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		<item><title>Either a Lender or Borrower Be</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/either-a-lender-or-borrower-be-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I think Shakespeare had it wrong when he penned this advice in Hamlet: &quot;Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.&quot; Perhaps he may be forgiven for his error, however, since Shakespeare suffered from a lack of the tremendous benefits of a truly self-directed IRA.<br><br> <br><br>Money in self-directed IRAs can be loaned out to any person who is not a &quot;disqualified person.&quot; While this...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:09:02 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/either-a-lender-or-borrower-be-1.html</guid><author>H. Quincy Long</author></item><item><title>Bad Credit Real Estate Investing: Stop Dodging The Bullet &amp; Clean The Gun</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/bad credit investing-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[If I had a dollar for every email I was sent, message board post I have read, or telephone call I have received asking how to invest with bad credit, I would have retired 10 years ago. If most of these individuals would learn some age old truths, it would make their investing lives so much more productive.<br><br>The truth of the matter is, there are ways for a wannabe investor to begin investing with bad credit. There is wholesaling, flipping, subject to investing and a host of other guru...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:09:59 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/bad credit investing-1.html</guid><author>Patrick Zanders</author></item><item><title>How a First Time House Flip Went Bad</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/how-a-first-time-house-flip-went-bad-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[Let’s call him John. A bright and hard worker just trading time for dollars at his regular job. His first house flipping experience could have been a lot better.<br><br>John was watching “Property Ladder” on the A&amp;E network one day and got the bright idea to flip a house himself. After all, those people were making money. A complimentary show “Flip This House” confirmed that money could be made, lots of money.<br><br>If you haven’t seen Property Ladder, it’s a television show that features...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:17:30 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/how-a-first-time-house-flip-went-bad-1.html</guid><author>Scott Ames</author></item><item><title>Don&#039;t Overlook Lucrative Real Estate Options For Your IRA</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/dont-overlook-lucrative-real-estate-options-for-your-ira-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[A self-directed IRA real estate option is one route that many retiring investors have taken. They recognize the advantages of real estate holdings and know that just like the stock market, the real estate market will boom and bust in cycles, but the good thing about this is that, regardless of numerous cycles, it has a strong survival rate. We don&#039;t think real estate would ever disappear from the investment scenario; it remains as one of the more attractive alternatives because of the...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 07:08:18 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/dont-overlook-lucrative-real-estate-options-for-your-ira-1.html</guid><author>Joshua Geary</author></item><item><title>Money for Nothing &amp; Checks for Free?</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/money-for-nothing-checks-for-free-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding the most common Landlording Pitfalls….lessons learned.<br><br>Have you been investing in rental property only to find its not as easy as you thought? Lost money where you thought you would make it? Not seen the “projections” come true in reality? Studied up on techniques and strategies, only to find it harder in practice than described?<br><br>Most of us hope for the best, try to educate ourselves, practice careful due diligence, and crunch our own numbers. At some point, we either buy...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:04:27 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/money-for-nothing-checks-for-free-1.html</guid><author>Glenn Dickson</author></item><item><title>CAN UTILIZING THE “WRAP AROUND MORTGAGE” WITH SELLER FINANCING HELP YOU CLOSE MORE DEALS THIS YEAR?</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/can-utilizing-the-wrap-around-mortgage-with-seller-financing-help-you-close-more-deals-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[As Real Estate Investors, we all can recall a situation where we spent weeks or even months putting a deal together only to have it fall through at the last minute due to the buyer’s inability to secure financing. As sub prime lending guidelines tighten and mortgage rates rise, along with the current restrictions on seasoning of title, we need alternative sources to get transactions closed and funded. Seller financing combined with a wrap around mortgage is the answer.<br><br>Seller financing...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:45:49 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/can-utilizing-the-wrap-around-mortgage-with-seller-financing-help-you-close-more-deals-1.html</guid><author>Laurie Ward</author></item><item><title>Start Investing In Real Estate - But Not Today!</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/start-investing-in-real-estate-but-not-today-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[OK, you’ve decided to do it… you’re going to get off the fence and start moving forward with your plan to start investing in real estate. What are the very first things you need to think about, and the very first actions you need to take. Read on for answers!<br><br>You’ll be very surprised by what I think is the first thing you should do once you’ve decided to start investing in real estate. My suggestion is… don’t.<br><br>Don’t just jump in and start buying property. Even though you think you...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:19:52 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/start-investing-in-real-estate-but-not-today-1.html</guid><author>Tom Dunn</author></item><item><title>Minimum Requirements for Real Estate Bookkeeping</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/Real Estate Bookkeeping-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[My biggest pet peeve is bad bookkeeping. The problem is that bookkeeping required from real estate investors does not make a lot of sense (some will claim &quot;none&quot;). Even if you hire a bookkeeper, chances are you will not get a good job done - unless your bookkeeper is expert in real estate business.<br><br>My goal here is very modest: help people who understand general bookkeeping - but not real estate bookkeeping - get a decent job done. If this is not enough, please check out my...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:48:03 -0600</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/Real Estate Bookkeeping-1.html</guid><author>Michael Plaks</author></item><item><title>Fair Play - Tips For Hiring and Working With a Contractor</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/working with contractors-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[We have all heard the horror stories of Contractors gone awry. A lot of you may have experienced this yourself or know of someone who has. Through all these stories, explanations and exclamations, two things are always missing…..COMMON SENSE ETHICS and plain old COMMUNICATION of EXPECTATIONS.<br><br>I have worked in and around this industry, and on both sides for the last 25 years. I have worked directly for owners who wanted me to treat their project as if it were my own money being spent. In...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:06:53 -0600</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/working with contractors-1.html</guid><author>Shaun Sharry</author></item><item><title>Lessons From an Overfriendly Landlord</title><link>http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/lessons-from-an-overfriendly-landlord-1.html</link><description><![CDATA[When I purchased my first property, a triplex row home in an outlying section of Harrisburg, I was very anxious to get to know my tenants on a personal level. I introduced myself and made myself available to them 24 hours a day. I listened to all their complaints about the previous landlord and his leftover maintenance.<br><br>When my father upgraded his computer, I reloaded his old one so the hard drive was clear and gave it to my one tenant’s teenage daughters so she could use it for school....]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:48:07 -0600</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fixfliprent.com/directory/article/lessons-from-an-overfriendly-landlord-1.html</guid><author>Corey Bornmann</author></item>
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