Real Estate Investing in the Real World

Blog Carnivals are a great source for discovering new voices discussing the topics that you care about.  MoneySmartLife is hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance, and the EquityScout article on Real Estate Investing vs. Speculating was featured as an editor's choice.  Real-Real Estate Investing...

There's a difference between real estate investing and real estate speculating.  Either may be the right approach for you, but trouble is headed your way when you think you're on one side of the fence but you're actually on the other.   Real estate investors/speculators are showing up a lot in th...

Redfin created a lot of buzz on 60 minutes last week.  That story will come and go (we have short attention spans and a new distraction will come along soon) but the core issue will remain: is there a disconnect between the value that a Realtor brings and what the consumer wants?Seems that there ...

I've previously written about negotiation skills as a critical tool for real estate investors that is often overlooked in investing literature.  The key observation being that good negotiators are not necessarily the "tough" guys - the my way or the highway types.  Good negotiations are those who...

When it comes to managing someone’s behavior it’s usually easier to set the right rules from the beginning than it is to change change them once a habit has been established.  If  you've raised a child or tried to correct a bad golf swing then you'll know what I'm talking about.  Landlords should...

The state of Massachusetts recently announced a new measure in blocking some foreclosures.  Governor Deval Patrick released a statement on steps that homeowners facing foreclosure could take. An except of the statement reads:In an ongoing response to the state’s foreclosure crisis, Governor Deval...