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9
Feb

0081 What A Working Class Neighborhood Is and Isn’t: BiggerPockets Reblog

http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsbl… It seems that the mainstream discussion about depressed housing seems to have one broad brush strokes on all depressed housing (priced anywhere from 15k-45k), as if every neighborhood in the country has the same characteristics. And despite the fact that we say the truism that real estate is local, the conversation turns south very quickly over these large geographic

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4
Feb

0079 BP Guest Post: What Needs To Be Said About Appreciation

See Original Vlog Post Here! Since I am on the ground in working class neighborhoods, I always try to find out the story of how that neighborhood became so distressed with low prices. I always find out that these houses used to be in great neighborhoods 20, 30, 40 years ago – but when the jobs left, the neighborhoods began

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1
Feb

0078 AQ Sources of Money, The Right Realtor, Probate, and Mediocre Credit Ratings

Hello! Here I answer audience questions that were sent to me by the survey everyone is sent when they sign up for the newsletter. Thank you guys for participating! 1) What are ways to source money 2) How To Find The Right Real Estate Agent 3) Ever Find Deals Through Probate? 4) Can you get funding with a 650 credit

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17
Jan

0074 Dawn Anastasi and Sub 30k Real Estate Investing

Today I have Dawn Anastasi on as a guest who also invests in homes that are under 30k. I guess its because we are both in IT, but the numbers just made so much more sense this way, which is why we invested in these working class neighborhoods while everyone else told us to stay away. Please listen to the

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6
Jan

0069 Audience Question: Investor Friendly RE Agents, Investing Outside of California, and More

Here are a few more audience questions for today: 1) How can a Real Estate Agent people know she is Investor Friendly 2) How do you know when you have a deal? 3) California is expensive, can I invest out of state?

25
Dec

Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas to all. Enjoy this time with your friends, family, and loved ones!!

9
Jul

0024 Estimating Rehab and Repair Costs – Newbie Perspective Vs Reality

Job Site Order Form- Right Click Link and Choose “Save Link As” Hi, Here is the first of many vlog entries regarding estimating the cost to repairs and rehabs. First, understand this: You cannot completely, EVER, estimate the accurate costs of  a rehab to your rental property. You only see the top layer, and even with a home inspection, doesn’t

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22
Jun

0014 Profits Even During The Bad Economic Times

A great part about using real estate as your form of alternate income is that you can become even more successful during the downturn in the economy. As people are losing their jobs, because of your hard work, you STILL have income coming in. You have someplace to live in worst case scenario and won’t leave your family homeless. And,

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10
Jun

Welcome to the Affordable Real Estate Investment blog!

I have the first 5 blogs created. I want to spend a little more time on editing the video (these are extra skills that I have had to pick up over the weekend). If you checked this out now, don’t worry, the content will be up in the next day or so (at least the initial content :-)) I plan

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