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Lower Interest Rates Equal Even Better Savings for Homebuyers, Investors

If you are an investor or potential homebuyer that has been looking for the interest rate to drop even further before making your investment, then the time has come. After the announcement from the Federal Reserve on “Operation Twist,” the mortgage rate dropped drastically. As a result, now is the perfect time to take advantage [...]

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Pacific Beach Investment Property Opportunity Best in Decades

How good is the investment property market right now?  Well, for the first time in literally decades, properties positively cash flow with 20% down.  The drastic decline in interest rates coupled with the property price declines in recent years have made entry level investment property ownership one of the more exciting investment opportunities anywhere. We [...]

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Why Turning Foreclosures into Rentals Makes Sense

The news that the federal government is strongly considering a plan to turn over 250,000 foreclosed homes into rental properties has led many in the real estate industry to ponder the implications and possible benefits of the move. Under the plan, the federal government would either sell foreclosures in bulk to investors (with a guarantee [...]

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Money Grows on Trees when it comes to Real Estate

Money Grows on Trees! By Brian Madigan LL.B. (Ontario Real Estate Source) If I were to tell you that I have an investment for you that will provide you with a tax free return of over 1,000 per cent, you’d think that I was crazy. However, this opportunity is available to many homeowners. What is [...]

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Get Rich Slowly with Real Estate

by: Marc Rasmussen – Sarasota Florida real estate Real estate has not been a great investment the last 5 years. Home prices across the country have been plummeting. In Sarasota, Florida if you bought a home anytime after 2002 or 2003 then you stand a good chance of being under water. With the recent collapse [...]

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FHA to waive 90-day flipping rule

The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Friday it will eliminate for one year the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 90-day anti-flipping rule.  FHA’s anti-flipping rule generally prohibits insuring a mortgage on a home owned by the seller for less than 90 days.  That rule already has been waived for certain transactions, including REOs.  [...]

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