Real Estate Lawyers Make Buying Home Sweeter.

By Rick Shaffer In the last edition of Your Bottom Line, we began looking at reasons why you should always hire an experienced real estate attorney before buying a home. Here are two more. First, an experienced attorney can help make sure you accomplish your primary goal, namely, to satisfactorily complete your purchase. (Read Full Article)

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Home Buying: How Exclusive Buyers' Agents Can Help

by Gary Herbst Regardless of how the market shifts, it is extremely important for buyers to have protection when buying a home. Home buyers must keep in mind that they can have control of the buying process without the process of controlling them. However, it can be complicated. A home is often the biggest purchase in people's lives and any mistakes made during the home-buying process can be costly. (Read Full Article)

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BUYING 101; Buying a newly built home means starting with a fresh, efficient, up-to-date slate.

by Neal Gendler

If January is typical, people who've been thinking about buying homes will start to act. One of the big decisions to be made is whether to buy a new or existing home. That decision may be driven by a desire to live in a certain school district or neighborhood, or by economics, but either choice has benefits and liabilities. Here are some advantages of new homes: (Read Full Article)

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Can't Buy? Lease-To-Purchase Gives Hope of Homeownership To Some Who Lack Cash or Credit.(REAL ESTATE WEEKLY)

by Chris Kidder

You're shopping for a home. Maybe it's your first. Or, maybe, cash is a little tight. Then, you see an ad in the classifieds: "Three-bedroom, two-bath ranch. Owner will consider lease-to-purchase." "What an ideal way to buy a home," you think. Or, is it? (Read Full Article)

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Speculators: Average folks are investing their savings in the housing market. They've braved some nervous moments & wonder how long it will last.

by Andy Fixmer

REAL estate speculation sounds easy enough--just locate an undervalued home, make some minor renovations and flip the property, with returns approaching 200 percent. But like any pursuit, it can be fraught with complications, especially with the local housing market cooling off and attractive properties harder to find. (Read Full Article) source: Los Angeles Business Journal, July 25, 2005. via: HighBeam™ Research COPYRIGHT 2005 CBJ, L.P.

FHA Loosens Rules, Lowers Barriers

by Kenneth R. Harney

The federal government's biggest home mortgage program streamlined itself at the end of December, and that could be good news for buyers, sellers, real estate agents and builders.

The Federal Housing Administration's decision to eliminate or soften many of its onerous rules about property conditions and mandatory repairs should be a stimulant to the entire housing market this year. It could help open low-down-payment mortgages with no prepayment penalties to thousands of first-time, moderate-income purchasers who might otherwise have turned to higher-fee, subprime alternatives. (Read Full Article)

source: The Washington Post, January 14, 2006. via: HighBeam™ Research

Investing in Baltimore real estate is hot.

By Jamie Smith Hopkins Oct. 7--Everyone's talking about real estate slowdowns, but you'd never know it on McCulloh Street yesterday. In a neighborhood of broken windows and boarded-up properties, 80 people crowded around a dark shell of a rowhouse, eager for rehabbing tips so they can start investing -- or investing more -- in Baltimore. ( Read Full Article) source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News), October 7, 2005. via: HighBeam™ Research COPYRIGHT 2005 The Baltimore Sun

Mark P. Riley Luxury Real Estate Group, Inc.: a whole new approach to real estate investing.(WHO'S WHO IN WEALTH & FINANCE)

Sarasota Magazine; 1/1/2006 The Mark P. Riley Luxury Real Estate Group, Inc. specializes not only in real estate transactions but also in real estate business planning, investing and fee-based consulting. ( Read Full Article)

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Preconstruction Expert Dr. Chris Anderson to Give 14,000 Investors a Ph.D. in Real Estate Investing.

Established preconstruction real estate investing group, GetPreconstructionDeals.com, provides 52 weeks of free training to existing clients and new subscribers alike. Founder, Dr. Chris Anderson, equates it to getting a Ph.D. in real estate investing. (Read Full Article) source: PR Newswire, January 4, 2006. via: HighBeam™ Research COPYRIGHT 2006 PR Newswire Association LLC