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Selling Sun Shine Real Estate "Florida is where the Sun Shines" - you must have heard this many times. Moderate/warm climate (Yeah Baby!), famous beaches like: South Beach, Crandon Park-Key… Read More
The components that make up a Florida MortgageI was surprised to find out most people, who are home owners or my students, do not know what their mortgage consists of! Biggest financial tra… Read More
Landlords can use this checklist to prepare their rental units for Housing Quality Standards HQS inspection if they accept Housing Choice Vouchers or Section 8 from their local public housin… Read More
Tricks to make it Big with Real Estate InvestingReal Estate Investing is one of the most attractive ways of making large amount of money in a short amount of time (if done correctly). Moreov… Read More
You think you found the property you are going to make some money on but once you close on a property, responsibility for this asset becomes all yours, good and bad. In order to be a succ… Read More
A Real Estate Investor can quickly add value by painting the exterior of a distressed property. If you are like us, hate painting (long story), we hire someone.While painting to add value t… Read More
Section 8 #HACFL Opens their Wait List.The #HACFL is opening their Section 8 or Plan Ocho waiting list as it plans to have a lottery to add 1,000 names to its backlog for the rental-assistan… Read More
Living in Florida and not sure what to do about your property taxes? Trying to maximize your investment by reducing your annual property tax expenditure?Great news! Every year in August coun… Read More
Landlords "For Rent" or "For Sale" Posting Options One of my mentoring students the other day asked me: "Where can I post 'For Rent' or 'For Sale' on the internet?" He was familiar with the… Read More
Unsecured CapitalFinding the funds you need to take advantage of the real estate market can be difficult, if not impossible for most people. If you are successful with finding an investor wh… Read More
Distressed Property InsuranceAs our group started out as specialists in distressed properties, one of the problems we came across was insurance coverage for asset and worker protection. We… Read More
As soon as we close on an Investment Property, we want to implement our Exit Strategy. The faster you get this distressed investment property back on-line the less money you are losing due… Read More
As soon as we close on an Investment Property, we want to implement our Exit Strategy. The faster you get this distressed investment property back on-line the less money you are losing due… Read More
Before You Start… While holding monthly meetings and giving presentations to the attending audience, one of the more common questions we receive is: “How do I start… Read More
Tenant Electrical TamperingWhen I started out as a Landlord, I was very naive about how tenants could damage your investment property and get away with it.One of the hidden problems is you… Read More
Homestead no longer Strawberry Fields!The Homestead Housing Authority in Miami-Dade County Florida has undergone some major changes since the real estate market began heating up several ye… Read More
Comparable or COMPReal Estate Investors need property comparables or COMPS to determine the after repair value ARV of an investment property. The ARV number will be used to calculate Maxim… Read More
SAHA Section 8 Electronic Application SystemThe Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Waiting List for the San Antonio Housing Authority SAHA, Texas will open on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 w… Read More
The Housing Authority of the County of Morris, Morristown, New Jersey and Putnam County Housing Corporation, Carmel, New York announced the opening of their Section 8 Housing Choice Vouche… Read More
The Housing Authority of the County of Morris, Morristown, New Jersey and Putnam County Housing Corporation, Carmel, New York announced the opening of their Section 8 Housing Choice Vouche… Read More
Boulder Housing Partners BHP opened their Section 8 or Plan Ocho Housing Vouchers wait list on Monday April 9th and will remain open until April 27th, 2012. Hours 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMBoulder… Read More
The North East Community Action Corp. (NECAC.org) which manages HUD's Section 8 or Plan 8 program for 12 Northeast, Missouri counties announced they will begin accepting Section 8 waiting… Read More
As promised from our previous blog, we are covering Waiting List Opening Nationwide.We just found out that Paterson Housing Authority in New Jersey is taking New Section 8 Applications un… Read More
Should we cover Section 8 waiting list openings Nationwide? We have been wrestling with this question for a while now! REIC is pretty connected to Section 8 Wait List openings in the Sout… Read More
There is a saying among Real Estate Investor's - "You Make Your Money when You Purchase the Property not When you Sell It."There are so many things that can go wrong so it is important to… Read More
The Deerfield Beach Housing Authority (DBHA) will accept 500 preliminary Section 8 applications for the Program's Waiting List on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.The Section 8 Wait List will onl… Read More
Florida's Hurricane Season One of the biggest pains being a real estate investor in Florida is getting prepared for Hurricane Season. Due to the amount of work, we wait to the last minute… Read More
A good Real Estate Investor is constantly looking for motivated sellers that are offering deals they can make a substantial profit on. Investors have to determine what they are willing to… Read More