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          Following up on my previous post “Advantages of Multi-Family Property Investing”, nothing is ever risk free and there are two sides to EVERY investment. How each investor overcomes or mitigates a disadvantage is what separates the mediocre from the great investments. The following are s...

                Single Family homes offer good returns and excellent potential for appreciation. As demand for housing raises so does the price of your investment property. So long as your home is in a desirable area for an end user you should see great appreciation as the market recovers from th...

December is the slowest month of the year for buyer traffic. While we are still in a shortage of inventory with a likely increase early in 2012….this lull has yielded some EXCELLENT Deals of the Week! Deals Details Link: 02-Res Customer Synopsis  261 Doe Run       Located within walking distance ...

          First let me start off by saying some sites where these listings are have great info. For instance RealtyTrac, there is a reason they have become the leading source of foreclosure data in the country. That being said, the interpretation of their info by the general public is terrible. R...

      Many have asked just what kind of expected and unexpected costs may be involved with owning an investment property in Orlando FL? While I provide my clients a spreadsheet breakdown of the estimated costs based on each individual property they are interested in, below is a general breakdown ...

It has been too long since my last market update! So without further ado, the market as it was for 2011 and what my crystal ball says about 2012 and beyond. Building on my previous market updates -  http://actvra.in/pPn                 2011 was certainly a busy year in the real estate market. To ...

Unfortunately it's time for me to write one of my boring statistical posts..... so I'll step out of character and keep it brief, or at least try too... I'm a numbers guy, numbers don't lie. If you can see the patterns in them and connect the dots you can find the answers to some very interesting ...

Let's hope! For those of you sitting under a rock the past year, if you haven't owned a home in the last 3 years you are eligible to receive $8,000 from Uncle Sam if you buy a home before November 30th 2009. Thus far this program has actually be one of the most successful stimulus programs out th...

The Florida property tax system differs from many other states, and for you out of towners, understanding how to estimate the property tax on your Florida home can be confusing. The simple formula for calculating taxes is: (Assessed Value) X (Millage Rate) = Your Yearly Tax Bill.Finding out a pro...

This is an update to the first blog post I ever made back in late 2007. I've added in some updates for today's market (Dec 2008) in BOLD. There are is a myriad number of factors that people claim steer the real estate market. Some of the factors I have heard of are area incomes not keeping pace w...