Property Sales

FHA Property Flipping Rule Update

ATTENTION: THIS POST HAS 2010 UPDATES SEE THE LATEST: UPDATED FHA PROPERTY FLIPPING RULE WAIVER HERE FHA has updated their flipping rule and their website (see bottom of this email for link and the exact and complete verbiage from the FHA website). The old flipping rule was that the property could not be flipped by a rehabber [...]

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2 Minute Cap Rate Valuation

As the “apartment guy” in our real estate office,  I field a lot of questions about income properties from residential agents.  The most common question is “how do I value this building?”  The agents are all very accomplished at running values using comparable sales for single family houses, and even duplexes.  But when the valuation [...]

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Adapting to New Investment Models

In the current financial environment, residential real estate investing continues to be a viable business, but the business has changed dramatically.  There are more challenges and deals require different credentials and strategies compared to recent years of loose lending standards and appreciating prices.  Private investment placement managers and established cash buyers are squeezing out the [...]

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