Archive for April, 2010


US REO Propery – Tenants are in Trouble in Shopping Centres Threatened by Foreclosures in Phoenix

Tenants – or rather the few remaining tenants in shopping centres threatened by foreclosures in Phoenix are in trouble. They have their own monetary woes without having to focus on the problems of their landlords. Vacancies have been increasing while property values have been going down. This has prevented a good [...]

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Buy Foreclosed Property – Finding Current Foreclosure Listings

There are typically two reasons why people search for foreclosures listings.  Reason one is because the person is interested in investing in foreclosures to pull a profit. The next reason people look for foreclosure listings is because they are looking on a super deal on a house they want to live in. 
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Philippine Foreclosures – MVSM Bank acquired assets for sale

Last week I received a listing of properties from Ms. Patty Javier-Uy of MVSM Bank, which I will of course share to all readers and subscribers of foreclosurephilippines.com.
To purchase any of the MVSM acquired assets listed below, a minimum down payment at 20% of the selling price is required. They can give up to 20 [...]

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Buying Bank Foreclosure (REO) News – Home Prices Holding Up Against Chicago Foreclosures

Home prices are now holding up against Chicago foreclosures in certain neighborhoods. After three years of continued slide in house prices, a number of Chicago neighborhoods have been showing surges in prices.
These recovering neighborhoods, according to local analysts, are the areas that were hit immediately when the foreclosure crisis started. As they suffered first, distressed [...]

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Basics of Bulk REO Investing

With more foreclosures now than ever before, America’s weak real estate market seems to set new dismal records each month. However, opportunistic real estate investment professionals are turning the recession into great profits with a bit of creativity.

The new opportunity is known as ‘Bulk REO Investing’ or ‘REO Package Investing’ and it’s a huge opportunity.

Consider [...]

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Finding Your Plumber 101

It is inevitable that things around your house will need some fixing every now and then. One area that isn’t as easy to fix are plumbing problems. A hole in your wall is also another task that isn’t easy to fix. Busted pipes is one challenging task to tackle. And even easy things like clogged [...]

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Real Estate Investing Tools & Tips

Bulk REO Investing

Real estate investing and Bulk REO are tough businesses right now. While the business of buying and holding real estate as a long term investment remains a legitimate and viable strategy for wealth building, profit is no longer guaranteed as it once appeared to be.
With that in mind, the astute real estate [...]

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Real Estate Investing Basics For Today’s Market

Bulk REO Real Estate Investing

Virtual real estate investing probably makes you think of a number of things. You likely mentally leap to real estate investing as real estate portfolios and real estate retirement plans, and then you may expand to thinking of short sales, hard money lenders, bulk reo investing or virtual real estate investing. [...]

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Buy Foreclosed Property – Finding Current Foreclosure Listings

There are typically two reasons why people search for foreclosures listings.  Reason one is because the person is interested in investing in foreclosures to pull a profit. The next reason people look for foreclosure listings is because they are looking on a super deal on a house they want to live in. 
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Philippine Foreclosures – Recent BIR Issuances on Property Valuation may affect real estate investors

A post by Cherry Castillo
I can see that the BIR is dead serious in collecting revenues for the government and is exploring all avenues where tax collection can be improved. In fact, the BIR has a string of recent issuances all concentrating on real property valuation, specifically on updating zonal values to be at par [...]

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Buying Bank Foreclosure (REO) News – New Rules Might Have Impact on Foreclosures By State Statistics

Fannie Mae’s move to change some of the rules governing home mortgage loan applications might have some significant effects on foreclosures by state statistics. The mortgage institution has recently stated that it will be relaxing rules that prevent loan applicants from qualifying for another loan after a certain period of time.
According to Fannie Mae, homeowners [...]

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Basics of Bulk REO Investing

Bulk REO Real Estate Investing

With more foreclosures now than ever before, America’s weak real estate market seems to set new dismal records each month. However, opportunistic real estate investment professionals are turning the recession into great profits with a bit of creativity.
 
The new opportunity is known as ‘Bulk REO Investing’ or ‘REO Package Investing’ and [...]

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Ways By Which You Can Generate Money To Install Hardwood Floors

If you have hardwood floors, it is certain that your home will be beautiful in appearance because of the enhancement a hardwood floor makes. But the main disadvantage of hardwood flooring is that it is expensive. Purchasing materials for your hardwood floors and having to install them may cost you thousands of dollars. But there [...]

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US REO Propery – The Foreclosure Crisis has Exposed the Falling Values of Banking

The foreclosure crisis has exposed the falling values of banking. Sheila Bair, the chairperson of FDIC while speaking at Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics (University of Kansas) wants these values to return with more transparency. This alone would be able to prevent another rerun of the crisis. She was harking [...]

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Buy Foreclosed Property – Finding Current Foreclosure Listings

There are typically two reasons why people search for foreclosures listings.  Reason one is because the person is interested in investing in foreclosures to pull a profit. The next reason people look for foreclosure listings is because they are looking on a super deal on a house they want to live in. 
If you are interested [...]

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Philippine Foreclosures – Recent BIR Issuances on Property Valuation may affect real estate investors

A post by Cherry Castillo
I can see that the BIR is dead serious in collecting revenues for the government and is exploring all avenues where tax collection can be improved. In fact, the BIR has a string of recent issuances all concentrating on real property valuation, specifically on updating zonal values to be at par [...]

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Buying Bank Foreclosure (REO) News – Flippers Earning Money from Los Angeles Foreclosures

Flippers have returned and are now earning money from Los Angeles foreclosures. The southern suburb of Los Angeles is becoming popular to investors and home buyers because of its nearness to the city of Los Angeles and to other job locations.
Additionally, the central area of the southern suburb hosts plenty of factories and is known [...]

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Buy Foreclosed Property – Finding Current Foreclosure Listings

There are typically two reasons why people search for foreclosures listings.  Reason one is because the person is interested in investing in foreclosures to pull a profit. The next reason people look for foreclosure listings is because they are looking on a super deal on a house they want to live in. 
If you are interested [...]

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Philippine Foreclosures – Buena Mano Greater Metro Manila Q2-2010 Green tag and Yellow tag properties

In my last post featuring Buena Mano properties, I only featured bank acquired assets for sale from the Makati Area that were classified as Green Tag properties. I was supposed to follow this up by doing the same with the rest of the areas in the Metro Manila area but never had the chance to [...]

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Buying Bank Foreclosure (REO) News – Orange County Foreclosure Listings Still Great for Buyers

Foreclosure listings in Orange County, California still provide great buying opportunities for investors and owner-occupant buyers despite the drop in the percentage of bank owned properties and other distressed properties on the market.
In the first two weeks of March, based on data from realtors in the county, distressed housing units accounted for 31.6 percent of [...]

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