August 10th, 2006 by mmarquit
One of the best ways to make money real estate investing is to invest in a fixer-upper. These are homes that need work — a lot or a little — to reach their full potential value. The good news is that sellers are usually motivated to cut a deal on these houses because they don’t [...]
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May 15th, 2006 by jhampton
Rarely do you find a real estate property that doesn’t need some work. In fact, since you are in the real estate business, chances are you are out there looking for fixer uppers with hopes of finding the property at deep discounts because of the amount of sweat equity required.
One common problem with real [...]
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April 14th, 2006 by jhampton
Finding an older home to purchase and fix up can be very profitable due to the
fact that older homes that need work usually have a lower purchase
price. Real estate investments such as these can be extremely profitable.
There are several ways you can profit from an old fixer upper.
You could occupy the home and fix it [...]
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