Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Here are some great tips for first time home buyers! Being a first-time home buyer is exciting! With real estate trends like those, you might be tempted to make an impulsive purchase that could hurt your financial goals and keep you paying a mortgage well into retirement. Determine How Much House You Can Afford Before … Continued

3 Tips For Buying a Fixer Upper Dream Home

Photo via Pexels by: Suzie Wilson (Happier Home) For many people, buying their dream home is just that—a dream. But for the savvy homebuyer, a dream home can be within reach, if you are willing to put in a little extra work. Closing on a fixer-upper home means a lot of different things. It could … Continued

Help Buying Investment Property

Some Help Buying Investment Property Everyone needs help every now and again.  For investors, or future investors, often the help required is help buying investment property itself.  Whether that help buying investment property be in the form of cash or money for the deal, deals to buy, contractors to do the work, or just some … Continued

There are Several Ways of Investing in Real Estate

There are a Number of Ways of Investing In Real Estate There are many, lessor known, ways of investing in real estate that you may not have ever heard about.  Yes, most people are familiar with the most popular ways of investing in real estate such as: Flipping Houses Buying and Renting out as a … Continued

Financial Bubble?

Are we in the middle of a financial bubble? Consumer debt is reaching all time highs.  Does that mean a financial bubble is looming?  Check out the video and let us know what you think.  If you haven’t already, sign up to be on our VIP buyers list.  We acquire property at rock bottom prices … Continued

Invest Like Warren Buffet

So, you want to invest like Warren Buffet?!?  Well, really, who wouldn’t want to invest like Warren Buffet?  Buffet is one of the most successful investors that the world has ever known. Check out this video for a few tips on how you can invest like Warren Buffet in your real estate portfolio.   For … Continued

Real Estate SEO

As a real estate investor, online marketing is one of the most important aspects of your business.  Whether it be finding the best deals online or utilizing a multi-faceted strategy to attract property leads to your professional website.  One thing that cannot be denied is the necessity to utilize proven SEO and compete for the … Continued

CAP Rate and Cash on Cash Return for Investors

Important Calculations for Rental Property Investors CAP Rate and Cash on Cash Return are two of the most important and widely utilized Return on Investment (ROI) calculations that seasoned investors use to make decisions on whether or not to invest in a piece of property.  They are both a quick calculation that can be made … Continued

Lease Options

Lease Options How They Work and What They Are For What are lease options? A lease option is a standard method of transferring property from seller to buyer in a more creative manner that opens the possibility of purchase of a property by a buyer who may not yet be ready to qualify conventionally but, have found … Continued

Eye on the Market Week of 1/26/2015

MARKET WEEK: JANUARY 26, 2015 by Guest Blogger: Ken Armbruster, Financial Advisor, Preferred Financial Partners, Phone: 708-995-7676, Email: karmbruster@financialguide.com,Web: www.financialguide.com/Kenneth-Armbruster The Markets It was a clean sweep for the Nasdaq as it posted gains on all four days of a market week shortened by Martin Luther King Day. As the Nasdaq was moving into positive territory for the year, … Continued