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Virtual Brokerage- Expanding Nationwide
Date: 09/18/2008 / Category: Business Strategies
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Todays' headlines reinforce the "new reality" in real estate and should make every real estate broker sit up and take notice. While there will be honest to goodness stress on us for some time.. this is the kind of environment that skillful investors and brokers can make their fortune.
I mean, read the past few days' headlines:
Anxiety rises as the era of easy credit comes to an end.
USATODAY- 9-18-08
August housing starts drop 6.2%, lowest since 1991
WASHINGTON (Reuters) 9/17/08
Construction of new homes plummeted to a 17-1/2-year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) 9/17/08
Wall Street sees worst... continue reading >>
Land Trust- flexible, protective, and private
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Land Trusts, when properly documented, are terrific vehicles that every real estate investor should have in their investor toolbox.
I have created several land trust investments- and here's why:
1- I can take over existing financing without violating the due on sale provision
2- I can protect title from all manner of problems.. things like tax liens, bankrutpcies, death of an "owner", other judgement liens, divorce problems, and more.
3- Flexibility: I can structure a transaction more easily and with more options than any other method I know of.. I can defeat problems related to "title seasoning"... continue reading >>