Paying Off Your Mortgage Faster

Paying off your mortgage might sound like an ambitious New Year’s resolution, especially if you have recently refinanced into a 30-year term. But it’s still smart for homeowners to give some thought as to how they’ll pay off their home loan — if not in 2012, then sometime soon. An early mortgage payoff can net [...]

Getting Out of Debt in 2012

To help yourself out of the mire of debt, be it credit cards or the bigger and often more frightening type: student debt. And while nothing is ever a sure-fire thing (especially when it comes to money), just remember that what’s listed below isn’t a miracle cure, but rather little steps in a smarter, more [...]

Finding And Being The Best Real Estate Partner

1. Communication If you have a partner make sure he or she can speak clearly enough so that you can understand them, and the same goes for you. Not knowing what your partner is saying or what you are saying half the time is not a good way to do business with each other or [...]

Money Management in Real Estate Investment

Did it have a profound significance to your current life situation? Let me share with you my recent experience in reading an old gem, The Art of Getting Money by P.T. Barnum. I had read the book at least a dozen years ago, but didn’t remember any of the content. As I opened the book [...]

Invest For Cash Flow Or Capital Gain?

Like most Australian investors, you probably use the old tried and true buy and hold model, and purchase properties that are usually negatively geared. This means that you might be losing money each month. This might not be an issue for you; like most buy and hold investors, you probably invested for capital gain. Your [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to Flipping Houses

If you’re dreaming of making money in real estate, it’s time to stop dreaming and get to work, because making money in real estate isn’t just a vague pipedream. It can be done, even by a young and inexperienced person, when you learn how to “flip” houses. A friend of mine, we’ll call her Tai, made [...]

Real Estate Investing 101 : Tips For Newbies

As a beginner in the real estate investment business you would want to try your hand at something which is simple to pursue and also has a large profit margin. The wisest choice you could make is getting into real estate wholesaling business. So, What’s In a Wholesaling? As a real estate wholesaler your job [...]

How to Invest in Foreclosure Real Estate

Foreclosure real estate investing can be a profitable niche for those who take time to learn the strategies. Foreclosed realty encompasses a variety of properties including residential homes, vacant land, and commercial real estate. When buying foreclosure real estate, investors must be financially prepared to invest in property repairs or renovation. While foreclosed properties are [...]

How To Invest in Real Estate

Income property is an exciting way to invest in property. Traditionally property investing costs you money every month. This is because there is a short fall between your expenses (e.g. your mortgage, maintenance, insurance payments etc.) and your rental income. You have to make up this shortfall with your own cash. Income property is property [...]