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  • Helpful Hint # 2

    The After Rehabilitating Value (ARV) is something each investor needs to calculate before purchasing any property. This calculation is important because when you use it with the 1 percent hint you know what you’ll be renting the property for. However, this calculation should also help you in determining what the maximum is that you could…

  • 1 Percent Hint for Hunting Houses

                There is nothing new to be learned to adapt to the ROI method. It is simply changing the way you go through the steps and applying a few helpful hints each property shows us so that we do not waste time on properties which don’t have positive cash flow potential. As we grow more…

  • Decisions Which Need Answering in the ROI Method

    The RIO system requires that one purchases a property below market value or that they see a hidden potential which others miss. The most popular method for achieving this time after time is to purchase a distressed property. Some believe that in order to become successful in real estate investing you’ll need to become an…

  • The Velocity of the ROI Method

    The term velocity is how many times can you use the same source of capital to work for you. The quicker you can send out your capital and have it return along with your profit the faster you will begin to build wealth. Wealth is different than riches. Wealth is self-sustainable income whereas riches depend…

  • Putting Your Capital to Work

                Increasing your Roi is a good thing, but with each decision you make there is the potential for profit and loss. You must take the time to determine the risk and be able to live with the results which follow. This is where allowing your capital to work harder for you helps to stabilize…

  • Does the ROI Method Always Increase your ROI

    There are those who claim that this ROI Method Increases your ROI. Their argument however assumes some things such as real estate never losses its value. Recent history has shown that not always to be so. So, invest wisely. When you believe that to be the case then you can assume that the ROI method…

  • Two Methods of Investing in Real Estate

    Method One (The Old Tried and True Method)             This method has been around for years and it is where most investors begin. It is how the majority of real estate is purchased, which is using other people’s money. Most people get mortgage loans from a mortgage broker, bank, credit union or some other lending…

  • There’s Changes Coming

    Ever since NAR proposed deal was announce there have been rumors of the destruction of the Real Estate empire. Ther are those who will likely leave the market either by going elsewhere or entering an earlier retirement than expected. There are those who predict that the clients will be the ones which suffer. And there…

  • A Change is Coming

    The National Association of Realtors agreed to a $418,000,000 settlement to bring an end to series of class action lawsuits concerning the unfair method used to pay commissions. The is no doubt that the change will reshape the industry. The talk of the destruction that will because by this action is a slippery slope: I…

  • Learn the Neighborhood Before You Purchase

    In previous post I have advised you to This one may take a little more time and effort: There are secrets about all neighborhoods the time to discover your potential neighborhoods secrets is before you are part of it. Walk through the neighborhood, how do the people treat you and each other. Go to the…