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Prefer Video? Bryan Ellis' Video On Subject-To Legal Pitfalls Is Here

In the world of creative real estate investing, few strategies are as powerful or desirable to a real estate investor as Subject-To transactions, in which the real estate investor acquires legal title to a property in exchange for taking over payments on the existing mortgage. Using this strategy, a real estate investor is literally unlimited in terms of the amount of property they can acquire without ever using their own credit.

But while subject-to transactions are 100% legal in most of the United States, there... continue reading >>

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I’m not an economist - far from it. In fact, my father-in-law actually is an economist (specifically an economics educator) and so I’ve got to watch what I write here, lest I make myself a fool in front of him. Fortunately, he’s very gentle on me .

Nevertheless, I do have certain opinions - some based on facts, some based entirely on my own gut feelings. And today, I will share one of those gut feelings with you:

I think that the really horrible turmoil in the U.S. financial market is over. I’m not suggesting that the Dow Jones Industrial... continue reading >>

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Some "mixed" news was announced by the National Associations for Realtors today. But I think the news is FAR more positive than negative.

First, the "bad" news: In February, median home prices took a sharp dip of 8.2% nationally. Clearly, the carnage in the real estate market continued last month with a vengeance, as that drop is the sharpest in history.

But the silver lining is this: Buyers are returning to the market. Existing home sales increased 2.9% in February. That's the first time in six months that there's been any positive... continue reading >>

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