http://www.realestate-mag.com Real Estate Magazine Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:42:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is real estate investing only for the wealthy? Can you buy with no money down? Do you have to know the "right" people? Let's answer by looking at some of the myths of real estate. 1. Real estate investing is for the wealthy. Money helps, but my first real estate investment ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/Ten-Myths-Of-Real-Estate-Investing-647/ The Real estate market in Spain keeps gaining momentum and is of a vital interest among overseas investors. Property prices in the country continue growing at rapid pace due to a sustainable development in many areas of the mainland and the islands. Spain's pleasant climate, low cost of living and specific ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/The-Real-Estate-Market-In-Spain-Making-Profits-Out-Of-Sand-646/ These real questions on new home starts and interest rates on real estate are answered by a US Master Builder and myself after receiving them from readers of my e-book, "Residential Development Made Easy." Question 1. What is the your forecast for home starts in the US for the next 12 months? ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/How-Does-Interest-Rates-Affect-New-Home-Sales-and-Wheres-The-Best-Place-To-Build-645/ Last week, we started a multi-part series about how to go from being a beginning investor to being "financially independent" in a steady and predictable way. Many, many people want to overly complicate this process so let's briefly, let's recap that discussion. The bottom line steps that I suggested in the ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/How-To-Start-Investing-For-Financial-Independence-Part-2-644/ What's the difference between death and taxes? Death doesn't change every time Congress meets. But taxes certainly did in 1997, and the Taxpayer Relief Act of that year made a dramatic difference in the tax liability of those who sell their own homes. As it stands today, almost no one will ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/Taxes-When-You-Sell-Your-Home-643/ A house properly priced is half sold. But there are plenty of ways to price it improperly. You can't go by what you paid for the place. Perhaps you bought two years ago when local prices were skyrocketing, and things have cooled off since. Perhaps houses like yours can now be ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/Pricing-Your-Property-642/ One of the main reasons home sale transactions fall apart is inspections. This happens when something unanticipated is discovered during the buyers' inspections of the property, and the buyers and sellers can't agree on a remedy. For example, the sale of a four-year-old, multi-million dollar property in Northern San Diego County ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/Should-Sellers-Order-a-Presale-Home-Inspection-641/ The first thing you need to do is stop thinking of your home as "home" and start thinking about it as a commodity that you want to sell. To be a successful seller you must detach yourself emotionally from your home and be brutally honest about how it should look ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/How-Do-I-Fix-Up-a-Home-to-Sell-640/ "CMA" is an abbreviation real estate agents use for a Comparative Market Analysis. A CMA gives an estimated sale price for a property given current market conditions. It's prepared by a real estate agent and it usually comes in report form. Most residential real estate agents don't charge a fee ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/What-Is-a-CMA-639/ 1. Time is money when selling your home After you've made the decision to sell your home, the longer it remains unsold on the market, the more it costs you. Many home sellers feel it's very important to receive close to their full asking price. But they overlook the additional months ... http://www.realestate-mag.com/real-estate/How-To-Get-Top-Dollar-For-Your-Home-Fast-638/