Investing In Real Estate

June 17, 2014

Great Mistakes in Real Estate

Every once in a while, I come across what happens if you aren't very careful.

 

#1 --This one boiled down to an engineer not surveying the property correctly.  Oops.  Hope he has insurance. This home in lovely Narragansett was built in the wrong place.  That's bad enough, but …

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April 14, 2014

What is 40B Zoning in Massachusetts?

40B Zoning: A Layman's Guide

40B is the set of state laws that handle much of the states affordable housing guidelines. Please note, I'm not an attorney, and you should consider this a "layman's" guide to 40B for the novice. Refer to the state website location for …

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Oct. 18, 2013

A Successful Flip: Before and After Photos

BEFORE

There's old, there's beat-up, and then there's just

plain busted.

 

 

AFTER

 

 

With the kitchen updated, we were able to add light, space, and make it a real selling point. Modern style cabinets, stainless steel appliances, white time, tile floors and a pendant …

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Aug. 14, 2013

Flipping and Staging

Pictures of a Flipped Kitchen

 

 

 

A key part of Selling your home is getting your home ready to sell.  For properties that need work, that process is called rehab, and quick rehabs where the homeowner owns the property for …

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Dec. 13, 2011

The Right Way to Do Rent To Own Housing, for Landlords and Tenants

Each year, I end up having a number of conversations about renting to own. Renting to own is a situation where a buyer desires to rent a particular property, and then, at some point in the future, to buy that property from the landlord. Oftentimes, these queries are asked by …

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Oct. 28, 2011

How to Buy Investment Property for Income

Buying investment property can be for all sorts of reasons. Tax related, Estate related, and for Income are usually at the top of the list. This post will focus on key steps for buying investment property for Income reasons.

 

Income and Cash Flow are the Same for Investment Property …

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Aug. 23, 2011

How To Buy A Short Sale House

Understanding the Short-Sale

If you're thinking about buying a short-sale, you should first understand how one works. A Short-Sale is a process required when the house isn't worth, to the prospective buyers, the amount that is outstanding to the bank(s), AND the owners of the home can …

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July 27, 2011

Will rents be the key to unlock the housing funk?

Just some commentary on this article in the Globe this week!

Metrowest Rental Market Favors Landlords

 

How tight is the rental market?  REALLY tight.  A week or so ago I had a call off the blog for someone who was interested in renting one of our houses for sale …

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June 23, 2011

Flipping Houses and Staging Houses

A quick post here to let you know that I've started a new page for flipping and staging houses.  I'm always looking for new clients that want to do flips, and staging is an important part of selling real estate.

 

You can find the page here, and …

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June 13, 2011

Best IPhone/IPod Real Estate Tools

Full disclosure:  I still think a full PC is the best way to begin a real estate search on the net.  But if you're just perusing listings on your iPhone, these are worth a look.

 

Trulia.com Iphone Real Estate App

Trulia can do GPS based searches, as can …

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