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Real Estate Marketing Online -- Can Prospects Use Your Website?
Ever visit a website with a specific goal in mind (like buyingsomething), only to leave the site in frustration? If so, you'vewitnessed how usability can affect a website's ROI -- for betteror for worse. The same is true in real estate...read more
Real Estate Investors - Don't Close Your Eyes To Closing Costs.
When buying or selling real estate closing costs can come as a shock. Here's an explanation of the various expenses: Down Payment Most lenders require a down payment of from zero to 20% for a normal home purchase. Lender's Loan...read more
Top Mistakes Of A Real Estate Business
At some point during your real estate investing endeavors, you might consider turning your money maker into a business. Many investors start their own real estate investing business after they have experience in real estate investing. There are...read more
Real Estate Hunting 101
The real estate market today has never been better, but even in a healthy market, with new tools to find and evaluate potentially profitable properties, you can lose a lot of money. Finding a diamond in the rough has been revolutionized by online...read more
Invest in African Property
The serious investor must have assets in real estates. But the best property investments rare are in your back yard. You must travel arround the world to find the good ones. The greates in this type of investing is that you may like some of the...read more
 
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Real Estate Bubble Aftermath
Last spring, I was invited to go to Philadelphia and participate in a "real estate bubble" discussion on Ch 8's "Money Matters Today." Television reporters, newspapers, and media hype love scaring you to grab your attention. On the TV show, I defended the real estate market.

What's behind all this bubble talk?

Before you give any substance to warnings about a "real estate bubble," look closely at the source. Many stock brokers jump on the bandwagon of real estate doom to get investors back into the stock market. Also, many negative reports originate from mortgage lenders who want to keep the mortgage insurance rates high and keep the insurance premiums coming in for loans on houses that have appreciated.

So, what happened to the real estate bubble in 2005?

I can't speak for all real estate investors. If my family had been scared into discounting our investments, selling out, and not buying more property in 2005, we would have lost a million dollars. We bought and held houses. All of our property increased by 20% - 35% and the ones we fixed increased in value even more. In particular, for one home we paid $120,000 and spent $10,000 in repairs - within the year it appraised for $325,000.

Who profits from the real estate bubble?

Besides media scaremongers, mortgage insurance providers, and stock brokers, real estate investors make even more money. What's that? How do real estate investors make money from the real estate bubble? They take advantage of desperate home sellers scared by the media.

In January 2006, we bought an investment property that the home seller, in the midst of a divorce, discounted for a quick sale. The $340,000 property appraised for fifty thousand more than the purchase price. Now, we could quick sale the property for fast cash, but we're in for the long haul. The property has great development potential. So, we'll let the tenants pay for the mortgage and maybe tear the small house down in a few years. A half acre, one lot away from a future marina near new condos, has many possibilities.

Keep the bubble talk. People always need housing. The more you hear about the pending burst, the more money real estate investors CAN make.

Copyright © 2006 Jeanette J. Fisher

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Jeanette Fisher offers FREE "How to Start Real Estate Investing Teleseminar," free ebook, "The Truth about Making Money Flipping Houses" http://doghousetodollhouse .com
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