You couldn't pay Mark Williams to own a home again.
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Housing Crisis Turns Some Ex-Homeowners Into Lifelong Renters
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Investing In Memphis Real Estate - The City & The Comeback!
The most common question I get from interested real estate investors is "Why is Memphis a place I want to invest for the long-term?". This week, Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton, Jr. made the answer easy for our company...and every other Memphis company spreading the word about our great city.
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Real Estate Investors Plan To Purchase More Homes In U.S.
Almost two-thirds of U.S. residential real estate investors plan to buy as many as or more homes in the next 12 months than they have in the past year even as prices rise, according to a survey released today.
About 39 percent of active property investors intend to step up their purchases, while 26 percent expect to buy the same number in the coming year, according to a survey conducted by ORC International, a Princeton, New Jersey-based research firm. About 30 percent of investors plan to reduce their purchases, the study showed.
Rising rents are benefiting the 28.1 million U.S. residential real estate investors -- people who own property as landlords rather than as occupants -- Dorkin said. Demand for rentals has risen as people with damaged credit or lack of money for down payments stay out of the home buying market.
This article was originally posted by John Gittlesohn at Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Real Estate Investing - Handcuffed by Lending Standards?
Steve Cook published an article in The Niche Report, a magazine about real estate, mortgages and financing, today that focuses on the dilemma faced by real estate investors who want to participate in the current market. Too many investors are being shut out, or at the very least limited in their ability, from the opportunity of buying single-family homes.
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Premier Property Management - Memphis Rental Update
Property Management Is The Key To A Great Rental Property Portfolio
We get asked many questions about rental property management ranging from how we set up our business to how we conduct the business. Most are simply stunned by the numbers. Some even specifically ask if we can work with property managers in other cities where they own properties. Nothing would make us happier than to help with your portfolio in other cities, but the fact is, we run our Memphis property management company differently than traditional property management companies. Our plan is to set-up and operate a management company in Dallas using the same successful techniques developed here in Memphis.
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What Impact Can Real Estate Investors Really Have?
Is Increasing Real Estate Investing An Answer
One of the big debates heading into the Presidential Election surrounds the question of how to get the real estate market moving forward again. The answer probably lies somewhere in the mix of several things, but part of the solution absolutely should involve real estate investing. Memphis Invest and BiggerPocket.com sought to create a report that could gauge and measure not only the impact, but the future plans of real estate investors. When we released our report two weeks ago it grabbed national headlines. Today, we release our infographic which shows the exact impact that real estate investors can have on the national market - only in a picture form for those who like illustrations better than long reports. Now, we can only hope our elected officials pay attention and put us to work!
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The Changing Face of Home Renters
There is an interesting shift occurring in the real estate market. Regardless of low mortgage interest rates, low housing costs, and strengthening housing market, there are some current or former homeowners who have been changed by the housing crisis. According to a recent AOL real estate article, this group of home renters with "vehement opposition to homeownership could continue to color the discourse about housing for years to come." Here in Memphis, this new segment of the population contributes to the continued high demand for quality Memphis real estate as well as quality single-family home rentals nationwide.
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Memphis Investment Properties From Afar
If you are looking for an affordable investment with reliable returns, then you may wish to consider Memphis investment properties. Whether you are new to foreclosure properties real estate or are a more seasoned investor, Memphis offers reasonable real estate costs and a strong market of reliable renters and there is no better company to assist you with your purchases than Memphis Invest.
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Memphis One Of America's Most Affordable Home Price Cities
The housing crisis actually has its roots in early 2006 and has since cost homeowners trillions of dollars in lost value, underwater mortgages, credit headaches and default nightmares. But, the market has also made it possible for savvy real estate investors to purchase homes at discounted rates and in many cases revitalize those homes to staunch the tide of downward spiraling home prices. Now that home prices in many parts of the country are showing signs of leveling off and in some areas actually rising, it is a good time to actually take note of where you can still find discount investment properties.
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32% Of Real Estate Investors Would Do This...
According to Real Estate Investment Realities, a new study co-sponsored by BiggerPockets.com and Memphis Invest released on September 20th, 32% of real estate investors would be willing to make a down payment of 50% of the purchase price if they could finance more properties.
