Minnesota Fixer Upper

[ January 26, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Make this one of your New Year’s resolutions, to start using QuickBooks in 2010.

There is a growing consensus that the short sale process is getting better.

Tenants: How to get them in and how to get them out

GRM is a method to compare the prices of similar income producing properties. It looks at the value based on what other similar properties have already sold for and compares rents.

Cap Rate is one of the most widely used formulas by real estate investors

The US Housing Market is Finally in a Recovery Phase

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!If you have been thinking about investing in single family homes in 2009 and haven’t yet pulled the trigger my advice is “Hang in there.”   This summer we have seen an unlikely phenomenon in affordable single family housing.   First Time [...]

We have seen a gradual but steady upward turn in the market for affordable homes. I define ‘affordable’ as houses under $200k which attract entry level homeowners and investors. To put it bluntly this segment of the market is hot! Bank owned homes new on the market often have multiple offers [...]

There is no sense focusing on small details if the house will be a money pit for years to come or the APR (after repaired value) is going to be too low.

I briefly mentioned  the HOP (Homeownership  Opportunity Program) in a previous article Rehab Financing-Doing the Two step.   HOP is a  Fixer Upper program for  home buyers not investors.  HOP is a two step rehab program loan for bank owned and bank short sale houses.    HOP is one of the few new programs that [...]