Rental Properties Are Needed

Since 1995 when President Clinton signed the Fair Housing Act, home ownership was on a rise until the entire house of cards came crashing down in 2007. At that time, home ownership was at 69% after peaking at 70% in 2004 and renting a home or an apartment was falling. Well now the tides have changed and owning a home is steadily falling to it’s current level of 66.4%. Don’t expect it to stay at that level either...

Property Investment Strategies

Three years after the collapse of the real state market, we still wonder if we’ve seen a bottom yet. Some say we did and many more say not so. The June 2011 existing home sales report was released this past week and it’s more of what we’ve been getting for some time. Existing-home sales eased in June as contract cancellations spiked unexpectedly, although prices were up slightly, according to the National...

Just Starting in Real Estate Investing

Just because you may have bought a home it doesn’t mean you’re an experience real estate investor. When someone purchases a home they worry about how their couch will fit in the odd room or how close it is to their favorite park. When you are investing in real estate you need to worry about cash flow, appreciation, and liquidity. Not nearly as romantic, but hopefully profitable. Why Invest in Real Estate? Real estate...

Top Reasons to Invest in Cyprus

The captivating island of Cyprus is nestled within the picturesque and breathtaking beaches and lush greenery along the Mediterranean sea and has been blessed with 320 days of uninterrupted and warm Cypriot sun. This ideal backdrop sets the tone for the robust Cyprus property market within this tiny island. If you are looking to join the bevy of foreign investors enamored by the fertile soil and encouraging prices of Cyprus...

Property Investment Tips: Finding the Best Mortgag...

There is a great investment saying that goes something like ‘buy to the sound of cannons and sell to the sound of violins.’ This is a perfect metaphor for today’s real estate investment market, as the last two years have been pure carnage for current property holders and led to many who want or have to flee the market. This leaves an opportunity for those who can invest when things are at their scariest. A...

So You’ve Decided To Become A Real Estate In...

So you’ve decided to start investing and real estate is the way you want to go. You have realized however that there are a million types of real estate investments and you have no clue where to begin. The whole process seems overwhelming but a few tips can help to sort things out. You have already done one of the hardest things in real estate investing and that is to make a decision that you are going to do it. So many...