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Detailing the ins and outs of residential investment property ownership. Negotiating your best terms. Working with tenants. Knowing before you buy whether or not a property should be profitable.

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2007 

Olathe, KansasPopulation 112,000Median Family Income $78,630Median Home Price $220,883Median Rent $529Median Age 30.5Job Growth 20.01%22% RentersOlathe, Kansas is a great place for your real estate investing capital. First, it is a city on the grow. By 2050 one recent projection put our populati...
03/31/2007
Identifying The ProblemThe real estate bubble on both coasts has deflated.  You have property worth about 95% of what it was just a few short months ago.  You're looking in the mirror and asking yourself how you are going to cover the spread between what your investment property is costing you an...
03/31/2007
To this day I get very excitable when talking with someone about real estate investing and what it can do for them.  Again, let me define real estate investing to me.  Buy & Hold, long term ownership of rental income properties that you exchange every 6-8 years or hold onto forever.  For those of...
03/29/2007
Here is a young man - my son, actually - who came up with a pretty cool idea to raise money for a trip he is working towards.Would you like to receive a postcard from Australia?  Then read his blog.
03/27/2007
I have to confess to you here and now that I am a numbers guy...when it comes to investment property.  I like to know what the returns will be, how profitable it will be (if at all) and exactly what my money will be doing here rather than there.  And that, in turn, is how I counsel my investment ...
03/27/2007
Cap Rate is short for Capitalization Rate.  It is a very good measurement for the money making potential of a piece of income property.  Remember that when you are purchasing investment property you are very interested in how it will help you meet your financial goals.  Cap Rate is;Gross Rental I...
03/26/2007
This market report will be for Olathe, Kansas - a major suburb of Kansas City, Missouri - and will be considering multi-family housing only.  For the purposes of this market report multi-family housing is defined as a full duplex, triplex, fourplex or apartment building.DuplexCurrently on market ...
03/25/2007
This market report will be for Overland Park, Kansas- a major suburb of Kansas City, Missouri - and will be considering multi-family housing only.  For the purposes of this market report multi-family housing is defined as a full duplex, triplex, fourplex or apartment building.DuplexCurrently on m...
03/25/2007
I'm just going to keep hammering this home until everyone in America gets on board.  You can invest in stocks, bonds, airplanes, restaurants, etc.  But to me real estate is the best place for your investment dollars.  And the primary reason is there are four ways that you generate returns on your...
03/23/2007
I watch a lot of college basketball.  A lot.  One of the reasons I like being a professional real estate agent is that my "slower" times are during the Kansas Jayhawks basketball season.  As soon as the NCAA tourney is over, my business picks up. Perfect.Anyway, I like the advertising the NAR is ...
03/22/2007
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Detailing the ins and outs of residential investment property ownership. Negotiating your best terms. Working with tenants. Knowing before you buy whether or not a property should be profitable.