As I was reading a report last week on the status of real estate investing in different markets around the United States, one number kept jumping out at me - the percentage of real estate investors paying cash was huge!  In some markets around the country, real estate investors paying cash made up more than 75% of the transactions.  Since real estate is a hyper-local industry, with each individual market able to vary wildly from the next, keeping an eye on the trends of investors before making assumptions is a huge task.

Memphis, Tennessee  - Chandler Reports, the leading provider of real estate data, research and consulting information in the West Tennessee area, released the final numbers for real estate transactions in the Memphis area for February 2011.  After leading the Memphis greater metropolitan area for home sales in 2010, Memphis Invest has started 2011 strong leading both January and February in home sales.

Real Estate investors buying discount properties in Memphis have been keeping a sharp eye lately on the economic numbers coming out.  Some of the big story lines that have so many excited are those around employment.  With Memphis landing several big announcements in the past two months from major international companies, economic recovery and the roll Memphis is going to play for the nation seems to be forefront.

Memphis, Tennessee has not been immune to the pains of a slow economy and some small companies have certainly suffered over the past few years.  However, while the economy has put the squeeze on many small businesses and single man operations, the investment housing boom in cities like Memphis has helped some small businesses flourish. MemphisInvest.com, formally known as Memphis Invest, GP, is a family owned real estate investment company who has led a resurgence for several local small businesses and even helped grow their services during the recession.

Memphis continues to be the beneficiary to big announcements from major corporations intent on growing and developing new operations in Memphis.  With the announcement this week of 275 additional long term jobs, those who are investing in Memphis real estate have have 275 more reasons to smile!

Today, I am going to share a little wisdom I heard from a group of the best real estate investing minds I have ever met.  When we met Fortune Builders a couple of years ago, they had already made a name for themselves as a premier property flipping company and had gained national notoriety as one of the hit companies on A&E T.V.'s "Flip This House".  We were interested in having them speak to our investors about real estate in general and they were interested in seeing our operation up close.  What resulted from that first meeting has been two of the absolute BEST companies in their respective fields teaming up to help investors around the world take advantage of this crazy real estate market.

This week Memphis, Tennessee property management company, Premier Property Management announced plans to begin automatic deposits for real estate investors on February 1st.  For many, real estate investing is about passive income and the stress of charting and tracking monthly payments, monthly deposits and monthly expenses can be a nightmare.  Premier Property Management has spent the past two years systematically developing a management company that values investors time and balances the need for information with the need for simplicity.