Do you have a real estate deal that you want to do but are a little short on the down payment? Look here first!

Savvy real estate entrepreneurs know that there is a ready source of down payment money that is out there for the taking. No questions asked. No hassle. No problem. No kidding.

If you are looking for a little help with the down payment for a property you want to buy, look first at the property itself. This is a source of money that most people never consider when they are putting together the money to make a deal happen. In many cases there is a substantial amount of money already waiting in the property. It is there and available to you as: 1. Currently-held deposits, and 2. Rent.

Many times buyers of investment property forget that investment real estate often brings with it a block of funds that will reduce the amount of the down payment needed. When you buy a property, there will in all likelihood be deposits held by the owner. These deposits should be transferred to you (the buyer) at closing. Chances are that a check will not actually be written out and handed to you at closing. Instead, what will probably happen is that the total amount of deposits held, based on existing lease and rental agreements, will simply be deducted from the moneys due from you at closing. Guess what, this means that youll need that much less close the deal. Depending on the size of the property and your local laws regarding holding of deposits, this could result in a huge reduction of your out of pocket cost to acquire. And thats not all.

Because rent is paid in advance and mortgage payments are paid in arrears, when you buy a property chances are that you will have a 30-day window before your first mortgage payment comes due. So how does that affect you? It can lighten your financial burden right off the crack of the bat! For example, if you close your property purchase on the last day of the month, youll have a big block of income the very next day when the rents come in. If your contract states that you will receive the months rent, you could even close on the second or third day of the month and use that months rents as a portion of your down payment. Thats a great benefit of having rents paid in advance and mortgage payments paid in arrears. These are just two of many tactics used by the pros to make buying real estate easier.

As in all things, the more you understand, the better off you are. With real estate as you grasp all of the subtle nuances, you will be able to use the tricks of the trade to structure transactions to maximize your benefits. If you will learn what you need to know, you can earn what you want. Dont you love this business? I do. Good luck in your career.

Roger Beattie is a real estate broker, investor, owner and operator. He is also the founder of Middle Class Millionaires, an association of investors helping each other succeed in real estate investment. Middle Class Millionaires has an excellent blog with investing articles and industry news.
http://www.MiddleClassMillionaires.com/blog

He also recently co-authored a report instructing how to lower the risk in many real estate investments.

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BEGIN SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS - First Step is to generate a name. Choosing a name may sound a bit mundane but there is more to choosing a name than you might think. Hopefully you are going to live with this name for a long time so lets get it right from the start. Changing names (or phone numbers for that matter) can set you back. You lose valuable time and customers every time you change. The whole idea behind a name is to brand that name in your market or business community. Branding a name takes time, persistence, energy and money. None of us have any of those elements to waste.

A good name should say WHO you are, WHAT you do, WHERE to get more information and HOW to contact you. That can be a tall order for one name. Some companies have tried to get the job done with names that represent their phone number along with their products or services. EXAMPLE: a fishing guide might advertise 1-800-Get-Fish. In its time this used to be a pretty good idea but today it falls short. Unless the name of the company is actually 1-800-GET-FISH the name does not say WHO they are. The example also suggests that you should only call for information during working hours and NOT to call at midnight or on SUNDAY. After all it is a phone number and you wouldnt want to be rude and call in the middle of the night.

Also, newer phones, like the Blackberry for example, stretch their numbers over keys that dont work like the old telephone key pads. Today, on the new progressive phones, some letters are NOT on keys that have numbers associated with them or cant readily be found. I could not call 1-800-GET-FISH on my Blackberry to save my life. Times are a changing!

Today we have the Internet. People know that the Internet is open 24/7 365 days a year. They also know that they can shop on the Internet any time day or night - without disturbing a soul. Dont think for a minute that the world isnt shopping for their RE needs at all hours of the day and night. Customers are gathering information at all hours and following up in the morning. It is a fact! Your future customers will be online at 12:00am -1:00am -2:00am and 3:00am in the morning. Your market is a world wide market if you are on the net. If you are not on the net you are severely handicapping your business. It is NOT up for debate. It only makes sense, these days, to have your name be your website name. I firmly believe that in the world of creative real estate YOUR name should end in .COM, or .NET or .ORG or .BIZ.ANYTHING is better than a name that does not lead your customers to your website.

If you are new in the business and on a budget you simply MUST have a name that is connected to a website. I know, the very thought of technology scares the hell out you. Dont panic. Everything is going to be OK. Ill explain more about WHY I feel that way but for now, lets get on with HOW to find and capture YOUR NAME.

a). Go to GoDaddy.com and buy a “BUY” domain name and a “SELL” domain name… may I suggest something like www.LisaSellsRE.com & www.LisaBuysRE.com or www.LisaBuysHouses.com & www.SellsHouses.com I actually own www.MitchBuysHouses.com and www.MitchSellsHouses.com …it says WHO I am, WHAT I do and WHERE to find more information. Most Net users understand that the domain name, my website, also leads to HOW to contact me as well. Try to get your Buy and Sell names to match up.

b). Then, make your email address use the same domain name as your website. Example: Lisa@LisaBuysHouses.com. Now even your email will say it all; Who you are, What you do, Where to get more information and How to contact you. EXAMPLE:

Your BUY domain name (Website name) is www.LisaBuysHouses.Com

Your BUY email address is Lisa@LisaBuysHouses.com.

Your SELL domain name (Website name) is www.LisaSellsHouses.Com

Your SELL email address is Lisa@LisaSellsHouses.com.

If you are following along with The Wealth Address Millionaire Challenge, The Real Estatification of Wesley ONeill you will get to see him go through the actual process of Creating, Searching For, Finding, Registering and Pointing his new name(s) on www.GoDaddy.com… Complete with an audio explanation and screen moves.

Right now we are talking about getting the most basic business foundation started one name that is also your Websites name, and also used in your email address. By choosing a name the represents your website name that is used in your email address you are off to a great start. Your website can say much more than any business card or billboard could ever say. In the future, every advertising medium you ever use will drive your customers to your website. By making the name of your business your websites name you are giving your customers the chance to learn volumes about YOU and your BUSINESS at any time day or night.

Expect to pay about $8.00 per year for each domain name. The more years you pay for in advance, the cheaper it gets. Remember, the right name tied to the right site can make you hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Personally, I have made about that much, or in one case, MORE than $100,000 in ONE DEAL! I know, it sounds unreal right? Ive been in this business for 10 years. This kind of income didnt happen for me until about 7 years in. The gurus out there will tell you that I am a slow learner. Maybe you will have it happen to you sooner. To read those success stories go to www.WealthAddress.com and search SUCCESS STORIES by Author Mitch Stephen or click the links below. Look for these titles:

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Remember, you can point or forward email addresses to any account you want. You can point your NEW email address to your old one or you can point your old email address to your new one. That means you can still go to ONE place to get any and all of your emails if you wish. If Ive lost you with this techno stuff dont worry about it right now. Some of you may not even have a website yet. Dont worry about websites right now either its a piece of cake Ill tie everything together for you later. The important thing is that you capture your BUY and SELL website names as soon as possible. Then get the matching email addresses. Even if my ideas are not for you, you will still need these names if you intend to stay in the creative RE business.

When it comes to marketing, absolutely NOTHING is faster, cheaper and farther reaching than the Internet. This is the very First Step if you are going to NETWORK at lightening speed. Register your names and get your email addresses!

TAKE ACTION NOW!
VISIT www.WealthAddress.com

Mitch Stephen is a master real estate investor. He has purchased or controlled over 1,000 properties since going full time in March of 1996. He is one of the founders of the San Antonio Real Estate Investors Association which recently named their building after him for his contributions to the success of many investors. His most recent ventures http://www.Homes2Go.Com and http://www.WealthAddress.Com websites educate new investors about the power of Internet Marketing with amazing success!

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THE REAL ESTATE FAD IS OVER! If youve been dreaming of Flipping real estate because youve heard of people making a fortune flipping houses - YOU ARE TOO LATE! The real estate fad has come and gone!

Like all fads, the Flipping Real Estate Fad lasted only a short period of time. This is not the first get rich quick fad to occur and it certainly wont be the last. Whether its flipping real estate, day trading stocks, breeding ostrich eggs, or trading tulips, our history is replete with examples of get rich quick fads that took the world by storm and ended badly for nearly everyone.

One of the first recorded examples of a get rich quick fad was the Tulip Craze that occurred in the Netherlands in the 1600s. Tulips had just recently been imported from Turkey into the Netherlands. Many of the richest Dutch citizens started collecting the flowers and proudly displayed them in their homes. As time went by, the middle class took notice that this flower was so prized by the rich, and also started collecting the flowers. Before long, everyone wanted tulips and tulip bulbs and the prices started going up. As the prices rose, people started trading tulip bulbs as if they were a commodity or a stock. Someone would hear of a neighbor that had traded a tulip bulb and made a big profit. The neighbor also wanted to cash in on this new venture. Before long, it seemed like everyone was trading tulip bulbs. It got so ridiculous, that entire estates and life-savings were traded for a single tulip bulb!

At some point, prices became so ridiculously high that a few smart investors realized that the tulip fad couldnt continue forever. These smart money investors sold their entire stock of tulip bulbs and locked in their massive profits. Others followed suit and soon it became apparent that the market for the bulbs had disappeared. Suddenly, everyone wanted to sell their tulip bulbs and there were no buyers. In no time, panic selling caused prices to drop so far and so many people lost money that the countrys economy was propelled into a depression. So ended one of the worlds first recorded Get Rich Quick Fads.

Get Rich Quick Fads have continued to occur from the time of the great tulip craze to the present. The technology bubble of the late 1990s was a prime example of one of these fads. The price of internet and technology stocks soared. Many of these inflated stocks were of companies that had no way to make money. Many thought that the price of technology stocks would continue to go up forever, because this time things are different. RIDICULOUS! The value of a company who cant make money is ZERO! People were blinded by greed and simply didnt realize this reality until the crash occurred.

The economy of the United States took a double hit in the first two years of the new millennium. First, the tech bubble burst taking the entire stock market down with it. Then, a small group of terrorists brought our countrys economy to its knees with the attack on the twin towers of the world trade center. In response, the Fed lowered interest rates to a 40 year low. This lowering of interest rates along with the introduction of relaxed lending practices kept our countrys economy strong and opened up the possibility of home ownership (and real estate investment) to more Americans than ever before.

The increased demand for real estate also increased the demand for all real estate services. Homebuilders, realtors, rehabbers, appraisers, lenders, and everyone else in any real estate related business prospered. The demand for houses exceeded the supply and many smart investors began to speculate on houses. This was the birth of the house flipping craze! As the smart money began to make money flipping, the middle class took notice and also started flipping. Before long, it seemed like everyone was flipping property for a nice profit. Demand for houses increased and it seemed like there was no limit to house prices. New investors entering the flipping business drove up the demand for houses, which increased the prices. The more prices went up, the more new investors entered the market and bid up prices even higher. It became a vicious cycle. It got so ridiculous that new investors would camp out in hot markets just for the chance to bid on pre-construction projects.

This vicious cycle continued through late 2005, at which time the real estate bubble started to deflate. The smart money realized that prices had gotten ridiculously high and that the end was near. These smart money investors started selling their real estate portfolios

The real estate fad is over. Demand has dried up and the number of houses on the market is increasing. In many areas, prices have already started down and this trend will surely increase as time goes by. The home buyers and investors who used interest-only loans, negative amortization loans, and adjustable rate loans over the past few years will soon have payments that are drastically higher, when their promotional rates expire. Millions of these people will not be able to afford the higher payments and will lose their homes to foreclosure. All of these millions of additional houses on the market will further depress prices and prices will likely stay low for many years to come. The flipping fad is ending as suddenly as it began. With the lack of retail buyers, there simply isnt a demand for flipped houses. Millions of the new investors that started flipping during the recent fad will go out of business, losing a lot of money.

Why have I gone to the trouble to write such a gloomy report? Is this story over? NO! The TRUTH is that there always has been and always will be big money to be made in real estate. However, the money to be made isnt in flipping or in the latest fad!

For me and others like me, the real estate bust will be very profitable. You see, I am not a Flipper and I was not caught up in the recent real estate fad. I am in the rental property BUSINESS and I offer a product that people ALWAYS NEED..a place to live!

There are MILLIONS of millionaires in the United States…seven million millionaires to be exact. Many of those millionaires made their money owning rental properties. Rental properties are needed in all markets because people need a place to live. In fact, as the real estate market gets worse, more people will become renters.

Just today, I received a call from a woman who was looking for a house to rent. The reason that they needed a place to rent is that their house had been foreclosed upon. She explained that their mortgage payment started out at $600 per month with one of those gimmick introductory rate loans. Recently, their loan payment had gone up to nearly $1,100 per month and they simply could not afford it. They got behind on payments and the bank is foreclosing on them. Now, they will become my renters.

Why are rentals such a great way to make money, grow rich, build wealth, and retire early? The answer lies in the 5 different ways that we can make money with rentals, often without using any of our own money. The 5 ways to make money with rentals are:

1. Equity at closing!

Rental Properties MUST be purchased at a discount. It is almost impossible to buy a rental property at retail price and then rent it for a profit. The difference between what we pay for the property and the market value of the property is our equity, and can amount to tens of thousands of dollars for each rental property!

2. Cash flow

With rentals, we receive rent from our tenants each month and then pay our operating expenses and the mortgage. The amount of money left over is our cash flow. This is money you can spend for living expenses, to buy a car, for your mortgage payment, or anything else that you like. Cash flow is the lifeblood of every business.

3. Pay Down of Principal

One of the exciting things about rentals is that the tenant pays the mortgage payment and all expenses for us. Over the term of the loan, the mortgage will be paid off and well own the house free and clear!

4. Appreciation

Historically, houses appreciate at 3% to 5% per year. Think of this as the icing on the cake.

Lets consider a $50,000 rental property. Even if it only appreciates 3% per year, that is another $1,500 in equity that we pick up each year! Youll note that we didnt have to do anything to get this equity. All we had to do was continue to own the property!

5. Tax Depreciation

As if the previous four ways of making money werent enough, the government has seen fit to allow us to depreciate our rental property. This can be a significant savings on our taxes and is the same as making additional money on your property. As of the writing of this book, properties are depreciated over a 27 1/2 year period. This yearly depreciation can be thousands of dollars per year on a single rental property.

ARE YOU GETTING EXCITED YET?

By reading this article, you have already taken the first step toward improving your financial situation. Where do you want to be at the end of this year? Are you satisfied with your current financial situation? Are you happy working for someone else? Are you in a good position for retirement? Do you dream of the freedom of working for yourself? Would you like to make a significant contribution to your church or favorite charity?

If you do nothing to improve your situation, you will probably end this year in the same position that you ended last year. IF THIS YEAR IS TO BE THE YEAR THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE, YOU MUST DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT! If you have decided that operating a rental property business might be YOUR PATH TO FREEDOM, then you need to get started. Start with learning all you can about the rental property business and develop a plan to get you from your current position to your desired goal.

If you would like to get started on your journey to a better life, we would be happy to help. Our book “1 Minute To Rental Property Riches” is a complete step by step course with everything you need to start and successfully operate a rental property business. This book contains no hype, no nonsense, and no silly claims of instant riches without work, AND IT COSTS LESS THAN $50!. You can get more information about the book at http://www.1MinuteToRentalPropertyRiches.com or you can order it directly from the publisher at http://www.lulu.com/content/546961 You might also want to check out my blog at http://www.rentalpropertyriches.blogspot.com This is a diary of my daily life as a rental property owner.

Happy Investing!

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Want to make tax free profits from the homes you live in? You can, but to maximize this investment strategy, you’ll need to move a lot.

Sell your home for a profit and pay no capital gains tax - then buy another and do the same. That is the essence of this strategy. The law used to be that you could only roll your capital gain into the next home, and take an exemption once in your life, after age 55. This more or less meant that you had to keep buying more expensive homes to avoid the tax on your gain, and then you got a one-time exemption when you were older.

The change in the law was almost a decade ago, but many people have still not understood what it means. As the tax law is now, you are exempt from any tax on the capital gain from the sale of your home - no matter what your age, and you don’t have to roll the gain into another home. The only significant limitations are that you have to have lived in the home for at least two years, or for a total of two of the last five years, and you can only take the exemption once every two years.

What does this mean for an investor? Profit potential, without paying taxes on that profit. For a simple example, suppose you move from your $150,000 home, but keep it as a rental, because you want to capitalize on the high appreciation in the area. You can wait almost three years (as long as you lived there for two years before this), and sell it for let’s say $200,000, with no tax due on the gain. That changes things, doesn’t it.

Tax Free Profits- A Better Example

There was a young man in Arizona who had a simple plan. He bought a home, fixed it up while living in it, and sold it for a profit after two years - paying no taxes on the profit. It worked especially well because he was doing this from the late 90s until recently, when hoe prices were going up at 15% or more per year in his area.

His plan worked so well, in fact, that he didn’t need to get a job. He might buy a home in a neighborhood where homes were around $200,000, for example, but buy it as a fixer upper for $140,000. He spent maybe $15,000 bringing it up to the standards of the neighborhood, lived in it for two years while homes in the area appreciated 15% per year, and then sold it for $265,000. His $90,000 profit was tax free.

Even if you include his payments and taxes as an “expense” he had free housing and around $50,000 of income for the two years. As I recall, one home netted him more than $120,000 profit - tax free. As the two-year mark approached, he would start looking for the next home to live in and make a profit on. With no other job, he had a lot of time to find the best deals.

Talk to a tax specialist for more complicated scenarios, but there are undoubtedly other ways to take advantage of the new tax law. If you bought a home as your residence, for example, then moved out and rented it for some years, you may qualify for the exemption by moving back into it for two years before selling. On a $200,000 gain, this could mean paying $80,000 less in taxes for some investors.

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The Single Family House (SFH) is usually considered the safest form of real estate investment. The main reason for this is that there is a very large market for these houses. They are popular with investors but also with ordinary owner-occupiers. So financial institutions have no problem lending on them in fact 100 percent leverage is not unusual.

For this reason the SFH is regarded as a good way in to real estate investment for those who are just starting. Here are five strategies for generating profit. Your investment plan can and should include all of these but preferably one at a time.

Buy and hold you buy the house simply to rent it out. Provided you have done your sums properly, this can bring regular cash flow along with amortization of the debt. But of course, you need to learn about maintenance, tenant management etc. and how to avoid the pitfalls of renting.

Buy Low Sell High. To use this strategy you need to find a house that is going cheap because it is in need of repair, but in a neighborhood with good sales potential. The price you pay for it needs to be low enough to allow you to cover your repair costs and still make a healthy profit. This way you can generate very healthy cash with just two or three deals a year. However, the process is extremely time consuming and can mean your capital is tied up for several months at a time.

Flipping (Buy Low Sell Low). This way you find a property where there is a prospect of an immediate resale at a higher price. Sometimes it is actually possible to close the purchase and resale simultaneously, making an immediate profit. Of course the profit is not as high as it would be using the Buy Low Sell High method, but you can do several deals a year without tying up your own capital, and end the year much better off.

Leasing. Find a property you can lease for a good price. You then sub-lease it at a higher rate. This puts you in a very favorable cash-flow position. Of course, you dont hold the title to the property, which means that you dont get the benefit of any appreciation in the value of the property itself. But the big benefit is that you get the cash flow without risking much up-front cash of your own.

Buying Options. When you buy an option on a property, you buy the right to buy or sell the property, without having the problems of maintaining or managing it. Unlike with leasing, you do get the benefit of property appreciation. In fact this is a very low-risk method of investment, and can be exceptionally profitable. It can be a very good idea to use leasing and options together this way you get the benefits of both!

Each of these strategies can be very profitable, whether used singly or in conjunction with others. This is not to say that you can be guaranteed to make a massive profit on your very first venture. There is a lot to learn and making mistakes is part of the learning process. But here, more than in almost any other field, perseverance can bring big rewards.

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The headlines read that housing has bounced back and that sales have bottomed. Recently the Commerce Department reported that sales of new, single-family homes rose 3.4 percent in November. The government even revised the previous three months, showing stronger activity. The national and local news reporters are all claiming housing is on the rebound. But has it?

The Devil is in the Details

The Census Bureau surveys home builders and specific housing starts. If a home is built and at some point goes under contract for sale, then it is considered sold. They do not go back and check if the sale actually went through.

So what happens when Lennar, the # 3 homebuilder, says the cancellation rates for home sales was running about 30% last quarter and KB Homes says their cancellation rate was 43%. Due to the way the Census Bureau performs their survey, they do not double count if the house sells at some point later to another person. In the long run, this method does not over or under count the estimate of the number of houses sold.

However, in the short run, as their web site explains “As a result of our methodology, if conditions worsen in the marketplace and cancellations are high, sales would be temporarily overestimated.” So when the existing home sales data seems to be showing that the market is bottoming, we need to recognize that there are significant cancellations that are missing from the data. You can access the actual Census Bureau policy at the following link: http://www.census.gov/const/www/salescancellations.html

The headlines are missing the underlying trend. The cancellations in sales of new houses imply that sales are lower than being reported. It doesn’t seem likely we have hit the bottom in new home sales.

What does History Tell Us?

We keep hearing that the bottom in housing is either here or very near. But is it? If the reported sales are skewed, then how can we tell? Maybe a look at some history will give us some insight. Guerite Advisors provides some excellent analysis that is useful. In the previous seven cycles since 1959, housing starts have dropped an average of 50.7% from peak to trough. Each time housing starts have fallen more than 25% from their most peak, a recession has followed. The only exception was the “credit crunch” of 1966-67 that ended in an economic contraction but not an official recession.

According to Guerite Advisors, shows housing starts have dropped 34% so far from their peak in January 2006. To get to the average we need to have another 20% drop in starts. This is another bad sign that contradicts the headlines.

Professor Robert Shiller of Yale, author of Irrational Exuberance: Second Edition, tracks housing prices, adjusted for inflation, since 1890. This index is for existing houses and not new construction. It presents housing values in constant terms over 156 years, factoring out the effects of inflation. The benchmark was set to 100 in 1890. This means that a house that sold for $100,000 in 1890, inflation adjusted to today’s dollars, receives a value of 100. The equivalent house that sold in 2006 for $199,999 would receive an index score of 199, or 99% above the price in 1890. Here is the link to Shiller’s site: http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/

Since 1997 the price index has risen 83%. Professor Shiller believes that the index is mean regressing, meaning that over time it tends to return to the mean from the extremes. It is easy to understand that the spike in home prices is substantially above the mean, no matter how you would calculate it.

What concerns me the most is the wide disparity between the price of houses and building costs. I would think this has to narrow over time. Either the price of houses comes down, or the cost of building a home goes up or some combination of the two. In any case, it implies that housing will face more difficult times.

The Case for Soft Landing in Housing

So what will mitigate the problems in housing and help it find a soft landing and then move up. In the past declines in housing were accompanied by high unemployment, high interest rates and a general slow down in the economy. So far we have low unemployment and low interest rates long term interest rates. Even if unemployment were to rise in 2007, keep in mind that approximately 80% of the US economy is in the service sector, which tends to experience fewer layoffs than the manufacturing sector during an economic slow down or recession.

The 10 year treasury rate, the primary index for mortgage rates, is still in a relatively low 4.6% area. As long as mortgage rates stay relatively low, housing should be able to hold its own.

Conclusion

The headlines on housing sales are misleading in that they are based on data that is in accurate over the short term. Calling a bottom in housing on these misleading numbers gives a false sense that the industry is doing better than it is. Be careful making investment decisions on this data. There are factors that continue to push housing down further and there are factors that are helping to moderate the fall in housing. It will take time for this to work itself out.

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If Paris Hilton has taught the world only one thing, its this: no matter who you are, if you own hotels you can make a ton of money. And everybody wants a little more money, right? The hotel business is a great industry to get involved in. Find hotels for sale in Michigan (MI), and begin making those millions.

Michigan is home to many sites and attractions that serve as the backbone of the states thriving tourism industry. Where there is tourism, there are hotels. Looking for hotels for sale in Michigan (MI)? Odds are, you wont have to look for too long to find what you want.

Because Michigan isnt the first state that pops to mind when one is thinking of vacation destinations, there wont be as much competition among property buyers for hotels as there would be in other locales. This is great news for those who are just getting their start in the hotel business. For beginners, its best to start out small and work up. Beginning with hotels for sale in Michigan is a great idea for those that want to get their feet wet, so to speak, in the hospitality business.

So, how do you find hotels for sale in Michigan? Those that live in Michigan can simply drive through city streets to see which properties are available, and to get an idea of the hotels in any one area. Its a good idea for new hotel owners to check out the competition, and to know what hotels threaten to lure travelers away.

But, you dont have to move just to own a hotel. Those that live outside Michigan (or even inside of the state) can find plenty of available hotel properties using the Internet. Youll be able to look at pictures and compare prices, just by getting online. When scoping out properties this way, take the time to compare Michigan hotel prices with property values in other states. Study your investment before you make it after all, buying a hotel is a big undertaking. When looking online for hotels for sale in Michigan, youre going to find a lot of different possibilities. Make sure you stick to your budget, and dont bite off a bigger hotel than you can chew.

Its also a good idea to contact real estate professionals in Michigan. Often, real estate agents have leads on properties that the general public knows nothing about. Theyll also be able to clue you in on local property values. The information and advice, and the leads, that a real estate agent can offer is usually invaluable. When buying something as huge as a hotel, making such a large investment, its best to use different resources to find success. Hotels for sale in Michigan might make you a millionaire but take your time getting there.

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When they’re starting out, investors are inundated with opportunity. On websites. At tradeshows. In the mail. It’s everywhere. Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Florida, Estonia, Las Vegas, Bulgaria, Thailand, Germany, Goa, France, Hungary, UK and so many more. It’s a candy store for the budding property investor with so many outstanding opportunities to choose from.

The experienced professional investor knows that most of the countries are simply distractions or ways to easily line the pockets of salespeople and to lose money.

Let me introduce one of my investors - “Tina”. She has an awesome “dinner party” portfolio, meaning that around the dinner table she can hold her own with the best of them.

She owns a great place in France on a 17 year leaseback, a wonderful Spanish apartment only 10 mins from the beach, a main street apartment in Auckland, New Zealand, an off plan Dubai apartment, a Bulgarian ski chateau, a Northern Cyprus apartment to die for with views of the Mediterranean from the bedroom, an apartment in central Berlin (that’s on the infamous east side only minutes from Alexanderplautz). She also has 3 apartments and her own home in the UK.

After I met with her, it was obvious that her investment strategy consisted of buying whatever sounded good. In fact, she was blissfully unaware of the fact that her portfolio was a ticking time bomb.

Tina was in:

• 8 different property markets, with
• 7 different languages, and
• 8 different property laws, and
• 10 different letting agents, and
• 8 different market cycles.

If that wasn’t enough she needs to understand the mortgage products of 8 different countries so she can access her equity as well as 8 different taxation laws. Are you starting to get the picture?

I have always loved Warren Buffet’s investing ethos, especially his opinion on diversification:

Diversification is protection against ignorance… It makes very little sense if you know what you are doing.

You see I have always been a fundamentals investor. One of the things about fundamentals is that once you understand a market and begin making money in it you simply keep doing it, you DO NOT think well I made some money, so what’s the next challenge? You persist, you build systems to make it easier for you to make money, you build better relationships and as a result you make more money, easier.

That’s the essence of my ‘Set and Forget’ philosophy

The only time you even consider going into a different market is once you have built a solid foundation in the first. That’s what being a fundamentals investor means.

You see Tina had bought one property everywhere without any fundamentals, she never cared about questions like:

• when my French property goes up in value over the 17 years how to I take the equity out?
• When I try and sell my Bulgarian property once they join the EU who will buy it?
• How much capital gains will I pay?
• How many inner city Auckland flats are coming online at the same time as my flat?
• Who will either buy or rent my Dubai flat once it’s ready in 12 months?

It’s questions like these Tina had no idea how to answer. She had simply been attracted to the initial deal. This is one of the best ways to be assured of losing money.

Property investment is a small part buying and a big part holding. Don’t think that just because you got a good deal on the purchase that it is a good deal. You need to consider the holding, the re-mortgaging, and the disposing.

Only then can you truly say it’s a good deal.

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Just turn on the television, and youll see that real estate is hot. Home renovations, home flipping, buying and selling all are topics of reality shows that many tune into with fanatic fervor. When its all over the television, then you know its everywhere. Its real estate, and its a great investment opportunity. But what is the very best place to invest in real estate?

For those wanting to make fast cash in a quickly-growing industry that even soaring oil prices cant slow down, real estate is the way to go. While the stock market may be tricky, politics may get sticky, and the price of driving makes you feel icky, real estate can leave you lucky and in the money. People are still interested in buying and selling their homes, both new and remodeled. Those who can handle themselves in this market, and learn how to make a profit, can find a very lucrative career in the arena of real estate. But to succeed, youll want to know the best places to invest in real estate.

Where are they? First, think about the kind of profits you want to make, the kind of properties you want to sell. Do you want to sell million-dollar homes, or affordable properties that small families and couples can share happily? Do you want to do renovations, or simply buy properties and sell them for a quick turnaround? Will you be flipping properties, or just putting a little make-up on them before you sell? In order to find the best place to invest in real estate, you have to decide what kind of a real estate investor you are. And you have to know how much money you can reasonably afford to spend.

Dont sink every last dollar into your real estate investment, and always leave room in the budget to spend more. Unforeseen problems may arise, and you may have to pull out the check book even when you dont want to. As the investor, the bulk of the monetary burden will fall on your shoulders so make sure you can cover it. Some properties need more work than others, before theyre ready to be purchased and lived in by the general public. The better your property looks, the better your chances of getting a great profit. Knowing how much you can afford to spend is a very decisive factor when it comes to where youre going to invest that money. The best place to invest in real estate is always going to be the place that you can afford.

Also, check out the surrounding properties in any area before you buy. Areas with very low property values are not the best investment idea, as you stand little chance of getting large profits. Desirable locations are neighborhoods with high property values, areas close to schools and parks, homes that sits in an area that you, yourself, wouldnt mind living in. If you take one look at a neighborhood and say no way, then any potential buyers are probably thinking the same thing. The best place to invest in real estate? The place that you think you would live in, too. The place that you can afford. Thats the best place to invest your hard-earned dollars.

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There is a lot to appreciate about real estate investing. Unlike when you invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, you can actually live in your investment when you invest in real estate. Moreover, if you can find the right rental property investment to generate positive cash flow, you may just discover that not only are your tenants rents covering mortgage payments and insurance costs, you are also left with extra income at the end of the month. Not a bad deal if you consider that you are building equity while generating income. As if that was not enough incentive, IRS tax code offers real estate investors some enticing perks, including the 1031 tax exchange.

In a 1031 tax exchange, you can shelter the proceeds of a property sale against capital gains taxation when these are reinvested in a like-asset. So, with all the potential upsides, what is keeping many investors from jumping in the real estate arena? Even assuming capital backing, many people are deterred from real estate due to the headaches of property management. Indeed, many cannot rationalize the time investment of being a landlord. Fortunately, for those adverse to managing real estate, Tenants In Common property ownership may offer more appealing investment opportunities.

Tenants In Common, also referred to as Tenancy in Common, allows an investor to hold a fractional interest of an entire property. This structure lets individuals claim ownership in various sorts of properties with relatively small investments. Additionally, the fractional ownership of Tenants In Common packages creates an ease of diversification not seen in other types of property investments. Perhaps most importantly, Tenants In Common enables owners to reap the rewards of real estate ownership while alleviating much of the property management burdens associated with sole ownership.

While not without risk, Tenants In Common can be a great potential income opportunity for those investors wishing to avoid day-to-day landlord duties. Interestingly, Tenants In Common can also be an effective solution for investment property owners who are looking to enjoying the tax benefits of a 1031 tax deferred exchange while simplifying their property management duties. Many owners wish to cast off the role of landlord while retaining their monthly rental income. A Tenants In Common tax-deferred exchange is the perfect means of meeting both of these goals.

With this type of 1031 exchange, you can exchange your sole ownership of a 1031 exchange property for fractional ownership of multiple assets. The benefits of building equity and generating cash flow are undeniable in real estate investing. Luckily for the investors and exchangers resistant to playing the role of the traditional landlord, Tentants In Common structures can offer a wider array of investment opportunities.

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If you have just been diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus then you will very quickly be made aware that some strict lifestyle changes will need to be implemented to help prevent or reduce the problems associated with the disease. These problems can be acute or chronic both of which can become very serious.The complications associated with acute effect...

Nail Fungus Products Are They Worthy?
Since nail fungus made its appearance on Earth, people have tried many ways to get rid of it. Plants, surgeries, solutions, you name it. As certain solutions and medicines were discovered, and with the appearance of commerce, countless remedies were sold. This still happen nowadays. New products pops up once in a while in the market with an excl...

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