http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog Real Estate Investing Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:06:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Money guru Jim Cramer is advising folks to default on their mortgage if the loan terms are bad and depreciation has set in. Attention landlords, he may be creating more renters and and better deals. http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/jim-cramer-says-walk-away-from-your-mortgage/ Here's a news story on The Flip This House Atlanta controversy. http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/ae-flip-my-foreclosure-scam/ The Newbie Club is hot. Last night was packed as many deals were presented. Stan Hallett went over Houston's market conditions and explained that even though some numbers were down from this time last year, he reminded us that last year was phenomenal and that we have dipped from and ... http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/newbie-club-standing-room-only/ Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt along with Harris County Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Jim Robinson and Galveston County Tax Assessor-Collector Cheryl Johnson will conduct simultaneous two-county taxpayer appraisal protest seminars on May 30, 2007. The deadline to protest property appraisals for most accounts is May 31, 2007. http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/appraisal-protest/ The front cover of yesterday's Chronicle Business Section had a featured article on steps you can take to avoid foreclosure. I guess selling to an investor isn't one of their favorite solutions. http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/foreclosure-buyers-scam-artists/ Here is the other side of Real Estate success. If you saw the story on ABC News Nightline about Casey Serin you see that there is such a thing as too much, too soon. Actually he just made one bad deal after another. Here is a video of him talking ... http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/how-to-go-broke-in-real-estate/ Here's a pretty decent video series that will walk you through a rehab. Keep in mind some of the prices can differ by region but overall a good overview if you've never done a rehab. For the rest of the Series http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/rehabbing-for-fun-profit/ McAllen topped Money Magazine's forecast of the biggest gainers for the next year, with Houston coming in at number 12. You can see the whole story at CNNmoney.com. http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/texas-town-tops-100-biggest-real-estate-gainers/ Don't you love going to a real estate investing seminar and the presenter is so excited about all the money he's made and all the money his students have made and all money you are going to make because using his system is soooo easy and nothing bad happens if ... http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/complete-property-services-hype-free-seminar/ Great turnout at the RICH Club Opportunity Exchange and Networking event last night. There were probably 20 deals presented by fellow investors, including a pair of Webster houses that were esitmated to be worth 90 -95k needing 15 -20k rehab that sold for 10k each! Not a bad deal if ... http://www.fixfliprent.com/blog/rich-club-opportunity-exchange-and-networking/