land trust: Land Trust - First 4 Benefits of putting your property in one - 08/06/08 04:19 PM
Hi,
Here are the first 4 reasons to put your property in a Land Trust.
Trust Benefits:
1. 1. Privacy of Ownership
With a Family Trust you usually name it after your family. No privacy there. With a Land Trust you can name it anything
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land trust: Land Trust! - 07/29/08 12:31 AM
I'm Curious to see how people feel about Land Trust in their community?
Should we have to pay with our tax dollars, or should it be funded with private funds?
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land trust: Third party simultaneous close on a short sale - 07/24/08 02:51 PM
Have any of you been involved or heard about doing a third party simultaneous close on a short sale?
I was contacted today by an investor who has the following business plan:
1. Find potential short sale sellers2. Investor writes a low offer to be submitted to the lender(s) along with the
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land trust: Land Trusts and protecting your property (ies) - 07/23/08 03:20 PM
Hi Everyone,
This is Jeffrey Richman from Waxhaw, NC (20 minutes south of Charlotte). This will be the first in a series of blogs related to Land Trusts, How to create Trusts, why we use them, what protection they offer to you, your business and your financial well being.
I have been
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land trust: Buyer Wonders How to Structure an Owner Financing Offer - If the Owner Will Carry, What Should You Do? - 07/19/08 02:54 PM
If you're a buyer right now, it really behooves you to know how to structure a seller financing offer. In the live deal that I'm sharing with you below, the buyers specifically looked for properties that were owned free and clear (there was no mortgage on the property) and zeroed in.
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land trust: How to Sell Your House Fast – At the Price You Want! - 07/11/08 01:29 PM
The Inside Secrets to Seller Financing
When it comes to selling real estate, one of the biggest obstacles sellers face is a so-called "depressed" market. Even when a property is highly desirable, it can be hard to get the price you want in this real estate environment. You could end up
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land trust: How Seller Financed Properties Help First-Time Home Buyers Get Their Piece of the Dream - 07/11/08 11:59 AM
A common buyer's lament: "Now that prices are coming down and it's finally a buyer's market, there's no more 100% financing, and even though I do have a 5% down payment, it's so hard to get a loan . . . what good does it do to have a buyer's market
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land trust: Attorneys Suck - 06/06/08 09:22 AM
I have a home owner who would like for me to just take over payments. There is not enought room for me to sell it and she does not want a short sale. I wanted to put the property into a trust and then have her appoint me as the executor.
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land trust: Miami Real Estate Investors Association MREIA Summary and Video/Photo Gallery and Summary of May 27th, 2008 Meeting - 06/02/08 11:26 AM
Click Here to view MREIA Club Page
MREIA's May Meeting Summary
and Video/Photo Gallery
Meeting
Summary:Well the meeting didn't start
out too well because I forgot to bring my "jump drive"
for the slide shows and went all the way back to the
office to retrieve it. When I arrived
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land trust: Creative Financing expert Bill gatten joins Bruce Norris on the radio, surf and play the show with our streamer inside - 05/16/08 03:03 PM
Bruce Norris is once again joined by investor, creative real practitioner and educator, and author, Bill Gatten. Bruce and Bill discuss investors who are new to a downturn and how they are currently reacting, what Bruce thinks the market might look like in 2010-2011, non-inclusive options, difference between an Illinois
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land trust: Stop Those Snoopers! - 05/14/08 10:09 AM
In prehistoric times (times before the Internet), if you wanted to know what your new neighbor paid for their house, you had to hop in your car and trek on down to the local county courthouse and go through volumes of books to find it. You'd have to corral a courthouse
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land trust: Bruce Norris interview Land Trust Expert Bill Gatten on this week's radio show - 05/09/08 04:47 PM
Bruce Norris is joined this week by investor, creative real practitioner and educator, and author, Bill Gatten. Bruce and Bill discuss how long the concept of holding title in a trust been around, why it was created, the mid-70s and interest rates and problems with lenders, why we didn’t have
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land trust: Durham Community Land Trustees - 05/06/08 09:54 AM
Durham Community Land Trustees One of our favorite clients is the Durham Community Land Trustees (DCLT). For the past twenty years, they have been building homes that are affordable to the majority of Durham residents. That's no small feat, given that their target area is neighborhoods near Duke University, where real
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land trust: Broker pitfalls to short sales and land trusts in foreclosure - 05/06/08 07:46 AM
Alternatives to foreclosures, short sales and land trusts
Mark Eibner BrokerIPTV: Well, we are here today with Jonathan Goodman with Frascona, Joiner, Goodman, and Greenstein and as always John, it is a pleasure to have you here in BrokerIPTV.
Jonathan Goodman: Thank you Mark.
Mark Eibner: And one of the
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land trust: Landlording - Ten Things to Be Aware of! Numbers 7 - 10 - 04/29/08 10:07 AM
7. Have your lawyer prepare your rental contract package.There are professional tenants that specialize in ripping off landlords based on loop holes in contracts, missing addendums, handling of monies, wording in the contracts, etc. There are lawyers that specialize in protecting tenants from being evicted improperly. Things you should be aware
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land trust: Broker pitfalls to short sales and land trusts in foreclosure - 04/25/08 04:32 PM
Alternatives to foreclosures, short sales and land trusts
Mark Eibner BrokerIPTV: Well, we are here today with Jonathan Goodman with Frascona, Joiner, Goodman, and Greenstein and as always John, it is a pleasure to have you here in BrokerIPTV.
Jonathan Goodman: Thank you Mark.
Mark Eibner: And one of the
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land trust: Landlording - Ten Things to Be Aware of! Numbers 1 - 3 - 04/25/08 10:32 AM
Never hand over the keys to the property until tenant provides proof of utility connection (electricity & water). Why?• Many times ROOKIE Landlords will connect electricity and water to their properties to perform maintenance in-between renters. The water and electricity must be working for Section 8 or HUD inspections, an insurance
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land trust: 32 Reasons To Use A Land Trust - 04/14/08 11:47 AM
The information listed in this post was writtten by my real estate mentor Randy Hughes. Land trusts are a great way to protect yourself. Take some time and read the info it will be worth your time!! Advantages of Using a Revocable Land Trust •1. Avoids property being probated (out of court transfer
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land trust: Short Sale Success with the Illinois Land Trust style closing! - 03/21/08 06:02 PM
If you have never negotiated a short sale, you may want to try it. Many homeowners are finding this a great way to avoid foreclosure, and many investors are finding this a great way to help the owner out of a difficult situation and make a couple of extra bucks. This is
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land trust: ILLINOIS LAND TRUST - 02/05/08 12:15 AM
By Kevin Kete w/ permission from http://www.investwithpassion.com If so, consider an Illinois Land Trust just as you might choose to safeguard important papers or other personal property in a safety deposit box. An Illinois Land Trust provides a ‘vault' for the protection of your real estate assets, arguably everyone's most valuable
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land trust: How Best to Control and Use The West's Land - 01/30/08 10:46 PM
In the Gallatin Valley, Montana, (Bozeman, MT) as is so often the case in the West, how best to manage growth is a contentious issue, pitting the rural-minded against the urban-minded, the agrarian-minded against the industrial-minded, those who want wild lands against those who want productive land; sometimes the two sides
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land trust: A visit to the newly-offered land trust home in Evanston - 12/17/07 01:20 AM
I visited the land trust home that I wrote about today. The executive director of the organization behind this project was there, as well as a couple of directors from the Board. The house is in the process of being rehabbed, including a totally new kitchen and bathroom. The house held
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land trust: They "giving it away" in Evanston - 12/14/07 03:10 PM
Imagine, a rehabbed brick ranch home for sale near Main & Dodge for $180,000. It's true! Being offered by a grassroots organization, this is a wonderful holiday gift for some lucky family that meets the financial guidelines of eligibility. The "catch?" The buyer will own the building, but not the land
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land trust: What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You? - 11/12/07 04:23 PM
Land Trusts by Bill RobertsThe LAND TRUST is a venerable estate planning tool and a tremendous privacy shield.It was developed in England hundreds of years ago and was brought to this country by Chicago Land Title and Trust in the 1890s.The primary purpose of a LAND TRUST is to provide anonymity
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land trust: Short Sale Seminar in Naples Florida by Robert K. Burns - 11/07/07 01:24 PM
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land trust: Land Trusts are the Answer to our Woes.....or are they a Crock of ****? - 10/01/07 02:30 AM
OK....I've always been asked to tell it like it is..... Fellow mortgage professionals, were you aware of the latest and greatest thing since sliced bread to hit the airwaves that will help you cure all of your ills, stimulate your sales, move that stagnant inventory, AND do it all with none of
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land trust: Anatomy of a Land Sale. Chasing Waterfalls. Part II - 06/16/07 02:25 AM
update: if you like this post, please subscribe to my blog! Thankyou! UPDATE: Part III is now up... In Part I of this unfolding land sale transaction, our client, JT told me that when he first became interested in 1031 Exchanges in conjunction with conservation development, he considered himself lucky to bump into
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land trust: Available: California + Georgia Luxury Opportunities...[1031, 401-K, or IRA?] - 03/24/07 03:23 PM
====================================== Are You (or Your Client) Looking for IRA, 401-K, and/or 1031 Investment Possiblities? Select from 15 Well-Located Luxury Properties in: CALIFORNIA [San Bernadino/Yucca regions] and GEORGIA [Swanky BUCKHEAD/Altanta-Metro area] Values Range from $600K to Over $2Million (+) This Group Has $2.5 Million Dollars in Equity Fax us for more info.... The Homes Are
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land trust: Land Trust May Be Our Answer! - 08/17/06 10:47 AM
Murfreesboro, TN is located in the exact geographical center of the State and surrounded by beautiful farms and scenic pastures...at least it used to be surrounded by farms! Raw land in Murfreesboro and the Rutherford County has seen a stagging increase in value of 24 - 300% in a short four year
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