http://www.therealestatefoundation.com Build Your Foundation on Real Estate Investments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:31:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the story is told in Infomercial-land, just about anyone can make serious profits in the real estate business. That, of course, simply isn’t true. Financial success in investment real estate requires skill and knowledge. A superficial understanding of the business just isn’t going to bring in the types of ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/real-estate-investing/real-estate-investment-amateurs-just-look-at-the-numbers-the-savvy-see-more/ Technorati Profile http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/uncategorized/technorati/ I was flipping through the radio stations while driving yesterday and landed on a hip hop station that was playing a song called “Cash Flow”. My first thought was “Cool, a song about real estate investing!" Upon further review the song was NOT about real estate investing. After listening to ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/real-estate-investing/cash-flow-or-else/ Between basketball games at the gym I got to talking to a local agent today.He asked me what I thought was going to happen with local real estate values and I asked his opinion also. He then went on to play the “All Real Estate is Local” card while ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/real-estate-investment-economics/all-real-estate-is-local-truth-or-myth/ I’ve found that most people really don’t understand that tax sheltering benefits of real estate investments.Your investment property can actually shelter its own income and sometimes income from other investments.>How can that be? When it comes time to do your taxes, you have to figure how much rental income you have ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/investing-benefits/investment-real-estate-tax-shelter/ Does the investment real estate landscape in your local area look sad while other markets are on the up swing?Is your market overpriced?Does it take 25% -30% to break even or cash flow?Chances are your market was once considered an emerging market, but it has now peaked and probably isn’t ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/emerging-real-estate-markets/investments-emerging-markets-make-you-happy/ Despite the troubling headlines in the financial pages lately, today's real estate market can be a very hospitable one for investors. High rates of foreclosures and homeowners selling under financial duress have led to rising home inventories. Combined with the recent decline in home prices in many areas, these factors ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/investing-benefits/real-estate-investing-the-personal-and-financial-benefits/ If real estate investment is your goal, then education is an important part of success. An investor who profits consistently is one who learns how to research market indicators and interpret them properly, gaining some insight on the current market trends. While there are certainly plenty of lucrative investment opportunities ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/real-estate-investment-economics/low-prices-and-high-housing-inventory-profit-potential-or-losing-proposition/ Every where you turn these days somebody is touting the goodness of going “green”.The most aggressive real estate investor/speculator out there, Frank McKinney, is building a $29 million, 15k square foot "green" mansion in West Palm, FL.Some will argue how "green" is it to build such a large home, but ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/real-estate-investing/green-real-estate-investing-proves-profitable-for-some-but-what-about-you/ Remember the lovable Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit? One of my favorite things he’d say is “Need Input! Need Input!” while reading a 500 page book every 10 seconds. Investors, we should all take a cue from Johnny 5 while examining the next real estate market you invest in. ... http://www.therealestatefoundation.com/real-estate-investing/data-is-needed-before-investing-property/