Continuing on with our alphabetical journey through the insider “jargon” of real estate investing, “C” represents “Cash on Cash Return.”  This is an incredibly important concept, and is integral to a proper understanding of the manner in which leverage can ...

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Much as with any highly specialized field of endeavor, real estate investing has a language all its own.  A firm grounding in some of the more important terms can help you to grasp subtle nuances, and to more intelligently evaluate ...

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DEAR MR. BERKO: Please explain dumbbell investing. We have $166,000 to invest and the broker recommended a strategy called dumbbell investing. Next question: What’s wrong with young people today? Our 33-year-old son graduated from University of California with a 3.79 ...

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When I first began investing in real estate, I was shocked at how experienced investors could seemingly work magic. They evaluated complex deals and quickly decided to pass or to move forward simply by doing math in their head or ...

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Real estate investing has made a dramatic impact on my life. I wasn’t always financially secure, confident and sure of where I was going or what I was going to do. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting there ...

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Part 5 of 5 Never forget that real estate is really about people. In the end, real estate isn’t about the land, the house, or even the money.  On a practical note and an altruistic note, it really is all ...

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Part 4 of 5 Have a team on your side Don’t wait until you have a big deal pending and need to ask questions before assembling a team you can turn to. You need to go out and cultivate relationships ...

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Good deals in real estate are typically in bad condition. This is a major reason they can be bought at a cheap price. So, as a real estate investor who flips or rents houses, you must know how to calculate ...

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Real estate mavens, take note. The Queen City has beaten San Francisco, Atlanta, and even New York in a survey of the best places in the country for investment. According to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and The Urban Land ...

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House flippers in the Charlotte region saw increases in their gross profits and returns on investment in the second quarter when compared with a year ago. The average gross profit for the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metropolitan statistical area was $53,647 in the ...

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