Real Estate Investor Abbreviations and Jargon

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ARV – CAP RATE – HUD – MLS – NNN – REO – OWC – ETC… Real estate investors, brokers and agents are as guilty as any other industry practitioners at using jargon and abbreviations that seem commonplace to us, but are often confusing to our clients and customers. As a reminder to slow down [...]

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Sewer Line Inspection and Repair Tips

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Camera Sewer Scope Critical for Denver Realtors and Buyers Old House Sewer Pipe Problems:  When Don Nichols visited our real estate office recently, I asked him about his Denver sewer line inspection company. Specifically I wanted to know how it relates Realtors who are buyer agents shopping for older houses in the central Denver area [...]

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Is Leasing to Medical Marijuana Tenants Legal?

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Amendment 20 Economic Impact in Denver Medical marijuana might seem like an odd topic for a real estate blog, but bear with me and I will explain. There are three interesting social trends happening in Denver in 2010, two have been publicly and proudly announced, and one is a little more underground, but buzzing: Solar [...]

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How to Get Fast Mortgage Approval and Best Rate

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FHA Mortgage Broker and Banker Lender Time Frame This scenario has happened often enough in our office recently that it has become newsworthy and worth sharing with other real estate agents, buyers and investors:  Our buyer clients are getting a competitive advantage in the 1st time home buyer and investment property markets because of a [...]

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Top 5 Questions about IRA Real Estate Investing

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Self Directed, IRA Loans, Property Types, Investment Groups In 2009 we have had a lot more requests and questions from clients about using IRA funds to purchase investment real estate for fix and flip projects and rental properties.  So I thought I would post an FAQ with answers.  Here are the Top 5 Questions from [...]

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Beware Fraud Teams Selling Houses They Don’t Own

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My Interview with a Special Investigator I was having a pretty normal day at the office, comping properties, checking on email etc.  Until a pleasant looking woman arrived unannounced just after lunch and handed me her card:  Special Investigator for the Denver District Attorney. Ouch.  She asked me if I had a few minutes?  What [...]

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How to Fix and Flip a House

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Remodel Time-line and Tips Estimating repairs, staying on budget and working with contractors is perhaps the most mysterious and difficult aspect of the business of flipping houses.  As any good investor will tell you, you make your money when you buy.  But all too many investors LOSE all the profit in the remodeling or rehabbing [...]

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Custom Google Voice Mail System Set-up

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Keep Your Cell Phone Number, No Need to Port As a happily hyper-busy real estate professional, one of my biggest challenges is keeping up with voice mail messages during a typical work day.  On the other hand, when I am “off duty” I like to be present and attentive to my friends and family and [...]

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10 Ways to Fund Real Estate Deals

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Bank Loans, Private Hard Money, IRA Funds, Syndication Following are 10 most common ways to finance investment property for either a fix and flip project or long -term rental.  They are listed in rough order of complexity and experience necessary. Mortgage Bank Loan Local Bank Loan Hard Money Loan IRA or 401K Funds IRA Funds [...]

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Old House Foundation Problems

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Old House Remodeling Series, Part 2 Last month we began the Old House Remodeling Series with an introduction and comments about preserving historical houses.  In this article we will discuss inspecting, maintaining and repairing foundations on older homes. (See related post: Sewer Line Inspection and Repairs) Inspection Repairs Costs There are three key aspects to [...]

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