Looking For Information On Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)?
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) has relaunched its website.
"Whether you're an investor, real estate professional, reporter, policy-maker or anyone else interested in REITs and real estate investment, www.reit.com provides the information you want most," said Steven…
What's The Top Real Estate Web Site?
ForSaleByOwner.com recently announced that it's the most visited real estate Web site, in terms of unique visitors. In February 591,000 unique visitors checked out the site according to comScore Inc. These days home buyers and sellers look to save as much as they can and one way to save is to reduce…
People Continue To Buy Second Homes
It seems like every month we hear more news of how the real estate market keeps deteriorating. Developers build fewer homes. Home buyers refrain from buying.
The market for investment homes and second homes does not appear to be suffering quite as much. It remained relatively consistent last year as…
Project Lifeline Buys Home Owners 30 Days
Can't pay your bills? Call the government. It'll take care of you.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced Project Lifeline today. It's a program designed to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
Six mortgage lenders have agreed to stop…
Should The Feds Help People Who Can't Pay Higher Mortgage Rates?
President Bush unveiled his mortgage relief plan yesterday.
Apparently it will give homeowners who financed homes with adjustable rate mortgages after 2005 a five-year freeze on their rates if they qualify. I'm sure this will bring some relief to homeowners who are eligible. We'll blog more about the…
I'm Thinking About My Friend, Bob Bruss
Bob Bruss passed away this week, on Wednesday. If you're a regular reader of your local real estate section, you probably have read Bob's work many times.
Bob was one of the great real estate writers, using his experiences as a real estate attorney, property investor, teacher and real estate broker…
Some financial guru Wade Cook turned out to be.
He was great at making millions -- for himself. Too bad he didn't feel like paying taxes on the cash. He was sentenced in August to 88 months in a federal penitentiary for tax evasion.
There is no way I know of to get-rich-quick. But buy Cook's books…
Sixteen months ago, I spent some time in Southern California for business. I stayed with my friend Wendy, television producer extraordinare, who lives in Sherman Oaks. We walked all over Sherman Oaks, and she showed me how teardowns were selling in a moment. She was considering selling her house…
How to Sell Your House in Five Days
I've got a special guest coming on the show this week: Bill Effros is a regular guy who sold his own house in 5 days about 15 years ago. He's a real estate investor, based in New York, doing well.
Of course, he decided to write a book about his experience. It's called "How to Sell Your House in 5…
David Crook's Book On Investing In Real Estate
If you're looking for some reading material, check out the Wall Street Journal Complete Real Estate Investing Guidebook (Three Rivers Press, 2006). Buy it online for less at www.amazon.com.
Dec. 29, 2006
