As I told you in my previous blog, I bought land from one owner who only had one deed for the two lots. Well I got word yesterday that the deeds were separated and I now have two deeds for two LOTS. Every little step is progress so I’m happy that things are moving […]

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I’m back with my most recent real estate adventure to report. I’m happy to say that as of yesterday, I closed on two LOTS to build duplexes on. At least that is my goal. I have a silent partner on this deal and I’ve been working at this for over 6 months. I also have […]

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Although rehabbing and eventually building is my biggest passion in real estate, Short Sales are where it’s at in this market. As the real estate market changes so is the need to change your investment strategy. I wasn’t a big fan of doing short sales because of all the paper work and bank interaction that […]

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At this point in my investing career, I have unloaded all my rehabs. In this slow market, it took almost a year to sell the last rehab. I completed that rehab just in time for the spring market and got a lot of inquiries when it first hit the market. Unfortunately, it was at a […]

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Hi All! I realize that it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything but I’ve also realized that I don’t have the time to tell about my past deals. The only way I can stay updated with this site is to talk about current or most recent things. So, for those who were […]

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My first true Rehab was a shipwreck (literally). You will see the before and after pictures below. I like to flip houses that are really run down. There is more room for negotiations, but of course, more rehab work to do. I found this particular house through an absentee owner’s (real estate owners) mailing list […]

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I’ve been to a few real estate investment clubs. One meeting in particular always comes to mind.  The room was pretty full but nice because I like to blend in with the crowd. Outside the meeting room was what they called vendor tables. Vendors are individuals or companies who sell useful products to investors (i.e. mortgage brokers, […]

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After we settled into the house, life’s problems got in our way. My husband and I were not getting along and seemingly growing apart. Unfortunately, real estate was put on hold as life began to happen. Instead of getting into a drawn out story on how my marriage fell apart, let’s just say we separated. […]

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After the year of silence in real estate investing and going through a divorce, I decided to get active again. I needed a distraction from everything that was going on so why not get involved with things I enjoy doing. I had already started reading my bible more often which helped ground me in my […]

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We bought the HUD property in June of 2003. I may have forgotten to mention that we bought the home without knowing what the electrical, plumbing or heating situation was like. We could physically see the utilities but we had no way of testing them before purchasing the piece of real estate. When buying foreclosures, […]

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