investors: What's Your Investment Strategy?
- 02/28/07 12:57 PM
Once upon a time, I was a stockbroker for one of the big national name firms. Learned a lot in that business (mostly that I hated cold calling), some of which applies quite nicely to real estate. In particular, investing in real estate. In light of yesterday's drop in the stock market and the media panic that ensued, and today's ending bell that had the market back up even if slightly, I'd like to share a little insight with the world. There are two main strategies for investing, whether it's real estate or stocks and bonds. Buy and sell.Buy and hold.First thing you … (8 comments)
investors: What's Regentrification?
- 12/18/06 06:03 AM
An article in the Charlotte Observer yesterday highlighted seven neighborhoods that are currently investor targets for upward movement in property values. The article talked about a couple of local investors who are buying and renovating and selling (some of you might consider that to be 'flipping') as part of a larger trend. See, in Charlotte, we're very sprawled out for a city of our size. Land is still relatively inexpensive here so instead of the upfitting in the close-in neighborhoods, it's just been a mass suburbia growth into the outlying counties. As our banking community grows and we have more and more yuppies … (0 comments)
Once upon a time, I was a stockbroker for one of the big national name firms. Learned a lot in that business (mostly that I hated cold calling), some of which applies quite nicely to real estate.
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