Cash Flow Versus Balance Sheet Accounting in Real Estate

An email: Greetings, I've recently been pitched the idea of refinancing my home and investing in apartments, or more precise, a four-plex. The idea is to refinance and get a negative amortization loan on my house. With the money I pull out of my home, put a down payment on a four-plex, also with a negative amortization loan. That way [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 17:38:33

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Short Sale: One Way for Homeowners to Avoid Foreclosure

If you are having extreme difficulty in paying your monthly mortgage amortization, consider turning to short sale to avoid foreclosure ... another home loan when things get better at least one year after the sale. Foreclosure almost always removes a consumer’s chance of taking another home loan in the future. A short sale is a real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:07:29

When Will the Real Estate Market Stop Going Down?

by Mary Bush A question I get asked quite often is when will the real estate market stop going down? Or have we already hit bottom? ... to go up. Also there are thousands of people in negative amortization or pay options arms that have yet ... and investors of mortgage backed securities are now getting very strict. Many of the loan programs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:42:02

Home Prices - How Did They Get So High?

It seems that the real estate bubble has burst, but how did home prices get so high anyhow? ... From Low Interest Rates Take out an amortization book or find one of those payment calculators online ... paying this much in the early 80s. For example, a 30-year loan of $200,000 would cost you $2,292 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:37:08

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