes receive messages from the most unlikely sources? When we think of Real Estate investing our thoughts are usually of ...

Although there are many moving parts to apartment rehabbing, I have found through the years, common things that lead to great success. I follow these ...

[Note: In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we talked about keeping your real estate healthy. In Part 3, we highlighted ways to keep ...

There are only 24 hours in a day. That's it. That's all you and I get. No matter how wealthy you become, you can't change ...

Rehabbing an apartment building is not an art-form as some make it out to be. It’s about nuts and bolts of the business really. The ...

The next 12 calendar days will be the most active buyer feeding frenzy in the past 2 years. So if you have a deal right ...

A round robin auction is useful in selling a house in a fast way, without sacrificing a large amount of equity. The idea is to ...

[Note: In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we talked about keeping your real estate healthy. In Part 3, we look at ways ...

In 2009, $110 billion in commercial loans need to be either re-financed or extended. In 2010, $170 billion in commercial loans are coming due. In ...

Home values around the country appear to be leveling.

Have you ever wondered or asked yourself, what is it that I'm not doing correctly or completely in order to achieve my success as  RE ...

Choosing the colors for your remodeling or restoration project is not complicated but it does require careful planning. Follow these tips and you will see your ...

Part 1 of this post focused on the first three principles of healthy housing: dry, clean and ventilated. In Part 2 to help create healthier ...

The national home supply is falling, down to its lowest levels since December 2008. In June, there was 9.4 months of supply, down from a year-ago level ...

I really believe it is smart thing to study others who are successful in the field you desire to be successful in. Don’t you? With ...

Since I began writing this blog, I have tried to present knowledge, most acquired from the very best and brightest in residential and commercial real ...

According to the government's most recent Consumer Expenditure Survey, spending patterns are little changed from years prior.

Throw out the books, tapes and the methods we relied on when purchasing investment properties a year ago.  Everything has changed.  Real estate investors are ...